Historical Emerson Photographs

Single player in dark colored uniform emblazoned "Emerson 14" with arms spread, stands ready.

Two players look over the shoulder of man in middle writing on a clipboard. Pictured: Michael Woodnick '62 (right).

Single player in white uniform with sweatpants takes the shot.

Basketball team poses for a photo. Pictured L-R: Everett Rich '64 (L); Michael Woodnick '62 (3rd from L); R. Becker (R).

Single player in white uniform with collared shirt, basketball in hand, eyes the basket.

Single player in white uniform with collared shirt runs down the court while dribbling the ball.

Two players holding the ball, pose for photo. Pictured: Michael Woodnick '62 (right).

Students put on their beanies. Beanie Day, inaugurated on September 26, 1951 (buy may originate as far back as the 1940s), meant freshmen were given “beanie” caps to wear as part of hazing week. The sophomore class was responsible for initiating freshmen into life at Emerson. The practice continued through the 1960s.

Kim Meadows and Rachel Layne at work on the student newspaper, the Berkeley Beacon. Rachel Layne, managing editor and Kim Meadows, editor-in-chief.

Kim Meadows and Rachel Layne at work on the student newspaper, the Berkeley Beacon. Rachel Layne, managing editor and Kim Meadows, editor-in-chief.

The very first issue of Emerson College's student newspaper, the Berkeley Beacon. Cover image of volume 1, number 1, dated February 1, 1947 with the headline, “Emerson History Made.” Cover stories are titled: No Strain Here; Star Visits College Advocates Knowledge [referring to Janis Paige]; and President Green Sends Letter to the Editor of the Berkeley Beacon..

Senior portrait from 1960 Emersonian yearbook. Alumni Achievement Award 2000.

Betty Hutton is pictured with Emerson alum, professor & trustee Kenneth Crannell. In 1985, Betty Hutton received an Award of Achievement from the Musical Theater Society of Emerson College for her contributions to musical theater. Other recipients of this award include: Eve Arden, Gregory Hines and Ben Vereen. Hutton (known for Annie Get Your Gun) taught drama at Salve Regina and comedic acting at Emerson College. Location: Fireplace Theatre.

Bill Callahan on the street, highlights the Wang Center marquee which reads, Emerson College Commencement.

Billboard advertising Marlboro cigarettes featuring the Marlboro Man cowboy on a horse. The billboard sits atop an old building with boarded up windows.

On the lawn at the Boston Esplanade, four students in full costume talk with two women on beach towels. Pictured cast may include: Louis Lopez-Cepero '61, Judith Simmons '59, Donald Morgan '59. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Susan Lightbrown '61 (later Susan Lightbrown Sack) played the lead role of Evelina. Prior to attending Emerson College, Ms. Lightbrown was Miss Connecticut in the 1957 Miss America Pageant. The Fairfileld, CT Museum and History Center has a collection of her papers and photographs.

Several students relaxing on the lawn at Boston's Esplanade near the Hatch Shell. One young man wears a poster for Bloomer Girl handing around his neck. The Longfellow Bridge and a statue of Gov. Tobin are in the background. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall.

Pictured Emersonians may include: Leonidas Nickole ’49, Judith Espinola ‘61, Dorothy Geotis '59, and Judith Simmons '59. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall.

Several actors on stage in formal attire. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Pictured actors may include: Linda Keery ’59, James Laferla '60, Judith Simmons ‘59, Edward Darna ’59.

Two female actors in a bare room, one is seated. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Susan Lightbrown '61 (later Susan Lightbrown Sack) played the lead role of Evelina. Prior to attending Emerson College, Ms. Lightbrown was Miss Connecticut in the 1957 Miss America Pageant. The Fairfileld, CT Museum and History Center has a collection of her papers and photographs.

Director with actors during rehearsal. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Pictured participants may include: Dorothy Geotis '59 and Leonidas Nickole.

Director Nickole and students rehearse the play, standing in a bare room. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Pictured actors may include: Susan Lightbrown '61, Linda Keery ’59, Judith Simmons ‘59, Louis Lopez-Cepero ’61.

Several actors on stage in formal attire. At center stage, a man appears to have fainted. The director offers direction. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Susan Lightbrown '61 (later Susan Lightbrown Sack) played the lead role of Evelina. Prior to attending Emerson College, Ms. Lightbrown was Miss Connecticut in the 1957 Miss America Pageant. The Fairfileld, CT Museum and History Center has a collection of her papers and photographs.

Five actors rehearse on stage, dressed in western costume. Mustachioed man is speaking with hand raised. Orchestra pit is empty. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Susan Lightbrown '61 (later Susan Lightbrown Sack) played the lead role of Evelina. Prior to attending Emerson College, Ms. Lightbrown was Miss Connecticut in the 1957 Miss America Pageant. The Fairfileld, CT Museum and History Center has a collection of her papers and photographs.

Four actors perform on stage. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Pictured actors may include: Susan Lightbrown '61, John Washington ’61, George Peters ’59, Dorothy Geotis ‘59.

Several actors on stage. The lead actress stands up front. All women are wearing hoop skirts and holding parasols. The orchestra pit is empty. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Susan Lightbrown '61 (later Susan Lightbrown Sack) played the lead role of Evelina. Prior to attending Emerson College, Ms. Lightbrown was Miss Connecticut in the 1957 Miss America Pageant. The Fairfileld, CT Museum and History Center has a collection of her papers and photographs.

A gathering of actors, seated and wearing formal attire, watch an actress dancing on a small stage within the stage. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Susan Lightbrown '61 (later Susan Lightbrown Sack) played the lead role of Evelina. Prior to attending Emerson College, Ms. Lightbrown was Miss Connecticut in the 1957 Miss America Pageant. The Fairfileld, CT Museum and History Center has a collection of her papers and photographs.

Five actors on stage. Man in light colored long jacket and top hat is pointing. The lead actress wears a large hoop skirt and bonnet. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Susan Lightbrown '61 (later Susan Lightbrown Sack) played the lead role of Evelina. Prior to attending Emerson College, Ms. Lightbrown was Miss Connecticut in the 1957 Miss America Pageant. The Fairfileld, CT Museum and History Center has a collection of her papers and photographs.

Three actors on stage. Man stands between two women seated. Curtained windows are painted on the wall. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Susan Lightbrown '61 (later Susan Lightbrown Sack) played the lead role of Evelina. Prior to attending Emerson College, Ms. Lightbrown was Miss Connecticut in the 1957 Miss America Pageant. The Fairfileld, CT Museum and History Center has a collection of her papers and photographs.

Actors in performance. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Susan Lightbrown '61 (later Susan Lightbrown Sack) played the lead role of Evelina. Prior to attending Emerson College, Ms. Lightbrown was Miss Connecticut in the 1957 Miss America Pageant. The Fairfileld, CT Museum and History Center has a collection of her papers and photographs.

Five men singing on stage, most of them wearing only underwear. Musicians of the orchestra are partially visible in the pit. Directed by Leonidas A. Nickole. Department of Theatre Arts. Production dates: May 15 and 16, 1959, at New England Mutual Hall. Susan Lightbrown '61 (later Susan Lightbrown Sack) played the lead role of Evelina. Prior to attending Emerson College, Ms. Lightbrown was Miss Connecticut in the 1957 Miss America Pageant. The Fairfileld, CT Museum and History Center has a collection of her papers and photographs.

Group photo at a large round table. Emerson president S. Justus McKinley and Dean of Emerson College Dr. Richard Pierce are among the group.

Group photo of trustees. Pictured Left to Right: Top row: unknown, W. David Crockett, Roger Dane, unknown, Chester Posey, H. Liberman 2nd row: unknown, Helaine Miller, unknown, Julian Smith, unknown, George Gray, Paul Russell 3rd row: unknown, Maurice Saval, Irma Mann, Helen Rose, Harry Morgan, Dorothy Rowe 4th row: unknown, [Theodore Jones?], unknown.

Photo of a man wearing a name tag sticker.

First row left to right: Hank Zappala '79, Beverly Conte '74, Lorin Flynn '84, Ana Machado '86, second row: John Collins G'77, Martha Hansen '77, Bill Callahan '86 G'87 and Paul Ricci '66. Boston Alumni Club.

Tim Ticehurst '89 and Larry Mono '89 serving as Oktoberfest waiters at the membership party. Strolling accordionist is unidentified. Location: Ames building.

Party shot. Location: Ames building.

Statue of George Washington on a horse. The Public Garden was the first public botanical garden in America, established in 1837. The statue was created in the 1860s by Boston sculptor Thomas Ball.

People at a welcome table possibly filling out "my name is." lapel stickers. Boston Yield Night held at First and Second Church.

A formal photographic portrait of Boylston Green in an armchair, with the caption “President Green.” He wears a pinstriped suite, his hair is neatly combed and sits with fingers laced. Unlike his predecessors Emerson, Rolfe, Southwick and Ross, Boylston Green had no prior association with the College. Green received his AB and AM degrees from the University of South Carolina and his PhD in English from Yale University. He came to Emerson College from Middlebury College in Vermont and was the first president to have a doctoral degree. President Green established a Student Activities Committee, which aided in the creation of the student newspaper, The Berkeley Beacon, and WECB, the first college radio station. Shortly after the creation of WECB, a new radio station, WERS, received the first educational broadcasting license on the East Coast in 1949. After three years as president, Boylston Green left Emerson to become vice chancellor of the University of the South.

Officer Arakelian in police uniform.

Gerick Smith, student; Jeremy Milner, student; and Brandon Arakelian, patrolman for Public Safety at Emerson on the Hatch Shell located on the Esplanade, sponsored by Student Life, September 11, 1992.

Equipment and repair tools, coffee cup, ash tray with cigarette butts.

Mans stands speaking at a podium before a banquet crowd.

One man hands something flat (an award?) to another man at a banquet.

Man speaks into a mic at a podium on a long banquet table.

Man hands a square paper to another man across long rectangular banquet table.

Large number of people seating, dining at banquet tables in a large room. Electric chandeliers hang from ceiling. In foreground, seated man speaks to a server in white jacket and black bowtie.

Large number of people seating, dining at banquet tables in a large room. Electric chandeliers hang from ceiling.

11 men in suits sit around a dark wood table, looking at the camera.

Man in a suit wearing eyeglasses speaks from a tabletop podium.

People sitting in folding chairs, some looking at a television in the middle of the room.

Several formally dressed people in a windowed room. Emerson president S. Justus McKinley is among them. The focus of attention appears to be on the younger man in the center, who may be A. March. Source identifies a person in this photo as "A. March."

Ms. Hunt at the broadcast audio console at WERS, holding a clipboard. Percy Faith's LP, My Fair Lady sits on the desk.

Ms. Hunt walks down stairs with book in her arm.

Ms. Hunt selects a Flamenco record from a wall of vinyl LPs.

Ms. Hunt receives checks the latest newswire from the teletype machine at WERS radio.

Ms. Hunt, wearing headphones, operates a photograph turntable in the WERS radio studio.

Ms. Hunt at a typewriter.

Ms. Hunt, standing, reads copy into WERS microphone.

Ms. Hunt, looking through index cards in file cabinet.

Ms. Hunt sits at a desk with clipboard in hand, speaking into a microphone.

Ms. Hunt at the broadcast audio console at WERS, holding a clipboard. Percy Faith's LP, My Fair Lady sits on the desk.

Director of special events; acting theatre manager for Emerson's Majestic Theatre.

Performers stage scenes from the Irwin Shaw's 1936-anti war fantasy, Bury the Dead.

Performers stage scenes from the Irwin Shaw's 1936-anti war fantasy, Bury the Dead.

Performers stage scenes from the Irwin Shaw's 1936-anti war fantasy, Bury the Dead.

Performers stage scenes from the Irwin Shaw's 1936-anti war fantasy, Bury the Dead.

Performers stage scenes from the Irwin Shaw's 1936-anti war fantasy, Bury the Dead.

Performers stage scenes from the Irwin Shaw's 1936-anti war fantasy, Bury the Dead.

Performers stage scenes from the Irwin Shaw's 1936-anti war fantasy, Bury the Dead.

Performers stage scenes from the Irwin Shaw's 1936-anti war fantasy, Bury the Dead.

J. Edwin Hollingworth, Assistant Professor in Communication Studies, speaks on "Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur". Location: 21 Commonwealth Ave. Sponsored by Central Mass. Dietetic Association and Emerson College Division of Continuing Ed. and Comm. Studies.

Robert Brown, Assistant Professor in Communication Studies, talks to the conference members on public relations for a dietician. Location: 21 Commonwealth Ave. Sponsored by Central Mass. Dietetic Association and Emerson College Division of Continuing Ed. and Comm. Studies.

Mr. Geise, seated next to a small film projector. C. Hugh Geise taught at Emerson College from 1955 to 1961 (A Century of Eloquence, p.557).

Sidney Mye '71 performs for alumni. Location: Essex ballroom of Westin Hotel, Boston, MA.