Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1880 - 1964
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Gertrude Stein collection at Johns Hopkins University
Collection
Identifier: MS-0970
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and ephemera associated with author Gertrude Stein.
Dates:
1930 - 1934
Found in:
Special Collections
Photograph of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas boarding a plane on their first flight, 1934-11-07
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Scope and Contents
Photograph by Carl Van Vechten of Gertrude Stein and her partner Alice B. Toklas boarding a plane. The photographer wrote of the event, "This shows the beginning of Miss Stein's and Miss Toklas's first airplane voyage, when they flew to Chicago to hear a performance of 'Four Saints in Three Acts' at the Chicago Auditoriumn. I flew with them and made these pictures just before the start. The fetishes in their hands, presents from me, are little beaded men on a base of rabbit's foot, made by...
Dates:
1934-11-07
Richard Frary collection of 20th-century authors' materials
Collection
Identifier: MS-0398
Abstract
The collection includes letters, manuscripts, photographs, and other material related to 20th-century authors, including John Dos Passos, the artist Rockwell Kent, Sinclair Lewis, James Joyce, Theodore Dreiser, Frank Norris, Timothy Leary, and Carl Van Vechten, 1897-1990.
Dates:
1897-1990
Found in:
Special Collections
Robert A. Wilson collection of Gertrude Stein materials
Collection
Identifier: MS-0785
Abstract
Robert A. Wilson (1922-2016) was a Baltimore native who owned the Phoenix Book Shop in Greenwich Village, New York and was a well-known collector of signed first editions of works by his favorite literary figures, particularly Gertrude Stein. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American expatriate novelist, playwright, poet, and art collector. She was born outside Pittsburgh, lived in Oakland, California, and then spent the rest of her life in Paris, France, becoming a part of the Parisian...
Dates:
1874 - 2011
Found in:
Special Collections
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- photographs 3
- drafts (documents) 2
- American drama 1
- American literature 1
- American poetry 1
- Authors 1
- Authors, American 1
- CD-Rs 1
- Collectibles 1
- Fans (Persons) 1
- France 1
- Hallucinogenic drugs 1
- Interviews 1
- Modernism (Literature) 1
- Publishers and publishing 1
- VHS 1
- Women authors, American 1
- World War (1939-1945) 1
- drawings (visual works) 1
- ephemera (general object genre) 1
- fliers (printed matter) 1
- invoices 1
- long-playing records 1
- memoirs 1
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