Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections

Nathan Seifer Auditorium

This gallery contains photographs of Nathan Seifer Auditorium from the 1950s, 1972 and 2000, including photographs of the reliefs in the auditorium.

Photographs from the Ralph Norman Photography Collection, the Julian Brown Photography Collection and the Brandeis University Architecture Collection

Abram Sachar on the Nathan Seifer Auditorium Stage addressing an audience

Abram Sachar on the Nathan Seifer Auditorium Stage. Dr. Sachar served as Brandeis' first president from 1948 through 1968. Seifer Auditorium hosted countless guest and faculty lectures in addition to theatical productions. January 9, 1951.

Photo Credit: Ralph Norman

Meeting held at Seifer Auditorium. Four people are on the stage facing a filled auditorium.

Meeting held at Seifer Auditorium. November 28, 1956.

Photo Credit: Ralph Norman

Max Lerner stands on the stage next to the lectern addressing a full auditorium.

Max Lerner on the Nathan Seifer Auditorium Stage. Max Lerner was a noted journalist and a member of the Brandeis faculty. October 26, 1950.

Photo Credit: Ralph Norman

Abbie Hoffman '59 on the Nathan Seifer Auditorium Stage addressing an audience that fills the room including many who are standing in the aisles.

Abbie Hoffman '59 on the Nathan Seifer Auditorium Stage: A peace activist, radical, and founder of the YIPPIES, Hoffman gave speeches at his alma mater several times. April 29, 1972.

Photo Credit: Ralph Norman

Relief in Nathan Seifer Auditorium. Sculptural image shows a woman with arm extended holding a torch.

Relief in Nathan Seifer Auditorium. July 2000.

Photo Credit: Julian Brown

Relief in Nathan Seifer Auditorium depicting a woman sitting on a cloud with both arms extended. One hand holds the scales of justice; the other holds a kneeling figure with head lowered, hands covering the face seemingly in anguish. Behind the figure is a large profile of a face that extends the entire height of the woman's body. The artist's signature and date are carved in the lower left. George (last name not legible). 1950.

Relief in Nathan Seifer Auditorium. July 2000.

Photo Credit: Photographer unknown.

Relief sculpture of Moses sitting on top of Mt. Sinai holding the two tablets below him. There is a large profile of a man's head behind him which extends the full height of Moses and the mountain.

Relief in Nathan Seifer Auditorium, ca. 1950.

Photo Credit: Photographer unknown