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Collection of Vietnamese stamps and currency
MS.SEA.052
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Collection of Vietnamese stamps and currency
Creator:
Do, Diana
Identifier/Call Number: MS.SEA.052
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): circa
1950-1970s
Abstract: This collection comprises the stamp and
currency collection of Diana Do, a member of the Vietnamese American Coalition and
Vietnamese Language Committee in Irvine, California in the 1990s. The collection includes
three stamp albums of South Vietnamese stamps dating from circa 1950-1970s as well as more
contemporary Vietnamese paper currency. The stamps in particular capture and depict the
existence of South Vietnam, officially the "State of Vietnam" and later the "Republic of
Vietnam," which governed the southern half of Vietnam from 1949 until 1975.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in
Vietnamese.
The collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the
Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the
creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please
contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Collection of Vietnamese stamps and currency. MS-SEA052. Special Collections and Archives,
The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Gift of Diana Do, 1997.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises the stamp and currency collection of Diana Do, a member of the
Vietnamese American Coalition and Vietnamese Language Committee in Irvine, California in the
1990s. The collection includes three stamp albums of South Vietnamese stamps dating from
circa 1950-1970s as well as more contemporary Vietnamese paper currency. The stamps in
particular capture and depict the existence of South Vietnam, officially the "State of
Vietnam" and later the "Republic of Vietnam," which governed the southern half of Vietnam
from 1949 until 1975.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Money
Vietnamese Americans -- Archives
Postage stamps