Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Negatives - Japan
- Negatives - School Year
- Negatives - Miscellaneous
- Photographs - Miscellaneous
- Mounted Photographs
- Correspondence
- Portfolio
- Slides
- Slides - USA
- Slides
- Slides
- Clippings, Photographs
- Photographs
- Photographic Prints
- Slides
- Slides and Negatives - Southeast Asia
- Slides, Photographs, Negatives
- Slides, Photographic Prints
- Photographic Prints - USA
- Contact Sheets
- Contact Sheets
- Japan - Manuscripts, Notes, Drafts
- Reports, Publications, Newsletters, Diary
- Concert Programs, Notebooks, Photographs - Japan, Agency Records, Photographic Prints
- Photographic Prints - Southeast Asia
- Photographic Prints - Vietnam
- Photographic Prints - USA
- Vietnam - Correspondence, Publications, Photographs
- Correspondence, Clippings, Notes
- Vietnam - Newsletters, Notes, Periodicals, Correspondence, Cassette Tapes
- Clippings, Newsletters, Newspapers, Notes, Correspondence, Publications
- Cambodia - Clippings, Correspondence, Visa Application
- Postage Stamps
- Educational Materials - Vietnamese Language
- Publications
- Correspondence, Clippings, Educational Materials - Computer Kids
- Slides, Cassette Tapes, Correspondence, Souvenirs
- Periodicals
- Magazines, Clippings, Correspondence
- Japan - Clippings, Reports
- Reports, Books, Correspondence, Clippings
- Cassettes, Ephemera, Correspondence, Clippings
- Compact Discs, Audio Cassettes, Audio Reels
- Vietnam and Cambodia - Visa Applications, Correspondence, Clippings, Research Files
- Correspondence, Publications
- Newspaper, Microfilm, Video Cassettes, Cassette Tapes
- Ephemera, Correspondence - Margaret Rigg
- Publications, Correspondence
- Publications, Correspondence, Audio Cassettes
- Clippings, Correspondence
- Correspondence, Drafts, Newspapers
- Surveys, Correspondence, Financial Statements
- Vietnam and Cambodia - Business Cards, Address Book, Notebooks, Floppy Discs
- Slides
- Slides
- Passports, Newsletters, Resumes, Genealogy
- Yearbooks, Thesis, Photographic Prints
- Data Discs
- Photographs
- Calendars
- AFSC Photo Display
- Vietnam Ephemera - Paper Bag
- Photographic reproductions
- Hard drive
- Mounted Photographs
- Photographs, maps, and ephemera
- Names and Subjects
John Spragens photographs, moving image and audio collection, 1960s-2012
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Spragens, John, 1944-
- Title
- John Spragens photographs, moving image and audio collection
- Dates
- 1960s-2012 (inclusive)19602012
- Quantity
- photographs, slides, films, audio tapes, records (88 boxes, 26 map folders, 1 oversize tube)
- Collection Number
- PH2013-001
- Summary
- Photographs, slides, films, audio tapes and records, ephemera, correspondence and data discs pertaining to Spragen's career
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
Most material is stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
John Spragens (August 8, 1944 -2013) was born in Fulton, MO. He was a staff photographer for the Mountain Retreat Association, Montreat, NC and for the Louisville, KY, Southern Patriot before going to Vietnam in 1966 with the International Voluntary Services to teach Vietnamese hight school students in Tra Vihn, in the Mekong Delta. In November 1968 he worked as a Field Representative for the Committee of Responsibility in Saigon helping with children injured in the war. In late 1969 he briefly taught English in Hong Kong before going to Japan where he took a position teaching English as a second language at the high school attached to the Japan Women's University. In 1974 he worked as a freelance journalist and interpreter in Vietnam and then as a research associate and then Director of the Indochina Resource Center, Berkely, CA. and as a freelance translator (Vietnamese to English). From 1977-1979 he worked as a reporter/photographer for the Athens (TX) Daily Review and the Corsicana (TX) Daily Sun. He spent a year reporting on the Mitchell family farm in Barry, TX while working for the Corsicana newpaper. He has worked as a photographer, writer and editor for various newpapers and companies since then. He has traveled back to Southeast Asia a number of times including a trip to Vietnam and Cambodia in 1988 sponsored by the Daytona Beach, FL News Journal and the Cox News Service. He also reported from Hiroshima in 1979 about the effects of the bomb on the city after 34 years. His work is currently shown on his website, Enigmaterial.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs, slides, films, audio tapes and records, ephemera, correspondence and data discs pertaining to Spragen's career.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The creators' literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Negatives - Japan, 1970-1971Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1
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Container(s): Box 2
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Negatives - Japan |
1971-1973 | |
Negatives - School Year |
1963-1965 |
Negatives - School Year, 1965-1966Return to Top
Container(s): Box 3
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Container(s): Box 4
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Negatives - Vietnam |
1974 | |
Negatives - Vietnam and Cambodia |
1960s | |
Negatives and Prints - Vietnam News Agency and Other Indochina Sources |
undated |
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Container(s): Box 5
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Negatives and Prints - Miscellaneous |
1966-1977, undated | |
Negatives and Slides - Other Photographers |
undated |
Negatives - Miscellaneous, 1977-2012, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 5-13
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Container(s): Box 14
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 14 | Book -North Vietnam
|
1970 |
| 14 | Book -South Vietnam: Land and Peoples
|
1970 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 14/1-3 | Contact sheets |
2002-2004 |
| 14/4-6 | Contact list |
undated |
| 14/7 | Joss paper |
circa 1969 |
Photographs - Miscellaneous, 1998-2004Return to Top
Container(s): Box 15-18
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 19/1-2 | Photographs - Miscellaneous |
1998-2001 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19/3 | Slide sheets |
1965-1983 |
| 19/4-5 | Photographs by Others |
undated |
| 19/6 | Prison Embroidery |
1973 |
Photography Projects |
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| Box | ||
| 19/7 | A Slice of Oregon |
2006 |
| 19/8 | Bookmarks |
2000, undated |
Postcards |
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| Box | ||
| 19/9 | Antique Vietnam 1974 |
undated |
| 19/10-13 | Jazz |
1999, undated |
| 19/14 | Scenes in Vietnam |
1980 |
| 19/15-16 | Black and White Photographs |
undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19/17 | Booklets - Texas & Points West |
1981 |
| 19/18-20 | Vietnam Pictures and Postcards |
circa 1970 |
| Box | ||
| 19/21 | Language Flash Cards |
1965 |
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Container(s): Box 20
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Mao cap |
1969 | |
Southeast Asian coins |
undated | |
Language Flash Cards |
circa 1970 | |
Toy Story Cubes |
circa 1970 | |
Card Catalogue |
undated |
Mounted Photographs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box:oversize 21
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Container(s): Box:oversize 22
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Mounted Photographs |
undated | |
Photograph Album |
undated | |
| box-folder:oversize | ||
| 22/1 | Vietnam Ephemera - Paper |
undated |
| 22/2 | College Work |
circa 1962 |
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Container(s): Box 23
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Photograph Albums |
undated | |
College Art Journal |
circa 1962 | |
Photos by Friends |
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| Box | ||
| 23/1 | Steven Cagan |
undated |
| 23/2 | Sally Hardy |
undated |
| 23/3 | Julian Thomas |
undated |
| 23/4 | Catherine Weiss |
undated |
| 23/5 | Carolyn Frayn |
undated |
| 23/6-7 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
| Box | ||
| 23/8 | Portfolio Clippings |
undated |
Correspondence, 2012-2013Return to Top
Container(s): Box 24
Portfolio, circa 1982-1988Return to Top
Container(s): Box:oversize 25
Slides, 1986, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 26
Slides - USA, 1982, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 27
Slides, 1980-1983, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 28
Slides, 1967-1980, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 29
Clippings, Photographs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 30
Photographs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 31
Photographic Prints, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 32
Slides, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 33
Slides and Negatives - Southeast Asia, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 34
Slides, Photographs, Negatives, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 35
Slides, Photographic Prints, 1965-1985Return to Top
Container(s): Box 36
Photographic Prints - USA, 1977-1985Return to Top
Container(s): Box 37
Contact Sheets, 1982-1988Return to Top
Container(s): Box 38
Contact Sheets, 1978-1982Return to Top
Container(s): Box 39
Japan - Manuscripts, Notes, Drafts, 1970-1973Return to Top
Container(s): Box 40
Reports, Publications, Newsletters, Diary, 1966-1968Return to Top
Container(s): Box 41
Concert Programs, Notebooks, Photographs - Japan, Agency Records, Photographic Prints, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 42
Photographic Prints - Southeast Asia, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 43
Photographic Prints - Vietnam, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 44
Photographic Prints - USA, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 45
Vietnam - Correspondence, Publications, Photographs, 1974Return to Top
Container(s): Box 46
Correspondence, Clippings, Notes, 1979-1980Return to Top
Container(s): Box 47
Vietnam - Newsletters, Notes, Periodicals, Correspondence, Cassette Tapes, 1980Return to Top
Container(s): Box 48
Clippings, Newsletters, Newspapers, Notes, Correspondence, Publications, 1982-1984Return to Top
Container(s): Box 49
Cambodia - Clippings, Correspondence, Visa Application, circa 1983Return to Top
Container(s): Box 50
Postage Stamps, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 51
Educational Materials - Vietnamese Language, 1966-1973, 1993Return to Top
Container(s): Box 52
Publications, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 53
Correspondence, Clippings, Educational Materials - Computer Kids, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 54
Slides, Cassette Tapes, Correspondence, Souvenirs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 55
Periodicals, 1971-1980Return to Top
Container(s): Box 56
Magazines, Clippings, Correspondence, 1976-1977Return to Top
Container(s): Box 57
Japan - Clippings, Reports, 1979Return to Top
Container(s): Box 58
Reports, Books, Correspondence, Clippings, 1975-1977Return to Top
Container(s): Box 59
Cassettes, Ephemera, Correspondence, Clippings, 1974Return to Top
Container(s): Box 60
Compact Discs, Audio Cassettes, Audio Reels, 1980-2000Return to Top
Container(s): Box 61
Vietnam and Cambodia - Visa Applications, Correspondence, Clippings, Research Files, 1988Return to Top
Container(s): Box 62
Correspondence, Publications, 1986-1989Return to Top
Container(s): Box 63
Newspaper, Microfilm, Video Cassettes, Cassette Tapes, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 64
Ephemera, Correspondence - Margaret Rigg, circa 1970-1980Return to Top
Container(s): Box 65
Publications, Correspondence, 1984-1985Return to Top
Container(s): Box 66
Publications, Correspondence, Audio Cassettes, 1994-1997Return to Top
Container(s): Box 67
Clippings, Correspondence, 1978Return to Top
Container(s): Box 68
Correspondence, Drafts, Newspapers, 1989-1993Return to Top
Container(s): Box 69
Surveys, Correspondence, Financial Statements, 1982Return to Top
Container(s): Box 70
Vietnam and Cambodia - Business Cards, Address Book, Notebooks, Floppy Discs, 1988Return to Top
Container(s): Box 71
Slides, 1988-1995Return to Top
Container(s): Box 72
Slides, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 73
Passports, Newsletters, Resumes, Genealogy, 1943-2012Return to Top
Container(s): Box 74
Yearbooks, Thesis, Photographic Prints, 1960-1974Return to Top
Container(s): Box 75
Data Discs, 1993-2012Return to Top
Container(s): Box 76-79
PhotographsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| box-folder:oversize | ||
| 80/1 | Tim Spragens |
undated |
| 80/2 | Unknown Photographer |
undated |
CalendarsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| box-folder:oversize | ||
| 80/3 | Jazz Makers |
1999 |
| 80/4 | Jazz Makers/Picture in Picture |
1998-1999 |
| 81/1 | Picture in Picture |
1998 |
AFSC Photo Display, 1975Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder:oversize 81/2
Vietnam Ephemera - Paper Bag, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder:oversize 81/3
Photographic reproductions, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box:oversize 82-83
Mounted Photographs, circa 1970-1973Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 85-88
Photographs, maps, and ephemera, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Folder:oversize Map folders 89-114
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Spragens, John, 1944---Photographs
