Photograph of (l-r) Maria Bellanca, Lara Elizabeth Wasserman, Jennifer Youngs, Christian Bester, Emily Hueske, and Shaun Brown performing Act One, Scene Four of "A Death in the Family" at the 2012 Center for Contemporary Opera Gala held at the National Arts Club in New York.

Photograph of Jennifer Youngs and Christian Bester performing Act Two, Scene One of "A Death in the Family" at the 2012 Center for Contemporary Opera Gala held at the National Arts Club in New York.

Photograph of Lara Elizabeth Wasserman performing Act One, Scene Four of "A Death in the Family" at the 2012 Center for Contemporary Opera Gala held at the National Arts Club in New York.

Photograph of Maria Bellanca and Shaun Brown performing at the 2012 Center for Contemporary Opera Gala held at the National Arts Club in New York.

Photograph of Richard Croft playing Ahab in "Moby-Dick" during a performance at the 2012 Center for Contemporary Opera Gala held at the National Arts Club in New York.

Photograph of Stephen Morscheck performing at the 2012 Center for Contemporary Opera Gala held at the National Arts Club in New York.

Photograph of Stephen Morscheck performing at the 2012 Center for Contemporary Opera Gala held at the National Arts Club in New York.

Photograph of Barbara Jordan seated in a wheelchair with a plate of food. She is speaking with a second woman who is unidentified.

Photograph of Barbara Jordan seated with a plate of food. She is with three unidentified people.

Photograph of Barbara Jordan seated in a wheelchair while talking to two unidentified men. A second woman is visible on the left edge of the photograph.

Photograph of seven unidentified people in two groups speaking to each other. In the background is a table of food.

Photograph of two unidentified men holding drinks while speaking. Other people are visible in the background.

Photograph of an unidentified man in a suit carrying a plate of food and a drink. There are various other men visible around the room.

Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a suit and holding a plate of food and a drink while looking at the camera. Behind him there is a long table full of other food and drink.

Photograph of an unidentified man seated in a chair with a plate of food. In the background are shelves with various stacks of files and boxes.

Photograph of an unidentified African-American woman seated with a plate of food.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 6-foot statue of American humorist Will Rogers done by Electra Waggoner Biggs of Texas is unloaded in front of Manhattan offices of the Rockefeller Collection in New York where it will be reproduced for distribution by Gov. George Nigh."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The bringing together of the black and white Penecostal groups in America is the mission a black pastor from New York's Harlem sees for himself."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Two New York Central freight trains, one reportedly traveling at a mile-a-minute clip, met head on in an upper Manhattan railroad yard Monday and burst into flames."

Group photograph of the World’s Championship Rodeo contestants in front of New York City Hall.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "HERDED DOWN Ninth Aveunue in New York's borough of Manhatten in the midst of heavy traffic Tuesday are these elephants and horses, whose destination is Madison Square Garden for Tuesay night's opening of Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus."

Photograph of the front entrance of Butler library at Columbia University in New York, taken from across the street. The building lists the names of famous philosophers above a row of columns with ionic capitals. Other buildings are visible on either side, as well as people walking near the entrance and on the south lawn, bordered by hedges. The back of a statue is visible at the bottom of the image, seated with arms outstretched.

Photograph of multiple buildings viewed from the Columbia University Campus in New York. The top of Riverside church can be seen in the distance between two buildings that people walk in front of. Plots of bushes and flowers separate the building and a tree obscures the view of the building on the right side of the image.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Enjoying a view of New York's skyline is Oklahoma halfback Mike McClellan, who takes in the scenery from the roof of the team's hotel near Times Square."