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.

Adele Addison, April 8, 1955
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
A portrait of Alberta Hunter. Written on recto: All my love to my darling Harold Sincerely, Alberta
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Alfonso Marshall and Scoogie Brown dancing. Written on verso: Alfonso Marshall and Scoogie Brown; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 146 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; Sept. 2, 1954.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Althea Gibson, November 20, 1958
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Altonell Hines with a large collar around her shoulders. Written on verso: Altonell Hines in "Four Saints in Three Acts" by Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; Cannot be reproduced without permission; Date March 9, 1934; Number Xllle:31
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Alvin Ailey, March 22, 1955
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Alyne Dumas Lee, November 16, 1953
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
An American Theatre Wing War Service ID card for Harold Jackman.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Ann Petry, November 12, 1948
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Anne Brown, February 18, 1948
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Archie Savage dancing. Written on verso: Archie Savage; Dancer; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 101 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Arna Bontemps standing with his son, Paul.
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
Arthur Mitchell, December 20, 1955
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Asadata Dafora, Tuguese, Kykunkor, circa 1935
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Augusta Savage. Written on recto: To Harold Jackman; with life; Augusta Savage 1938.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Avon Long dancing. Written on verso: Avon Long, star in "Porgy and Bess"; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 101 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Beatrice Wayne dressed as St. Theresa. Written on verso: Beatrice Robinson Wayne as St. Theresa No. I in "Four Saints in Three Acts" by Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; Cannot be reproduced without permission; Date March 9, 1934.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Beauford Delaney, March 18, 1953
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Bertice Reading, January 6, 1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
A portrait of Bessie Smith. Written on recto: Photo, 1923, by Edward Elcha, courtesy of Rudi Blesh. Bessie Smith in 1923, the year of her first record, which sold 780,000 copies in six months.  It earned her only $125, but it established her as the leading blues singer.  From BESSIE SMITH: EMPRESS OF THE BLUES (Schirmer Books/Frank Music, April 15).
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Betty Allen, March 27, 1958
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Billie Holiday, March 23, 1949
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Billy Dee Williams, January 29, 1963
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Billy Strayhorn, August 19, 1958
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Bobby Evans. Written on verso: Bobby Evans, Singer and dancer; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 101 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Bobby Short, January 3, 1962
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
C. L. R. James, circa 1946
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".
Portrait of Cab Calloway in front of a floral background.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Camilla Ella Williams, May 31, 1946
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Carl Darrow White, July 15, 1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Carl Van Vechten holding onto a chair.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Carmen de Lavallade and Others, 1955-1958
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Carol Brice, April 10, 1947
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Cedric Dover. Written on recto: For Harold with every good wish, Cedric. Written on verso: The late Cedric Dover, Eurasian at one time on the faculty at Fisk University, and author of the famous book on Negro art, for which Harold Jackman furnished much of the material; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 101 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; April 15, 1948.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Charles Blackwell, July 5, 1955
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
Charles Spurgeon Johnson, 1947-1948
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Charlotte Holloman, December 6, 1957
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Chester Himes, 1955-1962
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
An article about Katherine' Dunham's desire to establish a dance theatre.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Clarence Cameron White, June 17, 1958
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Claude Marchant, February 21, 1947
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
A portrait of Claude McKay. Written on recto: Claude McKay, author of "Banjo" and "Home to Harlem," whose new novel, "Banana Bottom," will be published by Harper & Brothers on March 29th, has been living in Spain and Morocco for the last three years. The background of his novel is the island of Jamaica, British West Indies, where Mr. McKay was born. Written on verso: For Harold Jackman After a five year interval wit[?] the same sentiment. Claude McKay
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
A portrait of Claude McKay. Written on recto: To my friend Harold Jackman. Sincerely, Claude McKay
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Claude Thompson, February 3, 1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Claudia McNeil, June 10, 1957
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Clayton Corbin, October 23, 1954
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection