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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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