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.
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Clayton Corbin, October 23, 1954
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Clayton Corbin, October 23, 1954
Date Created
1954-10-23
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American actors, Portraits and people
Collection
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
Alfonso Marshall, and Scoogie Brown, September 2, 1954
Date Created
1954-09-02
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Description
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.
Subject
African American arts, African American dancers, Theatre and dance, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
A document written by W.E.B. DuBois regarding the death of Alain Locke.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
"The Passing of Alain Locke," June 12, 1954
Date Created
1954-06-12
Description
A document written by W.E.B. DuBois regarding the death of Alain Locke.
Subject
African American men, Harlem Renaissance, African American authors
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
John Oliver Killens, June 8, 1954
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
John Oliver Killens, June 8, 1954
Date Created
1954-06-08
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American authors, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Harry Belafonte, February 18, 1954
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Harry Belafonte, February 18, 1954
Date Created
1954-02-18
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, African American entertainers, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Roland Hayes, January 29, 1954
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Roland Hayes, January 29, 1954
Date Created
1954-01-29
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Correspondence between Owen Dodson and W.H. Auden.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Owen Dodson Correspondence, November 16, 1953
Date Created
1953-11-16
Description
Correspondence between Owen Dodson and W.H. Auden.
Subject
African American authors
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Alyne Dumas Lee, November 16, 1953
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Alyne Dumas Lee, November 16, 1953
Date Created
1953-11-16
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, African Americans--Music, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Joyce Bryant, May 28, 1953
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Joyce Bryant, May 28, 1953
Date Created
1953-05-28
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American actors, African American singers, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Leontyne Price, May 19, 1953
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Leontyne Price, May 19, 1953
Date Created
1953-05-19
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, African Americans--Music, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Juanita Hall, 1949-1953
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Juanita Hall, 1949-1953
Date Created
1953-03-26
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, African American actors, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Beauford Delaney, March 18, 1953
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Beauford Delaney, March 18, 1953
Date Created
1953-03-18
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American artists, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Martha Flowers, February 17, 1953
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Martha Flowers, February 17, 1953
Date Created
1953-02-17
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, African Americans--Music, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Zebedee Collins, February 10, 1953
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Zebedee Collins, February 10, 1953
Date Created
1953-02-10
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American dancers, Theatre and dance, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Lorenzo Newby, February 10, 1953
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Lorenzo Newby, February 10, 1953
Date Created
1953-02-10
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American dancers, Theatre and dance, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Mabel Mercer, 1952-1963
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Mabel Mercer, 1952-1963
Date Created
1952/1963
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, African Americans--Music, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Ethel Ayler, circa 1957
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Ethel Ayler, circa 1957
Date Created
1952/1962
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American actors, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Edgar Mittelhozer, November 13, 1952
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Edgar Mittelhozer, November 13, 1952
Date Created
1952-11-13
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American authors, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Eartha Kitt, October 19, 1952
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Eartha Kitt, October 19, 1952
Date Created
1952-10-19
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, African American actors, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Rawn Spearman, January 12, 1952
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Rawn Spearman, January 12, 1952
Date Created
1952-01-12
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American actors, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
William Warfield, 1951-1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
William Warfield, 1951-1959
Date Created
1951/1959
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, African Americans--Music, African American actors, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Noble Sissle, November 20, 1951
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Noble Sissle, November 20, 1951
Date Created
1951-11-20
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, African American musicians, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Maidie Norman, September 23, 1951
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Maidie Norman, September 23, 1951
Date Created
1951-09-23
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American actors, African American teachers, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
An article written on the career and accomplishments of Dr. Sadie Peterson Delaney. The author also mentions of Delaney's humanitarian work, discussing her dedication to working with the "socially handicapped." Written on recto: It will probably be two or three years [?] I retire. S.P.D.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Sadie Peterson Delaney Article, June 1951
Date Created
1951-06
Description
An article written on the career and accomplishments of Dr. Sadie Peterson Delaney. The author also mentions of Delaney's humanitarian work, discussing her dedication to working with the "socially handicapped." Written on recto: It will probably be two or three years [?] I retire. S.P.D.
Subject
African American librarians, African Americans--Education, African American women
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Dorothy Porter, May 23, 1951
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Dorothy Porter, May 23, 1951
Date Created
1951-05-23
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American librarians, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Ralph J .Bunche, May 16, 1951
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Ralph J .Bunche, May 16, 1951
Date Created
1951-05-16
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American political scientists, African American civic leaders, African Americans--Politics and government, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Ossie Davis, April 12, 1951
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Ossie Davis, April 12, 1951
Date Created
1951-04-12
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American actors, African American entertainers, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
William Marshall, April 12, 1951
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
William Marshall, April 12, 1951
Date Created
1951-04-12
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American actors, African American singers, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Howard Swanson, April 4, 1951
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Howard Swanson, April 4, 1951
Date Created
1951-04-04
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American composers, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Josephine Baker purchases a ticket for the Negro Actors Guild 2nd Annual Benefit and Breakfast Dance. Written on verso: March 16, 1951. Josephine Baker purchasing the first ticket to the Negro Actors Guild 2nd Annual Benefit and Breakfast Dance (Savoy, April 6th) from Harold Jackman, Chairman of the Dance Committee, while looking on is Noble Sissle, President of the Guild.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Josephine Baker, Noble Sissle, and Harold Jackman, March 16, 1951
Date Created
1951-03-16
Description
Josephine Baker purchases a ticket for the Negro Actors Guild 2nd Annual Benefit and Breakfast Dance. Written on verso: March 16, 1951. Josephine Baker purchasing the first ticket to the Negro Actors Guild 2nd Annual Benefit and Breakfast Dance (Savoy, April 6th) from Harold Jackman, Chairman of the Dance Committee, while looking on is Noble Sissle, President of the Guild.
Subject
African American women, Portraits and people, African American arts, Music--Performance
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Teodoro Ramos Blanco standing outside. Written on verso: Ramon Blancos; Cuban Sculptor; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 101 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; March 11, 1951.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Teodoro Ramos Blanco, March 11, 1951
Date Created
1951-03-11
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Description
Portrait of Teodoro Ramos Blanco standing outside. Written on verso: Ramon Blancos; Cuban Sculptor; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 101 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; March 11, 1951.
Subject
African American arts, African American artists, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Jean-Fernand Brierre, Felix Morisseau-Leroy, Roussan Camille, and Ren� Piquion stand in front of a building. Written on verso: Jean Buerre, Morisseau Leroy, Camille Rousson, Rene Piquian at the Hotel St. Francis, Petion-ville; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 101 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; March 9, 1951
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Jean-Fernand Brierre, Felix Morisseau-Leroy, Roussan Camille, and Rene Piquion, March 9, 1951
Date Created
1951-03-09
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Description
Jean-Fernand Brierre, Felix Morisseau-Leroy, Roussan Camille, and Ren� Piquion stand in front of a building. Written on verso: Jean Buerre, Morisseau Leroy, Camille Rousson, Rene Piquian at the Hotel St. Francis, Petion-ville; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 101 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; March 9, 1951
Subject
African American arts, African American authors, African American poets, African American journalists, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Haiti, March 9, 1951
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Haiti, March 9, 1951
Date Created
1951-03-09
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
Travel
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Willemstad, Curacao, March 5, 1951
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Willemstad, Curacao, March 5, 1951
Date Created
1951-03-05
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
Travel, Architecture
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, March 4, 1951
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, March 4, 1951
Date Created
1951-03-04
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
Travel
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Gerri Major, 1951
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Gerri Major, 1951
Date Created
1951
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American authors, African American journalists, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Correspondence between Owen Dodson and James Baldwin.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
James Baldwin Correspondence, circa 1955
Date Created
1950/1960
Description
Correspondence between Owen Dodson and James Baldwin.
Subject
African American authors
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
A draft of James Baldwin's novel Giovanni's Room.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Giovanni's Room Manuscript, 1950
Date Created
1950
Description
A draft of James Baldwin's novel Giovanni's Room.
Subject
African American authors, American literature--African American authors
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Correspondence between Owen Dodson and James Baldwin.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
James Baldwin Correspondence, circa 1954
Date Created
1949/1959
Description
Correspondence between Owen Dodson and James Baldwin.
Subject
African American authors
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Clement Richer, October 9, 1949
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Clement Richer, October 9, 1949
Date Created
1949-10-09
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American authors, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
West Indian Parade, Harlem, September 3, 1949
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
West Indian Parade, Harlem, September 3, 1949
Date Created
1949-09-03
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American dancers, Special events
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
A flyer for a program put together by the Katherine Duhnam School of Cultural Arts.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
"From: The Katherine Dunham School of Cultural Arts, Inc. To: You" Flyer, June 3, 1949
Date Created
1949-06-03
Description
A flyer for a program put together by the Katherine Duhnam School of Cultural Arts.
Subject
African American women, African American arts, Theatre and dance
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Mary McLeod Bethune, April 6, 1949
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Mary McLeod Bethune, April 6, 1949
Date Created
1949-04-06
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American teachers, African Americans--Education, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Nicholas Guillen, March 23, 1949
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Nicholas Guillen, March 23, 1949
Date Created
1949-03-23
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American poets, African American authors, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Billie Holiday, March 23, 1949
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Billie Holiday, March 23, 1949
Date Created
1949-03-23
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, African Americans--Music, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
William Grant Still, March 12, 1949
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
William Grant Still, March 12, 1949
Date Created
1949-03-12
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American composers, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Thelma Carpenter, March 9, 1949
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Thelma Carpenter, March 9, 1949
Date Created
1949-03-09
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, African American actors, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Philippa Duke Schuyler, 1946-1951
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Philippa Duke Schuyler, 1946-1951
Date Created
1949-02-22
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American musicians, African American journalists, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Owen Dodson. Written on verso: Owen Dodson; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 101 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Owen Dodson, circa 1953
Date Created
1948/1958
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Description
Portrait of Owen Dodson. Written on verso: Owen Dodson; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 101 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject
African American arts, African American poets, African American authors, Portraits and people
Collection
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 Evans, circa 1953
Date Created
1948/1958
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Description
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.
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, African American dancers, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection