Guide to the Lionel Rosenblatt collection on the Interagency Task Force for Indochina Refugees MS.SEA.056
Finding aid prepared by Kelly Spring, 2017; updated by Zoe MacLeod, 2019
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Lionel Rosenblatt collection on the Interagency Task Force for Indochina Refugees
Creator:
Rosenblatt, Lionel
Identifier/Call Number: MS.SEA.056
Physical Description:
6 Linear Feet
(4 record cartons, 4 legal document boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1975-1990
Abstract: A collection of correspondence, briefing books, photographs, media, documents and reports detailing the work of the Interagency
Task Force for Indochina Refugees which oversaw the evacuation and resettlement of refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
between 1975 and 1983.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
The collection is only minimally processed, but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special Collections
and Archives in advance to request access. Access to original audio visual material is restricted; users must request viewing
copies. Box 1 folder 5 contains photos of victims of violence that are graphic and potentially disturbing.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold
the copyright. For information on use, copyright, and attribution, please visit: http://special.lib.uci.edu/using/publishing.html
Lionel Rosenblatt retains copyright during his lifetime of all materials authored by him.
Preferred Citation
Lionel Rosenblatt collection on the Interagency Task Force for Indochina Refugees. MS.SEA.056. Special Collections and Archives,
The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Lionel Rosenblatt, 2016 and 2019.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection includes correspondence, briefing books, photographs, media, documents and reports detailing the work of the
Interagency Task Force for Indochina Refugees which oversaw the evacuation and resettlement of refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia
and Laos between 1975 and 1983. Among these materials are a briefing book used by IATF director Julia Taft and some of her
correspondence. Also included are reports documenting Vietnamese refugee camps in Guam and the resettlement of Indochinese
refugees in the United States. The collection also contains miscellaneous papers collected by Department of State diplomat
Larry Clinton Thompson for the purpose of writing his book, Refugee Workers in the Indochina Exodus, 1975-1982. This collection
also contains materials related to the Refugee Act of 1980, including a series of telegrams from the U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Services (INS) headquarters to INS officers in the field to correct the high rejection rates of Cambodian refugee
applicants in Thailand.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Interagency Task Force for Indochina Refugees
Box 1, Folder 1
Photos of Cambodian refugees
1979
Box 1, Folder 2
Artwork by Cambodian refugees Khao-i-Daeng refugee camp
Box 1, Folder 3
Photos used in book "Refugee Workers," possibly copyrighted by publisher
Box 1, Folder 4
Lionel Rosenblatt Hotel Intercontinential Zaqreb
Box 1, Folder 5
Photos of violence victims
Access
Box 1 folder 5 contains photos of victims of violence that are graphic and potentially disturbing.
Box 1, Folder 6
Photos of Vietnamese boat people
Box 1, Folder 7
Newsweek legacy of Vietnam
Box 1, Folder 10
The evolution of the international refugee system
Box 1, Folder 11
Week-at-a-glance professional appointments
1975
Box 1, Folder 13
Cambodian-English glossary
Box 1, Folder 15
Second wave report Vietnam resettlement operational feedback
Box 1, Folder 16
Ethnographic study series minority groups in Thailand
Box 1, Folder 20
Evacuation US military briefing book after action report
1975
Box 1, Folder 21
Fort Indiantown Gap refugee Resettlement Center Operation New Arrivals After-action Report, 1 of 2
Box 1, Folder 22
Fort Indiantown Gap refugee Resettlement Center Operation New Arrivals After-action Report, 2 of 2
Box 1, Folder 23
Interagency Task Force on Indochina briefing book, Ambassador Brown
1975-05-12
Box 2, Folder 1
Julia V. Taft book 1 of 2
1975
Box 2, Folder 2
Julia V. Taft book 2 of 2
1975
Box 2, Folder 3
Refugee workers in the Indochina exodus
1975-1982
Box 2, Folder 8
World refugee survey
1980
Box 2, Folder 9
Briefing book refugee program
1975
Box 2, Folder 10
Mac Thompson - calendars 1 of 2
Box 2, Folder 11
Mac Thompson - calendars 2 of 2
Box 2, Folder 17
First draft of dissertation
Box 3, Folder 1
Refugee situation in Thailand as of August 31
1980
Box 3, Folder 3
International Committee of the Red Cross shortcoming
Box 3, Folder 4
O/DIR daily chrons
1975-10-01
Box 3, Folder 7
Interagency Task Force on Indochina personnel and mailing list
Box 3, Folder 8
O/DIR daily chrons
1975-06-01
Box 3, Folder 9
O/DIR daily chrons
1975-09-16--1975-09-30
Box 3, Folder 10
O/DIR daily chrons
1975-05-01
Box 3, Folder 11
O/DIR daily chrons
1975-07-01
Box 3, Folder 12
O/DIR daily chrons
1975-08-01
Box 3, Folder 13
O/DIR daily chrons
1975-09-01
Box 3, Folder 14
Refugee situation in Thailand as of February 28
1981
Box 3, Folder 15
Refugee battle and consultations
1981
Box 4, Folder 3
O/DIR daily chrons
1975-11-01
Box 4, Folder 4
O/DIR daily chrons
1975-12-01
Box 4, Folder 5
Legislation and testimony
1975
Box 4, Folder 6
Julia V. Taft - repatriates file
Box 4, Folder 8
Newspaper clipping 1 of 2
1980
Box 4, Folder 9
Newspaper clipping 2 of 2
1980
Box 4, Folder 10
Refugee in Thailand, 1 of 3
1975
Box 4, Folder 11
Refugee in Thailand, 2 of 3
1975
Box 4, Folder 12
Refugee in Thailand, 3 of 3
1975
Box 7, Folder 1
LAR - personal
1979-07--1979-12
Box 7, Folder 2
Expat staff orientation packet 1 of 2
1980
Box 7, Folder 3
Expat staff orientation packet 2 of 2
1980
Box 7, folder 6
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
1982-1983
box 8, Folder 3
CDs and pictures, Rescue Committee
