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[identification of item], Philip Cowell Jones Family Papers, SPEC.TRI.REJ, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Karen Glenn, 2019 August; Finding aid written by: Beth Crowner, 2019 August
Philip Cowell Jones was an American minister from New York who served as the pastor of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, and was the brother of Robert Edmund Jones. He used his religious platform to advocate social justice issues like anti-discrimination, better relations between races, and other social issues of the 1900s.
Robert Edmond Jones (1887-1954) was an American set designer who worked in theatre and film, and is credited for the artistic shift in scenic design from realism to a more selective, simplified realism. Jones published several works on design philosophy for the stage.
The Philip Cowell Jones Family Papers contain the Jones family Bible, dated 1802, which contains some family genealogy, and a scrapbook of early family photographs and other ephemera. It also contains two items kept by Philip Cowell Jones: A holograph book of marriage records for ceremonies Philip Cowell Jones performed, and a commemorative scrapbook given to him by his congregation that includes clippings, illustrations, poems, pamphlets, and other materials related to his work and religion. The scrapbook also contains an uncancelled stamp from the 1940s. The collection is dated 1802, and 1913-1953.