Collection Summary
Oliver Smith Papers
1941-1987
1941-1987
ML31.S64
Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994.
approximately 2,000 items
100 containers
61.5 linear feet
1,749 digital files (83.82 GB)
English
Collection material chiefly in English
Music Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Oliver Smith was an American production
designer, producer, and teacher of theatrical design. Smith contributed his talents to
many of the twentieth century's most beloved musicals, ballets, and plays, including
Rodeo (1942), On the Town
(1944), My Fair Lady (1956), West
Side Story (1957), The Sound of Music (1959), and
Hello, Dolly! (1964). The collection includes painted
set elevations, renderings, sketches, blueprints and technical drawings, correspondence,
photographs, programs, and other materials. Only design materials for select productions
are available at this time.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994.
Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994.
Organizations
American Ballet Theatre.
Subjects
Ballet--Stage-setting and scenery--United States.
Ballet--United States.
Musical theater--United States.
Scene painting.
Set designers--United States.
Stage props.
Theater--Production and direction.
Theater--United States.
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--United States.
Theatrical producers and directors--United States.
Form/Genre
Blueprints (Reprographic copies)
Drawings.
Files (Digital files)
Photographs.
Renderings (Drawings)
Sketches.
Provenance
Purchase, 2010; additional materials received from Rosaria Sinisi, 2012-2021.
Custodial History
Materials acquired in the 2010 purchase were accessioned as "The Oliver Smith Collection
at the Library of Congress." The collection name has since been updated in accordance
with current archival standards.
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The Oliver Smith Papers are currently in process. Christopher Hartten, Jennifer Lewis,
and staff members of the Library of Congress Preservation Directorate processed the
design materials from 2015 to 2022. Christopher Hartten coded the finding aid in 2017.
Isabelle Cheng added digital items to the container list in 2021 and Mónica Hurd updated
the finding aid in 2022.
Related Material
The [Peggy Clark Papers (ML31.C59)
] and Roger Stevens Papers contain design materials and correspondence by Smith.
Additional correspondence and business papers are found in the [Leonard
Bernstein Collection, ]
[ Aaron Copland Collection], and [Harold Prince Papers]. The
[American Ballet Theatre
Archive] contains photographs of Smith.
Copyright Status
Materials from the Oliver Smith Papers are governed by the Copyright Law of the United
States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.
Access and Restrictions
The Oliver Smith Papers are open to research. Design materials
related to the following productions may not be served without prior written
permission from Rosaria Sinisi: My Fair Lady, Hello, Dolly!, West Side
Story, and The Sound of Music
. Researchers are advised to contact the Music Division prior to visiting in
order to determine whether the desired materials will be available at that time.
Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Digital Files
Digital files of select renderings and photographs from the Oliver Smith Papers were
received on 281 CD-ROMs and have been assigned the digital ID numbers SmithOL_001
through SmithOL_281. This content is viewable onsite via a Stacks terminal at [https://stacks.loc.gov/item/2014572483.]
Researchers are
encouraged to view these materials before requesting physical collection items.
Consult reference staff in the Performing Arts Reading Room for more information.
Technical Requirements
The digital files in this collection consist largely of .tif and .psd files of
photographed renderings.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
[item, date, container or digital ID number], Oliver Smith Papers, Music Division,
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Date
Event
1918 February 13
Born Oliver Lemuel Smith in Waupun, Wisconsin, to Larue F. Smith (1884-1973)
and Nina Kincaid (1886-1979)
circa 1921
Smith family moved to Niagara Falls, New York to support the family business.
Smith's maternal grandfather, William Wallace Kincaid (1868-1946) was the founder
and president of Spirella Corset Co.
circa 1932
Smith relocated to Wellsboro, Pennsylvania with his brothers and mother, where
she remarried Ivan M. Bernkopf in 1933
1939
Earned Bachelor of Arts in fine arts from Pennsylvania State
University
Moved to Brooklyn, planning to work and support himself for a year before
attending graduate school at Yale University. He soon after joined cousin and
composer Paul Bowles at 7 Middagh Street in Brooklyn Heights, a residence also
shared by poet W. H. Auden, composer Benjamin Britten, authors Carson McCullers
and Richard Wright, lyricist John LaTouche, and burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose
Lee
1939
1940
Continued to refine art portfolio while holding down a variety of local jobs.
At Bowles' suggestion, Smith began to apply his love of painting to theatrical
design
1941
Opening of Léonide Massine's ballet, Saratoga,
the first production featuring Smith's design work. Dance critic Edwin Denby
praised Smith's innovative sets, opening the door for a stream of future design
opportunities
1942
Collaborated with choreographer Agnes DeMille on her ballet, Rodeo, featuring music by Aaron Copland and sets by
Smith
1944
Designed set for the ballet, Fancy Free,
featuring choreography by Jerome Robbins and music by Leonard Bernstein
Premier of On the Town, with Smith in his
first role as co-producer alongside Paul Feigay
1945
Collaborated with Feigay on Billion Dollar
Baby
Became co-director of Ballet Theater with Lucia Chase, a partnership that
lasts until 1980
1948
Ballet Theater premier of Fall River Legend, with
sets by Smith, choreography by Agnes DeMille, music by Morton Gould, and costumes
by Miles White
1949
Designed sets for and co-produced Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes with Herman Levin
1953
Designed the musical numbers for the MGM film, The Band
Wagon
1955
Art Director for the MGM film, Oklahoma!
1956 March 15
Opening of My Fair Lady with Julie Andrews and
Rex Harrison, produced by Herman Levin and directed by Moss Hart, with production
design by Smith, book and lyrics by Alan J. Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe, and
costumes by Cecil Beaton
1956 October 31
Opening of Auntie Mame at the Broadhurst Theatre,
with sets by Smith and lighting by Peggy Clark
1957 September 26
Opening of West Side Story at the Winter Garden
Theatre, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, with sets by Smith, book by
Stephen Sondheim, and music by Leonard Bernstein
1957
Earned six Tony Award nominations for Best Scenic Design and ultimately won
for My Fair Lady. In total, Smith would win ten Tony
Awards and earn twenty-five nominations throughout his career
1958 December 1
Opening of Flower Drum Song at the St. James
Theatre, directed by Gene Kelly, with sets by Smith, book by Oscar Hammerstein II
and Joseph Fields, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers, and
lighting by Peggy Clark
1959 November 16
Opening of The Sound of Music at the
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, directed by Vincent J. Donehue, with sets by Smith, lyrics
by Oscar Hammerstein II, and music by Richard Rodgers
1960 December 3
Opening of Camelot, starring Julie Andrews and
Richard Burton, with sets by Smith, book and lyrics by Alan J. Lerner, and music
by Frederick Loewe
1963 October 23
Opening of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park at
the Biltmore Theatre, with sets by Smith. Simon and Smith would collaborate on
several other successful plays, including The Odd
Couple (1965), Plaza Suite (1968), and
Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1969)
1964 January 16
Opening of Hello, Dolly!, starring Carol
Channing, with sets by Smith and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman
1965
1970
Served as member of the National Arts Council
1967
American Ballet Theater premier of Swan Lake at
the Metropolitan Opera House, the first of several collaborations with
choreographer David Blair. The pair would also stage Giselle (1968) and Sleeping Beauty
(1974)
1971
Co-founded the Lenox Arts Center with Lyn Austin, an organization dedicated to
unusual new productions
1971
1994
Taught M.F.A. course in scenic design at New York University's Tisch School of
the Arts
1981
Inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame
Co-founded the experimental Emerging Artists Laboratory with Richard
Englund
1989
Last credited design for Jerome Robbins' Broadway
1990
1992
Returned as co-director of American Ballet Theater alongside Jane Herrman.
Smith was later named director emeritus of the company from 1992-1994
1994 January 23
Died, Brooklyn, New York
Bibliography
Find a Grave. "Nina Bernkopf." Accessed April 2022.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99723425/nina-bernkopf
Find a Grave. "Larue Free Smith." Accessed April 2022.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103614808/larue-free-smith
Internet Broadway Database. "Oliver Smith." Accessed August 2017.
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/oliver-smith-23380
Mikotowicz, Tom.
Oliver Smith: A Bio-Bibliography
. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, s.v. "William Wallace Kincaid,"
Ancestry.com.
Sinisi, Rosaria. E-mail messages with author, May-August 2017.
Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, s.v. "Nina Bernkopf,"
Ancestry.com.
Scope and Content Note
[Design Materials](os01) in the
Oliver Smith Papers consist mostly of painted elevations, renderings, sketches, and set
plans for theatrical productions designed and/or produced by Smith between the early
1940s and late 1980s. Materials vary widely from production to production and may
include any of the following: drop elevations, set renderings, scenic and prop details,
ink and pencil sketches, sketchbooks, blueprints and technical drawings, fabric
swatches, research materials, production schedules, and other miscellaneous items.
Selected renderings from these productions are available in digital form. Scattered
among these images are numerous works by Smith held by other institutions or private
collectors. Also included are three candid [Photographs](os02) of Smith.
Additional design materials and other collection items will be added to the finding aid
upon completion of processing.
Organization of the Oliver Smith Papers
The collection is organized in two series:
-
[Design Materials,
1942-1983](os01)
-
[Photographs, undated](os02)
Container List
Container
Contents
1-100
Design Materials, 1941-1987
1941-1987
This series contains a wide range of visual and textual materials for productions
designed or produced by Smith: drop elevations, set renderings, scenic and prop
details, ink and pencil sketches, sketchbooks, blueprints and technical drawings,
fabric swatches, research materials, production schedules, and other miscellaneous
items. The container list largely does not specify individual designs, as most
renderings and scenic details have working titles that are very general and
provide little context unless they are viewed first hand. Descriptions of
individual items are, however, found in a supplemental print index that is
available in person upon request. Contents of boxes are identified only for
especially notable productions or those with significant quantities of design
materials. Digital images of select renderings are indicated by their digital ID
numbers.
Principal file formats: .tif, .psd.
Arranged alphabetically by production title, then chronologically therein.
Stage Shows and Films
95-96
84 Charing Cross Road, 1982
1982
84 Charing Cross Road, 1982
1982
SmithOL_077
1 image
110 in the Shade, 1963
1963
SmithOL_192
SmithOL_193
SmithOL_194
17 images
1491, 1969
1969
SmithOL_093
SmithOL_094
17 images
Note: Opened at the Los Angeles Civic Light
Opera and transferred to San Francisco
Afton Water, 1941?
1941?
SmithOL_001
1 image
Note: Possibly at Stetson University
Along Fifth Avenue, 1949
1949
SmithOL_006
SmithOL_007
SmithOL_008
SmithOL_009
32 images
11
The Amazing Adele, 1955
1955
The Amazing Adele, 1955
1955
SmithOL_010
SmithOL_011
15 images
Note: Closed in Boston
Amnon V'Tamar, 1984
1984
SmithOL_012
2 images
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
Bajour, 1964
1964
Alternate title: The Great Bajour
SmithOL_013
SmithOL_014
SmithOL_015
13 images
Baker Street, 1965
1965
SmithOL_006
SmithOL_016
SmithOL_017
SmithOL_018
14 images
The Band Wagon (film), 1953
1953
SmithOL_019
1 image
Barefoot in the Park, 1963
1963
SmithOL_015
SmithOL_018
2 images
Becket, 1960
1960
SmithOL_015
SmithOL_018
2 images
Beekman Place, 1964
1964
SmithOL_020
1 image
Beggar's Holiday , 1946
1946
SmithOL_272
SmithOL_273
SmithOL_274
10 images
Ben Franklin in Paris, 1964
1964
SmithOL_018
SmithOL_019
SmithOL_020
SmithOL_021
8 images
76-78
A Bequest to the Nation, 1970
1970
Alternate title: A Mutual Pair
Note: Theater Royal, Haymarket,
London
A Bequest to the Nation, 1970
1970
SmithOL_022
1 image
59
Billion Dollar Baby, 1945
1945
Billion Dollar Baby, 1945
1945
SmithOL_023
6 images
Bless You All, 1950
1950
SmithOL_018
SmithOL_022
3 images
Bonanza Bound, 1947
1947
SmithOL_024
SmithOL_025
SmithOL_026
26 images
Note: Closed in Philadelphia
Brigadoon, 1947
1947
SmithOL_002
SmithOL_027
SmithOL_028
SmithOL_029
SmithOL_030
25 images
33
Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1966
1966
Alternate title: Holly Golightly
Note: Closed in previews
Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1966
1966
SmithOL_006
SmithOL_277
2 images
Cactus Flower, 1965
1965
SmithOL_031
1 image
80
Camelot, 1960
1960
Drop elevations
81
Camelot, 1960
1960
Drop elevation, scenic details
82-85
Camelot, 1960
1960
Scenic details
86
Camelot, 1960
1960
Set renderings, scenic details
87
Camelot, 1960
1960
Set renderings, technical drawings
88
Camelot, 1960
1960
Set renderings
89
Camelot, 1960
1960
Set renderings (photostats), scenic
detail
Camelot, 1960
1960
SmithOL_018
SmithOL_032
SmithOL_033
SmithOL_034
SmithOL_035
SmithOL_036
SmithOL_037
SmithOL_038
SmithOL_039
SmithOL_040
39 images
27-29
Candide, 1956
1956
Candide, 1956
1956
SmithOL_041
SmithOL_042
SmithOL_043
19 images
The Carefree Heart, 1957
1957
SmithOL_071
8 images
Note: Adaptation of "The Doctor in Spite of
Himself"; closed pre-Broadway
Carmelina, 1979
1979
SmithOL_031
SmithOL_044
SmithOL_278
7 images
Carmen, 1968
1968
SmithOL_047
4 images
Note: For the Opera Company of Boston
Carnival in Flanders, 1953
1953
SmithOL_031
SmithOL_045
SmithOL_046
9 images
Carousel, 1972
1972
SmithOL_048
SmithOL_049
SmithOL_050
SmithOL_051
SmithOL_052
SmithOL_053
43 images
Note: For the Vienna Volksoper
production
Children From Their Games, 1963
1963
SmithOL_055
1 image
A Clearing in the Woods, 1957
1957
SmithOL_054
3 images
13-14
Clothes for a Summer Hotel, 1980
1980
Clothes for a Summer Hotel, 1980
1980
SmithOL_056
6 images
92
Come on Strong, 1962
1962
Come Summer, 1969
1969
SmithOL_057
SmithOL_058
SmithOL_059
SmithOL_060
SmithOL_061
SmithOL_062
55 images
Contredances, 1979
1979
SmithOL_063
4 images
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
58
Darling of the Day, 1968
1968
Darling of the Day, 1968
1968
SmithOL_064
SmithOL_065
18 images
66
Dear World, 1969
1969
Renderings
67
Dear World, 1969
1969
Fabric swatches
68
Dear World, 1969
1969
Drop elevations, scenic details
69-71
Dear World, 1969
1969
Scenic details
72
Dear World, 1969
1969
Drop elevations
73
Dear World, 1969
1969
Drop elevation, technical drawings, renderings
(photostats)
74
Dear World, 1969
1969
Drop elevations, scenic detail
Dear World, 1969
1969
SmithOL_066
SmithOL_067
SmithOL_109
16 images
26
Destry Rides Again, 1959
1959
Destry Rides Again, 1959
1959
SmithOL_068
SmithOL_069
12 images
Die Fledermaus, 1965
1965
SmithOL_070
9 images
Note: For the San Francisco Opera
91
Do You Turn Somersaults?, 1978
1978
Do You Turn Somersaults?, 1978
1978
SmithOL_073
10 images
Don Giovanni, 1965
1965
SmithOL_072
5 images
Dumas and Son, 1967
1967
SmithOL_002
SmithOL_074
SmithOL_075
SmithOL_076
19 images
Note: For the Los Angeles Civic Light
Opera
25
Estuary, 1983
1983
Eccentrique, 1972
1972
SmithOL_078
SmithOL_079
2 images
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
Excursion?, 1947
1947
SmithOL_080
1 image
Facsimile, 1946
1946
SmithOL_081
8 images
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
Fall River Legend, 1948
1948
SmithOL_082
9 images
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
Falstaff, 1967
1967
SmithOL_083
SmithOL_084
6 images
Note: For the National Opera Company
10
Fancy Free, 1944
1944
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
Fancy Free, 1944
1944
SmithOL_085
SmithOL_086
9 images
56-57
First Monday in October, 1978
1978
Five Finger Exercise, 1959
1959
SmithOL_087
1 image
103
Flahooley, 1951
1951
Alternate title: Toyland
Flahooley, 1951
1951
SmithOL_088
10 images
Flower Drum Song, 1958
1958
SmithOL_089
SmithOL_090
7 images
The Four Marys, 1965
1965
SmithOL_091
SmithOL_092
3 images
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
20-22
The Gay Life, 1961
1961
The Gay Life, 1961
1961
SmithOL_095
SmithOL_096
14 images
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1949
1949
SmithOL_097
SmithOL_098
SmithOL_099
SmithOL_100
30 images
108
Gigi, 1973
1973
Scenic details, set renderings, ink
sketches
109
Gigi, 1973
1973
Set renderings
110
Gigi, 1973
1973
Scenic details
111
Gigi, 1973
1973
Drop elevations, set renderings (photostats),
technical drawings
112
Gigi, 1973
1973
Drop elevation, scenic details
Gigi, 1973
1973
SmithOL_101
SmithOL_102
SmithOL_103
29 images
The Girl Who Came to Supper, 1963
1963
SmithOL_104
SmithOL_105
11 images
Giselle, 1968
1968
SmithOL_106
SmithOL_107
4 images
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
Giselle, 1982
1982
SmithOL_106
SmithOL_107
4 images
Note: For the Milwaukee Ballet
The Golden Age, 1984
1984
SmithOL_108
2 images
104
Gracious Living, 1978
1978
The Great Waltz, 1965
1965
SmithOL_111
SmithOL_112
11 images
Note: For the Los Angeles Civic Light
Opera
32
Guys and Dolls (film), 1955
1955
Guys and Dolls, 1955
1955
SmithOL_113
3 images
90
Harbinger, 1967
1967
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
Harbinger, 1967
1967
SmithOL_114
7 images
The Heiress, 1976
1976
SmithOL_115
2 images
Hello, Dolly!, 1964
1964
SmithOL_116
10 images
High Button Shoes, 1947
1947
SmithOL_117
SmithOL_118
14 images
Hot September, 1965
1965
SmithOL_120
SmithOL_201
23 images
Note: Adaptation of "Picnic"; closed in
Boston
105-107
How Now, Dow Jones, 1967
1967
How Now, Dow Jones, 1967
1967
SmithOL_119
9 images
93-94
I Do! I Do!, 1971
1971
Illya Darling, 1967
1967
SmithOL_121
SmithOL_122
15 images
In the Summer House, 1953
1953
SmithOL_123
SmithOL_124
9 images
Isoult, circa 1958
circa
1958
SmithOL_125
1 image
Note: Possible design for Tristan
Jamaica, 1957
1957
SmithOL_126
SmithOL_127
12 images
Jerome Robbins' Broadway, 1989
1989
SmithOL_206
SmithOL_207
SmithOL_208
SmithOL_209
19 images
Jimmy, 1969
1969
SmithOL_128
SmithOL_129
12 images
23-24
Juno, 1959
1959
Juno, 1959
1959
SmithOL_130
2 images
Kelly, 1965
1965
SmithOL_131
SmithOL_132
SmithOL_133
22 images
Kismet, 1976
1976
SmithOL_134
SmithOL_135
SmithOL_136
SmithOL_137
SmithOL_138
SmithOL_139
SmithOL_279
26 images
Note: For the Los Angeles Civic Light
Opera
Leda Had a Little Swan, 1968
1968
SmithOL_140
6 images
Note: Closed in previews, Smith's designs
unused
Les Noces, 1965
1965
SmithOL_177
SmithOL_178
SmithOL_280
19 images
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'!, 1948
1948
SmithOL_141
SmithOL_142
14 images
Lord Pengo, 1962
1962
SmithOL_143
1 image
Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, 1970
1970
SmithOL_144
SmithOL_145
SmithOL_146
23 images
15-16
Lunch Hour, 1980
1980
Lunch Hour, 1980
1980
SmithOL_147
2 images
Martha, 1961
1961
SmithOL_148
4 images
Note: For the Metropolitan Opera
Mary, Mary, 1961
1961
SmithOL_149
1 image
Mass, 1972
1972
SmithOL_150
2 images
Note: For the Metropolitan Opera
The Medium, 1946
1946
SmithOL_151
1 image
Note: World premiere in 1946 at Columbia
University with designs by Smith
Miss Liberty, 1949
1949
SmithOL_152
SmithOL_153
7 images
79
Mister Wonderful, 1956
1956
Alternate title: Mr. Wonderful
Mister Wonderful, 1956
1956
SmithOL_154
12 images
12
Mixed Couples, 1980
1980
Mixed Couples, 1980
1980
SmithOL_155
1 image
The Most Important Man, 1971
1971
Alternate title: The Greatest Man
SmithOL_110
5 images
Note: For the New York City Opera
34
My Fair Lady, 1956
1956
Set renderings, scenic details
35
My Fair Lady, 1956
1956
Set renderings
36
My Fair Lady, 1956
1956
Set renderings, scenic details
37-39
My Fair Lady, 1956
1956
Scenic details, portals,
backgrounds
40
My Fair Lady, 1956
1956
Scenic details
41
My Fair Lady, 1956
1956
Drop elevations, technical drawings
42
My Fair Lady, 1956
1956
Drop elevation, scenic details
43
My Fair Lady, 1956
1956
Drop elevations
64
My Fair Lady, 1956
1956
Drop elevation
My Fair Lady, 1956
1956
SmithOL_160
SmithOL_161
SmithOL_162
SmithOL_163
SmithOL_164
SmithOL_165
30 images
54
My Fair Lady, 1957
1957
Scenic details, technical drawings
Note: Los Angeles
55
My Fair Lady, 1957
1957
Drop elevation, technical drawings
Note: Earliest known complete set of
plans
41
My Fair Lady, 1958
1958
Drop elevation
Note: London
54
My Fair Lady, 1958
1958
Show curtain
55
My Fair Lady, 1958
1958
Drop elevation
42
My Fair Lady, 1976
1976
Technical drawing
44
My Fair Lady, 1976
1976
Ink sketches, technical drawings, production
and research materials
45
My Fair Lady, 1976
1976
Set renderings
46-47
My Fair Lady, 1976
1976
Scenic details
48
My Fair Lady, 1976
1976
Ink sketches, technical drawings,
props
49
My Fair Lady, 1976
1976
Drop elevations, technical drawings
50
My Fair Lady, 1976
1976
Drop elevations, scenic details, technical
drawing
My Fair Lady, 1976
1976
SmithOL_156
SmithOL_157
SmithOL_158
SmithOL_159
11 images
45
My Fair Lady, 1981
1981
Set renderings
51
My Fair Lady, 1981
1981
Scenic details, technical drawings
52
My Fair Lady, 1981
1981
Scenic details, fabric swatches
53
My Fair Lady, 1981
1981
Drop elevation, scenic details
55
My Fair Lady, 1981
1981
Technical drawings
My Fair Lady, 1981
1984
SmithOL_166
SmithOL_167
SmithOL_168
SmithOL_169
SmithOL_170
26 images
54
My Fair Lady, 1983
1983
Set rendering, scenic details,
props
Note: Franklin Mint drawings
54-55
My Fair Lady, undated
undated
Technical drawings
Note: Unproduced; Sun City, South
Africa
Natural Affection, 1963
1963
SmithOL_171
2 images
97
Naughty Marietta, 1979
1979
Set renderings
Note: For the New York City Opera
98-99
Naughty Marietta, 1979
1979
Scenic details, technical drawings
100
Naughty Marietta, 1979
1979
Drop elevations
Naughty Marietta, 1979
1979
SmithOL_172
SmithOL_173
14 images
The Night Before Christmas, 1963
1963
SmithOL_174
1 image
Nightingale, 1982
1982
SmithOL_031
1 image
Note: For the First All Children's Theater, New
York City
The Night of the Iguana, 1961
1961
SmithOL_175
1 image
Nimbus, 1950
1950
SmithOL_176
1 image
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
Nude with Violin, 1957
1957
SmithOL_181
1 image
The Nutcracker, circa 1987
circa
1987
SmithOL_182
SmithOL_183
SmithOL_184
16 images
Note: Likely produced by the Joffrey Ballet in
New York
The Nutcracker, 1982
1982
SmithOL_185
8 images
Note: For the Milwaukee Ballet
The Nutcracker, 1983
1983
SmithOL_186
4 images
Note: Unidentified production company, labeled
"Los Angeles"
The Odd Couple, 1965
1965
SmithOL_187
1 image
Oklahoma!, 1954
1954
SmithOL_188
SmithOL_189
9 images
63
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 1965
1965
Ink sketches
62
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 1965
1965
Set renderings
63
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 1965
1965
Set renderings, technical drawings
64-65
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 1965
1965
Drop elevations
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 1965
1965
SmithOL_190
SmithOL_191
2 images
On Stage!, 1945
1945
SmithOL_195
1 image
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
On the Town, 1963
1963
SmithOL_196
SmithOL_197
10 images
Note: London?
Paint Your Wagon, 1951
1951
SmithOL_198
SmithOL_199
18 images
Perfect Pitch, 1974
1974
SmithOL_200
1 image
Note: For the Kennedy Center
Plaza Suite, 1968
1968
SmithOL_202
2 images
Poor Richard, 1964
1964
SmithOL_203
2 images
Prettybelle, 1971
1971
Alternate title: Pretty Belle
SmithOL_205
2 images
Note: Closed in Boston
Present Laughter, 1974
1974
SmithOL_204
1 image
Note: For the Kennedy Center
30-31
Rodeo, 1942
1942
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
Rodeo, 1942
1942
SmithOL_210
SmithOL_211
SmithOL_212
13 images
Romulus, 1962
1962
Alternate title: Romulus the Great
SmithOL_213
1 image
Rosalinda, 1956 and undated
1956
and undated
Alternate title: Die Fledermaus
SmithOL_070
SmithOL_215
8 images
Note: Smith designed the original Broadway
production in 1942; cannot verify a 1956 production
The Royal Family, 1975
1975
SmithOL_214
1 image
Sail Away, 1961
1961
SmithOL_216
5 images
Saratoga, 1941
1941
SmithOL_217
1 image
Note: For Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
75
Say, Darling, 1958
1958
Say, Darling, 1958
1958
SmithOL_218
3 images
Seventeen, undated
undated
SmithOL_219
3 images
Note: May relate to the 1951 Broadway
production
Show Boat, 1954
1954
SmithOL_220
2 images
Note: For the Vienna Volksoper
60-61
Sleeping Beauty, 1974
1974
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
Sleeping Beauty, 1974
1974
SmithOL_221
4 images
Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, 1964
1964
SmithOL_222
2 images
Snacks, 1982
1982
SmithOL_223
4 images
Note: Not produced
Softly, 1966
1966
Alternate title: Softly, Softly
SmithOL_224
SmithOL_225
SmithOL_226
22 images
Note: Not produced
1-4
The Sound of Music, 1959
1959
Drop elevations
5
The Sound of Music, 1959
1959
Drop elevations, scenic details
6-7
The Sound of Music, 1959
1959
Scenic details
8-9
The Sound of Music, 1959
1959
Set renderings
The Sound of Music, 1959
1959
SmithOL_042
SmithOL_227
SmithOL_228
SmithOL_229
SmithOL_230
SmithOL_231
SmithOL_232
SmithOL_233
25 images
The Star-Spangled Girl, 1966
1966
SmithOL_234
1 image
Swan Lake, 1967
1967
SmithOL_235
SmithOL_236
9 images
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
Take Me Along, 1959
1959
SmithOL_237
SmithOL_238
SmithOL_239
10 images
A Talent for Murder, 1981
1981
SmithOL_240
1 image
A Taste of Honey, 1960
1960
SmithOL_241
1 image
Teddy & Alice, 1984
1984
SmithOL_242
SmithOL_243
30 images
Note: Unknown production; originally premiered
on Broadway in 1987 with unused designs
Texas Fourth, 1976
1976
SmithOL_244
3 images
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
That's the Ticket!, 1948
1948
SmithOL_003
SmithOL_004
SmithOL_005
SmithOL_006
16 images
Note: Closed in Philadelphia
Time of the Grasshopper, 1968
1968
SmithOL_245
1 image
Note: Possibly related to the 1967 play "Song
of the Grasshopper"
The Time of Your Life, 1971
1971
SmithOL_246
SmithOL_247
2 images
Note: For the Kennedy Center
La traviata, 1960
1960
SmithOL_248
3 images
Tricks, 1973
1973
SmithOL_249
9 images
Twelfth Night, 1985
1985
SmithOL_250
SmithOL_251
11 images
Note: For the Repertory Theatre of St.
Louis
Twilight Bar, 1946
1946
SmithOL_252
2 images
Note: Closed in Philadelphia
Under the Yum-Yum Tree, 1960
1960
SmithOL_253
1 image
17-19
The Unsinkable Molly Brown, 1960
1960
The Unsinkable Molly Brown, 1960
1960
SmithOL_254
SmithOL_255
SmithOL_256
SmithOL_281
24 images
Waltz Academy, 1944
1944
SmithOL_257
1 image
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
West Side Story, 1957
1957
SmithOL_258
SmithOL_259
SmithOL_260
SmithOL_261
SmithOL_262
SmithOL_263
SmithOL_264
SmithOL_265
SmithOL_266
58 images
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, 1955
1955
SmithOL_270
4 images
The Wind in the Willows, undated
undated
SmithOL_267
SmithOL_268
SmithOL_269
18 images
Note: Opened on Broadway in 1985 with designs
credited to Sam Kirkpatrick
The Wild Boy, 1982
1982
Alternate title: The Young Savage
SmithOL_271
7 images
Note: For American Ballet Theatre
Other Renderings
Country barn
landscape
SmithOL_275
1 image
Country hill
landscape
SmithOL_275
1 image
North Carolina School of the
Arts theatre curtain design
SmithOL_179
SmithOL_180
2 images
Oliver Smith
self-portrait
SmithOL_272
1 image
Photographs, undated
undated
Three candid photographs of Oliver Smith.
Oliver Smith, alone
SmithOL_276
3 images