Arnaud Wendell Bontemps (1902 - 1973)

Born 13 Oct 1902 in Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States

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Died 4 Jun 1973 at age 70 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Arna Bontemps is Notable.

Arna Bontemps^[1] was a poet, novelist, editor, and author of children's books. He was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Arna ended his remarkable career as a teacher and librarian at Fisk University, University of Illinois (Chicago Circle), and Yale.^[2]

Arna was born in 1902 into a Louisiana Creole family. His birthplace in Alexandria is now the Arna Bontemps African American Museum.^[3]

Arna died of a heart attack June 4, 1973.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch Family Tree Profile MR99-YHN
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 June 2018), memorial page for Arna Wendell Bontemps (13 Oct 1902–4 Jun 1973), Find A Grave: Memorial #7115834, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
3. ↑ Arna Bontemps African American Museum.
4. ↑ "Arna Bontemps." Encyclopedia.com.
5. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #7115834 (accessed 3 September 2023)
   Memorial page for Arna Wendell Bontemps (13 Oct 1902-4 Jun 1973), citing Greenwood Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA (plot: Grave 497); Maintained by Find a Grave.

• Wikipedia contributors, "Arna Bontemps," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arna_Bontemps (accessed 29 January 2018).
• Wikidata: Item Q690103
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV2B-RJ7 : accessed 1 February 2018), Arna Boulenge in household of Paul B Bontungs, Los Angeles Assembly District 72, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 205, sheet 5B, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 82; FHL microfilm 1,374,095.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH73-WQG : accessed 8 February 2018), Arne W Bontings in household of Paul Bontings, Los Angeles Assembly District 73, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 393, sheet 9A, line 26, family 481, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 114; FHL microfilm 1,820,114.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X764-BWL : accessed 8 February 2018), Arna Bontemp, Bronx (Districts 251-500), Bronx, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 497, sheet 15A, line 14, family 306, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1482; FHL microfilm 2,341,217.
• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:242F-DJ3 : 12 March 2018), Arna Wendell Bontemps, 1938; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWTR-8TL : accessed 8 February 2018), Arna W Bontemps, Ward 4, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-220, sheet 3A, line 10, family 46, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 928.