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Lewis Morley : The Museum Set
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Chase-Morley Papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of the correspondence and manuscripts of and related to New Mexico rancher Manly M. Chase and William R. Morley, his wife, Ada M. Morley, and their family, chiefly dating from the 1880s to the early 1900s. The bulk of the papers consist of the personal and business correspondence of Manly M. Chase and Ada M. Morley; there are also some records related to the S.M. Chase Cattle Company. The material is arranged chronologically and can be categorized into manuscripts, correspondence, ephemera, and letter books. Manuscripts include memorandums, an affidavit, a bond, and written articles about Morley family members, Ada M. and Agnes Morley. The bulk of the manuscripts consist of legal materials regarding the Morley estate and children, W.R. Morley and Ada L. Morley. Manuscripts also include official court papers, bank statements, and legal agreement drafts. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters from Ada M. (Morley) Jarrett to Manly M. Chase about various personal and business matters. Notable items include Ada M. (Morley) Jarrett's letter to Manly M. Chase in which she expresses her thoughts about the death of her husband, W.R. Morley, and written letters regarding the guardianship of Chase over her children. Her other correspondence covers subjects such as business advice, stocks, land, legal issues, and family matters. Other types of correspondence in the collection include letters written to Manly M. Chase from individuals who include Agnes Morley, Floyd Jarrett, Henry Chase, Lucretia Mitchell, W.M. Eads, and W.J. Stanton. These letters cover a variety of personal and business issues related to Chase's life. Subject matters include business transactions, legal issues, money matters, and personal matters regarding the lives of the Morley children. Notable items also include several telegrams that recount the death of William R. Morley. The papers also include some ephemera which include materials such as envelopes and handwritten notes on scratch pieces of paper by Manly M. Chase. The collection also includes a photograph (1879) of the Morley children. The papers also contain 11 letter books that contain the personal and business correspondence of Manly M. Chase. The letter books are arranged chronologically and include correspondence and financial ledgers. These books are housed with the collection. Each letter book deals with the day-to-day business matters and transactions of Manly M. Chase, which include the sale of cattle, sheep, wool, and fruit from the orchards. Also included are the personal itemized grocery lists of Manly M. Chase and information on payments made to business associates. Other correspondence subject matter includes written contractual agreements, livestock advice, personal and legal matters regarding Ada M. (Morley) Jarrett, and issues concerning the Maxwell Land Grant Co., Red River Cattle Co., and Gila Cattle Co. Along with letter book 1 is a Quitclaim Deed for Manly M. Chase which was found inserted near the book's cover page. Letter book 9 contains a folder with an index of names associated with the ledger contents. Letter book 10 also includes an inserted folder that contains typed and handwritten manuscripts of the minutes of the annual meeting of the stockholders of S.M. Chase Cattle Company which was found inserted near the cover page. Letter book 11 includes an inserted folder that contains an accounts payable ledger and typed letters regarding payments made to the S.M. Chase Cattle Company. Several of the letter books have newspaper clippings in them as well.
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Zines
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Gelatin silver prints and photograph-based zines created by Valerie J. Bower. The We Are Essential (Mahalaga Tayo) portfolio includes eighty 8"x12" gelatin silver prints with a custom box: photographs 2021, printed 2024. Bower produced this set of prints from the photographs used in the We Are Essential (Mahalaga Tayo) zine, a homage to food distributors, farmworkers and the Manong generation of Filipino immigrants to Central California in the 1920s-1970s. For the zine, Bower visited the town of Delano, north of Los Angeles, to photograph the grape farms and historic Filipino Community Hall, where much of the 1965 Delano Grape Strike organizing took place. While researching the zine, Bower also had conversations with her mother, an immigrant to California from Butuan, Philippines, about the roots and significance of food in Filipino culture. She also photographed restaurants and cultural signage of Historic Filipinotown near downtown Los Angeles, Filipino markets in Long Beach and Carson, a major Filipino food product distributor, and followed volunteers who were preparing and delivering food to Filipino eldersOther prints include seven miscellaneous prints from 2016-2019, and eight 8"x12" gelatin silver prints: photographs 2015, printed 2024. These photographs were originally reproduced in Gusmano Cesaretti's Fotofolio publication featuring car club and lowrider scenes taken around Watts, North Hollywood, Crenshaw, and East Los Angeles.
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Custom box - We Are Essential (Mahalaga Tayo)
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Gelatin silver prints and photograph-based zines created by Valerie J. Bower. The We Are Essential (Mahalaga Tayo) portfolio includes eighty 8"x12" gelatin silver prints with a custom box: photographs 2021, printed 2024. Bower produced this set of prints from the photographs used in the We Are Essential (Mahalaga Tayo) zine, a homage to food distributors, farmworkers and the Manong generation of Filipino immigrants to Central California in the 1920s-1970s. For the zine, Bower visited the town of Delano, north of Los Angeles, to photograph the grape farms and historic Filipino Community Hall, where much of the 1965 Delano Grape Strike organizing took place. While researching the zine, Bower also had conversations with her mother, an immigrant to California from Butuan, Philippines, about the roots and significance of food in Filipino culture. She also photographed restaurants and cultural signage of Historic Filipinotown near downtown Los Angeles, Filipino markets in Long Beach and Carson, a major Filipino food product distributor, and followed volunteers who were preparing and delivering food to Filipino eldersOther prints include seven miscellaneous prints from 2016-2019, and eight 8"x12" gelatin silver prints: photographs 2015, printed 2024. These photographs were originally reproduced in Gusmano Cesaretti's Fotofolio publication featuring car club and lowrider scenes taken around Watts, North Hollywood, Crenshaw, and East Los Angeles.
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Photographic prints
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Gelatin silver prints and photograph-based zines created by Valerie J. Bower. The We Are Essential (Mahalaga Tayo) portfolio includes eighty 8"x12" gelatin silver prints with a custom box: photographs 2021, printed 2024. Bower produced this set of prints from the photographs used in the We Are Essential (Mahalaga Tayo) zine, a homage to food distributors, farmworkers and the Manong generation of Filipino immigrants to Central California in the 1920s-1970s. For the zine, Bower visited the town of Delano, north of Los Angeles, to photograph the grape farms and historic Filipino Community Hall, where much of the 1965 Delano Grape Strike organizing took place. While researching the zine, Bower also had conversations with her mother, an immigrant to California from Butuan, Philippines, about the roots and significance of food in Filipino culture. She also photographed restaurants and cultural signage of Historic Filipinotown near downtown Los Angeles, Filipino markets in Long Beach and Carson, a major Filipino food product distributor, and followed volunteers who were preparing and delivering food to Filipino eldersOther prints include seven miscellaneous prints from 2016-2019, and eight 8"x12" gelatin silver prints: photographs 2015, printed 2024. These photographs were originally reproduced in Gusmano Cesaretti's Fotofolio publication featuring car club and lowrider scenes taken around Watts, North Hollywood, Crenshaw, and East Los Angeles.
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Valerie J. Bower photographs and zines
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Gelatin silver prints and photograph-based zines created by Valerie J. Bower. The We Are Essential (Mahalaga Tayo) portfolio includes eighty 8"x12" gelatin silver prints with a custom box: photographs 2021, printed 2024. Bower produced this set of prints from the photographs used in the We Are Essential (Mahalaga Tayo) zine, a homage to food distributors, farmworkers and the Manong generation of Filipino immigrants to Central California in the 1920s-1970s. For the zine, Bower visited the town of Delano, north of Los Angeles, to photograph the grape farms and historic Filipino Community Hall, where much of the 1965 Delano Grape Strike organizing took place. While researching the zine, Bower also had conversations with her mother, an immigrant to California from Butuan, Philippines, about the roots and significance of food in Filipino culture. She also photographed restaurants and cultural signage of Historic Filipinotown near downtown Los Angeles, Filipino markets in Long Beach and Carson, a major Filipino food product distributor, and followed volunteers who were preparing and delivering food to Filipino elders.Other prints include seven miscellaneous prints from 2016-2019, and eight 8"x12" gelatin silver prints: photographs 2015, printed 2024. These photographs were originally reproduced in Gusmano Cesaretti's Fotofolio publication featuring car club and lowrider scenes taken around Watts, North Hollywood, Crenshaw, and East Los Angeles.Also included are copies of ten of Bower's zines: Girls L.A., 2016; Homegirls, 2017; Tonight, 2019; Picture Us, 2021; We Are Essential (Mahalaga Tayo), 2021; Watts (revisited), 2023; Now and Forever, 2023; JP17: photographs 2017, published 2024; Philippines Street: photos 2016, published 2024; and Tropikal: photographs 2009, 2011, 2016, published 2025.
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Museum Project Photograph Collection
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This collection contains 19 photographic prints by eight American photographers that were selected by Jennifer Watts, The Huntington Library Curator of Photographs, in 2013 and donated by the artists as part of the Museum Project. The images themselves date from 1970 to 2013, with the prints primarily made in 2012 and 2013, and include a variety of still-life subjects, portraits, and landscapes primarily related to California and the American West. The set includes 1 photograph by Laurie Brown; 3 photographs by Darryl Curran, printed by Nash Editions; 1 photograph by Robert W. Fichter; 2 photographs by Betty Hahn; 2 photographs by Jane O'Neal; 1 photograph by Kenda North; 6 photographs by Robert von Sternberg; and 3 photographs by Todd Walker (1917-1998). The images are primarily printed with inkjet color, though the two items by Betty Hahn are gum bichromate images.
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