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.

A flier advertising an open forum.
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].
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"
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.
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"
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".
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".
A booklet about James Earl Jones' performance in a one man play.
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.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Writen on cassette: Pigmeat Markham, April 17, 1972
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Writen on cassette: Ossie Davis, January 14, 1972
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.
Letters written between Miles Jackson and Paula Snelling.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
Raymond Jackson, March 10, 1964
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
James V. Lowe, November 12, 1963
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.
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.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
William Melvin Kelley, April 23, 1963
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.
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection