Carl Van Vechten letters

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unitid

{"value"=>"6414", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b20249091", "type"=>"local_b"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 6414", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1923-1946", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1923/1946"}

date_inclusive_start

1923

date_inclusive_end

1946

keydate

1923

unittitle

{"value"=>"Carl Van Vechten letters"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 folder", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Collection of letters signed by Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964), American writer, photographer and patron of the arts. Letters are chiefly to London publisher Grant Richards, 1923, regarding two of Van Vechten's works, Peter Whiffle and The Blind Bow-Boy. Other items to various recipients concern literary, social and business matters, including a letter thanking George Sylvester Viereck for sending a copy of his work My Flesh and Blood, and a note to Sawyer written on the back of a photograph of Alice B. Toklas, taken by Van Vechten."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Carl Van Vechten letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

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

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan P. Waide</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">Carl Van Vechten papers, 1833-1965, bulk (1920-1940). Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</span>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1923

date_end

1946

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