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Arna Bontemps portrait collection

Title
Arna Bontemps portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
<1930?-1959?>

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Additional Authors
  • Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.
  • Palfi, Marion, 1907-1978.
  • Moss Photo (New York, N.Y.)
Description
<7> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm or smaller.
Summary
Portraits of author, poet, historian and librarian Arna Bontemps dating between the 1930s and 1950s, consisting of half and quarter-length portraits of Bontemps as Librarian at Fisk University; a publicity photograph for the book "Black Thunder"; a view of Arna Bontemps at his office typewriter; and a view of Bontemps with Fisk University President Charles S. Johnson viewing an oversized book.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1930-1959.
  • Autographs.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1959.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Photographers include Carl Van Vechten and Marion Palfi.
  • Two items bear handwritten captions on verso; one item bears printed caption on recto. One item is autographed. Two items are duplicates.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Call Number
Sc Photo Bontemps, Arna
OCLC
NYPG085000193-F
Title
Arna Bontemps portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
<1930?-1959?>
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local Note
Negatives exist for some images.
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Added Author
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Photographer
Palfi, Marion, 1907-1978. Photographer
Moss Photo (New York, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Bontemps, Arna
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