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Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library

Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library
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Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library

The collection contains treasures of the performing arts ranging from the Gold Rush Era to the present time. It holds a part of the preeminent history of the performing arts and the unique history of San Francisco. The Museum's diverse collection includes books, periodicals, playbills, clippings, photographs, posters, sheet music, plays and librettos, radio interviews, videotapes, musical theater recordings, the Legacy Oral History Program, the Theater Film Archive, theater design research materials, costumes and set design renderings, personal papers of performers, patrons and critics, as well as the archive of several local performing arts organizations.

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120 items found in 6 collections

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San Francisco Ballet dancers in Smuin and Stowell's Session II, 1961
Michael Smuin and other dancers in Christensen's Lady of Shalott, 1961
Michael Smuin, 1960
Michael Smuin and other dancers in Christensen's Con Amore, 1960
Sally Bailey, Michael Smuin, and other dancers in Christensen's Con Amore, 1960
Sally Bailey, Michael Smuin, and other dancers in Christensen's Con Amore, 1960
Michael Smuin and other dancers in Christensen's Con Amore, 1960
Sally Bailey, Michael Smuin, and other dancers in Christensen's Con Amore, 1960
Michael Smuin and Roderick Drew in Christensen's Jinx, 1960
Michael Smuin, Julien Herrin, and Roderick Drew in Christensen's Jinx, 1960
Lew Christensen and Michael Smuin, circa 1962-1964
Michael Smuin and other dancers in Christensen's Jest of Cards, circa 1962-1964
Michael Smuin, circa 1970s-1980s
Virginia Johnson, Jocelyn Vollmar, and Michael Smuin in Christensen's Divertissement d'Auber, 1959
Michael Smuin and other dancers in Christensen's Nutcracker, circa 1961
Michael Smuin and San Francisco Ballet dancers in Christensen's Con Amore, circa …
Michael Smuin and San Francisco Ballet dancers in Christensen's Con Amore, circa …
Michael Smuin and San Francisco Ballet dancers in Christensen's Con Amore, circa …
Michael Smuin and San Francisco Ballet dancers in Christensen's Con Amore, circa …
Portrait of Lew Christensen and Michael Smuin
Michael Smuin, George Balanchine, Lew Christensen and some San Francisco Ballet dancers
Michael Smuin and Finis Jhung and other dancers in Christensen's "Lady of …
Finis Jhung, Michael Smuin and other dancers in Christensen's "Lady of Shalott"
Richard Carter, Louise Lawler, Michael Smuin, and Frank Ohman in Christensen's "Filling …
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