Additional Sources

Videos

Christian Petersen. 

Newspapers

O'Connor, Betty. "'A Little Bear' Who Lived at Tama, Iowa." Review of Cha-Ki-Shi, by Halla Rhode and Bessie Coon. Des Moines Register, April 4, 1937.

"E. R. Harlan, Iowa Curator 29 Years, Dies." Des Moines Register, July 14, 1941.

"Expect 20,000 at I.S.C. Fete." Des Moines Register, May 4, 1941.

Gilbert, Megan. "Keeping Watch Over Iowa State." Iowa State Daily, August 31, 2016. https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/49202 

"Halla Rhode, Teacher, Dies." Des Moines Register. March 8, 1941.

"Miss Coon's Funeral Set." Des Moines Register, August 14, 1942.

"New Statue for Campus." Des Moines Register, August 13, 1940.

Special Collections

Drake University Archives and Special Collections, Cowles Library, Drake University

Special Collections and University Archives, University Library, Iowa State University

State Historical Library and Archives, State Historical Society of Iowa

  • Harlan, Edgar Rubey Papers. State Historical Library and Archives, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, IA.
  • Rhode, Halla M Papers. State Historical Library and Archives, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, IA.

Publications

Bliss, Patricia Lounsbury. Christian Petersen Remembered. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1986.

Delong, Lea Rosson. Christian Petersen Sculptor. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 2000.

Delong, Lea Rosson. Christian Petersen: Urban Artist, 1900–1934. Ames, IA: University Museums, Iowa State University, 2007.

Delong, Lea Rosson. “Petersen, Christian.” In The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa, edited by David Hudson, Margin Bergman, and Loren Horton. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2009. https://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=303 

Madden, W., Madison, O., Pohlman, L., Wintersteen, W., & Brunnier Art Museum. (2006). When Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow: Grant Wood and Christian Petersen murals / Lea Rosson Delong; with forwards by Warren R. Madden, Olivia M.A. Madison, Lynette L. Pohlman, Wendy K. Wintersteen. (1st ed.). Ames, Iowa: Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University.             

"Petersen, Christian." in Dictionary of American Sculptors: "18th Century to the Present", edited by Glenn B. Opitz. Poughkeepsie, NY: Apollo, 1984, 311.

Dwelle, Jessie Merril, Iowa Beautiful Land: History of Iowa, Mason City, Iowa: Klipto Loose Leaf Company, 1958 (edition revised by Ruth H. Wagner), 183.

The Encyclopedia of Sculpture, vol. 3 (P-Z), Antonia Bostrom, editor, New York and London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004, 1523.

Iowa State University. Alumni Association. The Artistry of Christian Petersen at Iowa State University Ames, Iowa. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Alumni Association, 2011.

O'Donnell, Jodi, ed. Campus Beautiful: Shaping the Aesthetic Identity of Iowa State University. Ames, IA: University Museums, Iowa State Unviersity, 2015.

Olson, Greg. "Christian Petersen: Sculptor." The Annals of Iowa 60, no. 3 (2001): 288–289. https://doi.org/10.17077/0003-4827.10493 

Bliss, Patricia Lounsbury. Christian Petersen, Sculptor, 1885–1961: An Illustrated Guide to His Works in the Ames-Gilbert Vicinity, On the Iowa State University Campus, and in the State of Iowa. Bettendorf, IA: Pegasus Productions, 1985.

Petersen, Christian. Hello Beautiful. The Petersens, 1939. https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w90s07 

DeLong, Lea Rosson. All the Evils...: Christian Petersen and the Art of War. Ames, IA: University Museums, Iowa State University, 2009.

Rhode, H., Petersen, C., & Coon, B. (1936). Cha-ki-shi, by Halla Rhode ... and Bessie Coon ... drawings by Christian Petersen. New York, Chicago, [etc.: C. Scribner's sons.

Robertson, Breanne. “The Cultivation of Corn in the Mayan and Modern Times: Lowell Houser’s Winning Design for the Ames Mural Competition.” The Annals of Iowa 70, no. 1 (2011): 36–66. https://doi.org/10.17077/0003-4827.1503 

Senter, Reneé Thomason, & Iowa State University. University Museums. (2000). Christian Petersen, sculptor : A guide for educators / Reneé Thomason Senter. Ames. Iowa: University Museums, Iowa State University.

Wilson, Geraldine L. Christian Petersen, sculptor. Ames, Iowa State University Press. 1962.

Exhibitions

  • Christian Petersen: Selections from the Collection, The University Museums, Iowa State University, January 11, 2016–June 10, 2016
  • Christian Petersen Remembered: Selections from the Permanent Collection, The University Museums, Iowa State University, May 7, 2013–August 4, 2013.
  • Remembering the Sculpture of Christian Petersen, The University Museums, Iowa State University, May 14, 2012–August 3, 2012.
  • All the Evils: Christian Petersen and the Art of War, The University Museums, Iowa State University, January 11, 2010–August 6, 2010.

The University Museums, Iowa State University. Christian Petersen: Campus Sculptor: The Founding Artist of the Art on Campus Collection. 8/25/2008 - 02/12/2009

The University Museums, Iowa State University. Christian Petersen: Urban Artist, 1900-1933. 03/22/2007 - 08/08/2007

The University Museums, Iowa State University. Christian Petersen: Campus Sculptor, 1934-1961. 03/16/2007 - 08/03/2007

The University Museums, Iowa State University. When Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow: Grant Wood and Christian Petersen Murals. 09/12/2006 - 11/27/2006

The University Museums, Iowa State University. Christian Petersen: Regionalist Sculptor. 05/21/2005 - 12/30/2005

The University Museums, Iowa State University. Regionalist Sculptor, Christian Petersen. 08/31/2004 - 05/15/2005

The University Museums, Iowa State University. Christian Petersen's Midwest. 01/13/2004 - 08/07/2004

The University Museums, Iowa State University. Christian Petersen. 08/27/2002 - 03/30/2002

The University Museums, Iowa State University. Christian Petersen and Lee Allen: After the Iowa Project. 08/28/2001 - 11/25/2001

The University Museums, Iowa State University. Christian Petersen, Sculptor. 08/22/2000 - 12/31/2000

The University Museums, Iowa State University. The Gentle Sculptor: Christian Petersen. 07/09/1998 - 08/15/1998

The University Museums, Iowa State University. Christian Petersen: Images of Youth. 01/26/1988 - 03/23/1988

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. 112th Annual Exhibition. 02/4/1917 – 3/25/1917. Portrait of Josian Everett Draper by Christian Petersen is number 531 in the catalogue.

Department of Special Collections, Iowa State University Library. Christian Petersen Exhibit. 4/6/1972 – 7/14/1972.