Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Letters of Carl Van Vechten
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
Collection of African-American theatre and concert programs, art exhibition announcements and related ephemera; examples of African-American publications, ephemera related to lectures, performances and events at Fisk University and race and social justice ephemera. Most of the material is from the New York City area, and dates between the years 1940 and 1948. Some of the African-American performers and social figures represented include: Katherine Dunham (and dance company), Clara Miles, Effabelle Davis, Emmer Booker, National Negro Opera Co., Pearl Primus, African Academy of Arts and Research, Festival Negro Chorus of New York, American Negro Theatre, Harlem Experimental Theatre, Negro Actors Guild of America, Negro Reperatory Theatre, W. E. B. Dubois, Fisk University (Nashville, Tenn.) and Carl S. Johnson.
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Manuscripts
Material documenting the personal and professional life of artist Don Bachardy, including artworks, personal papers, and photographs. Artworks consist of portraits Bachardy created primarily between 1961 and 2002, with some early works from the 1940s and 1950s, and include drawings in pencil or pen and ink, as well as acrylic paintings.
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Visual Materials
Printer: Weed, Parsons & Co.'s print Text features concert of Miss Electa Cone
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