Selected Bibliography
from The State Historical Society of Missouri

Article in the Missouri Historical Review [REF F550 M691]

• Ehrlich, George, and Sherry Piland. “The Architectural Career of Nelle Peters.” v. 83, no. 4 (January 1989), pp. 161-176. [opens in new window]

Articles from the Newspaper Collection

• “Big Apartment House Planned: Corporation of Columbia Business Men to Build Structure.” Columbia Missourian. March 15, 1927. p. 1, col. 6.
• “Building Boom in Apartment Houses Here.” Columbia Missourian. December 16, 1927. p. 1.
• “Construction Bid Accepted: Kansas City Man to Build Beverly Apartment House.” Columbia Missourian. April 7, 1927. p. 1.
• “Enters Architectural Field Because of Desire for Something Different.” Kansas City Journal. November 21, 1925. p. 7.
• “Mrs. Nelle E. Peters.” Kansas City Star. October 12, 1974. p. 10, col. 5.

Books and Articles

• Christensen, Lawrence O., William E. Foley, Gary R. Kremer, and Kenneth H. Winn, eds. Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia: Univ. of Missouri Press, 1999. pp. 611-612. [REF F508 D561]
• Dains, Mary K. Show Me Missouri Women: Selected Biographies. Kirksville, Mo.: Thomas Jefferson Univ. Press, 1989. pp. 81-82. [REF F508 Sh82]
• Flynn, Jane Fifield. Kansas City Women of Independent Minds. Kansas City: Fifield Publishing, 1992. pp. 117-118. [REF H128.18 F679]
• Piland, Sherry. “Early Kansas City Architect: A Liberated Woman.” Historic Kansas City News. v. 2, no. 5 (April 1978), p. 8. [REF H128.35 H629]

Manuscript Collection

• Nelle E. Peters (1884-1974) Architectural Records, 1924-1930 (KC0041)
  These architectural records contain original linen and tissue paper drawings of numerous buildings designed by Nelle E. Peters. The drawings are for apartments and hotels in Kansas City and Jefferson City, Missouri, as well as Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.