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Pike Collection
Location: Math Stacks 3

This sub-series deals with the role of the press during the war from varying perspectives. Articles cover the impact of television, performance of the media, government/press relations, captured journalist accounts. Some post war material dealing with the impact of the media on public opinion. This section contains material on the role of the media in Vietnam from a variety of perspectives . Much of the printed materials examines issues such as the impact of television, the conflict between the Government and the Press, and the Journalist's perspective.

Professor Pike was born in 1925. He served as a journalist in the Army during World War II (in the Pacific Theater of Operations) and during the Korean Conflict. He earned degrees from the University of California-Berkeley and American University. He served as an FSO in Taiwan, Korea, Lebanon, and Vietnam. In 1982 he began teaching at UC-Berkeley and in 1997 moved Texas Tech University. Professor Pike housed and supported the Collection until 1982 when he moved it to Berkeley. It remained there until 1992 when Berkeley considered discontinuing its support for the Indo-China Studies Project. After being approached by Professor Pike, Dr. James Reckner, Director of the Vietnam Center at Tech, and Dr. David Murrah, Assistant Director of Libraries for the Special Collections, worked together to bring the Collection to the Archive in 1994

Location	Box	Folder	Contents
	29	1	Press (General Literature), Overview 1963-1968
		2	Press (General Literature), Overview 1969-1970
		3	Press (General Literature), Overview 1971-1986
		4	Press (Clippings), Overview 1963-1986
		5	Press (General Literature), 1961-1965
		6	Press (Clippings), 1961-1965
		7	Press (General Literature), 1966-1967
		8	Press (Clippings), 1966-1967
		9	Press (General Literature), 1968
		10	Press (Clippings), 1968
		11	Press (General Literature), 1969
		12	Press (Clippings), 1969
		13	Press (General Literature), 1970
		14	Press (Clippings), 1970
		15	Press (General Literature), 1971
		16	Press (Clippings), 1971
		17	Press (Clippings), 1971
	30	1	Press (General Literature), 1972
		2	Press (Clippings), 1972
		3	Press (General Literature), 1973
		4	Press (Clippings), 1973
		5	Press (General Literature), 1974
		6	Press (Clippings), 1974
		7	Press (General Literature), 1975
		8	Press (Clippings), 1975
		9	Press (General Literature), 1976-1980
		10	Press (Clippings), 1976-1980
		11	Press (General Literature), 1980-1981
		12	Press (Clippings), 1980-1981
		13	Press (General Literature), 1982-1983
		14	Press (Clippings), 1982-1983
		15	Press (General Literature), 1984-1985
		16	Press (Clippings), 1984-1985
		17	Press (General Literature), 1986-1991
		18	Press (Clippings), 1986-1991

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