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Overseas Weekly photographs
2014C35  
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  • Use
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  • Alternate Forms Available
  • Historical Note
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  • Title: Overseas Weekly photographs
    Date (inclusive): 1966-1971
    Collection Number: 2014C35
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 12 oversize boxes, 1,851 digital image files (6.6 GB) (7.2 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Negatives and contact sheets depicting scenes from the Vietnam War and American servicemen in Vietnam. Digital copies of select records available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    Content from this collection has been digitized. Original materials are closed.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2014.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Overseas Weekly photographs, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Alternate Forms Available

    Digital copies of select records available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

    Historical Note

    Alternative newspaper aimed at American servicemen published during the Vietnam War.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Negatives and contact sheets depicting scenes from the Vietnam War and American servicemen in Vietnam.
    Overseas Weekly covered themes including American military action, humanitarian efforts, and the conditions of the Vietnamese civilians affected by the war. Each negative or contact sheet is accompanied by a typed summary describing the images written by the photographer and submitted to the editors of the publication. These caption sheets have been transcribed and the text maintained as the primary description for the images.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Pictorial works