Harlem Renaissance

Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American art, literature, music, and thought centered in New York City from the 1920s through the 1930s.

Sample of the collection (25 of 1,089 items)

• 105th Street - Two boys playing with roller skates, each wearing a single roller skate on their right foot, East Harlem, New York City New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Park Avenue - Young girl selling clothes on the street, East Harlem, New York City New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Group of children, mostly boys, gathered under sprinkler, in East Harlem, New York City New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Renaissance Ornament no. 3: Renaissance ornaments in relief, from photographs taken from casts in the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Renaissance Ornament no. 4: Enamels from the Louvre and Hotel Cluny. New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Renaissance Ornament no. 5: Ornaments from pottery at Marlborough House. New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Renaissance Ornament no. 7: Ornaments from pottery at Hotel Cluny and Louvre. New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Karlya Shelton, Stephanie Dabney, China White, Karen Brown, and Melanie Person in the Dance Theatre of Harlem production Rhythmetron New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Unidentified performers in the Dance Theatre of Harlem production Caravansarai New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Unidentified performers in the Dance Theatre of Harlem production Ginastera New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Unidentified performers in the Dance Theatre of Harlem production Fancy Free New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Laura Brown and Paul Russell performing (Studio 3) in the Dance Theatre of Harlem production Le Corsaire, with Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden in attendance New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Unidentified performers in the Dance Theatre of Harlem production Flower Festival in Genzano New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Youth outside entrance to Dance Theatre of Harlem during a street fair New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Virginia Johnson, Endalyn Taylor, Carol Crawford, Laurie Woodard, Karen Henry, Christina Johnson, Nicolette Marshall, Adelaide Mallette, and Leslie Woodard in the Dance Theatre of Harlem production Serenade New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Walter Raines teaching dancer in Junior Company class of the Dance Theatre of Harlem New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Costume designer Zelda Wynn instructing students during Dance Theatre of Harlem school open house New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Arthur Mitchell and his mother, Willie Mae Hearns, attending Dance Theatre of Harlem gala at the Uris Theatre New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Llanchie Stevenson a.k.a. Aminah Ahmad teaching dancers in Junior Company class of the Dance Theatre of Harlem New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Yvonne Hall and Augustus van Heerden performing in the Dance Theatre of Harlem premiere of the dance production Voluntaries at City College New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Virginia Johnson and Ronald Perry performing in the Dance Theatre of Harlem premiere of Allegro Brillante New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Leontyne Price below Loew's Victoria Theatre marquee billing Lena Horne and Price for the Harlem Homecoming for Dance Theatre of Harlem, November 13, 1972 New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Arthur Mitchell outside the Metropolitan Opera house posing with poster publicizing the Dance Theatre of Harlem At the Met New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• Harlem day and night New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…
• New Harlem blue book New York Public Library Photographs, manuscripts, music scores, and ephemera documenting the Harlem Renaissance — the cultural flowering of African American…

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