Visual Materials

Copy negatives collection

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Description: Copies of original photographs and other items in the Huntington Library's photograph collections. The copies were created by the Huntington's Photography Department approximately 1980s to 1990s. Also some copy transparencies (color) and black-and-white copy prints. Copy negatives are primarily 8 x 10 inches.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1980s-1990s.
Call number: photCL 720
Creator: Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: In library as of March 2024.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED: Negatives housed in cold storage; extended retrieval and delivery time required.
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Copy negatives of photographs

Visual Materials

Film copy negatives (8 x 10 inches) of a selection of photographs in the collection. The copies were made by the Huntington photography lab approximately 1986 to 2000.

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Mr. Huntington's Garden collection

Manuscripts

Collection includes both masters and dubs of Mr. Huntington's Garden programs on DVD and various videotape formats, including U-Matic, Betacam SP, and VHS.

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Shadi Shihab interviewed by Dr. José Orozco

Manuscripts

Shadi Shihab discusses his life in Israel, and his first impressions of California. He speaks at length about the organization of Botanical's work teams and his work as a supervisor and curator. Shihab analyzes the qualities that make for a good worker here as well as a curator. He also discusses his relationship with his work crews, all of whom he has hired. At the end of the interview, Shihab notes how hard working they are and how their pay needs to improve. Shihab reviews how Botanical met the challenge of the San Gabriel Valley windstorm of 2011 that damaged many of The Huntington's plants, trees, and shrubs. Shihab notes his high regard for Jim Folsom, the director of The Huntington's Botanical Gardens; he also mentions such persons as Ann Richardson, former curator of the Camelia gardens, and Fred Brandt, former superintendent of the gardens. The length of the interview is approximately 42 minutes.

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Faustino Benites interviewed by Dr. José Orozco

Manuscripts

Faustino Benites's interview includes such topics as discussions of his life and family in Mexico and his work like in the botanical gardens, primarily in the Desert Garden. Benites was originally hired by Fred Brandt to work in the Desert Garden, and the discussion includes a description of a typical day of work in his area, the Cactus Garden, and the difficulty of working with little shade in the heat with cactus plants; he describes how he enjoys interacting with the visitors and talking to the plants while playing rock and roll music from the 1980s. The length of the interview is approximately 90 minutes.

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John Villarreal interviewed by Dr. José Orozco

Manuscripts

John Villarreal devotes considerable time discussing his childhood in a migrant household (his parents came from Nava, Coahuila, Mexico), offering insights into such topics as bilingualism, work, and education. Because his family belonged to the Jehovah's Witnesses Villarreal discusses this aspect of his family life in detail. In addition he discusses his gay sexual identity and its impact on his family, and how his co-workers view his sexual identity. Villarreal discusses his job interview with Shadi Shihab, also a participant in this oral history program, for a position in Botanical and how Shihab helped him learn on the job. Villarreal also recounts how he transferred to the Rose Garden, and explains his work in this garden, especially his management of the extensive volunteer program upon which this part of Botanical relies to care for The Huntington's famed roses. He discusses social relationships of gardeners outside The Huntington and how the staff, which is mostly Latino, view their opportunities and place at The Huntington. Of note are Villarreal's comments on how staff who work in the gardens view those staff who work in offices. Besides Shadi Shihab, Villarreal also mentions Fred Brandt, long-time supervisor of the gardens. The length of the two interviews is approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes.

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Preliminary handbook the art collections

Rare Books

Collection of more than 80 catalogs and gallery guides of exhibitions installed from 1929 to 2022 at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. The catalogs were intended for the reference use of the Library's Chief Curator of Rare Books and are often annotated with the call numbers of the Huntington holdings ues in the exhibits. The catalogs represented here focus primarily on the Library exhibit spaces: the Main Library Exhibit Hall and the West Hall. Later publications also record exhibits in the Dibner Hall of Sciences and the Boone Gallery. A few concern related exhibition material in the Art Collections. These catalogs represent the most comprehensive record of which library copies were displayed, especially for the years 1931-1975. Notations about the availability of photostats, facsimiles and slides as well as installation dates are included on some catalogs. Some catalogs have multiple copies marked for the Curator, Rare Book Stacks and the Exhibition Office. Material dated after 1980 shows fewer annotations, and are primarily in the form of gallery guides, rather than catalog listings of items on display. Additional unannotated Huntington publications regarding the collections are also included (e.g. Preliminary handbook of the art collections).

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