Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- House Peters papers
- Dates:
- circa 1914-2000
- Creators:
- Peters, House
- Abstract:
- Actor House Peters, Jr., was the son of actors House Peters and Mae King Peters. The collection consists of two scrapbooks and an autobiographical book about Peters, Jr.
- Extent:
- 0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], House Peters Papers (Collection Number 2149). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of two scrapbooks and an autobiography related to the career of actor House Peters, Jr. and his actor-father, House Peters. Each scrapbook contains a small number of images, (mostly photocopies of photographs) and photocopies of clippings. The autobiography is titled, Another Side of Hollywood: An Autobiography by Actor House Peters, Jr.
- Biographical / historical:
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House Peters, Jr. was born in 1916 in New Rochelle, NY to silent film actor House Peters and actress Mae King Peters. He grew up in Beverly Hills, California, studying drama at Beverly Hills High School. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps. Peters was known for his supporting work as an actor in both film and television, appearing alongside Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. He appeared in the films The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Dakota Kid, and Rebel Without a Cause as well as in the television series Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, and Lassie. He was best known for being the first actor to play Mr. Clean in a series of television commercials that ran throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s. After his retirement in the late 1960s, he published an autobiography titled Another Side of Hollywood: An Autobiography. Peters died October 1, 2008, in Woodland Hills, CA.
- Acquisition information:
- House Peters, Jr.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Actors -- United States -- Archives
- Names:
- Peters, House
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-01-06 11:51:08 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], House Peters Papers (Collection Number 2149). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988