Olga Peters was a twentieth-century New Orleans artist and teacher, whose interests included ballet, choreography, ceramics, metalwork, and fashion design. She was educated at Newcomb College and Tulane University, through a Master of Arts in 1940. In 1983, she donated her numerous and imaginative costume design drawings and paintings to Tulane University, specifically those created for the krewes of Dorians, Bards of Bohemia, and Babylon. LaRC Manuscripts Collection 684, Olga Peters Drawings , 1927-1976, also includes typed correspondence, Carnival and social ephemera, and several black and white photographs of the fanciful costumes being worn by the local royalty for whom they were custom-made. Another similar contemporary collection is Coralie Guarino Davis Costume Designs , 1953-1981 (LaRC Manuscripts Collection 723). Featured there are drawings for krewes in New Orleans (Maids of Troy, Ancient Scribes), New Iberia (Andalusia)...
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