Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hagan, Roger and Luis-Hagan, Sara de
- Abstract:
- Photograph prints by Roger Hagan focusing on his travels in Mexico and Europe during the 1950s, as well as selected images from his photography career spanning the 1940s to 2010s.
- Extent:
- 6 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Roger Hagan photographs (MSS PHOTO 0672). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of black and white photographic prints taken by Roger Hagan, largely from his travels during the 1950s. Series 1 includes photos from his travels to Mexico in 1953 and 1959. Series 2 includes photos from travels through Europe in 1955. Images in both series include a mix of portraits, landscape, and urban photography. Series 3 consists of black and white photographs selected by Hagan as some of his favorites from a lifetime of taking photographs. Descriptions are included for most of the images in this series.
- Biographical / historical:
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Roger Hagan (1934-2020) was a photographer, writer, and editor. He grew up in Arcadia, California, and graduated from Stanford University with a degree in history in 1955. During this time, he also traveled in Mexico and Europe, later publishing books of photographs from his travels titled Mexico 1953 and Cold Stone: Photographs in Europe in 1955. From 1961 to 1965, Hagan was an editor for The Correspondent, published by the Committee of Correspondence at Harvard where he was a graduate student of historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., a teaching assistant for sociologist David Riesman, and a research assistant for psychoanalyst Erich Fromm. During the 1970s through 1990s, Hagan was active in Seattle's journalism scene, working for King Broadcasting Company and Enterprise Productions. He also opened The Word Processor Store in the 1980s, Seattle's first computer store for writers. In the early 2000s, he returned to photography, publishing and exhibiting pieces in galleries.
- Acquisition information:
- This collection was given by Roger Hagan's family to Stanford University, Special Collections in 2020.
- Arrangement:
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Collection is arranged into three series: 1. Mexico, 1953-1959; 2. Europe, 1955; 3 Favorite Photographs, 1948-2020
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36 hours in advance.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
- Terms of access:
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© Stanford University. All Rights Reserved.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Roger Hagan photographs (MSS PHOTO 0672). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022