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. Rhoades Collection 5/22/2018 1 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. Rhoades Collection 5/22/2018 2 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. Rhoades Collection 5/22/2018 3 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 Rhoades Collection 5/22/2018 4 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 Rhoades Collection 5/22/2018 5 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. Rhoades Collection 5/22/2018 6 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 Rhoades Collection 5/22/2018 7 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" Rhoades Collection 5/22/2018 8 8" x 10" Curtis Edward S.