Shirrel Rhoades Collection PH 001

Summary: The Shirrel Rhoades Collection includes a broad selection of photographs (loose, matted, and framed) dating from the mid-1800s to the early 2000s. The collection was assembled by Rhoades, a photography collector.

Collection number: PH 001 ​

Creator: Shirrel Rhoades (b. 1942)

Extent: 126 photographs (119 photographs in 5 boxes and 7 framed photographs) ranging in size from 2” x 2” to 16” x 20”

Date range: Mid-1800s to early 2000s ​

Acquisition information: The collection was donated to Monterey Peninsula College by ​ Shirrel Rhoades in 2008. Although Rhoades himself has no connection with MPC, his wife, Diane Brady, went to college with the wife of Dr. John Anderson, who was chair of the Creative Arts Division at MPC at the time of the donation. The photographs were stored in the MPC Photography Department and then transferred to the MPC Library, Archives and Special Collections Department, in June 2016.

Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research. Contact the library 48 hours in ​ advance prior to visit.

Copyright: All requests to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Monterey Peninsula College Library, Archives and Special Collections Department. Consent is given on behalf of the Archives and Special Collections Department as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Copyright is held by the individual photographers, their heirs, or their estates. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir(s) for permission to publish.

Cite as: [Item number], Shirrel Rhoades Collection. Monterey Peninsula College Library, Archives and Special Collections Department.

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Biographical Information: Shirrel Rhoades (b. 1942) is an American executive, writer, ​ publisher, professor, filmmaker and photographer. Born in North Carolina, Rhoades attended Wake Forest University and Stetson University, where he received his BA in Fine Arts in 1964. He started his career with various newspapers as an editor, feature writer, and critic. He later worked for several book and magazine publishing firms. In 1996, Rhoades became Executive Vice President of Marvel Entertainment, where he was involved in various movie projects based on Marvel superheroes. Rhoades has written hundreds of magazine articles and has written, edited, and published a number of books. He has consulted for numerous companies, taught and lectured at several universities, assisted at three museums, and received a number of awards in the publishing field. Rhoades is also a photographer and avid photography collector. Over the years he has donated much of his collection to various colleges, universities and museums.

Scope and Content: The Shirrell Rhoades Collection consists of 126 photographs donated to ​ Monterey Peninsula College in 2008. The collection is broad in scope and includes portraits, nudes, landscapes, fashion photography, and fine art photography by some of the best known American and international photographers of the 19th and 20th centuries. More than one hundred photographers are represented, such as Ansel Adams, Margaret Bourke-White, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Walker Evans, Yousuf Karsh, Dorothea Lange, Annie Leibovitz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Irving Penn, May Ray, Edward Steichen, and Arthur Stieglitz.

There is a significant number of fashion photographs (many for Vogue magazine) ​ ​ by Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, Herb Ritts, and Helmut Newton featuring supermodels such as Naomi Campbell, Lauren Hutton, Gia, and Linda Evangelista. Also included are portraits of Barbra Streisand, Janis Joplin, Carl Sandburg, Audrey Hepburn, Patti Smith, Dolly Parton, Angelina Jolie, and Marilyn Monroe.

Many different photographic techniques are represented in the collection, such as black and white silver gelatin, color digital, and heliogravure. Prints range in size from 2” x 2” to 16” x 20”. In short, this wide-ranging and unique collection provides a fascinating sampling of important photography, photographers, and photographic techniques of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Several of these photographs were included in the exhibit, The Eclectic Eye: ​ Selected Photographs from the Shirrel Rhoades Collection, which was on display ​ in the Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery from Nov. 18 - Dec. 19, 2008.

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Inventory/Box List

Box 1 Folder 1 Adams, Ansel Folder 2 Albrec, Adam V Folder 3 Allen, Albert Arthur Folder 4 Antisdel, Gene Folder 5 Avedon, Richard Folder 6 Benat, Laetitia Folder 7 Benat, Laetitia Folder 8 Benat, Laetitia Folder 9 Caponigro, Paul Folder 10 Demarchelier, Patrick Folder 11 Demayer, Baron Adolph Folder 12 Descamps, L. Folder 13 Drtikol, Frantisek Folder 14 Elgort, Arthur Folder 15 Gefter, Judith Folder 16 Gilchrist, Charles Folder 17 Gorman, Greg Folder 18 Halsman, Philippe Folder 19 Hamilton, David Folder 20 Keen, Peter Folder 21 Kwilecki, Paul Folder 22 Langdon, Harry Folder 23 Lee, Russell Folder 24 Mapplethorpe, Robert Folder 25 McCall, John and Bernadette Folder 26 McNulty, Stephen Folder 27 Meisel, Steven Folder 28 Muybridge, Eadweard Folder 29 Nadar Folder 30 Newman, Arnold Folder 31 Newton, Helmut Folder 32 Orkin, Ruth Folder 33 O’Sullivan, Timothy H. Folder 34 Parker, Bart Folder 35 Penn, Irving Folder 36 Pinkowski, Eugene

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Folder 37 Praturlon, Pierluigi Folder 38 Rawlings, John Folder 39 Ray, Man Folder 40 Ritts, Herb Folder 41 Rothstein, Arthur Folder 42 Salgado, Sebastiao Folder 43 Skogkvist, Fredrik Folder 44 Smith, W. Eugene Folder 45 Snow, Julie Folder 46 Snowden, Earl of (Antony Armstrong-Jones) Folder 47 Sokolsky, Melvin Folder 48 Steichen, Edward Folder 49 Stieglitz, Arthur Folder 50 Tunick, Spencer Folder 51 Uelsmann, Jerry Folder 52 Uelsmann, Jerry Folder 53 Van Vechten, Carl Folder 54 Vestal, David

Box 2 Folder 1 Brassai (Gyula Halesz) Folder 2 Cartier-Bresson, Henri Folder 3 Karsh, Yousuf Folder 4 Lange, Dorothea Folder 5 Leibovitz, Annie Folder 6 Mann, Sally Folder 7 Model, Lisette

Box 3 Folder 1 Beaton, Cecil Folder 2 Claiborne, Barron Folder 3 D’Orazio, Sante Folder 4 Elisofon, Eliot Folder 5 Favero, Gianpietro Folder 6 Heyward, Talmadge Folder 7 Johnston, Alfred Cheney Folder 8 Rhoades, Shirrel Folder 9 Richardson, Terry Folder 10 Rothstein, Arthur

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Folder 11 Schiller, Lawrence Folder 12 Smut, BT Folder 13 Steichen, Edward Folder 14 Strand, Paul Folder 15 Sudek, Josef Folder 16 Tucker, Martha

Box 4 Folder 1 Bailey, David Folder 2 Beaton, Cecil Folder 3 Benson, Harry Folder 4 Brugue, Eduardo R. Folder 5 Davidson, Bruce Folder 6 Dietmar Folder 7 Evans, Walker Folder 8 Feininger, Andreas Folder 9 Gilreath, Edwin M. Folder 10 Harris, Steve Folder 11 Horst, Horst P. Folder 12 Karsh, Yousuf Folder 13 Kirkland, Douglas Folder 14 Langdon, Harry Folder 15 Leveugle, Frederic Folder 16 Lindbergh, Peter Folder 17 Newton, Helmut Folder 18 Newton, Helmut Folder 19 Owen, Bert Folder 20 Ritts, Herb Folder 21 Stember, John Folder 22 Stember, John Folder 23 Weber, Bruce

Box 5 Folder 1 Avedon, Richard Folder 2 Barboza, Anthony Folder 3 Blake, Rebecca Folder 4 Bravo, Manuel Alvarez Folder 5 Collingwood, Lauren Folder 6 Curtis, Edward S.

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Folder 7 Davis, William E. Folder 8 De Larrain, Trippy Folder 9 Gilpin, Henry E. Folder 10 Hagemeyer, Johan Folder 11 Kertesz, Andre Folder 12 LaChapelle, David Folder 13 Malinowski, Stan Folder 14 Penn, Irving Folder 15 Ray, Man Folder 16 Rossi, Aldo Folder 17 Rubartelli, Franco Folder 18 Stern, Bert Folder 19 Weegee (Arthur Fellig)

Framed photographs: Frame 1 Bourke-White, Margaret Frame 2 Campbell, Scott Frame 3 Colwell, Larry Frame 4 Eisenstaedt, Alfred Frame 5 Feininger, Andreas Frame 6 Heller, Ben Frame 7 Turner, Pete

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Alphabetical list of photographers with descriptions of photos

Last Name First Name Location Description Size 4" x 6" matted 8" x Adams (?) Ansel Box 1, Folder 1 Mist-laden waterfall with walking bridge 10" Albrec Adam V. Box 1, Folder 2 Black nude/white nude 8" x 10" Allen Albert Arthur Box 1, Folder 3 Nude at water's edge 4" x 6" Antisdel Gene Box 1, Folder 4 Seagull in flight 8" x 10" Avedon Richard Box 1, Folder 5 Naomi Campbell - surreal pose with chairs 5" x 7" Avedon Richard Box 5, Folder 1 Trio of models with futuristic look 20" x 10" Bailey David Box 4, Folder 1 Model in shorts with tan cape 11" x 14" Barboza Anthony Box 5, Folder 2 Model's head silhouette in profile 15" x 15" Beaton Cecil Box 3, Folder 1 Hunting party on the Rothmere estate 8" x 12" Beaton Cecil Box 4, Folder 2 Model in checkered coat with paint jars 11" x 14" Benat Laetitia Box 1, Folder 6 Model with dangling necklace 8" x 11" Benat Laetitia Box 1, Folder 7 Model in silhouette 8" x 11" Benat Laetitia Box 1, Folder 8 Office chair and feet 8" x 11" Benson Harry Box 4, Folder 3 Portrait of actor with cigar 9" x 13.5" Blake Rebecca Box 5, Folder 3 Models feet with desk chair 8" x 10" on 12" x 20" 8" x 10" Bourke-White Margaret Framed #1 Garment district from above framed 15" x 17" 8" x 10" Brassai (Gyula Halesz) Box 2, Folder 1 Nude matted 11" x 14" 11" x 14" Bravo Manuel Alvarez Box 5, Folder 4 "Lappman" - native sitting, frilled hat matted 16" x 20" 5" x 7" Brugue Eduardo R. Box 4, Folder 4 Ghostly image of kid matted 11" x 14" 11" x 14" Campbell Scott Framed #2 East Texas swamp framed 17" x 21" 5" x 7" matted 8" x Caponigro Paul Box 1, Folder 9 "Reflecting Stream, Redding CT 1968" 10" 8" x 10" Cartier-Bresson Henri Box 2, Folder 2 Kids playing in ruins matted 11" x 14" Claiborne Barron Box 3, Folder 2 Black nude 35mm matted Collingwood Lauren Box 5, Folder 5 Nude reclining in front of painting-self portrait 13" x 20" 8" x 10" Colwell Larry Framed #3 Vase in broken window framed 12.5" x 15.5"

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8" x 10" Curtis Edward S. Box 5, Folder 6 Indian encampment matted 16" x 20" D'Orazio Sante Box 3, Folder 3 Model in black jumpsuit on metal stool 11" x 14" Davidson Bruce Box 4, Folder 5 Edward Steichen and his daughter 35mm matted Davis William E. Box 5, Folder 7 Tombstone 11" x 14" De Larrain Trippy Box 5, Folder 8 Model in triplicate 16" x 20" Demarchelier Patrick Box 1, Folder 10 Linda Evangelista with hands over head 5" x 7" De Meyer Baron Adolf Box 1, Folder 11 Victorian woman with feather fan 8" x 10" Descamps L. Box 1, Folder 12 Model in panties carrying shoes 8" x 8" Dietmar Box 4, Folder 6 Monkey Man in hat and sports shirt 11" x 14" Drtikol Frantisek Box 1, Folder 13 Nude with hoop 8" x 9" Eisenstaedt Alfred Framed #4 V-J Day at Times Square - sailor kissing girl 8" x 10" framed Elgort Arthur Box 1, Folder 14 Model walking 2 dogs in field 8" x 10" Elisofon Eliot Box 3, Folder 4 Rocky seaside 11" x 14" Evans Walker Box 4, Folder 7 Figure in front of building 35mm Favero Gianpietro Box 3, Folder 5 Young nude girl, sitting, legs rigid to left 8" x 8", sheet 9" x 9" Feininger Andreas Box 4, Folder 8 Nude 9" x 12" 8" x 10" Feininger Andreas Framed #5 Texaco Station on Route 66 framed 15" x 17" Gefter Judith Box 1, Folder 15 Ballet dancers, multiple images--fading 7" x 10" Gilchrist Charles Box 1, Folder 16 "Coffee Cup" - Black nude on back 7" x 10" 8" x 10" Gilpin Henry E. Box 5, Folder 9 "White House, White Fence" matted 16" x 20" Gilreath Edwin M. Box 4, Folder 9 Driftwood on seashore 8" x 10" mounted Gorman Greg Box 1, Folder 17 Nude couple embracing 8" x 10" Portrait of Arthur Davison Ficke w/ dedication to 6" x 9.5" Hagemeyer Johan Box 5, Folder 10 Robinson Jeffers sheet 14" x 17" 5" x 7" matted 8" x Halsman Philippe Box 1, Folder 18 Marilyn Monroe looking over railing 10" Hamilton David Box 1, Folder 19 Horse grazing 4" x 5" 8" x 10" Harris Steve Box 4, Folder 10 "Wood Wall" of old house matted 11" x 14" 8" x 10" Heller Ben Framed #6 New York World's Fair framed 12" x 15" Heyward Talmadge Box 3, Folder 6 Sitting nude 8.5" x 11" Horst Horst P. Box 4, Folder 11 Model holding dress over head 11" x 14"

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Johnston Alfred Cheney Box 3, Folder 7 Full frontal nude of Ziegfeld model 11" x 14" Karsh Yousuf Box 4, Folder 12 Portrait of Canadian businessman 8" x 10" framed 8" x 10" Karsh Yousuf Box 2, Folder 3 Arthur Fiedler reading music matted 11" x 14" Keen Peter Box 1, Folder 20 Russian peasant 8" x 10" 7" x 11" Kertesz Andre Box 5, Folder 11 Abstract nude matted 16" x 20" Kirkland Douglas Box 4, Folder 13 Portrait of Wim Wenders in glasses/red shirt 9" x 11" Kwilecki Paul Box 1, Folder 21 Woman at table w/ chandelier & fruit bowl 6" x 9" LaChapelle David Box 5, Folder 12 Naomi Campbell nude with tiger 11" x 14" Langdon Harry Box 4 Folder 14 Angelina Jolie head & shoulders 11" x 14" Langdon Harry Box 1, Folder 22 Juliet Prowse in white 8" x 10" 8" x 10" Lange Dorothea Box 2, Folder 4 Squatter family on porch of house matted 11" x 14" Lee Russell Box 1, Folder 23 Columbia River, Multnomah County 8" x 10" 7" x 7" Leibovitz Annie Box 2, Folder 5 Portrait of Dolly Parton matted 11" x 14" Leveugle Frederic Box 4, Folder 15 Punk futuristic model with smoky hair 11" x 14" Lindbergh Peter Box 4, Folder 16 Nude model changing at beach 11" x 14" Malinowski Stan Box 5, Folder 13 Gia Carangi with one breast uncovered 14" x 20" 8" x 10" Mann Sally Box 2, Folder 6 Man kissing daughter-bent, letter on verso matted 11" x 14" 5" x 7" matted 8" x Mapplethorpe Robert Box 1, Folder 24 Patti Smith standing at wall 10" McCall Bernadette/John Box 1, Folder 25 Couple embracing beside chandelier 5" x 7" McNulty Stephen Box 1, Folder 26 Henry Wadsworth reclining on bench 8" x 10" Meisel Steven Box 1, Folder 27 Model in baggy outfit for GO Silk 8" x 10" 8" x 10" Model Lisette Box 2, Folder 7 Fat man making face matted 11" x 14" Muybridge Eadweard Box 1, Folder 28 Bear Valley at Emigrant Gap 3" x 7" Nadar Box 1, Folder 29 Portrait of Labady in hat and scarves 3" x 5" Carte Postale Newman Arnold Box 1, Folder 30 Richard Meyer wearing sunglasses & suit 4" x 5" Newton Helmut Box 1, Folder 31 "Fat Hands With Dollars" 7" x 10" Newton Helmut Box 4, Folder 17 Model at diner booth 2" x 2" matted 11" x 11" Newton Helmut Box 4, Folder 18 Fashion model posing among rocks sheet 11" x 14"

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Orkin Ruth Box 1, Folder 32 Black child by car fender 6" x 6" O'Sullivan Timothy H. Box 1, Folder 33 Cap of Liberty 3" x 7" Owen Bert Box 4, Folder 19 Audrey Hepburn with hand on cheek 11" x 14" trimmed Parker Bart Box 1, Folder 34 "St Johns' River" - surreal scene 8" x 8" sheet 8" x 10" Penn Irving Box 1, Folder 35 Psychedelic model in yoga pose 5" x 7" Penn Irving Box 5, Folder 14 Lauren Hutton in black dress on one knee 16" x 20" Pinkowski Eugene Box 1, Folder 36 Nude, head & shoulders, hands to face 8.5" x 11" Praturlon Pierluigi Box 1, Folder 37 Veruschka with hand on hip, black scarf 8" x 10" Rawlings John Box 1, Folder 38 Model in gown 5" x 7" 8" x 10" Ray Man Box 5, Folder 15 Solarized woman's profile matted 16" x 20" Ray Man Box 1, Folder 39 "Larmes" - Eye with tear 5" x 7" 8" x 8" Rhoades Shirrel Box 3, Folder 8 Bucket matted 11" x 14" Richardson Terry Box 3, Folder 9 Model with head in oven 11" x 14" Ritts Herb Box 1, Folder 40 Naomi Campbell bending forward, legs at point 5" x 7" Ritts Herb Box 4, Folder 20 Naomi Campbell w/ nude back, bending forward 11" x 14" Rossi Aldo Box 5, Folder 16 Swimmer ready to compete 16" x 20" 8" x 10" Rothstein Arthur Box 3, Folder 10 Man plowing field matted 11" x 14" Rothstein Arthur Box 1, Folder 41 "Melting snow fills brook Clermont County" 8" x 10" Rubartelli Franco Box 5, Folder 17 Veruschka w/ headband reclining by stone lion 16" x 20" 5" x 7" matted 8" x Salgado Sebastiao Box 1, Folder 42 Churchgate Station, Western Railroad 10" Schiller Lawrence Box 3, Folder 11 Two men ogling Barbra Streisand from behind 11" x 14" Skogkvist Fredrik Box 1, Folder 43 Model in sunglasses, flowery red blouse 8" x 12" 5" x 7" matted 8" x Smith W. Eugene Box 1, Folder 44 Civil Guards, Spain 10" 11" x 11" Smut BT (Charles) Box 3, Folder 12 Graveyard with glowing crosses sheet 11" x 14" Snow Julie Box 1, Folder 45 Janis Joplin in red 8" x 10" Snowdon Earl of Box 1, Folder 46 Model head & shoulders w/ pointed hat 5" x 7" Sokolsky Melvin Box 1, Folder 47 Woman being kissed on breast by man 5" x 7" 6" x 8" Steichen Edward Box 3, Folder 13 Face behind lacy veil matted 11" x 14" Steichen Edward Box 1, Folder 48 Carl Sandburg speaking at celebration 5" x 5"

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Stember John Box 4, Folder 21 Face of Claudia Chagall surrounded by black 11" x 14" Stember John Box 4, Folder 22 Contact sheet reproduction - Claudia Chagall 11" x 14" Stern Bert Box 5, Folder 18 Model in green coat and hat 16" x 20" Stieglitz Alfred Box 1, Folder 49 "The Ragpicker" -1 of only 4 collotypes (?) 3" x 3" matted 8x10" 8" x 10" Strand Paul Box 3, Folder 14 Inside stone barn matted 11" x 14" Sudek Josef Box 3, Folder 15 Landscape, beautiful valley with village 4.75" x 11.75" Tucker Martha Box 3, Folder 16 Golden Horse statue 11" x 14" Tunick Spencer Box 1 Folder 50 Piles of nude people in public street 8" x 10" Turner Pete Framed #7 Profile of African man 10" x 14" Uelsmann Jerry N. Box 1, Folder 51 Woman in Forest -- fading 6" x 8" Uelsmann Jerry N. Box 1, Folder 52 Man on Rock - -fading 6" x 8" Van Vechten Carl Box 1, Folder 53 Portrait of black man in suit 5" x 7" Vestal David Box 1, Folder 54 Bedroom 4" x 5" Weber Bruce Box 4, Folder 23 Naomi Campbell - Feet in sand 11" x 14" "Paddy Wagon"- Charles Sodokoff & Arthur Weegee (Arthur Fellig) Box 5, Folder 19 Webber 11" x 14"

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