Rollo Peters costume designs for The Pilgrim spirit
Overview
Charles Rollo Peters' costume designs for George Pierce Baker's 1921 The Pilgrim Spirit.
Dates
- Creation: 1921
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
1 linear feet (2 boxes)185 watercolor and pencil costume design drawings. Includes details of type and color of fabrics, titles of drawings, number of costumes needed, character wearing each design, etc... Not all plate numbers are in this set and some plate numbers are used multiple times.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Rollo Peters III (1892-1967) was born in Paris, but moved to California when he was five. He was an actor, scenic designer, director, producer and co-founder of the New York Theatre Guild. He designed the costumes for George Pierce Baker's 1921 The Pilgrim Spirit: a pageant in celebration of the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts, December 21, 1620. The pageant was performed at the State Reservation near Plymouth Rock, in July and August of 1921.
Arrangement
Arranged numerically in plate number order.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
No accession number. Gift of Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission, via William Carroll HIill, 73 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts; received: 1921 October 19.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Peters, Rollo. Rollo Peters costume designs for The Pilgrim spirit, 1921: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02092
Repository Details
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