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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Adele Addison, April 8, 1955
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Adele Addison, April 8, 1955
Date Created
1955-04-08
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
A portrait of Alberta Hunter. Written on recto: All my love to my darling Harold Sincerely, Alberta
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Alberta Hunter, circa 1925
Date Created
1920/1930
Description
A portrait of Alberta Hunter. Written on recto: All my love to my darling Harold Sincerely, Alberta
Subject
African American women, Portraits and people, African American arts, Singers
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
Althea Gibson, November 20, 1958
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Althea Gibson, November 20, 1958
Date Created
1958-11-20
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American athletes, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
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
Altonell Hines, March 9, 1934
Date Created
1934-03-09
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Description
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
Subject
African American arts, African American singers, African American actors, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Alvin Ailey, March 22, 1955
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Alvin Ailey, March 22, 1955
Date Created
1955-03-22
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
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
Ann Petry, November 12, 1948
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Ann Petry, November 12, 1948
Date Created
1948-11-12
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Subject
African American arts, African American authors, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Anne Brown, February 18, 1948
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Anne Brown, February 18, 1948
Date Created
1948-02-18
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
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
Archie Savage, circa 1942
Date Created
1937/1947
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Description
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.
Subject
African American arts, African American dancers, Theatre and dance, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Portrait of Arna Bontemps standing with his son, Paul.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Arna Bontemps and Son Paul, circa 1940
Date Created
1935/1945
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Description
Portrait of Arna Bontemps standing with his son, Paul.
Subject
African American arts, African American authors, African American poets, Portraits and people
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Arthur Mitchell, December 20, 1955
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Arthur Mitchell, December 20, 1955
Date Created
1955-12-20
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
Asadata Dafora, Tuguese, Kykunkor, circa 1935
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Asadata Dafora, Tuguese, Kykunkor, circa 1935
Date Created
1930/1940
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
Portrait of Augusta Savage. Written on recto: To Harold Jackman; with life; Augusta Savage 1938.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Augusta Savage, 1938
Date Created
1938
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Description
Portrait of Augusta Savage. Written on recto: To Harold Jackman; with life; Augusta Savage 1938.
Subject
African American arts, African American artists, African American women, Portraits and people
Collection
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
Avon Long, circa 1945
Date Created
1940/1950
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Description
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.
Subject
African American arts, African American actors, African American singers, Portraits and people
Collection
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
Beatrice Robinson Wayne, March 9, 1934
Date Created
1934-03-09
Creator
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Description
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.
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
Bertice Reading, January 6, 1959
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Bertice Reading, January 6, 1959
Date Created
1959-01-06
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
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
Bessie Smith, 1923
Date Created
1923
Description
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).
Subject
African American women, Portraits and people, African American arts, Music--Performance, Singers
Collection
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Betty Allen, March 27, 1958
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Betty Allen, March 27, 1958
Date Created
1958-03-27
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