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Additional authors

1. Andrews, Bert
2. De Vincent, George
3. Lascher
4. Swope, Martha
5. Trumbo, Mitzi
6. Yoscary, Bill
7. Friedman-Abeles, photographer.
8. Columbia Pictures, production company.
9. Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Found in

1. p1tc Forms part of: Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 Lorraine Hansberry papers, 1947-1988 (OCoLC)456433644

Description

1. 756 items (1.2 cubic ft., 4 boxes); 36 x 28 cm or smaller.

Summary

1. The Lorraine Hansberry Photograph Collection (1940s-1980s) primarily documents productions of Hansberry's plays "A Raisin in the Sun," "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window," and "Les Blancs," as well as "To Be Young, Gifted and Black," which was adapted posthumously from her writings. Images consists of scenes from theatrical, motion picture, and television productions, views of rehearsals, as well as individual and group portraits of actors, playwrights, directors and producers. Other photographs in the collection include the dedication of the Lorraine Hansberry Intermediate School 167, Bronx, New York City (1975) and an unidentified benefit (1984), both attended by Robert Nemiroff, Hansberry's ex-husband. Images of Hansberry are limited to the group portrait noted below and three snapshots, one as a child and two as a teenager.
2. Documentation of U.S. and foreign productions of "A Raisin in the Sun" includes the first production, on Broadway, in 1959, the touring company, various revivals, the Columbia Pictures production (1974), and the PBS television special (1989). A promotional photograph for the Broadway production depicts Hansberry with co-producers David Cogan and Philip Rose, director Lloyd Richards, and lead actor Sidney Poitier. Overseas productions include performances in France, Germany, Ukraine, a children's performance in South Africa, as well as a photo album documenting a production in the Czechoslovakia (1960). Images from "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" document the original Broadway production (1964). Images from the four productions of "Les Blancs" include Broadway (1970) and the 1988 revival in Washington D.C.. Also included are scenes from six productions of "To be Young, Gifted and Black" including off-Broadway (1968) and touring companies. Documentation for a PBS television special (1972) only consists of publicity portraits of cast members. Cast members pictured in the various productions of Hansberry's plays include Barbara Barrie, Ruby Dee, Al Freeman, Jr., Danny Glover, Micki Grant, Brent Jennings, James Earl Jones, Janet League, Delroy Lindo, Claudia McNeil, Sidney Poitier, Esther Rolle, Diana Sands, Glenn Thurman, Cicely Tyson, and Camille Yarbrough.
3. The collection also contains studio portraits of African American women modeling braided hairstyles sent to Hansberry by her neice, Nantille Charbonnet.

Alternative title

1. Les Blancs.
2. Raisin in the sun.
3. The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window.
4. To Be Young, Gifted and Black.

Subject

1. Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965
2. Nemiroff, Robert
3. Barrie, Barbara
4. Dee, Ruby > Performances > 1960-1989
5. Glover, Danny > Performances > 1960-1989
6. Grant, Micki > Performances > 1960-1989
7. Jones, James Earl > Performances > 1960-1989
8. League, Janet > Performances > 1960-1989
9. McNeil, Claudia > Performances > 1960-1989
10. Poitier, Sidney > Performances > 1960-1989
11. Rolle, Esther > Performances > 1960-1989
12. Tyson, Cicely > Performances > 1960-1989
13. Yarbrough, Camille > Performances > 1960-1989
14. African American authors
15. African American dramatists
16. Women in the theater > United States
17. African American women
18. African Americans in the performing arts
19. African American actors
20. African American actresses
21. Theatrical productions
22. Television specials.
23. Braids (Hairdressing) > 1970-1989
24. Hairstyles > 1970-1989

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1940-1989.
2. Group portratis – 1940-1989.
3. Publicity photographs – 1940-1989.
4. Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1989.
5. Dye coupler prints – 1940-1989.
6. Slides – 1940-1989.
7. Photo albums – 1960-1989.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Lorraine Hansberry Collection

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten, typewritten or printed captions and/or notations on recto and/or verso. Some items are mounted; others are cropped. Some items are composite photographs. Some portraits have resumes attached to verso. Some items are mounted in a photo album. Press releases accompany some photographs. A few items are duplicates.
3. Collection contains work by Bert Andrews, George de Vincent, Lascher, Martha Swope, Mitzi Trumbo, Bill Yoscary, and Friedman-Abeles, among others.

Terms of use (note)

1. Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

1. Born in 1930, Lorraine Hansberry was an African American writer, editor, and political activist. Best known as a playwright, her award-winning Broadway hit, "A Raisin in the Sun," was inspired by her father's legal battle against racially segregated housing laws in Chicago. Her second Broadway production, "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window," opened and her last play, "Les Blancs," was in rehearsals when she died from pancreatic cancer in 1965 at age 34.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Lorraine Hansberry Papers, 1947-1988.

Title

1. Lorraine Hansberry photograph collection.

Production

1. [194-?]-[198-?]

Type of content

1. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated
2. projected

Type of carrier

1. sheet
2. slide

Terms of use

1. Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

1. Born in 1930, Lorraine Hansberry was an African American writer, editor, and political activist. Best known as a playwright, her award-winning Broadway hit, "A Raisin in the Sun," was inspired by her father's legal battle against racially segregated housing laws in Chicago. Her second Broadway production, "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window," opened and her last play, "Les Blancs," was in rehearsals when she died from pancreatic cancer in 1965 at age 34.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Lorraine Hansberry Papers, 1947-1988.

Local note

1. Sc MG 680

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1. Request Appointment
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Andrews, Bert, photographer.
2. De Vincent, George, photographer.
3. Lascher, photographer.
4. Swope, Martha, photographer.
5. Trumbo, Mitzi, photographer.
6. Yoscary, Bill, photographer.
7. Friedman-Abeles, photographer.
8. Columbia Pictures, production company.
9. Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Added title

1. Les Blancs.
2. Raisin in the sun.
3. The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window.
4. To Be Young, Gifted and Black.

Found in:

1. p1tc Forms part of: Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 Lorraine Hansberry papers, 1947-1988 (OCoLC)456433644

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Lorraine Hansberry Collection