Stanford Chen was born in Oakland, California on May 15, 1947. He
graduated from Indiana University with a degree in journalism in 1969 and began
his newspaper career as a reporter for the
Stanford also worked at the
After the book was completed, Stanford spent some of his spare time
with working on photography projects with Edward R. Vidinghoff, a freelance
photographer based in Vancouver, Washington. One of their clients was the
Vancouver School District, where they photographed teachers and administrators
at school events, as well as documenting the district's HOSTS (Helping One
Student to Succeed) program. Stanford then became deputy opinion page editor of
Stanford then spent his spare time focusing on the Asian American
Journalists Association (AAJA) helping to establish the Portland chapter of the
AAJA; he would eventually serve in the national office as secretary, then as
vice president of print. Stanford wrote
The collection contains photographic prints, color slides, and negatives documenting gillnet fishing practices along the Columbia River, the educational program Helping One Student to Succeed (HOSTS), and personal trips to the Box R Ranch in Wyoming and various locations in China. These locations include Beijing, Suzhou, Shanghai and Guangzhou among others.
The collection is open to the public.
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Donor: Beth Erickson, February 2013.
Processed by Don Romero and Stefanie Terasaki; processing completed in 2013.
These materials form part of the,
which are described and indexed in
Cekay, Thomas, and Stanford Chen. 2011. Rage Against the Dying Light. Minneapolis, Minnesota: PhotoBook Press.
Some of these photographs were used in the book
The item numbers represent the contact sheet/negative numbers. There are a small number of photos that do not have negative numbers; these photos are represented with the numbers A40 to A44.
Mill is now owned by Georgia-Pacific.
Puget Island is located in the Columbia River in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
Puget Island is located in the Columbia River in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
The barn was built in 1914 by Clarence Winters for Howard Wiester but blew down during a storm in 1983.
Jack Marincovich's boat, the
Sigurd is the father of Marvel and Sankey Blix, and grandfather of Jerry, Arvid, and Dennis Blix.
Jerry Blix is the owner of the
Milton Doumit's boat was built by Sigurd Blix of Blix Boat Works in 1933. Doumit was owner of the old Warren Packing Company cannery in Cathlamet, Washington.
The boat was designed by Sankey Blix of Blix Boat Works and was named after his son Bruce and grandson Scott.
The boat was built by Blix boat Works as a bowpicker, then converted.
Evelyn is the wife of Marvel and mother of Jerry, Arvid, and Dennis.
Drifts are expanses of water over which gillnet fishermen set their nets.
Drifts are expanses of water over which gillnet fishermen set their nets.
These prints were made by Stanford Chen from the negatives above. The item numbers correspond to the negative numbers.
Sigurd is the father of Marvel and Sankey, grandfather of Arvid, Jerry, and Dennis Blix.
Marvel is the son of Sigurd Blix and father of Arvid, Jerry, and Dennis Blix.
Sankey is the son of Sigurd Blix and brother of Marvel Blix.
These prints were made by Stanford Chen from the negatives above. The item numbers correspond to the negative numbers.
These prints were made by Stanford Chen from the negatives above. The item numbers correspond to the negative numbers.
Note on verso: The inner struggle of the rivalry between his dead father and himself has taken a toll on gillnet fisherman Johnny Ray Anderson.
These prints were made by Stanford Chen from the negatives above. The item numbers correspond to the negative numbers.
Written on photo: The tedium of gillnetting is broken by moments of sudden physical exertion as an 18 pounder is caught in the nets. Kent Martin gaffs the chinook and works the tangles net free from the writhing fish.
These prints were made by Stanford Chen from the negatives above. The item numbers correspond to the negative numbers.
Note attached to photo: Gillnetters Max Holland and Elroy Svensen spend their mornings at Marie's Cafe in Cathlamet. The topic is usually about fishing and sports.
These prints were made by Stanford Chen from the negatives above. The item numbers correspond to the negative numbers.
Bruce is the son of Max Holland.
These prints were made by Stanford Chen from the negatives above. The item numbers correspond to the negative numbers.
Note on verso: A good night's catch-several hundred pounds of Columbia River chinook and coho salmon await processing in a buyer's pickup.
These prints were made by Stanford Chen from the negatives above. The item numbers correspond to the negative numbers.
The barn was built in 1914 by Clarence Winters for Howard Wiester, but blew down during a storm in 1983.
See item A4-34.
Fishing nets were soaked in the vats to help preserve them.
The building was later destroyed in a storm.
These prints were made by Stanford Chen from the negatives above. The item numbers correspond to the negative numbers.
Boat was built by Robbie's Custom Boat Works out of fiberglass and plywood.
The boat was built by Blix Boat Works as a bowpicker, then converted to a sternpicker.
Photographs and negatives made by Stanford Chen and wife Beth Erickson on a trip to China in 1982.
Print of B1-7: Man reading on pier with cityscape in background
Prints of B1-12 and B1-13: View of cars, street signs, scaffolding and advertisements along a busy road
There are no negatives B1-22, B1-23 and B1-27.
Print of B2-24: Young girl posing
Print of B2-31: Man practicing Tai Chi in Canton
Print of B3-4: Young girl sitting on seesaw
There are no negatives B3-11 through B3-13.
Print of young girl with pig tails does not have a corresponding negative.
There are no negatives B3-16 and B3-17.
Print of B3-23: Family taking a photograph in front of the Tiananmen
Print of B3-26: Temple on a hill and rooftops
Print of B3-36: Panda sitting near rocks
Including photographs from trips to Forbidden City and Summer Palace.
There is no negative B4-12.
There is no negative B4-19.
Print of B4-27: Group of men sitting outside
Print of B4-28: Group of men standing under archway
Print of B4-34:
Print of B5-11: Man making and selling spun sugar
Print of B5-17: Numbered rowboats docked near shore at Kunming Lake
There is no negative B5-31.
Print of B5-32: Two women and child sitting outside
Print of B5-33: Woman holding a frowning child
Print of B6-1: View of Forbidden city from outside the city walls
Print of B6-5: Two women in conversation sitting outside with backs to the camera
Print of B6-7: People walking along street with temple on hill in background
Print of B6-14: Man and woman talking at Bengbu train station located between Beijing and Nanjing
Print of B6-28: Men on cobblestone street near archway
Print of B7-0: 1000 armed Guanyin sculpture in the Arhat Hall at Xiyuan Temple
Print of B7-8: Street vender selling boxes in Suzhou
Negative B7-9 is blank.
Print of B7-10: Girl handling silkworm cocoons
Print of B7-15: Girl working silk machinery
Print of B7-17: Close up of female worker
Print of B7-23: Children standing in a line doing hand movements
Print of B7-24: Man holding a baby playing Xiangqi (Chinese Chess)
Print of B7-26: Boat line up along the Suzhou Canal
Print of B8-22: Man carving jade sculpture
Print of B8-27: Man in traditional Buddhist robe and glasses
There is no negative B8-32.
Print of B9-3: Group of men with worried looking boy
Print of B9-12: Girl in a sweater and hat
Print of B9-17: Woman posing for a picture along walkway
Print of B9-19: Woman lighting candles
Print of B9-25:
Print of B9-32: Men steering boat carrying dirt
Print of B10-4: Female statue in a pond with reflection in water
Print of B10-7: Seated man and child in front of bamboo
Print of B10-9: Elderly man in a hat and jacket
Written on verso: A throwback from another era.
Print of B10-17: Brick Archway and window
There is no negative B10-32.
Print of B11-10: Landscape and shore along the Li River
Print of B11-11: Small cruise boat along the Li River
Print of B11-14: Men with oars steering wooden boat
Print of B11-21: Wooden boats along shore with drying racks on river bank
There is no negative B11-30.
Hoi Yin is the ancestral village of Stanford Chen's mother. Photographs are of Chen's extended family.
Print of B12-12: Woman crying with hand to her face
Print of B12-13: Woman crying
Print of B12-22: Cat in kitchen of Stanford Chen's extended family with two people cooking
From accompanying material: Kitchen in Hoi Yin Village house belonging to relatives of Stanford Chen. American relatives paid for the house.
Print of B12-27: Smiling woman holding child
There are no negatives B12-24 and B12-26.
There are no negatives B12-32 and B12-33.
Print of B13-7: Woman picking tea in field
Print of B13-8: Woman picking tea in field
Print of B13-10: Woman working in large iron pan
Hangzhou is known for its Dragon Well green tea production. Once the tea leaves are picked they are baked and mixed by hand in iron pans.
There are no negatives B13-25 and B13-26.
Print of B13-27: Group on train and seated at large table with tea
There is no negative B14-5.
There are no negatives B14-17 through B14-22.
There is no negative B15-31.
There is no negative B16-11.
Print of B16-25: Views of bicyclists and pedestrians in front of the Tiananmen or the Gate of Heavenly Peace
Print of B16-28: Cars on road in front of the Tiananmen or the Gate of Heavenly Peace
There is no negative B16-36.
Print of B20-14: Wooden boat with passengers and animals along the Li River
Hoi Yin is the ancestral village of Stanford Chen's mother. Photographs are of Chen and Chen's extended family.
Print of B20-25: Street view of village with girl feeding a pig
Print of B20-26: Boys and a family on a street in Hoi Yin
Print of B20-27: View of street and buildings in Hoi Yin
There are no negatives B20-33 through B20-34.
These prints do not have a corresponding negative.
Banner in item B30-22 reads: Pay attention to good hygiene and manners and be an orderly and civilized citizen.
Located about 40 miles north of Beijing.
Some slides were pulled from the slides taken by Beth Erikson and Stanford Chen for the creation of the 1982 slide show found below. More slides were pulled then used in slide show.
This was probably made to use as an introduction to the slide show below.
The slide show is comprised of duplicate of original slides found above. Some of the slides in the slide show did not come with original slide. Slide show slides have been numbered S1-S252 to maintain original slide show order. The slide show follows a written script by Beth Erickson and Stanford Chen that includes photographs and comments of Tiananmen Square, the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, the Great Wall, pandas, Nanjing, Suzhou, Temples, Hangzhou, West Lake, Li River, Guilin, Shanghai, Jade Carving, Chinese children.
Slide show consists of duplicate slides, script, and a DVD.
Photographs and negatives were taken by Stanford Chen and wife Beth Erickson documenting their trip to China in 1986. Some contact sheets have accompanying prints.
Some negatives are missing and have been noted.
There is no negative C1-31.
There is no negative C2-3.
Print of C2-8: Young girl wearing a scarf
Print of C2-13: Two children sitting on steps with inflatable toy rooster
Print of C2-21: Man playing drum and crowds watching lion dance
Print of C3-23: Limestone formations and and pond
Print of C3-24: Bamboo with writing
Print of C3-25: Limestone formations on the shore
Print of C3-29: Man sitting
Print of C4-14: Office building of Xiamen Lianfa Advertising Company
Print of C4-23: Woman soldering radio pieces
Print of C4-29: Woman assembling radios
Print of C5-20: Women sitting on ledge outside of temple
Print of C5-28: Interior of the Nanfang Daily Newspaper offices
Print of C5-29: Woman working with moveable type and re-arranging characters
Print of C5-30: Woman selecting from large collection of moveable type and placing characters into composing stick
Print of C5-31: Close-up of individual printing characters
Print of C5-33: Paper layout of article and headline locations
Print of C5-34: Man re-arranging characters
Print of C5-36: Man in a suit reading newspaper,
The Nanfang Daily was the Communist Party paper of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province.
Photographs were taken by Beth Erickson and Stanford Chen
Item C7-29 is also in the 1986 slide show.
The slide show follows a written script by Beth Erickson and Stanford Chen that includes photographs and comments of markets and food, Spring Festival and Lunar New Year, Religions, Xichuanbana and various locations including, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Guilin, Kunming, Stone Forest, and Jinghong. Original order of the slide show has been reconstructed as closely as possible to the original slide show used by Beth Erickson and Stanford Chen in 1986.
Slide show consists of original slides, script, and guide.
Some of these photographs were used in an article written by
Stanford Chen for
The item numbers represent the contact sheet/negative numbers.
The item numbers represent the contact sheet/negative numbers.
These are prints that Stanford Chen made, but do not have corresponding negatives.
This is probably Donnie Chin, a founding member of the International District Emergency Center, a volunteer organization.
Bob Santos was the director of the International District Improvement Association from 1972 to 1989.
The Wah Mee Club was the site of the Wah Mee Massacre which took place on February 18, 1983.
This photo was used in an article written by Stanford Chen
for
This photo was used in an article written by Stanford Chen
for
This photo was used in an article written by Stanford Chen
for
Helping One Student to Succeed was an educational program that was structured around a mentoring and tutoring system. Students' peers as well as local volunteers were pulled from the community to assist students in math and reading. The program was first started around the 1970s in the Vancouver School District and had the goal of improving academic achievement in reading, math and problem solving. The program quickly spread to other districts and states and received recognition and praise from the Department of Education. Stanford Chen's photographs of the program in Vancouver, Washington were used in brochures in 1985.
Sign on wall reads: Please care! Volunteer to share your time with our HOSTS students.
These color slides document two trips to the Box R Ranch in
Wyoming, taken by Stanford Chen and Beth Erickson in 1985 and 1987. The
collection includes a newspaper clipping from
The Box R Ranch, located in Cora, Wyoming, was a family-owned working cattle ranch that also welcomed paying guests to stay at the ranch. The guests could participate in various activities including white-water rafting, camping, and horseback riding. The owners have since retired from the guest ranch business.