McCleary (John) (194x-xxxx) Collection, 1994-1996, 1998

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Summary

Title:
McCleary (John) (194x-xxxx) Collection
Dates:
1994-1996, 1998
Creators:
McCleary, John Bassett
Abstract:
Extent:
1 LF (2 boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

McCleary (John) (194x-xxxx) Collection . Monterey Museum of Art

Background

Scope and content:

Book entitled "Monterey Peninsula People" (c1998) with photographs from the book, text, and a few extra photographs. MMA exhibition entitled Peninsula People: Portraits by John McCleary January 18-April 20, 1997. 6 postcards featuring McCleary's photos.

Biographical / historical:

John Bassett McCleary (194?-xxxx) is a Monterey-area professional photographer. He was born in San Francisco, California, and is a third-generation journalist. He attended Monterey Peninsula College, Santa Barbara City College, and UCLA. He has worked as a writer, art director, and photographer in the newspaper, music, publishing and advertising industries for the last thirty-seven years. McCleary was present at the Monterey Pop Festival and was a music industry photographer in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 70s; he was on stage and in the dressing rooms with The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, The Stones, Tina Turner, and others. In the early 1970s, he produced a series of twelve posters and "The People’s Book," a photographic book of the counterculture, "The Hippie Dictionary," and several other books. From August 1994-December 1996 the Monterey Herald newspaper featured photographs and short articles on local people by McCleary. Between January 18-April 20, 1997 the photographs were exhibited at Monterey Museum of Art as Peninsula People: Portraits by John McCleary. The photos and articles were assembled into McCleary's 1998 publication "Monterey Peninsula People." (Source in part: https://hippiedictionary.com/about.php viewed 11/27/2023).

Acquisition information:
Gift

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Monterey Museum of Art staff.
Date Prepared:
1994-1996, 1998
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

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Preferred citation:

McCleary (John) (194x-xxxx) Collection . Monterey Museum of Art

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