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English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado archive
Creator:
Alvarado, Ricardo Ocreto
source:
Alvarado, Janet Mary
Identifier/Call Number: M2749
Physical Description:
10.5 Linear Feet
(8 manuscript storage boxes, 2 record storage boxes, and 6 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1942-2018
The Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado archive consists of documents, correspondence, audiovisual, photographic and other materials.
The photographic materials consist of prints, slides, and approximately 3000 negatives. The original documents are mostly
official records from Ricardo Alvarado's army service. There is also a large amount of Janet Alvarado's (Ricardo Alvarado's
daughter) working files, which consist of research, designs, grants, newspaper clippings, correspondence, publicity, flyers,
display labels and other materials. These documents are from two exhibits she created using her father's photographs: Through
My Father's Eyes (1998-2002) and Alvarado Compositions (2014).
Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado was born in the Philippines in 1914. Alvarado moved to California in 1928. He enlisted in the First
Filipino Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army in 1942 as a medic. After World War II he worked as a civilian cook at San Francisco's
Letterman Army Hospital. Using a view camera, Alvarado documented Filipino-American community life at dances, banquets, baptisms,
funerals, and other gatherings. He photographed primarily in San Francisco but also in rural settings. In 1959 Alvarado married
Norberta Magallanes and ended his photographic work.
Alvarado died in 1976.
In 1997 Janet Alvarado (Ricardo's daughter) discovered his work stored in a basement and created the Alvarado Project to portray
the Filipino-American community using her father's photographs. The Alvarado Project created an exhibit for the Smithsonian
Institution's National Museum of American History that then was exhibited nationally through The Smithsonian Institutional
Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) program.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital
materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization
to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
[identification of item], Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado archive (M2749). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.
Page from library catalog: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/13974544
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Filipino Americans
San Francisco.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs
Photography -- U.S. -- History
Alvarado, Janet Mary