Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
Abstract
"The Rose McClendon Memorial Collection of Photographs of Celebrated Negroes by Carl Van Vechten" was a gift presented to the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center by Carl Van Vechten in various installments starting with the first in 1946 and ending up until his death in 1964. Carl Van Vechten was an author, critic, photographer, bibliophile, and philanthropist. During his time as a photographer, he photographed many prominent African Americans of the time, including some of the most important figures of the Harlem Renaissance.
The Rose McClendon Memorial Collection of Photographs of Celebrated Negroes by Carl Van Vechten Collection is comprised of 673 images taken between 1931 and 1964 by Van Vechten. The collection focuses mainly on African Americans in the arts including actors, dancers, musicians, authors, architects, artists, and miscellaneous Black performers. Present are also some images of Black athletes. Some collection includes images of Rose McClendon, Langston Hughes, Josephine Baker, Alain Locke, Romare Bearden, Ethel Waters, Ella Fitzgerald, Rudolph Dunbar, W.E.B DuBois, and many others. Although the majority of these images are single portraits, others contain group portraits of individuals, some including Van Vechten himself.
Recommended Citation
Martin, Jaclynn and Senegal, Sloan, "The Rose McClendon Memorial Collection of Photographs of Celebrated Negroes by Carl Van Vechten" (2024). Prints and Photographs Department. 24.
https://dh.howard.edu/finaid_pnp/24
