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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"Song for a Suicide" Original Poem Signed by Langston Hughes, January 19, 1926 1926-01-19 African American arts Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection