A raisin in the sun : a drama in 3 acts : typescript, [1959] / by Lorraine Hansberry.

Record ID: 
91335
Accession number: 
MA 22026
Author: 
Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965.
Credit: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description: 
1 item (137 pages), bound ; 28.7 x 22.3 cm
Notes: 

The title comes from Langston Hughes' poem "Harlem" (also known as "A dream deferred").
Stamped on front cover: "Hart / Stenographic Bureau / 156 West 44th Street, New York 36 / Judson 2-1253."
Typed on title page: "Property of: / Philip Rose / 157 West 57th Street / New York 19, N.Y. / CI 5-2255 / [at bottom] *Title pending permission of Mr. Langston Hughes."

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Annotated in unknown hand in blue ink and pencil throughout.

Housed in: 
Black cloth clamshell box (31 cm)
Binding: 
Black flexible plastic stamped in white with 2 silver fasteners.
Provenance: 
Philip Rose; Carter Burden.