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Series V: Doug Michels papers

Chip Lord papers on Ant Farm, 1965-2014

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Series II: Cadillac Ranch

Series II: Cadillac Ranch contains ephemera, correspondence, clippings, and photographs that document the life of Ant Farm's perhaps best known work, created in 1974 on art patron Stanley Marsh 3's property, near Route 66 in Amarillo, Texas. The series is divided into six subseries.

Subseries 1: Correspondence

Subseries 1: Correspondence includes over two decades of correspondence with Cadillac Ranch sponsor Stanley Marsh 3.


Box 01 Folder 38 Letters to Stanley Marsh 3, 1972-75, 1983

Correspondence; Xeroxes; clippings; Polaroid : 1 item; postcards : 2 items


Oversize 02 Letters from Stanley Marsh 3, 1973-95, 1996, 2003

Correspondence; envelopes


Box 02 Folder 01 General Correspondence, 1979-93

Correspondence, includes sketches by Doug Michels for Cadillac Ranch National Monument plaque; Xeroxes

Subseries 2: Legal and Financial Records

Subseries 2: Legal and Financial Records documents the licensed and unlicensed use of Cadillac Ranch and related royalties, and includes correspondence with various law firms as well as the Curtis Management Group.


Box 02 Folder 02 Licensing [1 of 2], 1980-97

Correspondence; Xeroxes; clippings; medium photographs : 6 items


Box 02 Folder 03 Licensing [2 of 2], 2003, 2009-10

Correspondence


Box 02 Folder 04 Legal [1 of 2], 1977, 1982-89

Correspondence; Xeroxes; clippings; medium photographs : 2 items


Box 02 Folder 05 Legal [2 of 2], 1991-93, 1995

Correspondence; Xeroxes; clippings; medium photograph : 1 item


Box 02 Folder 06 Law Offices of Michael Couzens, 1992-94

Correspondence; Xeroxes


Box 02 Folder 07 Curtis Management Group [1 of 2], 1993-94

Correspondence; Xeroxes; leaflets; business card : 1 item


Box 02 Folder 08 Curtis Management Group [2 of 2], 1995-2002

Correspondence; Xeroxes; postcard : 1 item

Subseries 3: Legacy

Subseries 3: Legacy documents tenth and twentieth anniversary celebrations held in 1984 and 1994, the creation of the Cadillac Ranch logo, the development of the Cadillac Ranch movie, the Hampton Inn hotel chain-sponsored "restoration" in 2002, and the matte black repainting of Cadillac Ranch to mark the passing of Doug Michels in 2003.


Box 02 Folder 09 "The Making of Cadillac Ranch by Ant Farm", post-1983?

Xeroxes; notes; collages


Box 02 Folder 10 Tenth Anniversary, 1983-84

Correspondence; Xeroxes; clippings


Drawer 116 Folder 13 Tenth Anniversary, 1984

Poster : 1 item


Box 02 Folder 11 "'Cadillac Ranch' The Movie" script, 1990

Correspondence; Xeroxes; script


Box 02 Folder 12 "Cadillac Ranch 1974/1994" film, 1993-1997

Correspondence; notes; Xeroxes; clippings; leaflets; postcards : 3 items


Box 02 Folder 13 Twentieth Anniversary, 1994-95

Correspondence; Xeroxes; clippings; photographs : 40 items; postcard : 1 item; stickers


Box 02 Folder 14 Logo, 1994-95

Sketches; correspondence; Xeroxes; large photographs : 1 item


Box 02 Folder 15 Movie, correspondence, 1995, 1998

Correspondence; Xeroxes


Box 02 Folder 16 Moved, 1995, 1997, 2000

Clippings; Xeroxes; medium photographs : 30 items; small photograph (June 1995) : 1 item


Box 02 Folder 17 Products, 1996-97; 2000

Correspondence; Xeroxes; "The Texas Postcard Company" catalog : 1 item


Box 02 Folder 18 Hampton Inn "Restoration", 2002

Correspondence; Xeroxes; clippings; medium photographs : 21 items [one photograph affixed to original folder]; On the Road with Hampton vol. 2 no. 3 (2002) : 2 items; postcards : 2 items [one postcard affixed to original folder]


Oversize 03 Hampton Inn "Restoration", 2002

Drawing : 1 item; Xeroxes


Box 02 Folder 19 Painted matte black, photographs by Philip Periman, 2003

Correspondence; Xeroxes; large photographs by Philip Periman : 18 items; medium photographs by Philip Periman : 3 items

Subseries 4: Printed Material

Subseries 4: Printed Material includes a substantial collection (arranged by decade) of newspaper and magazine clippings related to Cadillac Ranch, a bound copy of Xeroxed press clippings and Cadillac Ranch-related correspondence produced by the group for the work's twentieth anniversary, and various advertisements, postcards, posters, and publications featuring images of Cadillac Ranch.


Box 02 Folder 20 Press clipping book, draft, pre-1987

Xeroxes; medium photograph : 1 item


Box 02 Folder 21 Press clipping book, Twentieth Anniversary, 1994

Xeroxes, bound


Box 02 Folder 22 Miscellaneous correspondence, etc. included in Twentieth Anniversary book, 1974-94

Correspondence; Xeroxes; clippings; postcards


Box 02 Folder 23 Miscellaneous correspondence, etc. not incldued in Twentieth Anniversary book, 1974-92

Correspondence; Xeroxes; clippings


Box 02 Folder 24 Press clippings, 1974-79

Clippings & Xeroxes, arranged in chronological order


Box 02 Folder 25 Press clippings, 1980-89

Clippings & Xeroxes, arranged in chronological order


Box 02 Folder 26 Press clippings, 1990-97

Clippings & Xeroxes, arranged in chronological order


Box 02 Folder 27 Press clippings, 2000-13

Clippings & Xeroxes, arranged in chronological order


Box 02 Folder 28 Press clippings, undated

Clippings; Xeroxes


Box 02 Folder 29 Advertisements featuring Cadillac Ranch, 1984-2009

Clippings; Xeroxes; posters


Box 01 Folder 39 Chrysler advertisements, undated

Large posters : 2 items


Drawer 116 Folder 13 Compaq advertisement, undated

Poster : 1 item


Box 02 Folder 30 Postcards, calendars, undated

"the ultimate roadside attraction," calendar by Roth and Ramberg Photography : 2 items; Postcard booklet, photographs by Wyatt McSpadden : 4 items; Cadillac Ranch postcard, photograph by Buddy Moffet : 6 items; "MAD CAD" postcard, featuring 1960 Cadillac Sedan de Ville created by California artist Larry Fuente, photograph by Louie Psihoyos : 1 item; "The Cadillac Ranch" postcard, published by Marsh Media, Amarillo, TX : 5 items; "The Cadillac Ranch," photograph by Chip Lord, 1978 : 1 item; "The Cadillac Ranch," photograph by Wyatt McSpadden, 1979 : 7 items; "The Cadillac Ranch," photograph by Ant Farm : 5 items


Box 04 Folder 06 Magazines, tour guides, exhibition catalogues, 1985, 1994, 2002, 2015

The Big Car Show: Contemporary Visions of the Automobile (1985) : 3 items; Texas Monthly (July 1994) : 1 item; Interior Design no. 10 (August 1994) : 1 item; On the Road with Hampton vol. 2 no. 3 (2002) : 4 items; Route 66 Magazine vol. 9 no. 2 (Spring 2002); Amarillo Visitor Guide (2015);


Drawer 116 Folder 13 Posters, 1994, 2006

"20th Anniversary Limitied Edition, Cadillac Ranch" print, photo by Jefferies : 1 item; poster, Wyatt McSpadden at Cityplace, Dallas, Texas, 4 October 2006 : 1 item

Subseries 5: Photographs

Subseries 5: Photographs includes prints and negatives of photographs by Chip Lord, Peter de Lory, Wyatt McSpadden, and others.


Box 01 Folder 40 "Photographed for Stanley Marsh 3", pre-1974?

8.5 x 12.5 photographs pasted on card : 3 items


Box 02 Folder 31 Photographs [1 of 2], 1975-2004

Medium photographs pasted on paper (1974?) : 3 items; 8 x 10" photograph by Wyatt McSpadden (1975) : 1 item; medium photographs by Judy Ahern Salsich (1977) : 2 items, correspondence dated 4 August 2009; 4.5 x 6.5" photograph by Craig Stecyk (1978) : 1 item; 5 x 7" photographs by Chip Lord (1981) : 7 items, 8 x 10" photographs by Chip Lord (1981) : 6 items, negative, receipt; 2 x 2.75" proof by Skypix Aerial Photography Inc. (12 April 1983) : 1 item; 3.5 x 5" photographs by "C. Jackson" (February 1990) : 13 items; Contact sheets by Peter de Lory (January 1993) : 3 items; 4 x 6" photograph of German poster featuring Cadillac Ranch : 1 item; 4 x 6" photgraphs (12 August 1998) : 3 items; Polaroids with captions (1999) : 3 items; 4 x 6" photograph, Cadillac Ranch Thirtieth Anniversary party (21 June 2004): 1 item; Cadillac Ranch Thirtieth Anniversary, 2 CDs and 18 contact sheets by Wendy Marsh (21 June 2004); Xeroxes


Box 02 Folder 32 Photographs [2 of 2], undated

3.5 x 4.5" holographic prints : 2 items; Polaroids : 3 items; 8 x 10" photograph : 1 item; 3.5 x 3.5" photographs : 3 items (1 cropped); 8 x 10" photographs, one labelled "1984 Hard Rock Cafe battle" : 2 item; 8 x 10" photograph : 1 item; 8 x 10" photographs by Wyatt McSpadden : 2 item; 3 x 4.5" color negative : 1 item; 3 1/8 x 4 5/8" photographs : 3 items; 4 x 6 " photograph of Cadillac Ranch-like ad for Absolut Vodka : 1 item Xeroxes


Drawer 116 Folder 13 Photographs, 1987, undated

"Ant Farm, The New Generation" : 1 item; 8 x 10" photograph by Taylor Wampler (1987) : 1 item; 10 x 14" photograph with postcard affixed on top : 1 item

Subseries 6: Artifacts

Subseries 6: Artifacts contains Cadillac Ranch-related ephemera.


Box 04 Folder 17 Ephemera, undated

Cadillac Ranch baseball cap : 1 item; Cadillac Ranch mug : 1 item; Cadillac Ranch shot glass : 1 item; "Cadillac Ranch: In Steak We Trust" matchbooks : 2 items; "Route 66: Main Street of America" vanity license plate : 1 item; Cadillac Ranch swizzle stick : 1 item; child's drawing of Cadillac Ranch : 1 item; "Cadillac-station" coaster : 1 item; business cars : 2 items [items also found in adjacent box]