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McDonald, Marilyn. Photographs from the Marilyn McDonald collection on Tassajara Hot Springs [graphic].
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Title:
Photographs from the Marilyn McDonald collection on Tassajara Hot SpringsCreator/Contributor:
McDonald, Marilyn., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Pollock, photographerAbstract:
Chiefly snapshot photographs documenting the history of Tassajara Hot Springs in Monterey County, Calif. Photographs depict
buildings and other structures, roads, trails, and visitors and other persons associated with the development of the resort,
including family members of early owner Charles W. Quilty, and Zen Buddhist Shunryu Suzuki. Most photographs were taken prior
to the acquisition of the hot springs by the San Francisco Zen Buddhist Center.
Date:
ca. 1890-ca. 1980 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caSuzuki, Shunryū -- 1904-1971 -- Portraits
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center -- Pictorial works
Hot springs -- California -- Monterey County -- Photographs
Buddhists -- California -- Monterey County -- Photographs
Tassajara Hot Springs (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Note:
Collected by Marilyn McDonald.
Numerous photographers, some identified on accompanying donor index. Includes small group of oversize photographs (B) by
Pollock (San Jose, Calif.).
All negatives and slides are copies of prints in collection.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Tassajara Hot Springs is a natural hot springs in the Ventana Wilderness, within the Santa Lucia Range and Los Padres National
Forest in Monterey County, California. The hot springs have been the site of a resort of one kind or another since the 1860s.
The site is currently owned by the San Francisco Zen Buddhist Center which uses it as a study center and opens it to visitors
during the summer.
Marilyn McDonald was a long-time resident and historian of the Tassajara area.
Type:
graphicPanoramic photographs.
Physical Description:
graphic
photonegative
photoprint
2 boxes and 1 oversize box (ca. 1500 photographic prints and 65 slides), 4 oversize photographic prints and 1 binder (ca.
1500 negatives) : chiefly b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.