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M2005
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Saundra Sturdevant Photography Archive
creator:
Sturdevant, Saundra Pollock
source:
Lanza, Fabio
Identifier/Call Number: M2005
Physical Description:
24 Linear Feet
(8 RSBs, 2 MBs, 13 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1981-2002
Abstract: Saundra Sturdevant was photojournalist specializing in women's labor issues. The collection contains many prints, slides and
negatives, as well as material for her book “Let the Good Times Roll: Prostitution and the U.S. Military in Asia.”
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Fabio Lanza, 2014.
Collection is open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[identification of item], Saundra Sturdevant Photography Archive (M2005). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Saundra Pollack Sturdevant (d. 2013) was an Asian scholar, photojournalist, and activist specializing in women's labor issues.
Sturdevant grew up rural Missouri, earned her PhD in modern Chinese history at the University of Chicago, and attended UC
Berkeley for her post-doc, later teaching there. In the 1980s, she largely left academia for photography after she began taking
pictures in Beijing. For much of her career, Sturdevant focused on relations between overseas servicemen and the local "comfort"
industry, particularly in Asia. She founded the Migrant Photography Project in California, teaching photography and self-documentation
to women farmworkers. She also worked in India, Mexico and Hawaii, and was active in the Quakers’ American Friend Service
Committee.
The collection contains prints, slides and negatives, as well as material related to her 1992 book coauthored with Brenda
Stoltzfus "Let the Good Times Roll: Prostitution and the U.S. Military in Asia" (abbreviated as LGTR in the listing), as well
as the unpublished "HER-EYES: The Creation of Olongapo as a Military Rest and Recreation Center."
The collection has been minimally processed, and all folder titles are transcribed from her original files, where present.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documentary photography
Sturdevant, Saundra Pollock
Lanza, Fabio