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Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050

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Delaney, Beauford
Delaney, Beauford

Delaney, Beauford, 1953–1958

 Part of Collection — Box: 5, Folder: 166
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050, Series I
Dates: 1953–1958
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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McKay, Claude
McKay, Claude

McKay, Claude, 1928–1941

 Part of Collection — Box: 31, Folder: 578
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050, Series I
Scope and Contents:

Includes typescript proposal for a "New Negro Magazine" enclosed with typed letter, signed, from McKay to CVV (1934)

Dates: 1928–1941
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Zaidins, Earle Warren
Zaidins, Earle Warren

Zaidins, Earle Warren, 1958 December 10

 Part of Collection — Box: 49, Folder: 944
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050, Series I
Scope and Contents:

Regarding Althea Gibson

Dates: 1958 December 10
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Peterson, Dorothy, 1926–1940
Peterson, Dorothy, 1926–1940

Peterson, Dorothy, 1926–1940

 Part of Collection — Box: 34, Folder: 649-656
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050, Series I
Scope and Contents:

Includes letters from Jerome B. Peterson to CVV (1939); typed mimeograph "open letter to the Coudert Committee" by the Commiteee for the Defense of Public Education enclosed with Peterson's letter to CVV (1940)

Dates: 1926–1940
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Peterson, Dorothy, 1962-1971, undated
Peterson, Dorothy, 1962-1971, undated

Peterson, Dorothy, 1962-1971, undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 38, Folder: 686-692
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050, Series I
Scope and Contents:

Includes letters from Nora Holt (1963) and Gladys White (1967); two photographs of guests in Peterson's Seville, Spain apartment (1964); and letters from Peterson to Mark Lutz (1963-1964)

Dates: 1962-1971, undated
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Hughes, Langston, at 4th Street, Manhattan, New York City, 1939 June 8

 Part of Collection — Box: 127, Folder: 2391
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050, Series IV
Scope and Contents:

Roll number VI p.

Includes prints that formerly formed part of the Langston Hughes bequest.

Dates: 1939 June 8
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Hurston, Zora Neale, 1935 April 3

 Part of Collection — Box: 127, Folder: 2392
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050, Series IV
Scope and Contents:

Roll number IV h.

Dates: 1935 April 3
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Archer, Osceola, with Michael Bonifazio, Jimmie Daniels, Marcel Gonthier, Elaine Kent, Frank "Killer Joe" Piro, and Helene Tsang, 1943 June 21

 Part of Collection — Box: 146, Folder: 2697
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050, Series IV
Scope and Contents:

Roll number XXIV y.

Dates: 1943 June 21
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Ford, Helen, with Langston Hughes and Terry Keane, 1943 April 8

 Part of Collection — Box: 146, Folder: 2698
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050, Series IV
Scope and Contents:

Roll number VIII y.

Dates: 1943 April 8
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Major, Gerri, 1951 May 20

 Part of Collection — Box: 222, Folder: 3924
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050, Series IV
Scope and Contents:

Roll number XI ii.

Dates: 1951 May 20
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Katherine Dunham. 145
Katherine Dunham. 145

Dunham, Katherine, 1940 May 10

 Part of Collection — Box: 223
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050, Series IV
Scope and Contents:

Slide numbers 145, 146, 151, 153, 155, 156. Image set number CIII.

Dates: 1940 May 10
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library