Guide to the Saundra Sturdevant Photography Archive M2005
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2015
Green Library
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Stanford 94305-6064
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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.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Saundra Sturdevant Photography Archive (M2005). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Scope and Contents
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
box 1, folders 1-4
Pablo Espinoza: Historical Archive in Progress
2001-01
box 3, Folder 3
Her Eyes: The Creation of Olongapo as a Military Rest and Recreation Center
box 3, Folder 4
Her Eyes Interviews
1999-02
box 3, Folder 8
Her Eyes Interviews
1999-02
box 4, folders 1-2
Her Eyes Interviews
1999-02
box 4, folder 11
Philippines Interviews BUKLOD Staff
box 6, folder 5
Her Eyes Philippines Portraits, Copy Negs.
1999
box 7, folder 4
Japan (1986) Hong Kong (1988)
1986-1988
box 7, folders 5-8
Taiwai Hong Kong Slides
1987-1988
box 7, folders 9-10
Pussycat III Videos from LGTR
box 8, folders 1-3
LGTR Video LGTR Slide Show Philippines Slide Show
box 12, folders 7-9
1984 - SF - Anti Intervention Demo 1984, 1990 SF Mime Troop 1991 - 19 Jan Anti Gulf War - SF 1991 - Jan.
1984-1991
box 12, folders 10-11
California Agriculture Negatives
1993-1999
box 12, Folder 12
California Dairy
1999-2002
box 12, folders 13-14
Copy Negs. India, California
box 15, object 2
India Recycle, Domestic CD
box 15, object 3
India Sewer Pipes Laundry CD
box 15, object 5
India Rock Work Textile CD
box 15, object 8
India Aqui Labor - India digital some for work CD
box 15, object 9
Dairy digital copy Burned 5 CDs
2005-01
box 15, object 10
Image Pablo Espinosa UFW CD
box 15, object 11
Indie PSD Portfolio 4 CDs
box 15, object 12
Pussycat III Sturdevant Stoltzfus CD
box 15, object 13
Women's Agricultural Labor Project - California 20 digital images S. Sturdevant CD
box 15, object 14
Dairy + Pesticides June CD
2007-11
box 15, object 15
Saundra Sturdevant Final Web Portfolios 060314 - CA - India 4 CDs
2006
box 15, object 16
Web - Oaxaca - to David External (11 Photos) CD
2008-11-04
box 15, object 17
ICA Psd - 2 CDs BU -ICD of 3 PSD files CD
box 16, object 1
India final tifs, India Web Materials & India Web Portfolio CD
2006
box 16, object 2
CA Row Scans 1 of 2 2008 CD and Saundra Sturdevant 2006 CA final tifs
box 18, Folder 2
F11 18s 1 1/2 Dindoors BF8 / 8s Photographs
box 18, Folder 3
F11 13s 2F D Shad of hut B 13s Ltonid B 13s R curve down 13s Top & L corner
box 18, Folder 4
F8 10s 2F D ground & person B5=Ls 1 Sky
box 18, Folder 5
F16 3F 20s Dcoro B Balt RL15sBott 6ft5s 10sSky
box 18, Folder 6
516 24s 3F D B Bott & L 24s
box 19, folders 3-6
Photographs by Saundra Sturdevant
