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Start Over Collection Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters, 1800-1971
Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters, 1800-1971

157.31 Linear Feet
The Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African-American Arts and Letters include correspondence, writings, photographs and artwork documenting Van Vechten's interest in and involvement with black artists, writers, and social activists.
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1917-1965 Box 11, Folder 284-286

Includes cartoon drawings (1926); typescript carbon of letter from Gordon to John Ringling with typed note to CVV (1932); typescript letter from Erin Janzig to CVV (1935); printed invitation to party for Sam Manning and His Rhythm Commandos (1942); telegram from Wright Aeronautical Corporation to CVV requesting a character reference for Gordon (1943); typescript comparing excerpts of Gordon's Daonda with Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath(1946); business card for Gordon Games, Inc. (undated)

  1. Correspondence, 1914-1971
  2. A-Z Correspondence
  3. Gordon, Taylor

1924-1934 Box 48, Folder 904-907

Includes original and carbon copies of letters to and/or from the Victor Talking Machine Company regarding Paul Robeson recordings (1925); Henry Allen Moe of the Guggenheim Foundation (1926); Hale Woodruff (1927, 1930); Mary W. Ovington (1927); and Hunter Stagg to James Weldon Johnson (1934); and letters regarding the Sabbath Glee Club (1924)

  1. Correspondence, 1914-1971
  2. A-Z Correspondence
  3. White, Walter