Collection consists of scene and costume design for operas, operettas, stage plays, films, revues and ballets, as well as for many unidentified productions. Many designs are undated. Design media include watercolour, gouache, pencil, charcoal and tempera. Designers represented include Percy Anderson (1851-1928), Georges Barbier (1882-1932), Alexandre Benois (1870-1960), Charles Betout (active ca. 1900-1939), Umberto Brunelleschi (1879-1949), Boris Bilinsky (1900-1948), Serge Soudeikine (1882-1946) and C. Wilhelm (1856-1925). Collection also includes Vanity Fair lithographs of actors and managers (ca. 1874-1912) and a series of engraved dramatic portraits.
- The fonds consists of constitution and rules (1911); minutes (1913-1924, 1927-1928, 1947-1957, 1959-1964, 1970-1999); correspondence (1913-1921); office files (1952-1958, 1978-2007); financial records (1954-1990); scrapbooks (1950-1983); and photographs (1921-1970).
Subseries consists of copies of articles written by Brian Brennan for various publications. Includes scrapbook of newspaper clippings from Smithers Interior News, as well as clippings and typescript drafts of articles featured in other publications.
Subseries consists of drafts, copies and newspaper clippings of articles and columns written by Brian Brennan as a staff writer at the Calgary Herald.
Series consists of drafts and copies of magazine and newspaper clippings of articles and columns written by Brian Brennan for various publications .