Carl Van Vechten Theatre Photographs

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-Vim 1943-003", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"23277", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b20915129", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1932-1943", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1932/1943"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Carl Van Vechten Theatre Photographs"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.25 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"9 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Carl Van Vechten Theatre Photographs contain over 300 black and white mounted prints of photographs taken by Carl Van Vechten, mostly at his studio from 1932 to 1943, principally of famous theatre artists, but also of renowned performers and figures in the arts, performing arts and literary world."}

origination

{"value"=>"Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Author, critic and photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) was born to a wealthy family in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He moved to New York City in 1906 and worked as a music critic for <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span> and later became its first modern dance critic. Van Vechten photographed many of the leading theatre and performing arts figures of his time. He also photographed many African-American artists and performers, as well as ethnic dancers. He died in his sleep in New York City at age 84.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains over 300 black and white mounted prints of photographs taken by Carl Van Vechten, mostly at his studio from 1932 to 1943. While the photographs are primarily of theatre performers, writers and personalities, there are also photographs of other well-known figures in arts and letters of the time.</p> <p>There are numerous photographs of the actress Fania Marinoff (Van Vechten's second wife), Tallulah Bankhead, Ina Claire, George M. Cohan, director Sidney Lumet as a child actor, Eugene O'Neill and Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, Maurice Schwartz, Gertrude Stein, Ethel Waters, and Anna May Wong. The New York City Stage Door Canteen and the production,<span class=\"title\">This Is the Army</span> (1943) are also well-represented in the collection.</p> <p>A few important figures in the performing arts and arts and letters photographed by Van Vechten include La Argentinita, Salvador Dali, Giorgio de Chirico, José Iturbi, Nora Kaye, Serge Koussevitsky, Hugh Laing, Alicia Markova, Henri Matisse, Bill Robinson, Antony Tudor, Charles Weidman, Franz Werfel, and Efrem Zimbalist.</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetically by name or title.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Carl Van Vechten, 1943.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Camille Dee</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span>.</p>"}

dsc_type

combined

date_start

1932

keydate

1932

date_end

1943

date_inclusive_start

1932

date_inclusive_end

1943

extent_statement

2.25 linear feet (9 boxes)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Carl Van Vechten Theatre Photographs, *T-Vim 1943-003. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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1. Anderson, Judith [3/1]
2. Anderson, Marian
3. La Argentinita
4. Bankhead, Tallulah [2/1]
5. Barrymore, Ethel
6. Ben-Ami, Jacob
7. Brent, Romney
8. Bromfield, Louis
9. Bynner, Witter
10. Calloway, Cab
11. Carroll, Paul Vincent
12. Claire, Ina
13. Cohan, George M
14. Cooper, Gladys
15. Cornell, Katharine
16. Dali, Salvador
17. D’Alvarez, Marguerite
18. Dane, Clemence
19. Darvas, Lili
20. De Chirico, Giorgio
21. De Mille, Agnes [2/1]
22. Dodson, Owen
23. Dolin, Anton – Swan Lake
24. Dollar, William - Errante
25. Doro, Marie
26. Draper, Paul
27. Dreiser, Theodore
28. Dunham, Katherine
29. Edward, Jon of the Von Grona Negro Ballet
30. Escudero, Vicente
31. Ferber, Edna
32. Ficke, Arthur Davison
33. Fiske, Dwight
34. Fontanne, Lynn
35. French, Jared
36. Frohman, Daniel
37. Gauthier, éva
38. Gershwin, George
39. Gillmore, Margalo
40. Gish, Lillian
41. Gopal, Ram
42. Heifetz, Florence Vidor
43. Heifetz, Jascha
44. Henderson, W.J
45. Hindu Musicians with the Dancer Shankar [2/1]
46. Horne, Lena
47. Hughes, Langston
48. Iturbi, José
49. Johnson, James Weldon
50. Jones, [Robert] Earl in Langston Hughes’ Play, Don’t You Want to Be Free?
51. Kane, Whitford
52. Kaye, Nora [2/2]
53. Kirkland, Alexander
54. Koussevitzsky, Serge
55. Laing, Hugh [5/1]
56. Larrimore, Francine
57. Laughton, Charles
58. Lederer, Francis
59. Lee, Canada - Native Son
60. Lewis, Sinclair
61. Long, Avon - Sportin’ Life - Porgy and Bess
62. Lord, Pauline
63. Louis, Joe
64. Luce, Clare Boothe (Mrs. Henry Luce)
65. Lumet, Sidney [2/1]
66. Lunt, Alfred
67. McCormack, Wilbur
68. Marinoff, Fania [6/2]
69. Markova, Alicia [7/2]
70. Martinelli, Giovanni
71. Massary, Fritzi
72. Matisse, Henri
73. Matthews, Edward - Four Saints in Three Acts - Saint Ignatius
74. Maugham, W. Somerset
75. Maxwell, Elsa
76. Moeller, Philip
77. Moiseiwitsch, Benno
78. Molnár, Ferenc
79. Moore, Grace
80. Moran, Lois
81. Morgan, Helen
82. Muni, Paul
83. Myers, Carmel
84. Nathan, George Jean
85. Novarro, Ramon
86. O’Dea, Denis
87. O’Neill, Carlotta Monterey [2/1]
88. O’Neill, Eugene [3/1]
89. Odets, Clifford
90. Olivier, Laurence
91. Orchidée - One of Loie Fuller’s Dancers
92. Price, Vincent - Angel Street
93. Rainer, Luise
94. Robeson, Paul
95. Robinson, Bill
96. Romero, César
97. Saddler, Donald - Billy the Kid
98. Savage, Archie
99. Schwartz, Arthur
100. Schwartz, Maurice [2/1]
101. Selwart, Tonio - (The) Pursuit of Happiness
102. Servoss, Mary
103. Sherman, Hiram, United States Navy
104. Simonson, Lee
105. Slezak, Walter
106. Stage Door Canteen (New York) [4/2]
107. Stein, Gertrude [2/2]
108. Stewart, James
109. Tashman, Lilyan
110. Taylor, Laurette
111. Tchelitchew, Pavel
112. Terriss, Norma
113. This Is the Army [4/3]
114. Thomson, Virgil
115. Tudor, Antony [3/1]
116. Ulric, Lenore
117. Van Druten, John
118. Van Eyck, Peter
119. Van Vechten, Carl
120. Waters, Ethel [4/1]
121. Watkins, Linda
122. Webb, Clifton
123. Weidman, Charles [2/1]
124. Welles, Orson
125. Werfel, Franz
126. Westley, Helen
127. Wong, Anna May [4/1]
128. Wood, Peggy
129. Woollcott, Alexander
130. Wright, Richard
131. Zimbalist, Efrem