# Harlem Renaissance — PUBLICMCP Public Library

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.

- Source institution: New York Public Library
- Set id: `nypl-set-harlem-renaissance`
- Items: 1,089
- Canonical page: https://publicmcp.org/library/nypl-harlem-renaissance

## Query via MCP (no API key)

```
search_library(query="harlem renaissance", source="nypl")
# endpoint: https://library.publicmcp.org/mcp — no API key required
```

## Sample items (25 of 1,089)

- [105th Street - Two boys playing with roller skates, each wearing a single roller skate on their right foot, East Harlem, New York City](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b6e6bb9e-bad6-301b-e040-e00a18062cdb)
- [Park Avenue - Young girl selling clothes on the street, East Harlem, New York City](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b6e6bb9e-bad5-301b-e040-e00a18062cdb)
- [Group of children, mostly boys, gathered under sprinkler, in East Harlem, New York City](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b6e6bee3-0e74-1381-e040-e00a18062754)
- [Renaissance Ornament no. 3: Renaissance ornaments in relief, from photographs taken from casts in the Crystal Palace, Sydenham.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-39fa-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99)
- [Renaissance Ornament no. 4: Enamels from the Louvre and Hotel Cluny.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-39fb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99)
- [Renaissance Ornament no. 5: Ornaments from pottery at Marlborough House.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-39fc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99)
- [Renaissance Ornament no. 7: Ornaments from pottery at Hotel Cluny and Louvre.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-39fe-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99)
- [Karlya Shelton, Stephanie Dabney, China White, Karen Brown, and Melanie Person in the Dance Theatre of Harlem production Rhythmetron](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e3c38810-85c1-013e-3114-0242ac110004)
- [Unidentified performers in the Dance Theatre of Harlem production Caravansarai](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/11c91900-85c2-013e-ef4d-0242ac110004)
- [Unidentified performers in the Dance Theatre of Harlem production Ginastera](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/500fb8d0-85bd-013e-6daf-0242ac110003)
- [Unidentified performers in the Dance Theatre of Harlem production Fancy Free](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7a8690f0-85c0-013e-61e5-0242ac110003)
- [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](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/38d158d0-85c3-013e-9287-0242ac110004)
- [Unidentified performers in the Dance Theatre of Harlem production Flower Festival in Genzano](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bcdd33c0-85bc-013e-84b0-0242ac110004)
- [Youth outside entrance to Dance Theatre of Harlem during a street fair](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb602730-85c3-013e-003c-0242ac110003)
- [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](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1ab96ae0-85c1-013e-9e3a-0242ac110003)
- [Walter Raines teaching dancer in Junior Company class of the Dance Theatre of Harlem](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/10ab5db0-536c-013e-1a9f-0242ac110002)
- [Costume designer Zelda Wynn instructing students during Dance Theatre of Harlem school open house](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/310f50a0-536e-013e-fa0e-0242ac110003)
- [Arthur Mitchell and his mother, Willie Mae Hearns, attending Dance Theatre of Harlem gala at the Uris Theatre](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0b7bd3c0-536f-013e-d97a-0242ac110003)
- [Llanchie Stevenson a.k.a. Aminah Ahmad teaching dancers in Junior Company class of the Dance Theatre of Harlem](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70342010-536c-013e-9fb2-0242ac110003)
- [Yvonne Hall and Augustus van Heerden performing in the Dance Theatre of Harlem premiere of the dance production Voluntaries at City College](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/53aa6a00-5372-013e-07c4-0242ac110003)
- [Virginia Johnson and Ronald Perry performing in the Dance Theatre of Harlem premiere of Allegro Brillante](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/00c27040-5371-013e-dad8-0242ac110002)
- [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](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/acd3dfa0-5368-013e-cbed-0242ac110002)
- [Arthur Mitchell outside the Metropolitan Opera house posing with poster publicizing the Dance Theatre of Harlem At the Met](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d8e06f0-5373-013e-8457-0242ac110002)
- [Harlem day and night](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1abf9650-61b3-013e-fa78-0242ac110002)
- [New Harlem blue book](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a416d760-61b5-013e-1d15-0242ac110003)

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