Included here are some of the major arts and crafts catalogs of the time as well as photographic folios and eulogies to the leader. Monographic histories of Russian architecture and civil engineering such as Romanovich's two-volume survey are also included as are theoretical tracts such as Chernikhov's investigation into machine forms. The Section now contains all of Lukomsky's published books. Several unusual themes such as the buildings of sports complexes and Soviet landscape gardening are also represented. The Section carries a substantial run of yearbooks published by the Society of Architects and Artists and other professional associations.
Design embraces the applied.
The Performing Arts Section is concerned with the evolution of the repertoire, scenography, and technology of the dramatic theater, cabaret, circus, marionette theater, ballet, opera, and experimental dance, especially of the 1910s and 1920s. Apart from books on actual theaters such as Efros' study of the Chamber Theater, the Section includes concert programs for companies such as the Ballets Russes. Of particular interest is the large corpus of theoretical and historical materials by Evreinov and Komissarzhevsky.