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Lorraine Hansberry photograph collection.

Title
Lorraine Hansberry photograph collection.
Publication
[194-?]-[198-?]

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Additional Authors
  • Andrews, Bert
  • De Vincent, George
  • Lascher
  • Swope, Martha
  • Trumbo, Mitzi
  • Yoscary, Bill
  • Friedman-Abeles, photographer.
  • Columbia Pictures, production company.
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Found In
p1tc Forms part of: Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 Lorraine Hansberry papers, 1947-1988 (OCoLC)456433644
Description
  • 756 items (1.2 cubic ft., 4 boxes); 36 x 28 cm or smaller.
  • 2 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
  • 293 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
  • 98 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
  • 31 photographic prints : dye coupler, color ;
  • 27 contact sheets : gelatin silver, black and white ;
  • 304 slides : color ;
  • 1 photographic album
Summary
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The collection also contains studio portraits of African American women modeling braided hairstyles sent to Hansberry by her neice, Nantille Charbonnet.
Alternative Title
  • Les Blancs.
  • Raisin in the sun.
  • The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window.
  • To Be Young, Gifted and Black.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1940-1989.
  • Group portratis – 1940-1989.
  • Publicity photographs – 1940-1989.
  • Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1989.
  • Dye coupler prints – 1940-1989.
  • Slides – 1940-1989.
  • Photo albums – 1960-1989.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography (note)
  • 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)
  • Forms part of the Lorraine Hansberry Papers, 1947-1988.
Call Number
Sc Photo Lorraine Hansberry Collection
OCLC
862945483
Title
Lorraine Hansberry photograph collection.
Production
[194-?]-[198-?]
Type of Content
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
projected
Type of Carrier
sheet
slide
Terms Of Use
Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography
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
Forms part of the Lorraine Hansberry Papers, 1947-1988.
Local Note
Sc MG 680
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Added Author
Andrews, Bert, photographer.
De Vincent, George, photographer.
Lascher, photographer.
Swope, Martha, photographer.
Trumbo, Mitzi, photographer.
Yoscary, Bill, photographer.
Friedman-Abeles, photographer.
Columbia Pictures, production company.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Added Title
Les Blancs.
Raisin in the sun.
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window.
To Be Young, Gifted and Black.
Found In:
p1tc Forms part of: Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 Lorraine Hansberry papers, 1947-1988 (OCoLC)456433644
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Lorraine Hansberry Collection
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