Guide to the Vietnam War Miscellany,
1965 - 1989

Collection Number: 7050

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Phil McCray
Date completed:
June, 1995
EAD encoding:
Julia Lonnberg, Peter Martinez, August 2001

© 2001 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Creator
Cornell University, Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Collector
Title:
Vietnam war miscellany, 1965-1989
Collection Number:
7050
Quantity:
.4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Pamphlets, clippings, ephemera.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Documents relating to the Vietnam War, collected from various sources.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

U.S. military documents including U.S. Navy Personal Response Office bulletins and pamphlets; brochure from Massachusetts Political Action for Peace; items relating to folklore and folksongs from the U.S. military in Vietnam; brochures about the Women in Military Service Memorial and the Virginia War Memorial; articles, magazines, and newsletters including "Vietnam War Newsletter (1981-1983); Vietnamese tract on U.S. imperialism, "South Vietnam U.S. Defeat Inevitable, by General Van Tien Dung, published by Foreign Languages Publishing House, Hanoi, 1967. Also, copies of letters from Ho Chi Minh to Harry Truman. Also, postage stamps.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University. Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, collector.
United States, Navy. Personal Response Office.
Massachusetts Political Action for Peace.
Vietnam War Veterans Archives.

Subjects:
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movements.

Places:
United States--History--Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Available Copies:
The original letters of Ho Chi Minh to Harry Truman are in the National Archives, Record Groups Nos. 59 and 84.
Cite As:
Vietnam War Miscellany, #7050. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
U.S. Military Documents
 Box 1 Folder 1
"Understanding the Americans," U.S. Navy Personal Response Office,
"Tet A New Year for Vietnam," U.S. Navy PersonalResponse Office,
U.S. Navy Personal Response Project Officer bulletins
USAID Project managers, 1971
"PSYOP Policy, Policy Number 71, Bombing Halt," November 2, 1968
JUSPAO Guidances Issue Number 3, June 12, 1965, "U.S. Military Build Up and Problems of the American Presence in Vietnam"
JUSPAO Guidances Issue Number 4, July 22, 1965, "Propaganda Approaches to the Presence of Major PAVN Units in South Vietnam"
"What Can I Do About Vietnam?"
 Folder 2
Brochure from Massachusetts Political Action for Peace.
Vietnam War folklore items
 Folder 3
"General Edward G. Lansdale and the Folksongs of Americans in the Vietnam War," Lydia M. Fish, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 102, October-November 1989, No. 406
Broadside from the Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project
Concert program from "Jody's Got Your Cadillac"
Program for "Private Expressions/Shared Memories: The Folk Art of Marine Combat Veteran Michael D. Cousino, Sr.," a one-man exhibition, 1988-1989
Donald Harrison, Collector
 Folder 4
Pamphlets relating to war memorials including:
- Virginia War Memorial
- Women in Military Service Memorial
Vietnam War Newsletter, 1981-1983
Southeast Asia Bibliography, 1980
Photocopies of articles
Air University Review, January/February 1983 - photocopy
Military Review, May 1986 - photocopy
Vietnam Studies Bulletin, 1981-1982
The Vietnam Veteran, November 1983
Vietnam Catalog, 1987
Vietnam Veterans Review, December 1981, April 1982
Newsweek, December 14, 1981
Parade, May 2, 1982
Clippings, 1981