Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Collection Summary
Title: Joseph Abraham Mendenhall papers
Dates: 1927-2011
Collection Number: 2011C52
Creator: Mendenhall, Joseph Abraham, 1920-
Collection Size:
14 manuscript boxes
(5.6 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, printed matter, personal documents, and photographs, relating to American foreign relations
and to the Vietnam War.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Joseph Abraham Mendenhall papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2011.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Biographical/Historical Note
American diplomat; conselor of embassy, South Vietnam, 1959-1962; director, Vietnam Working Group, Department of State, 1963-1964;
director, Agency for International Development Mission to Laos, 1965-1968; ambassador to Madagascar, 1972-1975.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, speeches and writings, printed matter, personal documents, and photographs, relating to American foreign relations
and to the Vietnam War.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam.
Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Laos.
Laos--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Madagascar.
Madagascar--Foreign relations--United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
United States.--Dept. of State.
United States.--Agency for International Development.
Diplomats--United States.