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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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
Bobby Short, January 3, 1962 1962-01-03 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 African American arts, African American singers, African American musicians, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Roy Eaton, December 2, 1958 1958-12-02 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 African American arts, African American musicians, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Billy Strayhorn, August 19, 1958 1958-08-19 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 African American arts, African American musicians, African American composers, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Clarence Cameron White, June 17, 1958 1958-06-17 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 African American arts, African American musicians, African American composers, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Henry Lewis and wife Marilyn Horne, circa 1961 1956/1966 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 Henry Lewis sits while his wife stands behind him with her hands on his shoulders. African American arts, African American musicians, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Margaret Bonds, October 10, 1956 1956-10-10 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 African American arts, African American musicians, African Americans--Music, African American women, Portraits and people Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Dizzy Gillespie, December 2, 1955 1955-12-02 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 African American arts, African American musicians, African American composers, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Noble Sissle, November 20, 1951 1951-11-20 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 African American arts, African American singers, African American musicians, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Philippa Duke Schuyler, 1946-1951 1949-02-22 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 African American arts, African American musicians, African American journalists, African American women, Portraits and people Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Everett Lee, November 12, 1948 1948-11-12 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 African American arts, African American musicians, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Dan Burley, November 13, 1947 1947-11-13 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 Portrait of Dan Burley in front of a flowered background. Written on verso: Dan Burley; Photograph by Carl Van Vechten; 101 Central Park West; Cannot be reproduced without permission; November 13, 1947. African American arts, African American journalists, African American musicians, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
John Wesley Work III, April 26, 1947 1947-04-26 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 Portrait of John Work. African American arts, African American composers, African American musicians, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Josh White, August 13, 1946 1946-08-13 Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 African American arts, African American musicians, African American singers, African Americans--Music, Portraits and people Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection