Vacations - United States

Date: 1982-[ca 1990], [ca 2004]

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: Series-6441-1

Description: Sub-series comprises prints and negatives developed by commercial photographers in New Zealand and the United States of America, taken 1982 to circa 1990 and circa 2004. Most of the photographs show scenes in the United States but some are taken in New Zealand. Taken by Les Cleveland. Also, likely some taken by Mary Cleveland and other Cleveland family members, as well as unidentified photographers. Further USA content is throughout the collection, including significant holdings including in Series-6422 and Series-6423. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Photo wallets containing prints and negatives were stored together in a layer at the top of the file box. Les Cleveland took photographs over the course of 15 trips he made to the United States of America. He held a Senior Fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. in 1987. Quantity: 330 colour original photographic print(s). 88 colour original negative(s) 35mm strips. 35 b&w original photographic print(s). 14 item(s) of photographic ephemera photo wallets. Physical Description: Photographic prints and paper photo wallets Transfers: See PAColl-10645-18 to 20 and 35mm-109162 to 35mm-109249.. Processing information: Prints and negatives held in photograph wallets were separated by archivist to facilitate appropriate storage. Note that in some cases print wallets contained prints unrelated to the negatives they were stored with and that there are negatives for which there are no corresponding prints.

Date: [ca 1970s], [circa 1994-1995], 2003-2004

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10645-16

Description: Prints taken on at least three separate trips to the United States, circa 1970s, circa 1994 to 1995, and 2003 to 2004. Photographs mainly taken by Les Cleveland with some possibly taken by Mary Cleveland. Also, a small number of prints taken in Australia. Mary Cleveland is pictured in an American city [San Francisco?] in the 1970s in front of various marquees including one reading "Exotic Lady Wrestlers". Photographs from New York City in circa 1994 show Manhattan street scenes, CD and record stall at Union Square, signs advertising "The Who's Tommy", Central Park (by the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir), front desk staff and the cafeteria at the Whitney Museum (Upper East Side), the subway system (escalators, inside carriages), and an interior at the Metropolitan Museum showing the European sculpture court. Washington D. C. photographs include the plane "Galloping Gertie" as well as other scenes at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, a car accident at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (with unidentified people watching on), unidentified homeless people, and scenes at an ice-cream parlour and a bookshop. A set of photographs show both the inside and outside the National Gallery of Art with the interior scenes showing gallery spaces and exhibits at the time of the exhibition 'The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein'. Mary Cleveland appears in a number of these images. Scenes outside show the inauguration parade of Mayor Marion Barry. The parade features the Ballou High School Marching Knights and other marching bands, Miss D.C. USA, stilt walkers and others on foot in traditional African dress with some people playing a variety of instruments, a group performing a dragon dance, and youth from Ward 5. Las Vegas photographs are taken circa 1995 and feature casinos and street scenes. One set of photographs show the Auto Collections Vintage Car Museum at The Linq hotel-casino in Las Vegas, another shows a stage performance by the Rockettes, and a third shows the interior of and patrons gambling at The Excalibur Hotel and Casino. Prints also include scenes at a fast food restaurant Dunkin' Donuts, a Fred Harvey Travel Store, and a model of the body of Jesus Christ with stigmata, likely taken in either Arizona or Las Vegas. Photographs from Arizona include the Gold King Mine Museum and Ghost Town in Jerome. New Mexico prints feature scenes from the Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Tortugas. These photographs capture performances by local people and include elements such as costume, dance, musical instruments, and numerous images of the Virgin Mary. Australian image(s) show a Myer department store including people queuing outside. Original photo wallets have been retained with prints. Prints from Las Vegas dated as 1995 from exhibition print of image 'Elvis Slept Here' at PAColl-D-1519. "Exotic Lady Wrestlers" image likley San Francisco as identified by donor on negative strip at 35mm-109314. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Box one of two. Quantity: 143 b&w original photographic print(s). 21 colour original photographic print(s). 8 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Silver gelatin and dye coupler prints, photo wallets Transfers: Negatives now held at 35mm-108434 to 35mm-108443.. Processing information: Negatives originally stored with these prints and print wallets separated to facilitate appropriate storage.

Date: 1987, [circa 1994-1996]

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1302

Description: Ring binder storing photographs taken by Les Cleveland largely during his travel in the South West of the United States with Mary Cleveland, circa 1994 to 1996. Contains 35mm negative strips in sleeves and the corresponding contact sheets. Some notes regarding dates and locations are also included in the folder. In addition to the 1990s trip, a smaller portion of photographs relate to an earlier family holiday to the United States in 1987. Some photographs show hoardings from the1996 New Zealand general election. Photographs taken circa 1994-1996 feature the states of Arizona, Nevada, and California. Photographs show buildings, businesses, street scenes, vehicles, unidentified people, cemeteries, cacti, roads, art galleries, parades, bars, sculptures, RV parks, and geographical features such as deserts, canyons, and beaches. The specifics of some of these photographs are listed below: Arizona photographs are taken at locations including Quartzite, Yuma, Wickenburg, Benson, Tombstone, Bisbee, Tonopah, Marana, and Scottsdale. Notable series include a parade in Wickenburg (vehicles, beauty queens, and Sherriff Joe Arpio), the bull sale at the Marana Stockyards, the Arab horse show at Scottsdale, and a visit to the Titan II Missile Museum, California photographs include images taken in Needles, Palm Springs, Big Sur, San Juan Bautista, Merced, Yosemite National Park, Chinese Camp, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara. A wind farm [near Palm Springs?], St Patrick's Day Parade in San Francisco, and the Roy Rogers Museum are featured. Photographs taken in Nevada show casino scenes in Las Vegas, Grapevine Canyon, and Virginia City. Photographs taken in 1987 include the East Coast. Washington D.C. photographs feature Arlington Cemetery. Cleveland took numerous photographs on board the USS North Carolina, docked in Wilmington. Album also contains photographs of the family on a trip to Mesa Verde National Park, with images showing the cliff dwellings and a tour group including Peter, Edward, Les, and Mary Cleveland. New Mexico photographs from this trip also show of the Palace of Governors in Santa Fe with street vendors . A parade in Los Angeles includes photographs of students from Garfield High School. See Series-6422 for vintage prints of some of these photographs. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Prints and negatives originally stored in a ring binder labelled "U.S.A. Southwest 1995 (2)" on the spine. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 168 b&w negative strips and 33 contact sheets. Physical Description: 35mm film strips, contact sheets, and holograph notes. Processing information: Due to the high likelihood of the presence of PVC in the plastic covering of the original ring binder, the photographic materials were removed and placed in a new binder that met with the Library's conservation standards. The original binder has been disposed of. Not all names associated with this item have been indexed.

Date: 1999

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1305

Description: Ring binder storing photographs taken by Les Cleveland during his travel in New Mexico, United States, 2003 to 2004. Contains 35mm negative strips in sleeves and the corresponding contact sheets as well as handwriten notes on the content of the photographs, such as information on subjects such as locations and people, on interleaved pieces of notepaper. Photographs feature the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, the Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Tortugas, and inscriptions on rocks at El Morro National Monument as well as towns such as Magdalena, Gallup, Pie Town, Pena Blanca, Taos, and Madrid. Also photographs taken on Central Avenue, Albuquerque. Subjects include shop clerks, cafes, gun shops, motels, cantinas, dwellings, theatres, mining machinery, sculptures by Michael Austin Wright, and landscapes and geographic formations. Chris Smith is identified, photographed with two children in a cafe. Trip to New Mexico dated based on photographic ephemera held in PAColl-10647-17. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Prints and negatives originally stored in a ring binder labelled "New Mexico 2004" on the spine. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 50 b&w negative strips and eight contact sheets. Physical Description: 35mm film strips, contact sheets, and holograph notes. Processing information: Due to the high likelihood of the presence of PVC in the plastic covering of the original ring binder, the photographic materials were removed and placed in a new binder that met with the Library's conservation standards. The original binder has been disposed of. Not all names associated with this item have been indexed.

Date: 1999-2000

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1304

Description: Ring binder storing photographs taken by Les Cleveland during his travels in Colorado and New Mexico as well as in Texas, late 1999 to 2000. Contains 35mm negative strips in sleeves and the corresponding contact sheets as well as interleaved notes providing information on the content of the photographs. Some sets of images are indexed to individual frame level. Photographs feature contemporary and historic buildings (some derelict), businesses, shop interiors, farm scenes (buildings), street scenes, art galleries, bars, motels, sculptures, cemeteries, murals, desert landscapes, roads, vehicles (some wrecks), industrial sites, rock art, and people, most of whom are unidentified. The specifics of some of these photographs are listed below. Les and Mary Cleveland appear in some photographs. Photographs in which Les Cleveland appears are likely to have been taken by Mary Cleveland. New Mexico content covers locations including Alamogordo, Las Vegas, Santa Fe, Taos, Taos Pueblo, Los Alamos, Pojoaque, Acoma Pueblo, Arroyo Hondo, Los Cerrillos, Albuquerque, Chimayo, Tesuque Pueblo, and Truchas. Photographs include the Native American Vendor's Programme of the Palace of Governors in Santa Fe, children in Sky City School in Halloween costumes, Bradbury Science Museum, San Estevan Del Rey Mission Church, D H Lawrence Ranch and Memorial and the Lawrence Tree, Dorothy Brett Cottage, Mabel Dodge Luhan House (including dovecote), St Francis Santos at Iglesia San Jose, a wall of brooms, a roadside liquor store, Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine, Kimo Cinema, Aztec Motel, Expresiones Dance Studio, Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, western wear store interior, El Santuario de Chimayo, masks in the Coyote Moon Shop, Triangle Park Police Substation, an RV park, police officers, and a person wearing a bear costume. A series of photographs show Shidoni sculpture gallery and foundry, with bronze being poured, works in progress, and completed works by artists including Raoul Josset and Harry Caesar Solomon in the sculpture garden. Colorado photographs are taken in Creede, Cripple Creek, Crested Butte, Paonia, Delta, Colorado National Monument, Hotchkiss, and Marble. Included are photographs of a Moonrise Espresso, a mural, a war memorial, Colorado Pinyon Pine trees, marble ruins, motocross riders, and geographical formations. Clare Hays is identified in a series of portraits. There are a small number of photographs taken in El Paso, Texas. Photographs of a mining tour at an unidentified location. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Prints and negatives originally stored in a ring binder labelled "U.S.A Southwest 1999 (2)" on the spine and "U.S. S.W Negs 1999" on the cover. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 130 b&w negative strips and 22 contact sheets. Physical Description: 35mm film strips, contact sheets, and holograph notes. Processing information: Due to the high likelihood of the presence of PVC in the plastic covering of the original ring binder, the photographic materials were removed and placed in a new binder that met with the Library's conservation standards. The original binder has been disposed of. Not all names associated with this item have been indexed.

Date: 1999

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1303

Description: Ring binder storing photographs taken by Les Cleveland during his travels in Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico in 1999. Contains 35mm negative strips in sleeves and the corresponding contact sheets as well as interleaved notes providing information on the content of some of the photographs (mainly their location). Photographs feature contemporary and historic buildings (some derelict), businesses, street scenes, art galleries, bars, motels, sculptures, cemeteries, billboards, murals, farmer's markets, horseback riders, dogs, parades, desert landscapes, vehicles (some wrecks), industrial sites, petroglyphs, and largely unidentified people. The specifics of some of these photographs are listed below. Les and Mary Cleveland appear in a number of photographs. Photographs in which Les Cleveland appears are likely taken by Mary Cleveland. Photographs of Texas include Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Pecos, Vidor, Vega, Wildorado, San Juan Mission, Frederiksberg, and El Paso. These include photographs of a Goodwill store, Thriftland, the Kimbell Art Museum, Admiral Nimitz Museum, a limousine pickup truck [utility vehicle], Fort Worth Stockyards, longhorn cattle, the Happy Tracks Horse Motel, Arizola's Cantina, and Robert Summers' cattle drive sculpture at Pioneer Plaza in Dallas. Photographer George Krause is photographed. New Mexico content features Santa Fe an these photographs include numerous images of the Santa Fe Fiesta and includes parade participants, spectators and the statue of La Conquistadora. Santa Fe photographs also show buildings such as the Cathedral Basilica of St Francis of Assisi, San Miguel Mission, and the Palace of Governors (with street vendors selling jewellery outside) as well as folk dancers and other performers, police, a farmer's market, international Folk Art Museum, Canyon Road district, and Shidoni Gallery and Sculpture Gardens. Further New Mexico images are taken in Arroyo Hondo, Madrid, Fort Union National Monument, Albuquerque, Chama, Española, Bandelier National Monument, Carrizozo, Socorro, Las Vegas, and Puye Cliff Dwellings. These photographs include a bridal party in Albuquerque and band [Mollys?] playing in the Old Town, a mariachi band, the Arroyo Hondo swimming hole, a RV park, and landscapes with a storm brewing outside of Albuquerque. Colorado photographs show Silverton, Telluride, Creede, Victor, and La Mesilla. Telluride buildings include the Good Time Society house and the Mahr Building. Silverton photographs include a series of a piano player, sculptor Mick Reber and his sculpture garden, and Rick Parks with his family and dog. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Prints and negatives originally stored in a ring binder labelled "USA Southwest 1999 (1)" on the spine. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 197 b&w negative strips and 33 contact sheets. Physical Description: 35mm film strips, contact prints, and holograph notes. Transfers: Loose negative removed from album to facilitate apropriate storage is to be found at 35mm-108764.. Processing information: Due to the high likelihood of the presence of PVC in the plastic covering of the original ring binder, the photographic materials were removed and placed in a new binder that met with the Library's conservation standards. The original binder has been disposed of. Not all names associated with this item have been indexed.

Date: 1995-1996

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1301

Description: Ring binder storing photographs taken by Les Cleveland during his travel in the South West of the United States with Mary Cleveland, circa 1994 to 1996. Contains 35mm negative strips in sleeves and the corresponding contact prints. There are some interleaved notes regarding dates and locations. Photographs are taken in Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. They feature street scenes, buildings, and tourist sites. Mary Cleveland appears in many of the photographs. The specifics of some of these are listed below. Nevada photographs show Las Vegas, including casino scenes (Lady Luck, Glitter Gulch, The Caribbean, Treasure Island, The Linq) and a performance by the Rockettes. New Mexico photographs show buildings and street scenes in Albuquerque. Photographs taken in Colorado feature Mesa Verde National Park, with Cleveland photographing the site as well as ranger Don Ross (tour guide). There are also photographs taken in Cortez showing the Beanery and an old saddle on the ground. The majority of photographs were taken in Arizona. Locations visited and photographed by Cleveland include Santa Fe, Taos Pueblo, Waptaki National Monument, Jerome, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Quartzsite, Casa Grande, Tombstone, Oatman, Wickenburg, Wenden, Yuma, Painted Rock, Scottsdale, Phoenix, and Benson. Buildings and street scenes feature and there are also scenes of deserts and ruins and tourist sites. Numerous unidentified people appear in the photographs. Museums and art galleries include the Jerome Historical Society Mine Museum, Chaplin Fighter Musuem (with Les Cleveland appearing in a number of photographs), Arizona Museum of Natural History, and Heard Museum in Phoenix. There are also photographs of a number of public sculptures. Two parades are covered: a Superbowl Parade in Phoenix and the Parada del Sol in Scottsdale. Interior and exterior photographs of the Mission San Xavier del Bac are included and Cleveland photographs tours taken in Casa Grande and at Taos. There are a number of market scenes (including photographs of items for sale such as Day of the Dead puppets, gourds, and sculptures). A series of photographs show workers harvesting crops in a field [near Yuma?] and a number of burros are photographed in Oatman. See Series-6422 for vintage prints of some of these photographs. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Prints and negatives originally stored in a ring binder labelled "USA Southwest 1995 1" on the spine. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 159 b&w negative strips and 32 contact sheets. Physical Description: 35mm film strips, contact sheets, and holograph notes Processing information: Due to the high likelihood of the presence of PVC in the plastic covering of the original ring binder, the photographic materials were removed and placed in a new binder that met with the Library's conservation standards. The original binder has been disposed of. Not all names associated with this item have been indexed.