Carl W. Peters papers
Object Details
- Creator
- Peters, Carl William, 1897-1980
- Occupation
- Painters
- Topic
- Painting -- New York (State)
- Provenance
- Blanche Peters is the widow of Carl W. Peters.
- Creator
- Peters, Carl William, 1897-1980
- Biographical / Historical
- Painter; Fairport, New York. Native of Rochester, N.Y. and Rockport, Massachusetts where he summered. Won prizes in 1920s and 1930s.
- Extent
- 3.5 Linear feet (ca. 450 items (on 10 microfilm reels))
- 3.5 Linear feet
- Date
- 1915-1982
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.petecarl
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Existence and Location of Copies
- 35mm microfilm reels 2942 through 2951 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
- Existence and Location of Originals
- Originals returned to lender, Blanche Peters (Mrs. Carl), after microfilming. 82 sketchbooks subsequently donated in 2002.
- Scope and Contents
- Resumes; biographical material; correspondence, mainly with galleries; notebooks with notes, diagrams, calendar entries, names and addresses, and pencil sketches; several loose sketches; 115 sketchbooks, mostly done in pencil or charcoal; annotated working plans for murals, some washed with watercolor; scrapbooks containing clippings, letters, exhibition catalogs, photographs, and certficates; a guest book; financial material; photographs of Peters' paintings; exhibition catalogs, announcements, and invitations; and miscellaneous materials.
- Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.
- Record ID
- ebl-1596290570935-1596290570937-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
