The Cullen Jackman Memorial Collection (1881-1995) documents the artistic and creative nature of those of African descent. A series of note within this collection are the photographs by Carl Van Vechten, an American writer, artistic photographer, and patron of the Harlem Renaissance. An appreciator of the arts, Van Vechten promoted many of the major figures of the Renaissance through his photography, including Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, Rose McClendon, and Ethel Waters.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
May 20, 2022

Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection

The Cullen Jackman Memorial Collection (1881-1995) documents the artistic and creative nature of those of African descent. A series of note within this collection are the photographs by Carl Van Vechten, an American writer, artistic photographer, and patron of the Harlem Renaissance. An appreciator of the arts, Van Vechten promoted many of the major figures of the Renaissance through his photography, including Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, Rose McClendon, and Ethel Waters.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.

A flier advertising an open forum.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Written on cassette J-card: MLA- 1975, 12-28-1975, No. A. [SIDE A] Robert Hemenway, "Discoveries in the Hurston Biography"; Hortense Thornton, "Point of View in the Autobio's of Charlotte Forten, Mary C. Terrill, and Ida B. Wells Barnett". [SIDE B] Thornton, cont.; Hortense Spillers, "Gwendolyn the Terrible"; Mary Helen Washington- "Alice Walker". Recorded at wrong speed [entire tape].
Written on cassette J-card: MLA- 1975, 12-28-1975, No. B. [SIDE A] [Mary Helen] Washington, cont.; Ishmael Reed; Johnathan Nagete, "Mauvais Sang de Rimbaud et le [Quartier] de Cesaine�" [SIDE B] Nagate con't.; Ron Tanaka, "Toward a Working Model for American Ethnic Literacy Systems"; Sylvia Wynter, "Criticism and Ethnic Literature"
Written on cassette J-card: MLA- 1975, 12-28-1975, No. D. [SIDE A] [O. R.] Duthorne, con't.; Thomas Hale, "Cesaire and the Diaspora" [SIDE B] Hale, con't.; Robert E. McDowell. "Ol Hique Tales in Guyana and the African Connection"; Alice Walker, in part, on Zora Hurston and Kate Chapin. Taped at wrong speed.
Written on cassette J-card: MLA- 1975, 12-28-1975, No. C. [SIDE A] [Sylvia] Wynter con't. "Criticism and Ethnic Literature" [SIDE B] Wynter, con't.; O. R. Duthorne, "African Attitudes Among 19th Century Black Americans"
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Written on cassette J-card: CAAS Conference, 12-4-75. [SIDE A] George Kent, "The Place of Ann Moody's Coming of Age in the Tradition of Black Autobiographies". [SIDE B] Kent, cont.; Eugenia Collier, "Images of the Black Woman in Black Literature".
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Written on cassette J-card: CAAS Conference, 12-4-75. [SIDE A]  Collier, con't.; John Henrik Clarke, "The Black American's Search for an Idealology".
A booklet about James Earl Jones' performance in a one man play.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
The program for Arna Bontemps' funeral held on June 20, 1973 at Christ Chapel The Riverside Church in New York City.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Writen on cassette: Pigmeat Markham, April 17, 1972
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Writen on cassette: Ossie Davis, January 14, 1972
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Written on cassette J-card: MLA- 1975, 12-28-1975, No. E/I. [SIDE A] Alice Walker, con't. Taped at wrong speed.; 2nd John Henry Fesival, Hilltop, [Wast Virginia], Eugene Redmon, "The Night John Henry Was Born" [SIDE B] Festival, con't.
Letters written between Miles Jackson and Paula Snelling.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Raymond Jackson, March 10, 1964
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
James V. Lowe, November 12, 1963
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Hubert Dilworth in front of a brick patterned background. Written on verso: Hubert Dilworth, Leontyne Price's Secretary; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 146 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; August 28, 1963.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Maurice Williford. Written on verso: Maurice Williford; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 146 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; August 28, 1963.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
William Melvin Kelley, April 23, 1963
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Jimmie Daniels. Written on verso: Jimmie Daniels; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 146 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; January 29, 1963.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Diana Sands, January 29, 1963
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Billy Dee Williams, January 29, 1963
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
John A. Williams, July 9, 1962
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Ivie Jackman, June 26, 1962
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
An advertisment for James Baldwin's novel Another Country.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Mahalia Jackson, April 16, 1962
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Charles Perry with his arms crossed over the back of a chair. Written on verso: Charles Perry, author of Portrait of a Young Man Drowning; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 146 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; April 14, 1962.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), January 3, 1962
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Bobby Short, January 3, 1962
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
McHenry Boatwright, December 5, 1961
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
George Shirley, October 10, 1961
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Shirley Verrett Carter, August 8, 1961
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
M. Moran Weston, May 29, 1961
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
James Earl Jones, May 29, 1961
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Louis Peterson, August 9, 1960
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Percy Rodriguez, June 7, 1960
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Louise Jefferson, February 4, 1960
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Roscoe Lee Browne, circa 1964
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Godfrey Headley. Written on verso: Godfrey Headley, expert dental technician from Trinidad; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 146 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; December 15, 1959.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Reri Grist, December 8, 1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Margaret Tynes, September 14, 1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Betty Allen, Lawrence Winters, and Carol Brice pose together at an event. Written on verso: Betty Allen, Lawrence Winters, Carol Brice at Nora Holt's party for singers at the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters at the Yale University Library; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 146 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; September 9, 1959.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Leon Moore stands with his sister at an event celebrating the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters at the Yale University Library. Written on verso: Leon Moore and his sister at Nora Holt's party; two singers at the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters; founded by Carl Van vechten, in the Yale University Library; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 146 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; Nov. 13, 1952.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Merton Simpson, September 2, 1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Carl Darrow White, July 15, 1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Eldzier Cortor, June 7, 1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Julian Mayfield, March 6, 1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Harold Scott, February 12, 1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Claude Thompson, February 3, 1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Richard Gibson, January 20, 1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection