Title:
Course Catalog from 1881.
Title:
Boston Conservatory of Elocution, Oratory and Dramatic Art.
Record Type:
catalogs (documents)
Record Type:
graphic design
Record Type:
typefaces (type forms)
Record Type:
poems
Record Type:
printing processes
Record Type:
manuscripts (documents)
Date:
1881
Description:
Cover from course catalog which contains a poetic quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson, "What boots it they virtue.," and the following text: "Boston: Issued at 13 Pemberton Square. 1881." The image demonstrates a variety of typefaces and ornamental border/frame used in 19th century typography. In 1880, Charles W. Emerson opened the Boston Conservatory of Elocution, Oratory, and Dramatic Art at 13 Pemberton Square, Boston. Ten students enrolled in the first class.
Extent:
10 x 6.27 in.
Subject:
Universities and colleges -- Curricula -- Catalogs
Subject:
Decorative arts, Victorian
Subject:
Victoriana
Subject:
College publications
Collection:
RG 004.05 Office of Communication & Marketing Prints and Negatives Collection
Location:
Emerson College Archives and Special Collections
Rights Restrictions:
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Access Restrictions:
No known access restrictions
Language:
English
Identifier:
batch8_002a.jpg
