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Roberta Peters collection

Title: Roberta Peters collection, 1881-1998 (bulk 1951-1998).
Author: Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.

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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 179	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-5 box 179	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 180	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-5 box 180	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 197	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-5 box 197	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 203	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-5 box 203	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 173	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 173	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 174	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 174	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 175	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 175	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 176	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 176	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 177	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 177	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 178	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 178	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 181	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 181	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 182	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 182	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 183	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 183	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 184	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 184	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 185	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 185	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 186	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 186	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 187	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 187	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 188	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 188	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 189	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 189	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	box 190	Mixed material	Supervised use	JPB 07-6 box 190	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Description

84.67 linear feet (172 boxes)

Summary

The Roberta Peters Collection contains office files, photographs, programs, clippings, datebooks and diaries, scrapbooks, scores and audio/video recordings documenting every phase of her long career at the Metropolitan Opera and beyond.

Subjects

Genre/Form

appointment books.
black-and-white negatives.
black-and-white photographs.
clippings (information artifacts)
color photographs.
color slides.
commercial correspondence.
diaries.
itineraries.
personal correspondence.
photograph albums.
programs (documents)
scores.
scrapbooks.
screenplays.
television scripts.

Access (note)

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Inquiries regarding audio and video materials in the collection may be directed to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (rha@nypl.org). Audio and video materials will be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.

Additional Formats (note)

The first 76 scrapbooks described in this finding aid were microfilmed by the Music Division and can be found under call number *ZB-3429. These scrapbooks can only be viewed on microfilm. Two of the filmed scrapbooks, numbers 62 and 66, are missing.

Terms of Use (note)

Provenance (note)

The collection came to NYPL in several stages in the 1990s and early 2000s. A final deed of gift was negotiated in 2005.

Call Number

JPB 07-6

OCLC

716238568

Author

Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017.

Title

Roberta Peters collection, 1881-1998 (bulk 1951-1998).

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Inquiries regarding audio and video materials in the collection may be directed to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (rha@nypl.org). Audio and video materials will be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.

Additional Formats

The first 76 scrapbooks described in this finding aid were microfilmed by the Music Division and can be found under call number *ZB-3429. These scrapbooks can only be viewed on microfilm. Two of the filmed scrapbooks, numbers 62 and 66, are missing.

Terms Of Use

Provenance

The collection came to NYPL in several stages in the 1990s and early 2000s. A final deed of gift was negotiated in 2005.

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Finding Aid

Request Access to Music & Recorded Sound Division Special Collections material

Occupation

singers.

Research Call Number

JPB 07-6

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