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)
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
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

Open to all users.

Most material is stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.

Request at UW

Additional Reference Guides
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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

Preservation Note

Most material is stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.

Acquisition Information

Donor: John Spragens, December 27, 2012

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
Box
19/7
A Slice of Oregon
2006
19/8
Bookmarks
2000, undated
Postcards
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
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

Hard drive, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 84

Box includes two DVDs about Spragens' travels

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