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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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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)
  • Copyright retained by any document's creator.
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
Copyright retained by any document's creator.
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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Occupation
singers.
Research Call Number
JPB 07-6
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