The Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute
Photograph Collections
ELLA GERBER COLLECTION: Photographs and negatives by photographer Sam Kasakoff of the Breen/Davis 1952-1956 Porgy and Bess production donated by the production acting coach.
GEORGE HALL COLLECTION: Photographs of Broadway productions in the 1940s and 1950s.
DONALD HORTON COLLECTION: Photographs of celebrities (many autographed) collected at Mershon Auditorium and Indiana University. See also Mershon Auditorium Photograph Collection.
MERSHON AUDITORIUM PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION: Glossy publicity photos (black-and-white, most 8 x 10") of artists appearing at Mershon Auditorium on the campus of The Ohio State University
RAY LEE JACKSON COLLECTION: Photographs by Columbus native Jackson who worked as photographer for NBC in the 1930s.
SANFORD ROTH COLLECTION: Photographs by this major photographer of literary, visual and performing artists.
ROBERT
SLUSSER DANCE PHOTOGRAPHS:Performance photographs taken by
Slusser during the 1950s of Kurt Jooss' The Green Table, several dances by
Martha Graham, and other companies
NOTE: Photographs are also found in Personal Papers, Special Collections, Producing Organizations, and Theatre Companies, and other holdings.
ALSO Note: Only the underscored items in the lists are linked to collection finding aids, records in the web version of the Ohio State University Library Catalog, or other relevant web pages. Other items will be linked as the appropriate web pages become available.
"Theatre is the universal means of expression. It embraces all of the arts through which human minds seek to reach one another."
Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee - November, 1986