Register of the Iris R. Powers papers
Finding aid prepared by Danielle Lopez and Tess McCarthy
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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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
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
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
Repatriation, Rehabilitation, and Readjustment (Triple R) Committee File,
1972-1973
Scope and Contents
Transcripts prepared from tape recordings of the proceedings, in original order by date.
box 1, folder 1-9
Triple R Committee transcript of proceedings,
1972 March-June
box 2, folder 1-7
Triple R Committee transcript of proceedings
1972 March-1973 March
box 3, folder 1-6
Triple R Committee transcript of proceedings,
1973 March-May
box 3, folder 7
Remarks of General Russell Ogan,
1973 May
box 3, folder 8
National League of Families transcript of proceedings,
1973 July
Note
National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, 4th Annual Meeting.
box 3, folder 9
Presentation by Iris Powers,
1973 September
Note
Transcript from the Social Worker Regional Coordinator Symposium, Center for Prisoner of War Studies, San Diego, California,
held from September 24th to 28th, 1973 in conjunction with the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing
in Southeast Asia and the Development of Family Services.
Personal Papers File
1969-1979
box 3, folder 10
Consultant for POW/MIA Next-of-Kin Affairs,
1969-1971
box 3, folder 11
Hearings on the American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia
1970-1971
box 4, folder 1
CWO Lowell S. Powers' MIA documents,
1969-1979
box 4, folder 2
Photographs and certificates
1970-1971
box 4, folder 4
Petition to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
1971 June
box 4, folder 5
"Full Committee Briefing on Project Egress Recap,"
1972 October
box 4, folder 6
Hearings on American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia
1972-1973
box 4, folder 7
"NLOF and the Development of Family Services," presentation,
1973-1974
box 4, folder 8-9
Hearings on Americans missing in Southeast Asia,
1975
Scope and Contents
Includes final report.
box 4, folder 10
Life Magazine, "In brief for the POW, a catch-up on news from the missing years,"
1972
Scope and Contents
A digest of major news events from 1965 to 1972 published in conjunction with the United States armed forces intended so that
returning American POWs could acquaint themselves with events that occured during the time they were captured overseas. Published
by Copley Newspapers.
box 4, folder 11
Life Magazine, "Questions for a Peace,"
1972 November
Scope and Contents
Features reports on the state of POW/MIAs after returning to the United States.
