Office of Communication & Marketing Photo File Collection, 1800 - 1996, bulk: 1940 - 1989
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of negatives and photographs primarily created by the Office of Communication and Marketing. Pictured Emerson College events include: Commencement, Alumni Reunions, Homecoming, Prom, Founder's Day, Beanie Day, award receptions, lectures and workshops. There are photos of other student activities including: basketball and baseball games, and broadcasting operations at the college radio station WERS 88.9 FM.
The collection also contains photographs of faculty, administrative staff and trustees dating back to the college founding, including Charles Wesley Emerson, the founder and first president of the college, and Henry Lawrence Southwick, a well-known Shakespearean performer and respected professor who served as the third president of Emerson College.
Other materials from internal and external sources highlight the buildings and grounds occupied by Emerson College throughout the institution's first century, including the college's urban campuses in Boston's Back Bay and Theatre District.
Dates
- 1800 - 1996
- Majority of material found within 1940 - 1989
Creator
- Emerson College. Office of Communications & Marketing (Organization)
Extent
6.70 Cubic Feet (24 Photo Boxes, 2 Oversize Boxes, 6 Negative Boxes, and 2 Negative Binders)
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
General
Some items may be unavailable, please contact the Archives and Special Collections.
- Negative Binder: 1 (Graphic Materials)
- Negative Binder: 2 (Graphic Materials)
- Negative Binder: 3 (Graphic Materials)
- Oversize Box: 1 (Graphic Materials)
- Oversize Box: 2 (Graphic Materials)
- Negative Box: 1 (Graphic Materials)
- Negative Box: 2 (Graphic Materials)
- Negative Box: 3 (Graphic Materials)
- Negative Box: 4 (Graphic Materials)
- Negative Box: 5 (Graphic Materials)
- Negative Box: 6 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 1 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 1a (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 2 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 3 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 4 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 5 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 6 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 7 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 8 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 9 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 10 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 11 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 12 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 13 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 14 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 15 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 16 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 17 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 17A (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 18 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 19 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 20 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 21 (Graphic Materials)
- Photo Box: 22 (Graphic Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the Emerson College Archives and Special Collections Repository
Walker Building, Room 223
120 Boylston Street
Boston Massachusetts 02116 United States
(617) 824-8301
archives@emerson.edu