BIB_ID
436878
Accession number
MA 23733.1-69
Creator
Bryan, Ashley.
Credit line
Gift of the Ashley Bryan Center, 2021.
Notes
Part of a collection that also includes 18 collages (2021.25:1-18) and 22 preparatory studies (2021.26:1-22) for Sail Away, received as a gift of the Ashley Bryan Center in 2021.
MA 23733.1-43 and MA 23733.64-69 (seven folders) are housed in Misc American. MA 23733.44-63 (four folders) is housed in Unbound Oversize.
MA 23733.1-43 and MA 23733.64-69 (seven folders) are housed in Misc American. MA 23733.44-63 (four folders) is housed in Unbound Oversize.
Provenance
Ashley Bryan Center.
Summary
The collection is divided into the following sections: I) preparatory materials: contents include printouts of Langston Hughes poems with pencil sketches by Bryan, plans for the layout of the book, correspondence between Bryan and Caitlyn Dlouhy (editor of the book), photocopies of reviews in School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews, and 6 copies of a section from the newspaper The Working Waterfront (November 2015) containing an interview with Bryan about Sail Away; II) dummies: contents include 2 dummies of the book created by Bryan, notes, a letter, and a photograph; and III) materials related to the publication of Sail Away by Atheneum Books for Young Readers: contents include sketches, promotional stickers signed by Bryan, advertising posters, correspondence from the production process, cover designs, and multiple sets of page proofs.
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