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Etta Moten Barnett Papers

Finding Aid: Etta Moten Barnett Papers
Repository: Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature

Letter written by Etta Moten and Claude Barnett to family and friends detailing their first trip to Africa dated July 16, 1947.
Maker: Etta Moten and Claude Barnett
Owner: Etta Moten and Claude Barnett
Note: Etta Moten Barnett Papers, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
Marked-up copy of Etta Moten Barnett’s International Women’s Year speech, 1975.
Maker: Etta Moten Barnett
Owner: Etta Moten Barnett
Note: Etta Moten Barnett Papers, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
Etta Moten Barnett and Jackie Taylor at the Black Ensemble Theater, c.1980s.
Maker: Unknown
Owner: Unknown
Note: Etta Moten Barnett Papers, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
Porgy and Bess playbill dated November 1942. Opera starred Etta Moten Barnett and Todd Duncan and played at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago.
Maker: Unknown
Owner: Unknown
Note: Etta Moten Barnett Papers, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
Etta Moten Barnett and Gwendolyn Konie in Lusaka, Zambia, October 24, 1964.
Maker: Unknown
Owner: Unknown
Note: Etta Moten Barnett Papers, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
Etta Moten and Claude Barnett posed in front of their private African art collection at their home in Chicago, 1960s.
Maker: Unknown
Owner: Unknown
Note: Etta Moten Barnett Papers, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
Etta Moten Barnett (center), Arna Bontemps (l), and Langston Hughes (r) at the piano, n.d.
Maker: Unknown
Owner: Unknown
Note: Etta Moten Barnett Papers, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature

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