Research Catalog

Title

Peter Wexler papers, 1979-1995.

Author

Peter Wexler, Inc.

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Additional Authors

• Wexler, Peter, 1936-
• Orpheum Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.)
• San Francisco Ballet.
• San Francisco Ballet Association (San Francisco, Calif.)
• War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco, Calif.)

Description

3 linear feet (6 boxes)

Summary

The Peter Wexler papers contain materials related to a 1994 project undertaken by his firm, Peter Wexler, Inc., to complete a physical feasibility study commissioned by the San Francisco Ballet Association.

Subjects

• San Francisco Ballet Association (San Francisco, Calif.)
• Photographs
• Correspondence
• Clippings
• Orpheum Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.)
• Building sites > Planning
• Theaters > California > San Francisco
• Dance > Economic aspects > California > San Francisco
• Peter Wexler, Inc
• Contracts
• Wexler, Peter, 1936-

Genre/Form

• Clippings.
• Contracts.
• Correspondence.
• Photographs.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library.

Biography (note)

• The production company, Peter Wexler, Inc., was founded by the multifaceted designer to promote, plan, and complete projects in the arts and commerce.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 186

OCLC

NYPG06-A180

Author

Peter Wexler, Inc.

Title

Peter Wexler papers, 1979-1995.

Biography

The production company, Peter Wexler, Inc., was founded by the multifaceted designer to promote, plan, and complete projects in the arts and commerce. In late 1994, Wexler was engaged by the San Francisco Ballet Association as a consultant on a project to conduct a physical feasibility study for the creation of temporary quarters in which the San Francisco Ballet could perform during the eighteen-month period in which seismic retrofitting and other improvements were to be made to the company's home, the War Memorial Opera House, which were scheduled to take place from the beginning of 1996. Specifically, Wexler's firm was contracted to: investigate costs, analyze site possibilities and technical requirements, look at the information already assembled regarding the viabilty of various scenarios, and to propose a solution. Among the options considered were the construction of a temporary facility (to be called the Pavillion) on a Market Street site or modifications to the much smaller Orpheum Theatre (Wexler also entered into a separate contract to make technical drawings and sketches of scenic elements that could help adapt the Orpheum to meet the requirements of the San Francisco Ballet). The Association preferred the Pavillion plan, but abandoned it in early 1995 after failing to raise sufficient funds for the project. The company ultimately performed in several different venues, including the Orpheum, during the period of the Opera House renovations.

Location of Other Archival Materials

See also San Francisco Ballet temporary quarters at the War Memorial Opera House [realia] (*MGZGX 99-9453) in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library.

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Wexler, Peter, 1936-

Orpheum Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.)

San Francisco Ballet.

San Francisco Ballet Association (San Francisco, Calif.)

War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco, Calif.)

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 186