The collection consists of documents, art, correspondence, newspapers and magazines that Mellen kept during her career as an arts administrator and costume designer for the Opera Society of Washington, freelance critic and costume designer, and founding member of the Smithsonian Friends of Music.

The collection consists of documents, art, correspondence, newspapers and magazines that Mellen kept during her career as an arts administrator and costume designer for the Opera Society of Washington, freelance critic and costume designer, and founding member of the Smithsonian Friends of Music.

The collection consists of documents, art, correspondence, newspapers and magazines that Mellen kept during her career as an arts administrator and costume designer for the Opera Society of Washington, freelance critic and costume designer, and founding member of the Smithsonian Friends of Music.

The collection consists of documents, art, correspondence, newspapers and magazines that Mellen kept during her career as an arts administrator and costume designer for the Opera Society of Washington, freelance critic and costume designer, and founding member of the Smithsonian Friends of Music.

The collection consists of documents, art, correspondence, newspapers and magazines that Mellen kept during her career as an arts administrator and costume designer for the Opera Society of Washington, freelance critic and costume designer, and founding member of the Smithsonian Friends of Music.

The collection consists of documents, art, correspondence, newspapers and magazines that Mellen kept during her career as an arts administrator and costume designer for the Opera Society of Washington, freelance critic and costume designer, and founding member of the Smithsonian Friends of Music.

The collection consists of documents, art, correspondence, newspapers and magazines that Mellen kept during her career as an arts administrator and costume designer for the Opera Society of Washington, freelance critic and costume designer, and founding member of the Smithsonian Friends of Music.

The collection consists of documents, art, correspondence, newspapers and magazines that Mellen kept during her career as an arts administrator and costume designer for the Opera Society of Washington, freelance critic and costume designer, and founding member of the Smithsonian Friends of Music.

The collection consists of documents, art, correspondence, newspapers and magazines that Mellen kept during her career as an arts administrator and costume designer for the Opera Society of Washington, freelance critic and costume designer, and founding member of the Smithsonian Friends of Music.

The collection consists of documents, art, correspondence, newspapers and magazines that Mellen kept during her career as an arts administrator and costume designer for the Opera Society of Washington, freelance critic and costume designer, and founding member of the Smithsonian Friends of Music.