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Creator
Peter Wexler, Inc
Call number
(S) *MGZMD 186
Physical description
3 linear feet (6 boxes)
Preferred Citation

Peter Wexler Papers, (S)*MGZMD 186. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library Performing Arts.

Repository
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
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This collection was created by Peter Wexler, Inc., and contains work done for the San Francisco Ballet Association for a temporary theater feasibility study in May 1994.

Biographical/historical information

Peter Wexler, Inc. is a production company that helps to promote, plan and complete projects in the arts and commerce. Peter Wexler has a varied and diverse background in theater and music beginning with designing, producing, and programming theatrical events. Peter Wexler has designed for the Metropolitan Opera, off-Broadway, television and many orchestras and concert halls. His design and organizational expertise led to producing, programming and planning for groups such as the New York Philharmonic, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Scope and arrangement

The Peter Wexler paper consists of contract, correspondence, research papers, vendors' promotional materials, photographs, computer disks, publication materials and clippings related to a 1994 project for the San Francisco Ballet Association. In order to fulfill San Francisco Ballet Association's request for a temporary theater feasibility study in 1994, Peter Wexler, Inc. conducted research on theater architecture from lighting, stage and seating to dressing rooms, bathrooms and shell. Peter Wexler, Inc. provided cost options from different vendors. All papers, photos and vendors' promotional materials are related to this feasibility study and further design development.

There are no personal papers in this collection.

The Peter Wexler papers are arranged in two series:

  • Series I: San Francisco Ballet Feasibility Study
    1979 - 1995 and undated

    This series consists of agreements, correspondence, architecture drawings, vendors' promotional materials, and publications for the feasibility study.

  • Series II: San Francisco Ballet Design Development
    1993 - 1995

    After the San Francisco Ballet Feasibility Study was completed, Peter Wexler, Inc. continued working on this project with San Francisco Ballet Association to make this project reality. San Francisco Ballet chose Simon, Martin-Vegue, Winkelstein, Morris and Auerbach Associates to design the site. This series consists of correspondence, design processing papers, architecture drawings and publications.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

The Peter Wexler Papers were donated to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division in 1999 by Peter Wexler, Inc.

Processing information

Processed by Yanhua Yu; Machine-readable finding aid created by Yanhua Yu.

Related Material

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library

Using the collection

Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Dance Division