1950

Portrait bust of professor of landscape architecture at Iowa State College created before a 1950 meeting of the Landscape Architecture Club.

Bas relief portrait of the pastor of Collegiate Methodist Church in Ames, Iowa from 1935 to 1960.

Bas relief plaque. Adams was Petersen’s colleague on Public Works of Art Project at Iowa City, and they became reacquainted when they both lived in Ames.

Portrait bust of the son of Louise and Harry Beckemeyer at 18 months.

Portrait bust of the son of Louise and Harry Beckemeyer at 18 months.

A side profile of Ralph K. Bliss, Director of Agricultural Extension at Iowa State. He wears a coat and tie and glasses.

4-H boy with Jersey cows which was commissioned by an Iowa State College professor.

Three casts of this figure were originally made. Additional reproductions of the cast were produced and sold at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church and Catholic Student Center in Ames, Iowa in 1960.

Archbishop Rohlman officiated at Petersen’s confirmation ceremonies in Dubuque, Iowa in 1949. A gift to Archbishop Rohlman for his personal chapel.

Plaster mold of Christ on the Cross. It is a front view to the waist and shows only his arms to the elbows.

Portrait bust.

Christ on the Cross. A gift from Petersen to the Iowa Xi Chapter of Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity. Charlotte was housemother in mid-1960s and Petersen was an honorary member.

Young girl with long hair.

Study of Christ from neck up.

Portrait bust done as demonstration for Rotary Club or Kiwanis.

Dorothy Deemer Houghton, Iowa women’s club leader and public official—rose through the ranks of the early-20thcentury women’s club movement to become president of the National Federation of Women’s Clubs. Houghton was appointed to the State Board of Education (later the…

Portrait relief of the son of one of Petersen’s students.

Portrait relief

Portrait bust of Abraham Lincoln, roughly chiseled.

Two sculptures, one of Mary and Jesus and another of Joseph.

Corporate symbol designed by Petersen.

Standing, robed saint, striding forward with right hand pointing to left.

Preliminary model depicting St. Bernard standing in a hooded robe, holding a crosier. Listed as damaged in 1964 sale record.

Figures of the patron saint of music and a cherub in a lunette.

Unfinished figure for the sculpture for the Parish of Saint Francis Xavier in Dyersville, Iowa.

A model for the sculpture for the Parish of Saint Francis Xavier in Dyersville, Iowa.

Monumental figure of Saint Francis Xavier. The base includes three terra cotta bas reliefs. Dedicated in 1951 at the Saint Francis Xavier Elementary School in Dyersville, Iowa.

Profile sketch of a small boy, Jack Beckemeyer, in preparation of a bust creation.

Pastor of Collegiate Methodist Church in Ames, Iowa, from 1935 to 1960. Preliminary study for bas relief.

Pastor of Collegiate Methodist Church in Ames, Iowa, from 1935 to 1960. Preliminary study for bas relief.

Three figures looking at an angel with a bright light coming down from the sky.

Shepherds and angel for the cover of "Julegranen" magazine.

Shepherds and angel for the cover of "Julegranen" magazine.

Shepherds and angel for the cover of "Julegranen" magazine.

Shepherds and angel for the cover of "Julegranen" magazine.

Shepherds and angel for the cover of "Julegranen" magazine.

Two shepherds and angel for the cover of "Julegranen" magazine.

Three sketches. Left to right: 1) large one of a Bound Christ standing on a globe, with sketched figures around it and the above title below in pencil. 2) detail of Christ’s head. 3) similar to 1, but from a distance and with a base.

Sketch of Madonna and child on plinth.

Figure sketch of a priest on a raised pedestal.

Figure sketch of a priest with clasped hands, on a tiered pedestal flanked by benches.

Sketch of two standing figures and one bust portrait.

Study of robed figure.

Studies of Saint Bernard, a kneeling novitiate nun, and one of Petersen’s sculpture students.

Five studies of Saint Bernard with site placement.

Robed saint with a book at his side.

Robed saint with a book clutched in arm.

Saint Bernard with crozier, three sculpture studies on plinths.

Studies of two hands holding a staff. Gestural study of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.

Sketch tennis player for Women’s Gymnasium (Forker Building) as well as one of Hans Christian Andersen study.

Sketch of the Women’s Gym (Forker Building) entrance with sculpture proposals flanking the stairway.

Nude woman seated with turned torso, tennis racket in hand, on a pedestal base.

Rough sketch of St. Joseph with a carpentry right angle tool.

Rough sketch of St. Joseph with a carpentry tool.

Rough sketch of St. Joseph.