Carl W. Peters papers
name: label: Creator
content: Peters, Carl William, 1897-1980
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Painting -- New York (State)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Blanche Peters is the widow of Carl W. Peters.
creator: label: Creator
content: Peters, Carl William, 1897-1980
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Fairport, New York. Native of Rochester, N.Y. and Rockport, Massachusetts where he summered. Won prizes in 1920s and 1930s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.5 Linear Feet (ca. 450 items (on 10 microfilm reels))
label: Extent
content: 3.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1915-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.petecarl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2942 through 2951 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lender, Blanche Peters (Mrs. Carl), after microfilming. 82 sketchbooks subsequently donated in 2002.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.