Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 1 (Exhibition Prints - Photographs) contains three boxes of large photographic prints produced for exhibition purposes. They range from 11 x 14”, 16 x 24”, and 20 x 28”. Box 1 comprises of thirty-six 11 x 14” exhibition prints, divided by state and arranged in latitudinal order of cities (east-west). Box 2 contains twenty-eight 20 x 28” prints, divided by state, and two uncut 11 x 14” prints. Within Box 3, there are three 20 x 28” foam core and matted exhibition prints and a folder...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 1 (Exhibition Prints - Photographs) contains three boxes of large photographic prints produced for exhibition purposes. They range from 11 x 14”, 16 x 24”, and 20 x 28”. Box 1 comprises of thirty-six 11 x 14” exhibition prints, divided by state and arranged in latitudinal order of cities (east-west). Box 2 contains twenty-eight 20 x 28” prints, divided by state, and two uncut 11 x 14” prints. Within Box 3, there are three 20 x 28” foam core and matted exhibition prints and a folder...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 1 (Exhibition Prints - Photographs) contains three boxes of large photographic prints produced for exhibition purposes. They range from 11 x 14”, 16 x 24”, and 20 x 28”. Box 1 comprises of thirty-six 11 x 14” exhibition prints, divided by state and arranged in latitudinal order of cities (east-west). Box 2 contains twenty-eight 20 x 28” prints, divided by state, and two uncut 11 x 14” prints. Within Box 3, there are three 20 x 28” foam core and matted exhibition prints and a folder...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 2 (Photo Slides and Working Prints) contains three boxes of slide carousels, contact sheets, and working prints from Jane Bernard and Polly Brown. Box 1 has eight folders of color photo slides from Jane Bernard, organized by state in 'east to west' order (IL-CA). Box 2 contains one folder of color slides and one black and white contact sheet folder from Polly Brown, one folder of black and white contact sheets from Jane Bernard. Box 2 also contains three working prints (color, black...

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This three-ring binder contains black and white photographic contact sheets and negatives, many of which are marked for publication by the photographers and their editor. There are handwritten notes embedded.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 2 (Photo Slides and Working Prints) contains three boxes of slide carousels, contact sheets, and working prints from Jane Bernard and Polly Brown. Box 1 has eight folders of color photo slides from Jane Bernard, organized by state in 'east to west' order (IL-CA). Box 2 contains one folder of color slides and one black and white contact sheet folder from Polly Brown, one folder of black and white contact sheets from Jane Bernard. Box 2 also contains three working prints (color, black...

Scope and Contents Series 3 (Recorded Interviews) contains two boxes (the transcribed interviews are currently housed with Series 4, box 7) of interview transcripts and cassette tapes. Box 6 has 24 cassette tapes, comprising interviews with residents all along Route 66 from Illinois to California. Jane Bernard included a CD with .doc file transcripts of the interviews selected and edited for print. In Box 7, there are handwritten transcripts and notes taken by Bernard and Brown on yellow legal pads. These...

Scope and Contents Series 1 (Exhibition Prints - Photographs) contains three boxes of large photographic prints produced for exhibition purposes. They range from 11 x 14”, 16 x 24”, and 20 x 28”. Box 1 comprises of thirty-six 11 x 14” exhibition prints, divided by state and arranged in latitudinal order of cities (east-west). Box 2 contains twenty-eight 20 x 28” prints, divided by state, and two uncut 11 x 14” prints. Within Box 3, there are three 20 x 28” foam core and matted exhibition prints and a folder...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 2 (Photo Slides and Working Prints) contains three boxes of slide carousels, contact sheets, and working prints from Jane Bernard and Polly Brown. Box 1 has eight folders of color photo slides from Jane Bernard, organized by state in 'east to west' order (IL-CA). Box 2 contains one folder of color slides and one black and white contact sheet folder from Polly Brown, one folder of black and white contact sheets from Jane Bernard. Box 2 also contains three working prints (color, black...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 4 contains one box of collected Route 66 visual ephemera and one box containing 2 book proofs for Bernard and Brown’s photobook: “American Route 66: Home on the Road”. In Box 7, visual ephemera is divided into eight folders, by state, and includes postcards, commercial business flyers, maps, tourist guidebooks, pamphlets, and informational flyers for niche landmarks. In Box 8, there are two book proofs that are divided by content (Illinois to Oklahoma, Texas to California). Along with...

Scope and Contents List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:Stewart, Charles and Gazell Stewart. (Businessowners, Stewart’s Rock Shop; Adamana, AZ) Hughes, Jerry. (Server, Frontier Cafe; Truxton, AZ) Mildred (Server, Frontier Cafe; Truxton, AZ) Delgadillo, Angel. (Businessowner, Delgadillo’s Snow Cap; Seligman, AZ) Gallegos, Alice. (Joe and Aggie’s Cafe; Holbrook, AZ) [Unnamed] (Businessowner?, Wigwam Motel; Holbrook, AZ)...

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List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:

Hill, Linda. (Server, Ludlow Cafe; Ludlow, CA)

Evans, Dixie. (Businessowner, Exotic World Burlesque Museum; Helendale, CA)

Long, Elmer. (Bottle Tree Artist; Old Rt 66, between Victorville and Barstow, CA)

Scope and Contents List of interviews/interviewees, transcribed from the tapes:Farmer, Lee Martin. (Caretaker of “Our Lady of the Highway” Shrine; Raymond, IL) Barker, Jack. (Metal artist; Essex, IL) Funk’s Grove Maple Syrup (Shirley, IL) Trucker, Dixie. (Resident; McLean, IL) Harville, Shawn. (Mustang Corral; Edwards, IL) Thanas, Heleen. (Server, Lou Mitchell’s Restaurant; Chicago, IL) Henry, Rich. (Henry’s Old Rt 66 Rabbit...

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List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:

Walker, Dean. (Resident; Riverton, KN)

Nelson, Scott. (Eisler Brothers Store; Riverton, KN)

Scope and Contents List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:Gallagher, Ginger. (Businessowner, Red Cedar Inn; Pacific, MO) Smith, Katherine. (Businessowner, Red Cedar Inn; Pacific, MO) Armstrong, Pauline. (Wagon Wheel Motel; Cuba, MO) Lehman, Ramona. (Munger Moss Hotel; Lebanon, MO) Wrinkle, Glen. (Businessowner, Wrink’s Market; Lebanon, MO) Young, Wanda. (Enchanted Valley Interskate*; Lebanon, MO) Magnin,...

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List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:

Billy’s Barber Shop (Billy’s Barber Shop; Clinton, OK)

Jobe’s Drive-In (Jobe’s Drive-In; El Reno, OK)

P.J.’s Bar-B-Que (P.J.’s Bar-B-Que; Chandler, OK)

Breger, Butch. (Round Barn; Arcadia, OK)

Irwin, Larry. (Coleman Theater; Miami, OK)

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List of interviews/interviewees as transcribed from tapes:

Jones, Loren. (Jones’ Honey; Lela, TX)

Lee Brothers (The Big Texan; Amarillo, TX)

Hody, Bobby and Becky Hody. (The Big Texan; Amarillo, TX)

Gordon and Jane. (Cactus Inn; McLean, TX)

Leavitt, Dot. (Dot’s Mini Museum; Vega, TX)

Houser, Fran. (Midpoint Cafe; Adrian, TX)

Victorian, Gene. (Amarillo, TX)

Abstract The Polly Brown and Jane Bernard Route 66 Pictorial Collection is comprised of visual, textual, and sonic material collected for the photobook, “Route 66: Life Along the Mother Road” (pub. Museum of New Mexico Press, 2004). The photographs include portraiture and roadside architecture from Illinois to California. There is extensive recorded and written interview documentation of the subjects Brown and Bernard encountered and photographed for their publication. The collection...

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62 laserjet work prints of photographs by Polly Brown in preparation for "Route 66: Home on the Road".

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 2 (Photo Slides and Working Prints) contains three boxes of slide carousels, contact sheets, and working prints from Jane Bernard and Polly Brown. Box 1 has eight folders of color photo slides from Jane Bernard, organized by state in 'east to west' order (IL-CA). Box 2 contains one folder of color slides and one black and white contact sheet folder from Polly Brown, one folder of black and white contact sheets from Jane Bernard. Box 2 also contains three working prints (color, black...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 2 (Photo Slides and Working Prints) contains three boxes of slide carousels, contact sheets, and working prints from Jane Bernard and Polly Brown. Box 1 has eight folders of color photo slides from Jane Bernard, organized by state in 'east to west' order (IL-CA). Box 2 contains one folder of color slides and one black and white contact sheet folder from Polly Brown, one folder of black and white contact sheets from Jane Bernard. Box 2 also contains three working prints (color, black...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 2 (Photo Slides and Working Prints) contains three boxes of slide carousels, contact sheets, and working prints from Jane Bernard and Polly Brown. Box 1 has eight folders of color photo slides from Jane Bernard, organized by state in 'east to west' order (IL-CA). Box 2 contains one folder of color slides and one black and white contact sheet folder from Polly Brown, one folder of black and white contact sheets from Jane Bernard. Box 2 also contains three working prints (color, black...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 2 (Photo Slides and Working Prints) contains three boxes of slide carousels, contact sheets, and working prints from Jane Bernard and Polly Brown. Box 1 has eight folders of color photo slides from Jane Bernard, organized by state in 'east to west' order (IL-CA). Box 2 contains one folder of color slides and one black and white contact sheet folder from Polly Brown, one folder of black and white contact sheets from Jane Bernard. Box 2 also contains three working prints (color, black...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 2 (Photo Slides and Working Prints) contains three boxes of slide carousels, contact sheets, and working prints from Jane Bernard and Polly Brown. Box 1 has eight folders of color photo slides from Jane Bernard, organized by state in 'east to west' order (IL-CA). Box 2 contains one folder of color slides and one black and white contact sheet folder from Polly Brown, one folder of black and white contact sheets from Jane Bernard. Box 2 also contains three working prints (color, black...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 2 (Photo Slides and Working Prints) contains three boxes of slide carousels, contact sheets, and working prints from Jane Bernard and Polly Brown. Box 1 has eight folders of color photo slides from Jane Bernard, organized by state in 'east to west' order (IL-CA). Box 2 contains one folder of color slides and one black and white contact sheet folder from Polly Brown, one folder of black and white contact sheets from Jane Bernard. Box 2 also contains three working prints (color, black...