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A collection of 12 b&w prints (with negatives) of the Dance Theatre of Harlem and Arthur Mitchell in San Francisco.

This small collection is related to the Arthur Mitchell Collection, and consists mainly of Dance Theater of Harlem publications, performance history, and Frank Bara's drawings and other materials that he used to create the Dance Theatre of Harlem 20th Anniversary Puzzle. Including some of Bara's original drawings and mock-ups for the DTH Puzzle, a digital copy of the VHS tape made when he presented it to Arthur and members of the DTH company in 1991, a DVD on the Biographical Luciano Pavarotti Jigsaw Puzzle made by Bara, and a DVD of the work of David and Abraham Roentgen and the Marie-Antoinette automaton filmed for the Metropolitan Museum by Bara's partner Marvin Hayes, artist, innovative videographer and software designer. The collection also include Hayes' etchings for his 1977 project, "God's Images."

Photographs, press releases, press clippings, correspondence, office memos, programs, posters and other types of marketing materials.

The letters and other documentary material in this collection were assembled by her son Carlos (Karl) Schaffenburg and focus on her tenure as Director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem School from 1987 to 1990