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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"Paul Robeson" The Play, The Protest, The Legacy, & The Lessons, May 12, 1978
1978-05-12
A flier advertising an open forum.
African American authors, Events and programs, African American actors
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
A flier advertising an open forum.
MLA [Convention] Tape 1, Robert Hemenway, Hortense Thornton, Hortense Spillers, and Mary Helen Washington, Dec
1975-12-28
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].
African American arts
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
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].
MLA [Convention] Tape 2, Mary Helen Washington, Ishmael Reed, Johnathan Nagette, Ron Tamaka, Sylvia Wynter, De
1975-12-28
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"
African American arts
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
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"
MLA [Convention] Tape 4, O. R. Duthorne, Thomas Hale, Robert E. McDowell, Alice Walker, December 28, 1975
1975-12-28
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.
African American arts
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
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.
MLA [Convention] Tape 3, Sylvia Wynter, O. R. Duthorne, December 28, 1975
1975-12-28
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"
African American arts
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
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"
CAAS [Conference] Tape 1, George Kent and Eugenia Collier, December 4, 1975
1975-12-04
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".
African American arts
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
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".
CAAS [Conference] Tape 2, [Eugenia] Collier and John H. Clarke, December 4, 1975
1975-12-04
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".
African American arts
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
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".
"James Earl Jones as Paul Ribeson," circa 1978
1973/1983
A booklet about James Earl Jones' performance in a one man play.
African American authors, African American arts, African American actors
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
A booklet about James Earl Jones' performance in a one man play.
Arna Bontemps' Funeral Program, June 1973
1973-06
The program for Arna Bontemps' funeral held on June 20, 1973 at Christ Chapel The Riverside Church in New York City.
African American librarians, African American authors, African American poets, Harlem Renaissance
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
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.
Pigmeat Markham, April 17, 1972
1972-04-17
Writen on cassette: Pigmeat Markham, April 17, 1972
African American arts
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Writen on cassette: Pigmeat Markham, April 17, 1972
Ossie Davis, January 14, 1972
1972-01-14
Writen on cassette: Ossie Davis, January 14, 1972
African American arts
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Writen on cassette: Ossie Davis, January 14, 1972
MLA [Convention] Tape 5, Alice Walker, December 28, 1975, and Second John Henry Festival, circa 1975
1970/1980
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.
African American arts
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
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.
Correspondence Between Paula Snelling and Miles M. Jackson, November 13, 1966
1966-11-13
Letters written between Miles Jackson and Paula Snelling.
African American universities and colleges, African American librarians, African Americans--Education
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Letters written between Miles Jackson and Paula Snelling.
Raymond Jackson, March 10, 1964
1964-03-10
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
African American arts, African American musicians, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Raymond Jackson, March 10, 1964
James V. Lowe, November 12, 1963
1963-11-12
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
African American arts, African American singers, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
James V. Lowe, November 12, 1963
Hubert Dilworth, August 28, 1963
1963-08-28
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
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.
African American arts, African American singers, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
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.
Maurice Williford, August 28, 1963
1963-08-28
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
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.
African American arts, African American artists, Portraits and people
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
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.
William Melvin Kelley, April 23, 1963
1963-04-23
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
African American arts, African American authors, Portraits and people
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
William Melvin Kelley, April 23, 1963
Louise Parker, April 22, 1963
1963-04-22
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
African American arts, African American singers, African Americans--Music, African American women, Portraits and people
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Jimmie Daniels, January 29, 1963
1963-01-29
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
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.
African American arts, African American actors, African American entertainers, Portraits and people
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.