Scope and arrangement
The Anita O'Gara collection of costume designs consists of printed and original costume design artwork. Many designs are for ballet productions, while some are for operas or other theatrical productions. The 13 original drawings and paintings date from about 1917 through 1969 and include works by noted costume designers Alexandre Benois, Peter Farmer, J. Hutchinson Scott, and W. Robert La Vine. One of the 12 costume design prints dates from 1925 and depicts a Jazz dancer. The remaining prints are French, hand-colored, and not dated.