Robert Edmond Jones collection
Collection
Identifier: PA062
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains original drawings by Robert Edmond Jones.
Dates
- 1910s-1954
Creator
- Jones, Robert Edmond, 1887-1954 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open and available for use by researchers in the Andersen Library Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use
Contact the archivist regarding the copyright of these materials.
Biographical Note
Robert Edmond Jones studied painting and drawing at Harvard University. In 1913, Jones went to Europe and began to experiment in scene design. He returned to the United States in 1915 and designed scenes and costumes for performances in New York and in 1934 he designed the first color motion picture for Pioneer Pictures, La Cucaracha.
Extent
1 box
Abstract
Collection contains original drawings by Robert Edmond Jones.
Physical Location
Mezzanine
- Scene painting Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Robert Edmond Jones collection
- Author
- Karen Spilman
- Date
- January 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Performing Arts Archives Collecting Area
