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 Finding Aid: Joel Halpern Collection Item Number: 1000000000

Individual Collection
Location: D050.1A-D; Library


Scope & Content:

  • Four linear feet of newspaper articles, reports, studies, bibliographies, research documents and various primary sources document Joel Halpern's interest in post-war Southeast Asia, particularly in Laos. Some materials were authored by Halpern, some not, though the bulk of both sets of materials center on issues of refugees and cultural and social issues in Southeast Asia. A guide to the John M. Echols Collection at Cornell University is also included. Documents range in date from the war era up through the 1990s.

Access Level:

  • Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

LocationBoxFolderContents
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Translations on North Vietnam. No. 798. Cong Nhiep, No. 16 May 1969 JPRS 51535, 8 October 1970
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Curriculum Vitae for Joel M. Halpern to 1980
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Fieldstaff Reports: Population Growth in Thailand Part I: Population and Social Structure. By Brewster Grace Vol. XXII No. 1 January 1974
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Fieldstaff Reports: Postwar Thailand: Indochinese Domino or Chinese Checker? By Brewer Grace Vol. XXIII No. 5 October 1975
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Fieldstaff Reports: Recent Developments in Thai Rice Production By: Brewster Grace Vol. XXIII No. 3 June 1975
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Fieldstaff Reports: Population Growth in Thailand Part II: Population and Employment By Brewster Grace Vol. XXII No. 2 January 1974
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Fieldstaff Reports: A Note on Thailand. By Brewster Grace Vol. XXII No. 4 July 1974
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Laos Profiles By Joel M. Halpern As of 1961
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Do-It-Yourself Financing: To Immigrants Short on Credit, Loan Clubs Offer Cash and Dreams by Christine Gorman Time 25 July 1988
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Race and Blind Justice Behind Mixup in Court by Dudley Clendinen The New York Times 3 November 1985
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Vietnam Boat Refugees: 10-Year, One-Way Tide by Barbara Crossette The New York Times
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Houston Aide Accused of Ill-Treating Vietnamese by Wayne King The New York Times
Trial Starts This Week For Marine Charged in Killing of Vietnam Refugee by Diane E. Lewis Globe Staff
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'Platoon,' as refugees see it by Crocker Snow Jr. Boston Globe 31 March 1987
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Black Veternas of Vietnam War say film doesn't square with their experiences by Robert A. Jordan Boston Globe 30 March 1987
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Ly Tran's Lonely Struggle by Charles Kenney Boston Globe Magazine 16 November 1986
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Anthropological Quarterly: Southeast Asain Refugees in the U.S.A. : Case studies of Adjustment and Policy Implications. Vol. 55 No. 3 July 1982
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Vietnamese in America: Diversity in Adaptation By: Kenneth A. Skinner Summer 1980
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Vietnam and the Chinese Model: A Comparative Study of Nguyen and Ch'ing Civil Government in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century By Alexander Barton Woodside 1971
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Little Things By Prajuab Thirabutana (B) 1971
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Community and Revolution in Modern Vietnam By Alexander B. Woodside
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Economic Development and American Aid By Joel M. Halpern August 1958
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Problems of Communism (P) March-April 1977
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Minority Groups in Northern Laos By Keiji Iwata November 1, 1960
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All Our Children in Vietnam By: T.D. Allman July/August 1982
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Cambodia: Nightmare Journey to a Doubtful Dawn By: T.D. Allman March/April 1982
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The Annamese Kinship System By Robert F. Spencer Vol. 1 1945
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Cornell University Library: The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia, Accessions List, Vol. XXX No. 10/11 October/November 1990
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXX No. 7 July 1990
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXIX No. 11 November 1989
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXI No. 8 August 1991
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXI No. 7 July 1991
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXI No. 6 June 1991
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXI No. 5 May 1991
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIII No. 9 September 1993
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIII No. 10 October 1993
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIII No. 11 November 1993
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXI No. 3 March 1991
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXIX No. 12 December 1989
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXII No. 11 November 1992
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXII No. 10 October 1992
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXII No. 9 September 1992
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXX No. 6 June 1990
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXX No. 5 May 1990
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXX No. 8/9 August/September 1990
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXX No. 12 December 1990
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXI No. 2 February 1991
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIV No. 4/5 April/May 1994
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIV No. 3 March 1994
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIV No. 2 February 1994
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIV No. 1 January 1994
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIII No. 6 June 1993
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIII No. 5 May 1993
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIII No. 8 August 1993
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIII No. 7 July 1993
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIII No. 12 December 1992
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIV No. 9 September 1994
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIV No. 10 October 1994
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIV No. 11 November 1994
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXIV No. 12 December 1994
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Cornell University Library he John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXII No. February 1992
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Cornell University Library he John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXII No. 1 January 1992
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Cornell University Library he John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXII No. 3 March 1992
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Cornell University Library he John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXII No. 4 April 1992
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Cornell University Library he John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXII No. 5 May 1992
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXII No. 6 June 1992
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXII No. 7 July 1992
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Cornell University Library The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List Vol. XXXII No. 8 August 1992
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The John M. Echols Collection of Southeast Asia Accessions List Volume XXXI No. 4 April 1991
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The John M. Echols Collection of Southeast Asia Accessions List Volume XXXI No. 1 January 1991
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Syllabus for Anthropology 437 Spring 1985
D050.1B21
Halpern, Joel Martin. Aspects of Village Life and Culture Change in Laos. Council on Economic and Cultural Affairs, Inc. New York, August 1958.
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Halpern, Joel M. and Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem, Lucy. A Bibliography of Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese Americans. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1992 Augusta Savage Gallery.
A Far World Comes Near. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1987
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Halpern, Joel Martin. Trade Patterns in Northern Laos, an article from Ninth Pacific Science Congress. November 18-30, 1957.
Halpern, Joel M. Observations on the Social Structure of the Lao Elite, an article from Asian Survey
Vol. 1, No. 5, July 1961, University of California.
Hafner, James A., Halpern, Joel M., and Kerewsky-Halpern, Barbara. River Road Through Laos: Reflections of the Mekong. Universtiy of Massachusetts, Amherst
1983
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Halpern, Joel M. and Halpern Barbara. Laos and America-A Retrospective View. Reprinted from The South Atlantic Quarterly . Vol. LXIII, No. 2, Spring, 1964.
Halpern, Joel M. Mekong River Development Schemes for Laos and Thailand.-A Hope for the Future? , an article from Asian Forum. Vol. 1, January 1972.
Branfman, Fred. The Old Man: A Biographical Account of a Lao Villager. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 1979.
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Halpern, Joel M. and Turley, William S, eds. The Training of Vietnamese Communist Cadres in Laos: The Notes of Do Xuan Tao, Vietnamese Economics Specialist Assigned to the Pathet Lao in Xieng Khouang, Laos, 1968. Bruxelles, 1977.
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The John M. Echols Collection on Southeast Asia Accessions List: Number 9, September 1989 Number 10, October 1989, Number 1, January 1993, Number 2, February 1993, Number 3, March 1993, Number 4, April 1993
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Cambodia Bibliography- 12/88
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Indochina Bibliography-12/88
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Wharton, C. (Folder) Research on Agricultural Development In Southeast Asia. By: Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
Risk Uncertainty and the Subsistence Farmer: Technological Innovation and Resistance to Change in the Context of Survival. By: Clifton R. Wharton, Jr
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1989 Vietnam Annotated Bibliography
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Bibliographies on Vietnamese Americans, Vietnam Refugees, Vietnam Language, and Vietnam Literature.
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Vietnam Bibliography II-12/88.
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Vietnam Bibliography (Yellow paper)
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Vietnamese Refugees Abstracts.
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The Weaving of Oral and Written Traditions in Southeast Asian Literature. By: Carol J. Compton, Ithaca College.
Refugee Education Guide. English Language Resource Center-Center for Applied Linguistics, April 1981.
Thinking About the Old Village. Translations by: Tou Huayor Vang.
New and Recent Research on Southeast Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 1983 Catalogue.
Publications. Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies
Forthcoming Books. Studies on Southeast Asia.
Asia Program Publications. Cornell University.
Southeast Asia and the Vietnam Era: Research Collections. States Department Documents on Southeast Asia.
Newsletter. Center for Southeast Asian Studies. December 1981.
Outreach Resources Bulletin. Southeast Asia Program. Double Issue 1982. Bibliographies on Vietnam Refugees, Poetry, etc.
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A Far World Comes Near: The Kingdom of Laos and Laotian Americans. An Exhibition of Laotian Arts & Culture. Augusta Savage Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. April 1 thru 17, 1987.
Photocopy of encylopedia entry on Laos.
Trade Patterns in Northern Laos by Joel Martin Halpern. Ninth Pacific Science Congress. November 18-30, 1957.
Laos and America-A Retrospective View. By Barbara and Joel Halpern. Reprinted from The South Atlantic Quarterly. Volume LXIII, No. 2, Spring, 1964.
Errata Sheets
River Road Through Laos: Reflections of the Mekong. By James A. Hafner, Joel M. Halpern, and Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern. Asian Studies Committee Occasional Papers Series No. 10, July 1983, Reprinted February 1986.
Photocopied pages from Discover Laos, April 1994.
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Lessons Learned, MAAG and Special Forces Activities in Laos. February 21, 1963.
Letter from LCOL S. R. Kirkpatrick, USAF to Mr. Jack H. Taylor. July 31, 1974
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Table 2: Non-Project Aid to Laos, 1965
Table 1: Balance of Payments of Laos in 1964
Chapter 4: Objectives and Tactics. Pages 57 to 225
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Communist Propaganda Response to US air Activities in Laos. US Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Research Memorandum to the Secretary of State from Thomas L. Hughes
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Cover Letter from W.M. McDonald, Director, Freedom of Information and Security Review to Ms. Nicole Ball. December 7, 1990
Intermediate Actions in Laos. Memorandum for Mr. Bundy from Michael V. Forrestal. June 3, 1964.
Memorandum for Mr. Bundy from Michael V. Forrestal. June 3, 1964
Laos. Memorandum for Mr. Bundy from Michael V. Forrestal. June 12, 1964. (two copies)
Report from Mac Bundy and Forrestal to Jack Valenti for the President. May 30, 1964.
Specific Recommendations for Presidential Decision. Saturday, June 6, 1964.
A Course of Action for Laos. Memorandum for the Director. June 11, 1964.
Support for Possible Military Operations Within Laos. Briefing Memorandum by W.P. Bundy. June 28, 1964
Laos Scenario. Draft. June 22-July 6, 1964.
Pathet Lao Intentions toward Muong Soui. Memorandum for Mr. Bundy from Allan Evans. June 26, 1964.
Support for Possible Military Operations within Laos. Second Draft. W. P. Bundy. June 27, 1964.
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New Arrivals. From Sari to Dr. Gideon. February 18, 1982.
Report Concerning Gassing Attack in Laos.
Eyewitness account of two gassings. Report to Dr. Derick Bird from Doua Yang. January 1, 1982.
Report to Dr. Derick Bird concerning Chung Neng Chang
Report on Gassing in Laos. Cher Pao Her, Age 58. Interviewer: Dr. Derek Bird. Interpreter: Chia Yang.
Report: Gassing Incidents - Ben Vinai. March 2, 1982.
Report on Gassing Attack in Laos, Ban Duon Nr. Vientiane.
Report on Gassing in Laos. Interview by Dr. Derek Bird.
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America and Laos: Two Views of Political Strategy and Technical Assistance. Joel M. Halpern. RAND Corp. Draft, 1958.
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Lao Concepts of Man and His Relationships with the Spirit World. Pierre-Slyvain Dore. Hull Graduate Seminars in South-East Asian Studies. May 5, 1971.
The Impact of War on Laos. Martin Barber. University of Hull, U.K. 1971
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Some Reflections on the War in Laos, Anthropological and Otherwise. Joel Martin Halpern. 1970.
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Memorandum to Mr. Louis Connick, AC/LP from F. C. Benson, ORA/LP concerning refugee agriculture. November 13, 1973.
Memorandum to Mr. Louis Connick, AC/LP from F. C. Benson, ORA/LP concerning Monthly Report-October 1973. November 7, 1973.
Memorandum to Mr. John W. MacQueen, AD/RA from F.C. Benson, ORA/LP concerning Sitrep 15 May-30 August. October 10, 1973.
Memorandum to Mr. John W. MacQueen, AD/RA from F.C. Benson, ORA/LP concerning Sitrep-1April-15 May. May 19, 1973.
Memorandum to Mr. John W. MacQueen, AD/RA from F.C. Benson, ORA/LP concerning Sitrep-1 April-15 May. May 19, 1973.
Memorandum to Mr. John W. MacQueen, AD/RA from F.C. Benson, ORA/LP concerning Refugee Sitrep-15 February-31 March. March 31, 1973.
Memorandum to Mr. John W. MacQueen, AD/RA from F.C. Benson, ORA/LP concerning Luang Prabang Refugee Statistics. March 1, 1973.
Memorandum to Mr. John W. MacQueen, AD/RA from F.C. Benson, ORA/LP concerning Luang Prabang Refugee Statistics. February 28, 1973.
Memorandum to Mr. John W. MacQueen, AD/RA from F.C. Benson, ORA/LP concerning Sitrep-1 January- 15 February. February 15, 1973.
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Discussion with Mike Phoenix. February 19, 1973.
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The Livestock and Fisheries Development Program in the Lao PDR. Department of Livestock and Veterinary Services. 1976-1990.
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Cross-Border Operations: Southeast Asia, 1964-1968. Historical Division, Joint Secretariat, Joint Chiefs of Staff. August 7, 1973.
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Lao People's Democratic Republic Tropical Forestry Action Plan (First Phase) Main Report, August 1990: A Critique.
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Country Orientation Booklet: Lao People's Democratic Republic.
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Laos: The Land and the People. Supplement No. 4 - May 1978
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Feasibility for Sericulture Development in the Lao PDR. Preeda Prapertchob. Prepared for International Development and Research Centre (IDRC)
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A Profile of the Environment in the Lao PDR. August 1991. Mekong Secretariat.
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The Names of Nations and of Tribes: Ethnonyms, Ethnic Identities, and Ethnic Groups. Frank Proschan.
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List of books regarding Vietnam available from a website: www.shens.com
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Human Relations Area Files: Southeast Asia
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Human Relations Area Files: Vietnam
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Map of the Kmhmu Homeland in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and China
Safe Ashore At Last by Patricia Blake from Time (January 19, 1981)
Laos: the LAnd and the People prepared by the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services
Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
Thinking About the Old VIllage: Traditional Lao Music
The Hmong of Laos: No PLace to Run by W.E. Garrett. National Geographic, January 1974.
On the Eve of the Tet Offensive by Ron Kovic. New York Times MagazineNovember 13, 1977
Excerpts from Time Magazine, July 4, 1977.
Khosana, Spring 1980
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Human Relations Area Files: Vietnam File - Familiy
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Human Relations Area Files: Vietnam File - Familiy
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Human Relations Area Files: Vietnam File - Familiy
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Human Relations Area Files: Vietnam File - Women and Familiy
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Human Relations Area Files: Vietnam File - Familiy
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Library of Congress Vietnam File
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List (in Vietnamese) of books and learning aids for Vietnamese people wishing to learn English
Preliminary contents for anthology of Vietnamese Ethnology.
List (in Vietnamese) of books
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etudes rurales: revue trimestrielle d'historie, goegraphie, sociolgie et economie des campagnes (Rural Studies: Trimester Review of History, Geography, Sociology, and Economics in the Country) (3 copies)
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Bibliograpihes prepared for Joel Halpern
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Laos bibliogrpahy
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New York Times (March 11, 1990) article: A Glimpse Behind the Bamboo Curtain
New York Times (September 4, 1979) article: Flight From Laos
Vietnamese Boat People: Pirates' Vulnerable Prey
Program for the exhibition: The Far World Comes Near: An Exhibit in Celebration of the Lao New Year
The Lao Experience 1950s to 1980s
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Introduction aux etudes indochinoises
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Newsweek article (June 25, 1984). The Asian Connection
New York Times (February 14, 1984) article. The White House's Misuse of Science
The Sad Tale of a Girl From Vieng Chan by Guay Saungun
A Far World Comes Near poster
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute: Southeast Asian Studies Conference program
Southeast Asia, the USSR and Vietnam by Douglas Pike
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Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group Repoerts: Rural Development Panel Seminar on Peasants, Land Reform, and Revolutionary Movements
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The Socialization of the CHinese into Malaysian Politics: Some Preliminary Observations by Robert O. Tilman
Political Forces in Malaysia by Robert O. Tilman
Malaysian Foreign Policy: the Dilemmas of a Committed Neutral by Robert O. Tilman
Education and Political Development in Malaysia by Robert O. Tilman
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New York Times (September 12, 1988) article. Boat People Now Face New Tide of Chinese Prejudice
With New Energy, Vietnam Gets Down to Business by Lewis M. Simons
Collegian (April 17, 1987) article: New Comic Series Depicts Vietnam War
New York Times (July 10, 1980) articles regarding Vietnamese refugees in China
Article: The debt to the Indochinese is becoming a fiscal drain
Article: Vietnam baot refugees: 10-year, one-way tide
NYT (11.3.85) Article: Race and blind justice behind mix-up in court.
Article: The classroom Vietnam War
NYT (12.4.85) article: Loatians close the doors and have a celebration
Article: Trial starts this week for Marine charged in killing of Vietnam refugee
Article: Houston aide accused of ill-treating a Vietnamese
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The Family in Vietnam and its Social Life by Phung Thi Hanh
Louis Malle: an Outsider's Odyssey by John Culhane
Coping Strategies of Vietnamese to Changing gender Roles and Statuses in a Southern USA Metropolitan Area by Billye Fogleman and Vincent Nguyen
Bibliography
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Southeast Asian Refugee Studies Newsletter May 1983
Southeast Asian Refugee Studies Newsletter August 1983
Southeast Asian Refugee Studies Newsletter October 1983 - January 1984
Southeast Asian Refugee Studies Newsletter October 1984
Southeast Asian Refugee Studies Newsletter January 1985
Southeast Asian Refugee Studies Newsletter April 1985
Southeast Asian Refugee Studies Newsletter Fall 1987
Southeast Asian Refugee Studies Newsletter Fall 1988
Documentation Newsletter Volume 14 Numbers 1 and 2
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Several articles from the New York Times regarding Communist activity in Thailand
Three articles (photocopied) regarding Southeast Asian refugees adjusting to life in America
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New York Times Magazine article The New Vietnam Scholarship by Fox Butterfield (February 13, 1983)
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The William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences. Report to the Board of Directors, June 15, 1987
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Nation Building and Revolutionary War by David A. Wilson (September 1962)
The Military in Thai Politics by David A. Wilson
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Public Affairs (Vol. 48 Num. 3, Fall 1975) article Urbanization in War: Hanoi, 1946 - 1973 by William S. Turley
Public Affairs (Vol. 49 Num. 4, Winter 1976 - 1977) article Urban Transormation in South Vietnam by William S. Turley
Foreign Policy (Num. 38, Spring 1980). The Third Indochina War by William S. Turley and Jeffrey Race
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Third Stage of the Revolution by William S. Turley
Cities Under Seige: Hanoi 1945 - 1973 by William S. Turley
Vietnam, China and the Security of Southeast Asia. A talk delivered by William S. Turley at Northern Illinois University at DeKalb, Illinois, September 10, 1979.
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Materials related to the American Museum of Natural History program entitled Vietnam inthe 21st Century: Journeys on the Ground and in the Imagination (March 22 - 23, 2003)
Brochures (3)
Postcard
Traces and Traditions: Vietnamese Woodblock Prints
Conference schedule (one copy in English, one copy in Vietnamese)
Speaker Biographies
The Traveling Bride: Rethinking Patrilocality and the Position of Women in Northern Vietnam by Narquis Barak, Harvard University (one copy in English, one copy in Vietnamese)

Separated Materials:

Books:Voices from the Plain of Jars: Life Under an Air War, compiled, with an Introduction and Preface, by Fred Branfman, 1972.

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