Inventory of the Jesus A. Villamor papers

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Title: Jesus A. Villamor papers
Date (inclusive): 1951-1982
Collection Number: 96018
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English and French
Physical Description: 4 manuscript boxes, media (1.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoirs, printed matter, and photographs, relating to guerrilla activities in the Japanese-occupied Philippines during World War II, and especially to the Indochinese War and American military assistance to French Indochina and subsequently to South Vietnam.
Creator: Villamor, Jesus A., 1914-1971
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

Box 2 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

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

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1996.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Jesus A. Villamor papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Colonel, United States Air Force; member, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam, 1951-1952, 1955.

Scope and Content of Collection

Personal correspondence, memoirs, printed matter, and photographs, relating to guerrilla activities in the Japanese-occupied Philippines during World War II, and especially to the Indochinese War and American military assistance to French Indochina and subsequently to South Vietnam.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
Officers
Indochinese War, 1946-1954
United States. Air Force
United States. Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam

box 1, folder 1

Map of Vietnam undated

box 1, folder 2

History and Philosophy of Caodism by Gabriel Gobron 1950

box 1, folder 3

Le Trafic De Piastres by Jacques Despuech 1953

box 1, folder 4

Journey to the Far Pacific by Thomas E. Dewey 1952

box 1, folder 5

Informational pamphlets on Vietnam and Thailand 1957, 1965

box 3, folder 4

Articles written by Villamor undated

box 3, folder 5

Special items undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains additional memos, correspondence, notes etc.
box 3, folder 6

They Never Surrendered by Jesus A. Villamor 1982

 

Correspondence 1951-1952

box 3, folder 1

Letters to daughter Rita Maria 1951

box 3, folder 2

Letters from Indo-China 1951-1952

box 3, folder 3

Transcribed letters from Indo-China 1951-1952

 

Photographs undated

Scope and Contents note

Photographs, negatives and slides of life in French Indo-China. Includes city life, farming life, temples, military life, landscapes and aerial photographs.
box 2

Negatives and slides undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains rolled negatives and slides.

Access

Restricted until materials rehoused.
box StillNegPos Box 5

Negatives and slides (continued) undated

box 3, folder 3

Photographic prints undated

Scope and Contents note

Photographs of life in French Indo-China. Includes city life, farming life, temples, military life, landscapes and aerial photographs.
box 4

Photographic prints (continued)