89123, 1940 - 1949

Item — Negative Box: 5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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

1940 - 1949

Creator

From the Collection: Emerson College. Office of Communications & Marketing (Organization)

Conditions Governing Use

This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s) (http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/). For questions about rights statements, or access to the original document please contact the Emerson College Archives and Special Collections at www.emerson.edu/library/archives.

Extent

10 negative

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

The Carriage House Theatre was located behind 130 Beacon Street in a former carriage house hence the name, it was also reffered to as Emerson College Theatre, Carriage House, Emerson College Carriage House, Little Theatre, Coach-House Theatre, and Stagecoach Theatre. Thing; Place; Buildings and Grounds; 130 Beacon Street -- Exterior; Emerson College. Drama Department; Carriage House Theatre; Set Designs (drawings); 130 Beacon, Exterior (Sketch); Carriage House Theatre, Interior (Sketch)