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7 January 1950

Yale University

Pamphlet

Title: Exercises marking the opening of the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters

This pamphlet is a transcript of the ceremony for the opening of the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters. This collection was founded by Carl Van Vechten and the ceremony took place at Sprague Memorial Hall.

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