Van Vechten, Carl

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Biography

Wikipedia, Feb. 20, 2013 |b (Carl Van Vechten; born June 17 1880 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; died December 21, 1964 in New York; American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein) |u https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Van_Vechten

He married Fania Marinoff in 1914 and the couple was asssociated with one of the most vibrant artistic circles in the United States and Europe, the Harlem Renaisance. They Hosted parties and salons that included Gertrude Stein, Eugene O'Neill, Georgia O'Keeffe, and many Luminaries at the Harlem Renaisance. They continued to entertain a large circle of friends in the arts until his death in 1964.

https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/marinoff-fania.

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Bill ''Bojangles'' Robinson

Item

Identifier: D002.01.0004.0008.00001

Abstract

Four images on one sheet of Bill ''Bojangles'' Robinson performing in an unidentified dance.

Dates: Date Unknown

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / D002, The Dance Archive Photograph Collection / Photographs / Box 4: Jerome Robbins - George Zoritch / Robinson, Bill ''Bojangles'' 1878-1949

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