Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964

This series consists of personal letters, cards and postcards from his mother and various friends while he was in China and after his move to Kansas City. Among the correspondents are his mother, May R. Sickman, Sir Harold Acton, Georgia O'Keeffe, Langdon Warner, Otto Burchard, Margot and Paul Mallon, Lincoln Kirstein, Vincent Price, Carl Van Vechten and Edith and Osbert Sitwell.

This series consists of photographs, negatives and slides including several original photographs by Carl Van Vechten. This series also includes several sketches that were found with the large collection of unsorted photographic material. The material in this series pertains to his personal, professional and scholarly life.