Guide to the Collection of Vietnamese stamps and currency MS.SEA.052

Finding aid prepared by Claire Cella, 2014; inventory added by Zoe MacLeod, 2020.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2020
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
spcoll@uci.edu


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.

Access

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.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

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.

Acquisition Information

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

box accn2014-032 001

Box 1 circa 1950-1970s