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L.S. Slevin photograph collection.
BANC PIC 1964.006--PICLOCAL
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Title:

L.S. Slevin photograph collection

Creator/Contributor:

Slevin, L. S. (Louis Stanislas), 1878-1945, creator

Abstract:

Many views of the Monterey and Carmel, Calif. area, including landscape views, Big Trees (redwood grove), homes (including those of General Vallejo, General Sherman, and R.L. Stevenson), Hotel Del Monte, Cannery Row, other historical landmarks, and historical re-creations including costumed "Indians". Views of various missions, with interiors, including San Antonio, Santa Ines, Soledad, San Gabriel, San Luis Obispo, San Carlos Borromeo, and San Juan Bautista.
Other locations found in the collection: San Francisco (including San Francisco earthquake of 1868) and Golden Gate Park, Lake Tahoe, and La Paz, Baja California.

Date:

ca. 1868-1935 (bulk 1905-1935) (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Indians of North America -- California -- Monterey Peninsula -- Photographs
Buildings -- California -- Monterey Peninsula -- Photographs
Dwellings -- California -- Monterey Peninsula -- Photographs
Spanish mission buildings -- California -- Photographs
Constructions -- Californie -- Monterey, Péninsule de -- Photographies
Habitations -- Californie -- Monterey, Péninsule de -- Photographies
Missions espagnoles (Édifices) -- Californie -- Photographies
Buildings
Dwellings
Homes
Indians of North America
Spanish mission buildings
Nature
Monterey Peninsula (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Monterey (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Carmel (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Big Trees (Santa Cruz County) -- Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- Pictorial works
La Paz (Baja California Sur, Mexico) -- Pictorial works
Monterey, Péninsule de (Calif.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Tahoe, Lac (Calif. et Nev.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
California
California -- Carmel
California -- Monterey
California -- Monterey Peninsula
California -- San Francisco
California -- San Francisco -- Golden Gate Park
Mexico -- La Paz (Baja California Sur)
United States -- Lake Tahoe
Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
San Antonio de Pádua (Mission) -- Pictorial works
Santa Inés Mission (Solvang, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (Mission : Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
San Juan Bautista (Mission : San Juan Bautista, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)
Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.)
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (Mission : Calif.)
San Antonio de Pádua (Mission)
San Juan Bautista (Mission : San Juan Bautista, Calif.)
Santa Inés Mission (Solvang, Calif.)
Vallejo, Ignacio Vicente Ferrer -- 1748-1832 -- Homes and haunts -- Pictorial works
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh) -- 1820-1891 -- Homes and haunts -- Pictorial works
Stevenson, Robert Louis -- 1850-1894 -- Homes and haunts -- California -- Monterey -- Pictorial works
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh) -- 1820-1891
Stevenson, Robert Louis -- 1850-1894

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Photographs taken by Louis S. Slevin.
Photographer's log indicates there were once many film negatives, few of which remain in present collection.
Photographic prints include vintage prints by Slevin and many later prints made by the Library from original negatives. The Library also made copy negatives for many vintage prints with not extant original negative.
UNARRANGED MATERIALS (Boxes 1-2 and Cartons 1-5): UNAVAILABLE FOR USE: Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
GLASS NEGATIVES (NEG boxes 1-88) RESTRICTED. USE VIEWING PRINTS ONLY: shelved as BANC PIC 1964.006--PIC. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
NITRATE NEGATIVES CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
Gift of Orrin W. June. Formerly in the possession of collector Roy D. Graves.
Related manuscripts: L.S. Slevin notebooks containing lists of his negatives (BANC MSS 69/4 c).
Copy of photographer's notebook arranged by his number, or a transcription, available upon request.

Type:

graphic
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Glass negatives.

Physical Description:

photonegative
photoprint
3 boxes (photographic prints) ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
92 boxes (ca. 4,370 negatives) : chiefly glass, some film, b&w. ; various sizes.
2 boxes, 5 cartons (chiefly photographic prints)

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/unprocessed-collections-form
BANC PIC 1964.006--PICLOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

UNARRANGED MATERIALS (Boxes 1-2 and Cartons 1-5): UNAVAILABLE FOR USE: Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
GLASS NEGATIVES (NEG boxes 1-88) RESTRICTED. USE VIEWING PRINTS ONLY: shelved as BANC PIC 1964.006--PIC. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
NITRATE NEGATIVES CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.

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