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Scope and Content of Collection
Title: Iris R. Powers papers
Date (bulk): 1972-1973
Collection Number: 83013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes
(1.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Transcripts of meetings, correspondence, writings, testimony, and printed matter relating to readjustment of American prisoners
of war returning from the Vietnamese War.
Creator:
Powers, Iris R.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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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.
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1983.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Iris R. Powers papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical note
1917 |
Born |
1969 |
Power's son, CWO Lowell S. Powers, reported missing after his plane crashed in Vietnam |
1971 |
National Coordinator of National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia |
1972-1973 |
Chairman of the Repatriation, Rehabilitation and Readjustment (Triple R) Committee |
1971 |
Consultant to the Center for Prisoner of War Studies regarding family matters |
1997 |
Died |
1970-1971 |
Consultant to the Department of the Army |
Scope and Content of Collection
The
Repatriation, Rehabilitation, and Readjustment Committee (Triple R)files consist of meeting transcripts, correspondence, writings, testimony, and printed matter accounting the treatment of
American POWs (Prisoner of War) and of those missing in action (MIAs). The
Personal papers file includes photographs, certificates, hearings, presentations, and printed materials on the Triple R Committee and testimonies
of American POW experience in Southeast Asia.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Prisoners of war
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese
National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia