{"value"=>"<p>Contains incoming letters to Carl Van Vechten in his capacity as an author, critic and photographer. There are some replies. Many of the letters are from men and women with whom he maintained both professional and personal relationships. The correspondence is also reflective of Van Vechten's generosity as a donor of his manuscripts and photographs to cultural and academic institutions including the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Princeton University; Museum of Costume Art, New York City (Carl Van Vechten donations included 125 ties!); Museum of the City of New York, Theatre Collection; The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA); The National Institution of Arts and Letters, The Academy of Arts and Letters; Yale University, James Weldon Johnson Collection of Negro Arts and the New York Public Library. Prominent correspondents include James Branch Cabell, Edward Choate, Scott Cunningham, Elsie Langdon Caskey, Coleman Dowell, Georgia O'Keeffe, Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson, Klaus W. Jonas, Edward Jablonski, H. L. Mencken, Florine Stettheimer and Ettie Stettheimer.</p>"}