Guide to the Hollow Hills Farm photographs
M. Carey
University of California, Santa Cruz
2013
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Hollow Hills Farm photographs
Creator:
Sullivan, Noël (Reginald Noël), 1890-1956
Identifier/Call Number: MS.285
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
1 flat
Date (inclusive): 1948-1949
Abstract: This small collection contains
photographs of Noël Sullivan's Hollow Hills Farm in Carmel Valley, ca. 1948-1949
Language of Material:
English
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
Hollow Hills Farm photographs. MS 285. Special Collections and Archives, University
Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Purchased in 1969
Biography
Noël Sullivan was born in San Francisco on December 25, 1890, the youngest child and only
son of Frank J. and Alice Phelan Sullivan, the nephew of Senator James D. Phelan, and the
grandson of John Sullivan who came west in 1844 with the "Sullivan-Murphy Party." The family
was a wealthy and distinguished one. Young Sullivan attended the Jesuit colleges of St.
Ignatius and Santa Clara, but his interests were musical, not academic. He studied voice
abroad and for a number of years maintained residence in Paris. During World War I he served
as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service in France.
He purchased property in Carmel Valley in the late thirties and made "Hollow Hills Farm"
his permanent home in 1939. There Sullivan, a great animal lover, raised his dogs and his
sheep and goats. He made that home, also, a gathering place for notables in the artistic
world and a haven for his many friends. Continuing his musical interests, he took an active
part in the Carmel Bach festivals, and served as organist and soloist at the Carmel Mission
and as director of the board of the Carmel Music Society.
In the closing years of his life, Sullivan suffered from a heart condition, and he died of
a heart attack on September 15, 1956.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains twelve 8" x 10" black and white photographs of Noël Sullivan's
Hollow Hills Farm in Carmel Valley, ca. 1948-1949
Processing Information
Processed by M. Carey 1/17/2014. EAD encoded finding aid by M. Carey.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Carmel Valley (Calif.)
Photographs
box 1
[Entering road to estate] ms0285_pho_001
ca. 1948-1949
box 1
[Road to estate] ms0285_pho_002
ca. 1948-1949
box 1
[Goats on hillside, view of valley] ms0285_pho_003
ca. 1948-1949
box 1
[House at Hollow Hills] ms0285_pho_004
ca. 1948-1949
box 1
[Sheep in enclosure] ms0285_pho_005
ca. 1948-1949
box 1
[Cows eating, hay bales] ms0285_pho_006
ca. 1948-1949
box 1
[Goats in the corral] ms0285_pho_007
ca. 1948-1949
box 1
[Goats relaxing under tree behind barn] ms0285_pho_008
ca. 1948-1949
box 1
[Goats in feeding bin] ms0285_pho_009
ca. 1948-1949
box 1
[Goats lined up eating] ms0285_pho_010
ca. 1948-1949
box 1
[Farm hand feeding goats] ms0285_pho_011
ca. 1948-1949
box 1
[White barn, hay pile, wind mill] ms0285_pho_012
ca. 1948-1949
