Gordon Franklin Peers papers

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Gordon Franklin Peers papers

[ca. 1916-1981]

Correspondence; biographical information; photo album with photographs of art works and personal photographs; a sketchbook and loose sketches; writings; a 1957 tape recording of Albert Lewis Fink and Alfred Emile Hammer of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) rehearsing for a television program on drawing and printmaking; printed material; and a 16mm kinescope film (b&w., sd.) of television program "The World Around Us;" and miscellaneous other material. Much of the material relates to Peers' association with RISD, 1934-1960s.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6757933

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Fink, Albert Lewis, 1921-

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Peers, Gordon Franklin, 1909-

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Painter, educator (Providence, Rhode Island). From the description of Gordon Franklin Peers interviews, 1981 Feb. 17 - 1982 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220182103 Gordon Franklin Peers (1909-1988) was a painter and educator from Providence, R.I. From the description of Oral history interview with Gordon Franklin Peers, 1981 Feb. 17- 1982 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613315445 From the description of Oral history interview with Gordo...

Hammer, Alfred Emile, 1925-

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Rhode Island School of Design

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The Rhode Island School of Design Faculty originally comprised the RISD Director, the Department heads (Freehand Drawing and Painting; Decorative Design; Architecture; Mechanical Engineering; Modeling and Sculpture; and Children's Dept.), and the registrar as Secretary of the Faculty (1901-1934). At the request of faculty and instructors, the structure of the faculty was modified in 1934 to include all members of the teaching staff. From the guide to the Rho...