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

1926-1940 Box 34, Folder 649-656

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)

  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  2. Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters, 1800-1971
  3. Correspondence, 1914-1971
  4. A-Z Correspondence
  5. Peterson, Dorothy

1934-1964 Box 41, Folder 747-751

Includes autograph letters, signed, from Robeson to CVV, written on verso of eight photographs of buildings in Russia (1936); autograph letter, signed, from Eslanda C. Goode to CVV (1939?); autograph note, signed, from Robeson to CVV on verso of photograph of the Great Wall of China (1949)

  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  2. Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters, 1800-1971
  3. Correspondence, 1914-1971
  4. A-Z Correspondence
  5. Robeson, Eslanda

1937-1948 Box 18, Folder 381-390

Includes cancelled checks from CVV to Hughes (1938, 1942); typescript of "America's Young Black Joe," words and music by Langston Hughes and Elliott Carpenter, with typed note from Hughes, 1940 December 6; typescript of "Hip to the Jive" words by Hughes and music by Johnny Bragg, enclosed with letter, 1942 August 19; typescript poems enclosed with Hughes letter, 1942 October 4; typescript poems, "South Side: Chicago" enclosed with Hughes's letter, 1945 July 27

  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  2. Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters, 1800-1971
  3. Correspondence, 1914-1971
  4. A-Z Correspondence
  5. Hughes, Langston

1941-1950 Box 35, Folder 657-666

Includes original and carbon copies of letters to and/or from Madeline L. Aldridge, assistant to the editor of Opportunity (1941); Bernard Knollenberg (1942, 1944); and Sidney Peterson (1950); autograph and typescript carbon lists of pamphlets, magazines, letters, performance programs enclosed with letters from Peterson to CVV (1942); photograph of Peterson and her niece Jane White Peterson enclosed with letter from Peterson to CVV(1942)

  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  2. Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters, 1800-1971
  3. Correspondence, 1914-1971
  4. A-Z Correspondence
  5. Peterson, Dorothy

1942 June-1945 Box 22, Folder 428-436

Includes letters from Florence B. Price (1943); John H. Johnson of Negro Digest (1944) and Ebony magazine (1945); Carol Fijan of the International Workers Order, Inc. (1944); "Henry Mack," typescript poem by Witter Bynner enclosed with Jackman letter to CVV (1944); photograph of Lena Horne sent as a postcard from Jackman to CVV (1945) and the script from a radio broadcast on W.N.Y.C. on the life of Langston Hughes (1944)

  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  2. Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters, 1800-1971
  3. Correspondence, 1914-1971
  4. A-Z Correspondence
  5. Jackman, Harold