Genealogy
Mendenhall Family Association newsletters 1996-2010
Education
Elementary and high school report cards and memorabilia 1927-1936
Law school and graduate school application correspondence 1940-1946
Official correspondence
1945-1958
Speeches and writings
Orientation talk on political background of Vietnam for newly arrived Americans in Vietnam, mimeograph 1962 March 30
Department of State seminar on collective security in the Far East, presentation outline 1965 February 2
Department of State briefing on foreign policy in the Far East, presentation outline 1965 April 16
Counterintelligence seminar on Southeast Asia, presentation outline 1965 April 21
Talk to Military Government Association on Vietnam, Portland, Oregon, presentation outline 1965 May 29
Lecture on Communist challenge in Asia, Westminister College, Fulton, Missouri, presentation outline 1965 July 12
Counterintelligence seminar on Vietnam, presentation outline 1965 August 13
Statement to press upon appointment as U.S. Agency for International Development director in Laos, typescript 1965 September 8
Talk to AID Laos Mission staff, presentation outline 1965 September 24
Briefing on AID program for Senator Edward M. Kennedy, presentation outline 1965 October 27
Talk on rural development program, presentation outline 1965 October 31
General orientation talk on AID program, presentation outline and background data 1966 January 18
Remarks at laying of cornerstone for medical warehouse, Vientiane, Laos, typescript 1966 May 12
Talk to Laotian teachers participating in training program in Thailand, typescript and Lao translation 1966 June 7
Talk to Rotary Club (Vientiane?) on U.S. aid to Laos, typescript and French translation 1966 July 11
Talk at far cargo vessel ceremony, Laos, typescript 1966 July 12
Talk to AID cluster managers, Laos, presentation outline 1966 July 27
Talk at presentation of certificates to Laotian teachers, typescript 1966 August 18
Talk and briefing to Laotian trainees, typescript and presentation outline 1966 September 22-23
Talk at Vientiane Prefecture ceremony, typescript 1966 October 11
Voice of America interview on AID program in Laos, transcript 1966 November 22
Speech to Laotian trainees, typescript 1966 December 7
Remarks at dedication of medical warehouse, That Luang, Laos, typescript and French translation 1966 December 8
Briefing on AID program for Senator Stuart Symington, presentation outline and background data 1966 December 20
Remarks at Ministry of Finance ceremony, Vientiane, Laos, typescript (in French) and background data 1967 January 17
Refugee relief officers conference, presentation outline 1967 January 18
Speech at dedication of Sedone Valley development projects, Laos, mimeograph and French translation 1967 January 27
Talk to U.S. Information Service personnel, Laos, presentation outline 1967 February 7
Speech at agricultural conference, Vientiane, Laos, mimeograph 1967 March 7
Speech at signing of small industries project agreement, Vientiane, Laos, typescript and French translation 1967 March 10
Speech at orthopedic center, Vientiane, Laos, mimeograph and French translation 1967 March 17
Remarks at school dedication, Kengkok, Laos, mimeograph 1967 April 10
Staff meeting, presentation outline 1967 April 27
Remarks at groupes scolaires dedication, Pakse, Laos, mimeograph and French translation 1967 May 18
Speech at groupes scolaires dedication, Vientiane, Laos, mimeograph and French and Lao translations 1967 May 22
Talk to Chao Muong personnel, presentation outline 1967 May 29
Speech at dedication of Hia Nakok Dam, Laos, mimeograph and French and Lao translations 1967 June 29
Speech to graduating nurses, Vientiane, Laos, mimeograph 1967 July 15
Speech at dedication of Hong Sa-Tha Souang Road, Laos, typescript 1967 December 3
Talk on AID program in Laos, presentation outline 1968 January 25
Conference on changing the people of Laos, presentation outline 1968 February 10
Conference on community development in Laos, presentation outline and agenda 1968 February 15
Remarks at dedication of groupe scolaire and warehouse, Sayaboury, Laos, typescript 1968 May 14
Remarks at dedication of groupe scolaire and warehouse, Ban Houei Sai, Laos, typescript 1968 May 15
"Is Laos a Viable State?," typescript 1968 September 10
"The Aims and Methods of U.S. Aid Programs in Southeast Asia," speech, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, typescript 1968 November 14
Notes on book by David Schoenbrun, Vietnam: How We Got In, How to Get Out 1968 November 30
"TV Notes" (reference unclear; re Vietnam) 1968 December 10
"Progress in Vietnam's 'Other War,'" typescript 1968 December
Talk on Vietnam economic-civil front, presentation outline 1969 January 24
"Miracle Rice in Vietnam," letter to the editor, Baltimore Sun, printed copy 1969 February 14
Statement to U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Vietnam AID program for FY 1970, typescript 1969 June 16
Statement to U.S. House Appropriations Committee Foreign Operations Subcommittee on Vietnam AID program for FY 1970, typescript 1969 July 14
Talk on Vietnam to President's Science Advisory Council, presentation outline 1969 November 22
Statement to U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Foreign Operations Subcommittee on Vietnam AID program for FY 1970, typescript 1969 November 26
Talk on Vietnam (occasion unclear), presentation outline 1969 December
Assignments re Vietnam
South Vietnamese government directories
1960
1961
1962
Diplomatic corps directory and U.S. Embassy personnel directory 1960 and 1962
U.S. Operations Mission to Vietnam annual reports 1958 and 1960
U.S. Agency for International Development Mission to Vietnam annual reports 1968 and 1969
Expense vouchers 1959-1962
Assignments re Laos
Schedules and guest lists 1965-1968
Background and briefing materials on Laos and on U.S. aid to Laos 1959-1968
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Undated
Retirement Formal Correspondence 1975-2010
1990-1993
1997-1999
2007-2010
"Missing Madonna of Carda Mourned by Italian Villagers," typescript and correspondence 1976
"Essentials for Economic Development," typescript and correspondence 1978
"Could the Vietnam War Have Been Won?," typescript and correspondence 1979
"Next Vietnamese Communist Target: Northeast Thailand?," typescript and letter 1979
Review of Amphay Doré, Le partage du Mékong, typescript circa 1980
"Southeast Asia: Challenge and Opportunity for the Reagan Administration," typescript and correspondence 1980
"The Portents of the New Neutralism and Neo-Isolationism," typescript and correspondence 1982
"The Meaning of Vietnam for El Salvador," typescript and correspondence 1983
Review of Gary Sick, All Fall Down: America's Tragic Encounter with Iran, holograph 1986
Review of Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam, holograph and correspondence 1988
"America in Crisis," typescript and correspondence 1990
"The United States and China: A 21st Century Superpower Confrontation?," typescript and correspondence 1993
"No to U.S. Troops in Bosnia," typescript and letter 1995
"America at the Threshold of the 21st Century," holograph 1997
"What Is a Viable U.S. Politico-Military Strategy vis-à-vis China?," typescript 1998
"Syria: Little-Known Treasure Trove for Tourists," typescript 1990s
"America's Geopolitical Context: Past and Future, or the Geopolitical Destiny of the United States," holograph 2000
"A Long-Enduring Friendship with Marge," (re Marjorie Tilghman), typescript and correspondence 2000
"Beware of the Big Lie," typescript and letter 2001
"The Struggle with Militant Islam," typescript and correspondence 2001
"The United States and Europe," typescript and correspondence 2002
"The Foreign Policy Scorecard of America's Presidents since World War II," holograph 2003
"The Korean Conundrum," typescript and correspondence 2003
"Assessment of U.S. Iraq Policy," typescript and letter 2004
Message to funeral of Icelandic diplomat Thorhallur Argivisson, holograph and letter 2005 November 18
"Can America Long Endure?," typescript and letter 2005
"Lessons from the Vietnam War for Iraq," typescript and correspondence 2005
"The Past Can Help Counterinsurgency in Iraq," typescript and correspondence 2006
"America's Loss of Memory in Both the Vietnam and Iraq Wars," typescript and letter 2008
"Why the Japan-India Security Pact Is of Prime Importance to the U.S.," typescript and letter 2008
Letters to the editor, typescripts and some printed copies 1979-2011
Miscellaneous draft holographs
Family miscellanea, mainly re children 1951-1979
Vietnam and Laos
2015 November release of records 1947-1948, 1951,1968