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Our college founder, Charles Wesley Emerson, was a minister at the Unitarian Church in Chelsea, MA. He enrolled in Boston University's School of Oratory in 1877, studying Delsarte and Swedenborg under the direction of Professor Lewis B. Monroe. In…

Exterior of Charlesgate Hall, south side from Marlborough St. Emerson College purchased the Charlesgate Hall residence hall from Boston University in 1981 and sold it in 1995 when Emerson dorms were moved to the Little Building. It was originally…

Artist’s rendering of Chickering Hall (exterior). In 1901, the College moved to Chickering Hall, 239 Huntington Ave, where it would stay for only ten years. The Emerson community welcomed the move to this Back Bay location near Symphony Hall. The…

On October 10, 2007, the former Abbot Memorial Library was renamed the Iwasaki Library for environmentalist and benefactor Dr. Shoo Iwasaki.
Pictured: President Jacqueline Liebergott & Dr. Shoo Iwasaki at the dedication of the Iwasaki Library.

In 1965, the college purchased the Deertrees Theater in Harrison, Maine which housed a six credit summer theater program open to students from Emerson as well as other area colleges. Text on poster: The Deertrees Theatre, Harrison, Maine; Look Back…

The Delta Delta Phi sorority was founded at Emerson in 1901 ; On June 24, 1907, Phi Lamda Phi and Delta Delta Phi consolidated under the name Delta Delta Phi.

The nation's first collegiate level program in Children's Theater was established at Emerson in 1919. Pictured: a production of Alice in Wonderland.

In 1892, the first issue of the Emerson College Magazine was published in order to publish the methods and principles of Emerson College. By 1920, the name had changed to Emerson Quarterly, and was published quarterly rather than monthly. The focus…

In 1934, the name of the institution was shortened from Emerson College of Oratory to Emerson College. Pictured: Cover of course catalog from 1934. An imprint of the college seal/logo appears in gold on a textured paper surface. The seal contains an…