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U.S. / Vietnam Friendship Association Series I. 1978-2005

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Series I. contains correspondence, newsletters, bulletins, press releases, and newspaper clippings which document the reparation activities of the U.S. / Vietnam Friendship Association and various subjects of interest to the Association, including attacks and harrassment of Vietnamese people in the United States. Correspondence of note, including letters written by Beatrice Eisman to Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, flyers advertising pro-Vietnam events, and announcements regarding the death of William Eisman are present as well.
box 1, folder 1

Nutrition for Vietnamese 1978-1983

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 2

Chinese Invasion of Vietnam 1979-1981

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 3

Incarceration of David Truong 1979-1986

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 4

U.S. / Vietnam Friendship Association Newsletter August 1979- December 1986

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 5

Correspondence, Newsletters, and Press Releases 1979-2005

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 6

Murder of Lam Trong Duong 1980-1983

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 7

St. Paul Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam 1981-1988

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 8

Preventative Dental Health Program 1981-2001

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 9

Murder of Edward Lee Cooperman 1984

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 10

Politically-Motivated Attacks on Vietnamese Emigres/Supporters 1984-1986

Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 11

Harassment of Vietnamese in the United States 1985-2003

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 1

Vietnam Today : Newsletter of the US / Vietnam Friendship Association Winter 1987- April 1996

Language of Material: English.
box 8, folder 16

Newspaper Clippings of Published Letters to Editor by U.S. Vietnam Friendship Association 1991-2004

 

VHS tapes, donated by the Beatrice Eisman, U.S./ Vietnam Friendship Association

box 6, item VHS 1

"A Tribute to Cambodia: The Cambodian Genocide Remembered" 1991

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min. 12 sec.) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 6, item VHS 2

"New Life from the Killing Fields of Cambodia: A World Concern Special Report" undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : [sound, color] : 1/2 in.
box 6, item VHS 3

"Cambodia: From the Killing Fields" undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : [color, sound] : 1/2 in.
box 6, item VHS 4

"Cambodia: The Jungle War," documentary film on Kampuchea undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (100 min.) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 6, item VHS 5

"Cambodia: Year 10" undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (50 min.) : [sound, color] : 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 6

"Cambodia Year 10" undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : [sound, color] : 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 7

"CPP Profile" undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
Language of Material: Label is in Khmer.
box 7, item VHS 8

"Cuban President Fidel Castro Addresses US Religious Leaders." An event sponsored by the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), New York City 1995, October 25

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (101 min.) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 9

"Cuba Spech de Castro; Actualiades cubanos; La Vivienda ; Un año de libertad" undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 10

"Dear America, Vietnam documentary" undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 11

"Footage on Chinese Border" undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 12

"Letters Home from Vietnam" EP undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 13

"Metal of Dishonor, Depleted Uranium: The Pentagon's Secret Radioactive Weapon," International Action Center 1997

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (50 min.) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 14

"Nature, Regeneration of Vietnam Flora and Fauna" (E.OP.) ; "Vietnam: A Country Not a War," PBS 1993, undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 15

"Press Conference by H.E. Mr. Ung Huot, First Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia; Briefing to the Correspondents by H.E. Mr. Ung Huot and Samdech Hun Set at the UN Headquarters; Press Conference by Samdech Hun Sen Second Prime Minister" 1997, September 26, 30; October 1

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 16

"Thanh's War" KQED 1990, September 23

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 17

"The Fast for Life," New York: IFCO/Pastors for Peace undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (10 min.) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 18

"'Vietnam After the Fire,' Documentary on U.S. Destruction of Vietnam and replanting of rainforests, by Vietnam" 1987

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 19

"'Vietnam: A Television History,' Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia documentary, Part 1" 1991

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 20

"Vietnamese Pianist, Dang Thai Son" undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 7, item VHS 21

"'Where Smoke Cannot Penetrate,' Anet Margot Ris, Vietnam" 1990

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (8 min. 52 sec.) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
box 2, folder 2

William Eisman Memorial 1993

Language of Material: English.
box 8, folder 12

Newspaper Clippings 2004-2006

 

Conflicts in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Series II. 1964-2005

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Series II. contains newspaper clippings, press releases, and subject files which include correspondence, petitions, flyers, and other documents that reflect the statuses of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos after the Vietnam war and other conflicts. Also included are various periodicals such as Vietnam Studies and Women of vietnam Review, and subject files related to the health affects of Agent Orange on the environment and public health.
 

Vietnam 1979-2005

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 3

Vietnam Woman's Union 1979

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 4

Association of Vietnamese Patriots in the United States 1979-1981

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 5

Newspaper Clippings 1979-2004

Language of Material: English.
box 8, folder 1-9

Newspaper Clippings 1989-2007

box 2, folder 6

Socialist Republic of Vietnam Press Releases 1979-1984

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 7

Environmental Issues 1982-1996

Language of Material: English.
box 8, folder 14

Re-Greening Vietnam Conservation Newspaper Clippings 1984-2007

box 8, folder 13

Phan Thi Kim Phuc Newspaper Clippings 1989-2000

box 2, folder 8

Beatrice Eisman's Writings 1991, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 9

Vietnam Studies 1998

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

No. 1-2, 4.
box 3, folder 1

Vietnam Review 1999-2000

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

1999: No. 481-482, 487. 2000: 493, 495, 497
box 3, folder 2

Women of Vietnam Review 2001-2005

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

2001, No. 4; 2002, No. 2-4; 2003, No. 1, 3; 2004, No. 3-4, 2005, No. 1.
box 3, folder 3

Publications regarding Vietnam 2004, undated

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Includes Friends of the Vietnam Center, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2004, and "The U.S. and Vietnam" article manuscript by Felix Greene.
 

Cambodia and Laos 1979-2003

Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 4

Articles about the conflict in Cambodia 1979-2002

Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 5

Opposition to Pol Pot's Seating in the United Nations 1980-1984

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Includes newsletters, petitions, and correspondence sent to Beatrice Eisman.
box 3, folder 6

Campaign to Oppose the Return of the Khmer Rouge (CORKR) 1990-1991

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains flyers, press releases, and blank petitions.
box 3, folder 7

Cambodian Government Press Releases 1980-1997

Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 8

Articles about the conflicts in Laos 1982-2003

Language of Material: English.
box 8, folder 10

Cambodia, Newspaper Clippings 2001-2005

box 8, folder 11

Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Newspaper Clippings 2007

 

Agent Orange 1980-2004

Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 1

"Operation Ranch Hand" Research 1980-1983

Language of Material: English.
box 8, folder 15

Articles and Newspaper Clippings 1984-2004

box 4, folder 2

Politics of Agent Orange 1986-1995

Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 3-4

Newspaper Clippings 1989-2002

Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 5

Environmental Conference on Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam Reports and Articles 2002

Language of Material: English.
box 4, folder 6

Health Issues 2004

Language of Material: English.
box 5, folder 1-2

Newspaper Articles and other Research Materials 1970-2004

Language of Material: English.
 

Other Conflicts and Issues 1964-2005

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Series III. contains correspondence, meeting notes, and legal documents regarding a lawsuit between the Veterans Speakers Alliance (VSA) and the U.S. Army for damages caused by the Army to the VSA when they were attacked by police during the 1991 Armed Services Day Parade at the Presidio Army Base in San Francisco. Also included are various publications and newsletters regarding nuclear power, disarmament, and the opposition to the use of nuclear energy in space, such as Citizen's Watch and Space Alert.
 

Persian Gulf War 1991-1994

Language of Material: English.
box 5, folder 3

Veterans' Speakers Alliance Lawsuit Against U.S. Army 1991-1994

Language of Material: English.
box 7, item VHS 22

"The Iran Contra Affair (Scandal)," Frontline, Bill Moyers, PBS undated

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : [sound, color] ; 1/2 in.
 

Anti-Nuclear Activism 1964-2005

Language of Material: English.
box 5, folder 4

Scientist and Citizen September-October 1964

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Contains one issue.
box 5, folder 5

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists July / August, September, December 1987

Language of Material: English.
box 5, folder 6

Flyers and Newsletters 1999-2005

Language of Material: English.
box 5, folder 7

Space Alert 2000, 2003-2004

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

2000: No. 8-10; 2003: No. unknown; 2004: No. 15 (2 copies).
box 5, folder 8

Citizen's Watch 2001-2004

Language of Material: English.