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Finding Aid: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 06 - Democratic Republic of Vietnam Item Number: 2320000000

Pike Collection
Location: D013.4B

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Scope & Content:

Unit Six, Vietnam at War/Vietnam after Reunification contains material related to North and South Vietnam during the war and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after reunification. It is divided these three distinct categories. The first section, The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), contains documentary materials on wartime DRV organized by topic. The materials range from the late 1950's to the 1975 cut-off point. The section is divided into various topics include Situation, Internal Conditions, General Files, Customs, Behavior, Anniversaries, Foreign Relations, Culture, Lao Dong (Communist Worker's Party), Political Parties, Armed Forces, Military Science, Education, and Land Reform. There is more description for each topic where it appears in the finding aid. The second section, The Republic of Vietnam (RVN), presents topically arranged materials on the government of South Vietnam and South Vietnamese society during the war years. It also is further divided into topics which include: General Files, General History, Foreign Relations, Constitution, Chronology, Politics, Religion, Ethnic Minorities, Industry, Agriculture, Saigon, Internal Conditions, Culture and Customs, refugees, Economy, Education, and Mass Communications. Similar to the first section, there is more description for each topic where it appears in the finding aid. The final section, The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), examines Vietnam after reunification in 1975. Topics include: Situation, General Files, Cities, Education, Political Parties, Military Science, and Foreign Relations With China. Again, there is more description for each topic where it appears in the finding aid. There are 25 linear feet of material in Unit Six. Within each topic, boxes and/or folders are arranged chronologically. The material bulks between 1954 and 1975 for the first two sections and 1975-1994 for the section on the SRV. In each box, the folders are broken down into two categories: Documents and General Literature. The Document folders contain material directly attributed to participants in the shaping of the history of events. The General Literature folders hold secondary sources such as newspaper clippings and magazine and journal articles. Almost all of the sources are in English, though there are a few French and Vietnamese documents. Overall, the documents are in good or excellent condition with no access restrictions.

Biographical Note:

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. Processing of Unit Six began in first week of May 1998 and was finished at the end of that month.

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Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

Location	Box	Folder	Contents
	1	1	Documents, 1954-1955
		2	Documents, 1956-1960
		3	General Literature, 1956
		4	General Literature, 1957
		5	General Literature, 1958
		6	General Literature, 1959
		7	General Literature, 1960
		8	Documents, 1961-1963
		9	Documents, 1963 (cont.)
		10	General Literature, 1961
		11	General Literature, 1962
		12	General Literature, 1963
		13	Documents, 1964-1965
		1f 5	Documents, 1974-1975
		6	General Literature, January-June 1974
		7	General Literature, July-December 1974
	G	8	General Literature, 1975
		9	General Literature, 1962
		10	Documents, 1965
		11	General Literature, 1965
		12	Documents, 1966
		13	General Literature, 1966
		14	Documents, 1967
		15	General Literature, 1967
		16	Documents, 1968
		17	General Literature, 1968
		18	Documents, 1969
		19	General Literature, 1969
		20	Documents, 1970
		21	General Literature, 1970
		22	Documents, 1971
		23	General Literature, 1971
	4	1	Documents, 1972
		2	General Literature, 1972
		3	Documents, 1973
		4	General Literature, 1973
		5	General Literature, 1974
		6	Documents, 1975
		7	General Literature, 1975
		8	Documents And General Literature, Not Dated, 1958-1964
		9	Documents And General Literature, Not Dated, 1965-1969
		10	Documents And General Literature, Not Dated, 1970-1975
		11	Document on Organization of North Vietnam
		12	Documents And General Literature, 1963, 1969
		13	Documents And General Literature, 1970-1971
		14	Documents And General Literature, 1972-1975
		15	Documents And General Literature, 1969-1974
		16	Documents, 1954-1959
		17	General Literature, 1954-1959
		18	Documents, 1960-1964
		19	General Literature, 1960-1964
		20	Documents, 1965-1968
		21	General Literature, 1965
		22	General Literature, 1966
		23	General Literature, 1967
		24	Documents, 1969
		25	General Literature, 1968-1969
	5	1	Documents, January-August 1970
		2	Documents, September 1970
		3	Documents, October-December 1970
		4	Documents, 1971
		5	Documents, 1972
		6	General Literature, 1972
		7	Documents, 1973
		8	General Literature, 1973
		9	Documents, January-June1974
		10	Documents, July-December 1974
		11	Documents, 1975
		12	General Literature, 1974-1975
		13	Documents, 1938-1946, 1950 (missing)
		14	General Literature, 1951 (missing)
		15	Documents, 1952 (missing)
		16	General Literature, 1954
		17	Documents, 1975
		18	General Literature, 1975
		19	Documents, 1956
		20	General Literature, 1956
		21	Documents, 1957
		22	General Literature, 1957
		23	Documents, 1958
		24	General Literature, 1958
		25	Documents, 1959
		26	General Literature, 1959
		27	Documents, 1960
	6	1	General Literature, 1960
		2	Documents, 1961
		3	General Literature, 1961
		4	Documents, 1962
		5	General Literature, 1962
		6	Documents, 1963
		7	General Literature, 1963
		8	Documents, 1964
		9	General Literature, 1964
		10	Documents, 1965
		11	General Literature, 1965
		12	Documents, 1966
		13	General Literature, 1966
		14	General Literature, 1967
		15	Documents, 1968
		16	General Literature, 1968
		17	Documents, 1969
		18	General Literature, 1969
	7	1	Documents, 1970
		2	General Literature, 1970
		3	Documents, 1971
		4	General Literature, 1971
		5	General Literature, 1972
		6	Documents, 1973
		7	General Literature, 1973
		8	Documents, 1975
		9	General Literature, 1975
		10	Documents, 1961-1976
		11	General Literature, No Date, 1960-1968
		12	Documents, 1968
		13	Documents, 1969-1970
		14	General Literature, 1969-1970
		15	Documents, 1971-1972
		16	General Literature, 1971-1972
		17	Documents, 1973-1975
		18	General Literature, 1973-1975
		19	Documents: Directives, Resolutions, Circulars, 1930-1970
		20	Documents, 1925-1954 (missing
		21	General Literature, 1900-1954 (missing)
		22	Documents, 1955
		23	Documents, 1956
		24	General Literature, 1956
		25	Documents, 1958
		26	Documents, 1959
		27	General Literature, 1959
		28	Documents, 1960
		29	General Literature, 1960
		30	Documents, 1961
		31	General Literature, 1961
		32	Documents, 1962
		33	General Literature, 1962
	8	1	Documents, 1963
		2	General Literature, 1963
		3	Documents, 1964
		4	General Literature, 1964
		5	Documents, 1965
		6	General Literature, 1965
		7	Documents, 1966-1967
		8	General Literature, 1966
		9	General Literature, 1967
		10	General Literature, 1968
		11	Documents, 1969
		12	Documents: Resolutions, 1969
		13	General Literature, 1969
		14	Documents, 1970
		15	General Literature, January-March 1970
	9	1	General Literature, April-June 1970
		2	General Literature, July-September 1970
		3	General Literature, October-December 1970
		4	Documents, Jan-Feb 1971
		5	Documents, May-Dec 1971
		6	General Literature, January-June 1971
		7	General Literature, July-December 1971
		8	Documents, 1972
		9	General Literature, January-April 1972
		10	General Literature, May-July 1972
		11	General Literature, August-December 1972
		12	Documents, 1973
	10	1	General Literature, 1973
		2	Documents, 1974
		3	General Literature, 1974
		4	Documents, 1975
		5	General Literature, 1975
		6	Documents, 1976
		7	General Literature, 1976
		8	General Literature, 1977
		9	General Literature, 1960 (missing)
		10	Documents, 1920-1964
		11	General Literature, 1925-1959
		12	General Literature, 1960
		13	Documents, 1961-1964
		14	Documents, 1965-1969
	11	1	General Literature, 1965-1966
		2	General Literature, 1967-1969
		3	Documents, 1970-1975
		4	General Literature, 1970-1971
		5	General Literature, 1972-1973
		6	General Literature, 1974-1975
		7	Documents: Plenums of the Congresses of the VCP
		8	PRP Documents: Directives, 1962-1969
		9	PRP Documents: Directives, 1970
		10	PRP Documents: Directives, 1970 (continued)
		11	PRP Documents: Directives, 1971-1975
		12	PRP Documents: Resolutions, 1965-1968
		13	PRP Documents: Resolutions, 1969
		14	PRP Documents: Resolutions, 1970-1971
		15	COSVN Documents: Directives, 1966-1971
	12	1	COSVN Documents: Directives, 1972-1974
		2	COSVN Documents: Resolutions, 1961-1963
		3	COSVN Documents: Resolutions, 1965-1966
		4	COSVN Documents: Resolutions, 1967-1969
		5	COSVN Documents: Resolutions, 1969
		6	COSVN Documents: Resolutions, 1971-1974
		7	Documents, 1954-1960
		8	General Literature, 1954
		9	General Literature, 1954 (continued)
		10	General Literature, 1955-1959
		11	Documents, 1961-1964
		12	Documents, 1965
		13	Documents, 1966-1970
	13	1	General Literature, 1965-1966
		2	General Literature, 1969-1971
		3	Documents, 1971-1972
		4	Documents, 1973-1975
		5	General Literature, SPAN
		6	Documents, 1940, 1944 (missing)
		7	Documents, 1953, 1956, 1958
		8	General Literature, No Date, 1955, 1957
		9	Documents, 1961-1962, 1964
		10	General Literature, 1960-1965
		11	Documents, 1966-1969
		12	General Literature, 1966-1969
		13	Documents, 1970
		14	Documents, January 1971 (Part I)
		15	Documents, January 1971 (Part II)
		16	Documents, February-December 1971
		17	Documents, 1972-1975
		18	General Literature, 1971-1975
		19	General Literature, 1950 (missing)
		20	General Literature, 1963-1969
		21	General Literature, 1970-1974
		22	General Literature, 1975
	14	1	Documents, 1939-1959
		2	General Literature, 1959
		3	Documents, 1960-1961
		4	Documents, 1962-1964
		5	General Literature, 1962-1964
		6	Documents, 1965
		7	General Literature, 1965
		8	Documents, 1966
		9	Documents, 1967
		10	General Literature, 1966-1967
		11	Documents, 1968
		12	Documents, 1969
		13	General Literature, 1968-1969
		14	Documents, 1970
		15	General Literature, 1970
		16	Documents, 1971-1972
		17	General Literature, 1971-1972
		18	Documents, 1973
		19	General Literature, 1973
		20	Documents, 1974-1975
		21	General Literature, 1974
		22	Documents And General Literature, 1953-1975
	15	1	Documents, 1952 (missing)
		2	Documents, 1953 (missing)
		3	Documents, 1954-1955
		4	General Literature, Not Dated, 1955
		5	Documents, 1956
		6	General Literature, 1956
		7	Documents, 1957
		8	General Literature, 1957
		9	Documents, 1958
		10	General Literature, 1958
		11	Documents, 1959
		12	General Literature, 1959
		13	Documents, 1960
		14	General Literature, 1960
		15	General Literature, 1961
		16	Documents, 1962
		17	General Literature, 1962
		18	Documents, 1963
		19	General Literature, 1963
		20	Documents, 1964
		21	General Literature, 1964
		22	Documents, 1965
		23	General Literature, 1965
		24	Documents, 1966
		25	General Literature, 1966
		26	Documents, 1967
		27	General Literature, 1967
	16	1	Documents, 1968
		2	General Literature, 1968
		3	Documents, 1969
		4	General Literature, 1969
		5	Documents, 1970
		6	General Literature, 1970
		7	Documents, 1971
		8	General Literature, 1971
		9	Documents, 1972
		10	General Literature, 1972
		11	Documents, 1973
		12	General Literature, 1973
		13	Documents, 1974
		14	General Literature, 1974
		15	Documents, 1975
		16	General Literature, 1975
		17	Documents, 1958-1959
		18	General Literature, No Date, 1959-1960
		19	General Literature, 1961-1967, 1975
		20	Documents And General Literature, 1956-1974
		21	Documents And General Literature, 1956-1967
			RVN Chronology The Chronological contains material on Government politics, social organization, foreign relations and the armed forces.
		1	Documents, 1954-1959
		2	General Literature, 1954-1959
		3	Documents, 1960-1969
		4	General Literature, 1962-1969
		5	Documents, 1970-1971
		6	General Literature, 1970-1971
		7	Documents, 1972
		8	General Literature, 1972
		9	Documents, 1973
		10	General Literature, 1973
		11	Documents, 1974
		12	General Literature, 1974
		13	Documents, 1975
		14	General Literature, 1975
		15	Documents, 1960
			RVN Politics The Politics Files serves as a general file on the South Vietnamese political scene.
		16	Documents And General Literature, 1959-1968
			RVN Religion The Religion Files examines all aspects of Religion in South Vietnam during the conflict.
		17	Documents And General Literature, 1956-1974
			RVN Ethnic Minorities The Ethnic Minorities File contains material on South Vietnam's tribal populations with a special emphasis on the Montagnards.
		18	Documents And General Literature, 1957-1966
		19	Documents And General Literature, 1967-1975
			RVN Industry The Industry File examines the heavy industry in South Vietnam
		20	Documents And General Literature, 1957-1961
		21	Documents And General Literature, 1970, 1975
			RVN Agriculture The Agriculture File examines all agricultural based industry in South Vietnam
		22	General Literature, 1957-June 1959
		23	General Literature, June 1969-1961
			RVN Saigon The Saigon File contains information related to Saigon during the conflict.
		24	Documents And General Literature, 1958-1969
		25	Documents And General Literature, 1970-1975
			RVN Internal Conditions The Internal Conditions file examines the factors which influenced domestic policy in South Vietnam and the general conditions during the conflict
		26	Documents And General Literature, 1954-1970
	18		RVN Culture And Customs The Culture and Customs File combines several topics, including poetry, art, folklore, and music.
		1	General Literature, 1956
		2	Documents, 1957
		3	General Literature, 1957
		4	Documents, 1958
		5	General Literature, 1958
		6	Documents, 1959
		7	General Literature, 1959
		8	Documents, 1960
		9	General Literature, 1960
		10	Documents, 1961
		11	General Literature, 1961
		12	Documents, 1962
		13	General Literature, 1962
		14	Documents, 1963
		15	General Literature, 1963
		16	Documents, 1964
		17	General Literature, 1964
		18	Documents, 1965
		19	General Literature, 1965
		20	Documents, 1966
		21	General Literature, 1966
		22	Documents, 1967
		23	General Literature, 1967
		24	Documents, 1968
		25	General Literature, 1968
		26	Documents, 1969
		27	General Literature, 1969
		28	Documents, 1970
		29	General Literature, 1970
		30	Documents, 1971
		31	General Literature, 1971
		32	Documents, 1972
		33	General Literature, 1972
		34	Documents, 1973
		35	General Literature, 1973
		36	Documents, 1974
		37	General Literature, 1974
		38	Documents, 1975
		39	General Literature, 1975
		40	General Literature, 1982
		41	General Literature, 1983
		42	General Literature, 1984
		43	General Literature, 1985
		44	General Literature, 1986
		45	Documents, 1988
		46	General Literature, 1988
			RVN Refugees The Refugees File examines the forced migration of South Vietnamese during the conflict
		47	Documents And General Literature, 1967, 1971
	19		RVN Economy The Economy File describes the economic system including agriculture, land tenure, industry and labor.
		1	Documents, No Date, 1950-1956
		2	General Literature, 1956
		3	General Literature, 1957
		4	General Literature, 1958
		5	Documents, 1959
		6	General Literature, 1959
		7	Documents, 1960
		8	General Literature, 1960
		9	General Literature, 1961
		10	Documents, 1962
		11	General Literature, 1962
		12	Documents, 1965
		13	Documents, 1966
		14	Documents, 1967
		15	General Literature, 1967
		16	Documents, 1968
		17	Documents, 1969
		18	Documents, 1970
		19	General Literature, 1970
		20	Documents, 1971
		21	General Literature, 1971
		22	Documents, 1972
		23	General Literature, 1972
		24	Documents, 1973
		25	General Literature, 1973
		26	Documents, January-September 1974
		27	Documents, October-December 1974
		28	General Literature, 1974
		29	Documents, 1975
	20		RVN Education The Education/Intellectual File covers the educational system, culture and aesthetics, the arts, literature and religion.
		1	Documents, 1956
		2	Documents, 1959
		3	General Literature, 1918-1938, 1959
		4	Documents, 1960
		5	General Literature, 1961
		6	Documents, 1962
		7	Documents, 1964
		8	Documents, 1965
		9	Documents, 1966
		10	Documents, 1967
		11	General Literature, 1966-1967
		12	Documents, 1968
		13	General Literature, 1968
		14	Documents, 1969
		15	General Literature, 1969
		16	Documents, 1970
		17	General Literature, 1970
		18	Documents, 1971
		19	Documents, 1972
		20	Documents, 1973
		21	Documents, 1974
		22	Documents, 1975
			RVN Mass Communications The Mass Communications File examines media in South Vietnam
		23	Documents And General Literature, 1959-1969
		24	Documents And General Literature, 1970-1973
			RVN Miscellaneous
		25	Handbook: National Security Laws And Procedures
		26	Law In Vietnam, Book I, Part I
		27	Law In Vietnam, Book I, Part II
		28	Law In Vietnam, Book I, Part III
		29	Law In Vietnam, Book II
		30	American Friends Of Vietnam Conference, "The Economic Development Of The Republic Of Vietnam, March 15, 1957
		31	American Friends Of Vietnam Conference, "Aid To Vietnam -- An American Success Story," April 17, 1959"
		32	American Friends Of Vietnam Conference, "Social Welfare And Development In Vietnam," 1959
	21		SRV Situation The Situation File contains a wide variety of materials that deal with the day-to-day operations of The Socialist Republic of Vietnam. This is an excellent folder to begin with if one is interested in learning more about the overall efforts of the SRV during the war years.
		1	Documents, May-June 1975
		2	Documents, July-September 1975
		3	Documents, October-December 1975
		4	General Literature, February-August 1975
		5	General Literature, September-December 1975
		6	Documents, 1976
		7	General Literature, January-May 1976
		8	General Literature, June-December 1976
	22	1	Documents, 1977
		2	General Literature, January-April 1977
		3	General Literature, May-December 1977
		4	Documents, 1978
		5	General Literature, 1978
		6	Documents, 1979
		7	General Literature, January-July 1979
		8	General Literature, August-December 1979
		9	Documents, January-March 1980
		10	Documents, April-September 1980
		11	Documents, October-December 1980
		12	General Literature, 1980
	23	1	Documents, January-March 1981
		2	Documents, April-December 1981
		3	General Literature, 1981
		4	Documents, 1982
		5	General Literature, 1982
		6	Documents, 1983
		7	General Literature, 1983
		8	Documents, 1984
		9	Documents, 1985
		10	General Literature, January-April 1985
		11	General Literature, May-December 1985
		12	Documents, 1986
		13	General Literature, 1986
		14	Documents, 1987
		15	General Literature, January-June 1987
		16	General Literature, July-December 1987
		17	Documents, 1988
		18	General Literature, January-July 1988
		19	General Literature, August-December 1988
	24	1	Documents, 1989
		2	General Literature, 1989
		3	Documents, 1990
		4	General Literature, January-May 1990
		5	General Literature, June-December 1990
		6	Documents, 1991
		7	General Literature, 1991
		8	Documents, 1992
		9	General Literature, 1992
		10	Documents, 1993
		11	General Literature, 1993
		12	Documents, 1994
		13	General Literature, 1994
		14	General Literature, 1995
	25		SRV Ideology The Ideology File examines the party and its policies after reunification.
		1	General Literature, No Date, 1948-1961
		2	General Literature, 1962-1963
		3	General Literature, January-August 1964
		4	General Literature, September 1964-1966
		5	General Literature, 1967-1968
		6	General Literature, 1969- Not Dated 1970
		7	General Literature, January-April 1970
		8	General Literature, May-December 1970
		9	General Literature, 1971
		10	General Literature, 1972
			SRV General Files The General Files contain a variety of documents and literature that fit into no specific category but are related to the SRV.
		11	Documents And General Literature, 1975
		12	Documents, 1976-1991
		13	Documents and General Literature, 1976-1983
		14	Documents And General Literature, 1984-1995
	26		SRV Cities The Cities File examines Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and Hanoi with very little emphasis on other major cities in Vietnam.
		1	Documents, 1970-1979
		2	Documents, 1980-1992
		3	General Literature, 1973-1992
		4	Documents, 1993-1996
		5	General Literature, 1993-1996
			SRV Education The Education Files examines the structure and style of education in the SRV.
		6	Documents, 1975-1982
		7	General Literature, No Date, 1932-1979
		8	Documents, 1983-1985
		9	General Literature, 1980-1985
		10	Documents, 1986-1990
		11	General Literature, 1986-1991
		12	Documents, 1991-September 1994
		13	General Literature, 1992-1994
		14	Documents, October 1994-1996
		15	General Literature, 1995-1996
	27		SRV Political Parties The Political Parties file examines the development and structure of political parties in the SRV.
		1	Documents, 1932-1976
		2	General Literature, 1975-1977
		3	Documents, 1977
		4	Documents, 1978-1979
		5	Documents, 1980-1981
		6	Documents, 1982
		7	General Literature, 1978-1992
			SRV Military Science The Military Science File contains material on military strategy.
		8	Documents And General Literature, 1964-1976
		9	Documents And General Literature, 1977-1983
		10	Documents And General Literature, 1984-1990
	28		SRV Foreign Relations With China The Foreign Relations With China Files examines the relationship between Vietnam and China with special emphasis on the Chinese invasion of Vietnam in 1979.
		1	General Literature, 1966-1977
		2	General Literature, 1978-January 1979
		3	Documents, February 1-7, 1979
		4	Documents, February 8-14, 1979
		5	Documents, February 15-21, 1979
		6	Documents, February 22-28, 1979
		7	General Literature, February 1-19, 1979
		8	General Literature, February 20-24, 1979
		9	General Literature, February 25-March 1979
		10	Documents, March-December 1979
		11	General Literature, April-September 1979
		12	General Literature, October-December 1979
		13	Culture: General Literature, 1984-1995

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