Inventory of the Victoria Schuck papers

Finding aid prepared by Kendra Tsai

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Victoria Schuck papers

Date (inclusive): 1956-1977

Collection Number: 98064

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In English, Vietnamese, with some material in French and Chinese

Physical Description: 15 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (7.6 Linear Feet)

Abstract: The bulk of the collection spans from 1961 to 1977, mainly while Schuck was a professor of the Political Science Department at Mount Holyoke College. The collection primarily reflects Schuck's research interests in South Vietnam: elections, government administration, the Vietnam War, the case of Tran Ngoc Chau, and the South Vietnam Youth Movement. The collection is composed of writings, statistical data, biographical data, publications, photographs, and other materials.

Creator: Schuck, Victoria

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 1998.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Victoria Schuck papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

16 March 1909	Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1930	Received Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University.
1931	Received Master of Arts degree at Stanford University.
1937	Received Doctor of Philosophy degree at Stanford University.
1937-1940	Assistant Professor at Florida State College for Women.
1940-1976	Member of the Mount Holyoke College Political Science Department.
1942-1944	Worked as the Principal Program Analyst for the Office of Price Administration.
1945-1947	Served as a consultant at the Office of Temporary Controls.
1948-1949	Visiting lecturer at Smith College.
1949	Initiated a Washington Internship Program.
1952	Visiting professor at Stanford University.
1954	Established a Political Studies Center.
1948-1974	Served on the Lecture Committee at Mount Holyoke College.
1960-1962	Served on the Honors Committee at Mount Holyoke College.
1963	President John F. Kennedy appointed her as a member of the President's Commission on Registration and Voting Participation.
1957-1960	A member of the Massachusetts Commission on Interstate Cooperation.
1958-1965	A member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts.
1961-1967	A member of the Town of South Hadley, Massachusetts Planning Board.
1962-1974	A member of the Massachusetts Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
1964-1973	A member of the Berkshire Community College New Campus Committee.
1966, 1971	Received grants to observe elections in South Vietnam and to study the Vietnamese constitution.
1967-1968	A visiting scholar at the Brookings Institute.
1971-1972	Vice President of the American Political Science Association.
1972-1973	President of the Northeastern Political Science Association.
1974	Retired from full-time teaching at Mount Holyoke College.
1975-1976	Returned to teach Winter Term courses at Mount Holyoke College.
1977-1980	Served as President of Mount Vernon College in Washington, D.C.
1980	Received an honorary degree from Mount Vernon College upon retirement.
1988	"The American Political Science Association established an annual award in her name to be given to the author of a book on women and politics."
15 February 1999	Died in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
1966	In South Vietnam under a grant from the Four-College Asian and African Studies Committee to conduct research on innovations in the civil service and budgeting.
1960-1968	A member of the University's Building Authority.

Sources: "Constitution-Making in Vietnam--A Part of 'The Other War'" by Victoria Schuck for the Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly, Summer 1967

Biographical Note, Victoria Schuck Papers Finding Aid, 1930-1999, Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts.

Scope and Content of Collection

Collection spans from 1956 to 1977, collected primarily while Schuck was a Political Science professor at Mount Holyoke College. The collection reflects Schuck's research interests in South Vietnam: elections, government administration, the Vietnam War, the case of Tran Ngoc Chau, and the South Vietnam Youth Movement, among other topics. The collection is composed of writings, statistical data, biographical data, publications, photographs, and other materials.

The Research file is organized into the three categories: Vietnam Youth Movement materials, photographs from trips of Schuck and Jim Mott, and Tran Ngoc Chau documents, along with materials related generally to Vietnam and Southeast Asia. The Research file also includes materials on the Vietnam War, government administration, and South Vietnam elections, among other topics.

The South Vietnam Elections file contains documents related to Schuck's research, organized into the following categories: General file, National Assembly and Constituent Assembly file, Upper House file, Lower House file, President and Vice President file, and Senate file. These categories include news releases, posters, decrees, statistical data, and other materials pertaining to general elections, village and hamlet elections, assembly elections, Upper House and Lower House elections, presidential elections, and senatorial elections.

The Vietnam Government Administration file includes a Constitution file, along with materials that include documents, charts, maps, and other items related to the government and administration of Vietnam. More specific topics include village government, hamlet government, military government, local government, and regional government.

The Vietnam War f ile includes documents, charts, maps, news releases, and other materials related to the Vietnam War. More specifically, topics include Vietcong, U.S. military assistance, Land-to-the-Tiller, and peace.

Related Collection(s)

Victoria Schuck papers, 1930-1999, Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections.

Victoria Schuck papers, circa 1974-1980, Special Collections Research Center, Gelman Library, The George Washington University.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Vietnam -- Politics and government -- 1945-1975

United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam

Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States

Elections -- Vietnam

Legislative bodies -- Vietnam

Research File 1961-1977

Scope and Contents

Comprised of bulletins, newspaper clippings, magazines, and press releases that touch upon the Vietnam War, South Vietnam elections, and government administration. Additionally incldues materials on the Vietnam Youth Movement, photographs of Southeast Asia, and the Tran Ngoc Chau's case. Arranged chronologically.

box 1, folder 1

The New Leader magazine, 1961 June 5

box 1, folder 2

Park Avenue Social Review, 1963

box 1, folder 3

Maps, 1964, 1965, 1970

Scope and Contents

"Viet Nam Cambodia, Laos and Eastern Thailand," "Republic of Vietnam," "Saigon and Vicinity", and "Map of Region 1 South Vietnam."

box 1, folder 4

Current History A Monthly Magazine of World Affairs, 1964 February

Scope and Contents

Magazine has articles related to South and Southeast Asia.

os_folder 1

"Administration of the Government of Thailand," poster, 1964

Scope and Contents note

Formerly in Box/Folder 13 : 1

box 1, folder 5

Brochures, 1964-1973, undated

Scope and Contents

Materials focused on Saigon, Exposition Vany (mainly Vietnamese), Vietnam retrospective symposium at Amherst College, and Vietnam.

box 1, folder 6

Personal and public security documents, 1964-1966

box 1, folder 7

Vietnam-American relations 1965

box 1, folder 8

Edward Landsdale articles 1965

box 1, folder 9

Information Brief Tay Ninh Province Viet Nam with related Vietnamese documents 1965-1966

box 1, folder 10

The Vietnamese Women Association packet circa 1965

box 1, folder 11

Addresses by Charles A. Mann and General Charles De Gaulle 1965-1966

box 1, folder 12

"Duc Duc District Under our Eyes," 1965

Vietnam Youth Movement Materials 1965-1967

Scope and Contents

Materials include memoranda, briefings, English translations from Vietnamese news magazines, and other items about the Summer Youth Program, the Vietnamese Youth Movement.

box 10, folder 1

Summer Youth Program memoranda 1965, undated

box 10, folder 2

Briefings, 1965, undated

box 10, folder 3

Vietnamese youth 1965

Scope and Contents

Comprised of materials regarding youth studying in France, and Summer Youth Program general documents.

box 10, folder 4

English translations from Weekly Len Duong 1965

box 10, folder 5

English translations not from Weekly Len Duong 1965

box 10, folder 6

English translations from magazines, 1965

box 10, folder 7

"Minutes of the Fifth Meeting of the Civilian Manpower Committee," 1966

Scope and Contents

Includes employment opportunities for students during summer months.

box 10, folder 8

Charles Sweet writings 1966

Scope and Contents

Contains "The Role of Youth in the Revolutionary Development Program," drafts, handwritten notes of Ministry of Revolutionary Development Survey, and "Youth and Sports Program FY 1966."

box 10, folder 9

Reports and papers primarily about youth programs, 1965-1967

box 1, folder 13

Life in Vietnam The Weekly News Magazine 1966 May 28

box 1, folder 16

News in Brief about Tuy Hoa, Quang Ngai, and Hue 1966 September 15

box 1, folder 17

Government of Vietnam "Concepts of Rural Construction" paper 1966 February 21

box 1, folder 18

New York Herald Tribune commentary on events, 1966

box 1, folder 19

Government decrees, revolutionary cadre, and land reform 1966

box 1, folder 20

USAID Functional Directory and General Information with inserts 1966

box 1, folder 21

Miss Sunyee's paintings, two books in Chinese 1966

box 1, folder 22

News Clippings 1966-1974, undated

box 2, folder 1

Correspondence 1966-1972

box 2, folder 2

The Outline of Caodaism, 1966 July 18

box 2, folder 3

VIETNAM: WHY A Collection of Reports And Comment From THE REPORTER about China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Buddhists 1966

box 2, folder 4

Vietnam documents, including letters, handwritten notes, Government of Vietnam Provincial Budget Fiscal Year 1965 book, and dinner invitation 1966

box 2, folder 5

Buddhists news releases circa 1966

box 2, folder 6

Manpower documents 1966

box 2, folder 7

Fiscal future news release 1966

box 2, folder 8

Free World AID to [Viet Nam] Newsletter 1966

Photographs 1966, undated

Scope and Contents

Comprised of photographic slides from Southeast Asia trip, and photographs that Jim Mott took on his trip to Saigon.

box 1, folder 14-15

Photographic slides from Southeast Asia trip 1966

Scope and Contents

Slides document her stops in Phnom Penh, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kuala Lumpur, Philippines, Moscow, Bangkok, and Saigon.

box 10, folder 10-16

Jim Mott trip to Saigon undated

box 10, folder 17

Unidentified temple undated

box 2, folder 9

Handwritten notes 1966-1967, undated

box 2, folder 10

The Department of State Publication 1967-1973

box 2, folder 11

Veterans documents 1967, undated

box 2, folder 12

Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly 1967

Scope and Contents

Includes Schuck's article "Constitution-Making in Vietnam--A Part of 'The Other War.'"

box 2, folder 13

Saigon Press Analysis Of Vietnamese and Chinese Dailies 1967 April-June

box 2, folder 14

Vietnampress with handwritten notes 10 June 1967

box 2, folder 15

"Who Moonlights and Why?," 1967

box 2, folder 16

U.S. Agency for International Development Mission to Vietnam Schedule of Events for Ernest W. McFarland and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Nowell, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Watkins, 1967 August 16-20

box 2, folder 17

Letter in Vietnamese 1967

box 11, folder 1-4

Who's Who in Vietnam, 1967-1970

box 2, folder 18-22

Viet-Nam Bulletin 1968-1970

box 3, folder 1-2

Viet-Nam Bulletin 1970-1971

box 14, folder 24

Supreme Court rulings and decisions 1968-1970

Scope and Contents

Includes ruling on the Saigon City Council's Resolution of 11 August 1969, Supreme Court decisions about Tran Ngoc Chau, and the constitution.

Tran Ngoc Chau Documents 1969-1970

Scope and Contents

Documents contain Tran Ngoc Chau's statements, Tran Ngoc Hien's self-confession regarding Tran Ngoc Chau, news releases and articles, writings in Vietnamese, and Supreme Court decisions. Documents include details related to Tran Ngoc Chau's beliefs about Communists and methods of achieving peace while he was Secretary General of South Viethnam's Lower House. Materials also cover Tran Ngoc Chau's prison case.

box 9, folder 14

"An Open Letter of Deputy Tran Ngoc Chau" given after "The President's Biased Accusations Against [his] Person and The Threats [The President] Made in Vung Tau Against The National Assembly," 1969

box 9, folder 15

"Not Gone With the Wind" statement by Tran Ngoc Chau about "Why Must We Talk with North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front," 1969

box 9, folder 16

"Self-Confession by Tran Ngoc Hien in Relation to Tran Ngoc Chau," and "Extract from the Self-Confession of Tran-Ngoc-Hien Concerning Tran-Ngoc-Chau," circa 1969

box 9, folder 17-18

"Circumstances Surrounding Tran Ngoc Chau's Imprisonment and Activities," 1969-1970

box 9, folder 19

"Details About Aftermath of Tran Ngoc Chau's Imprisonment and his Biographical Summary," 1970

box 9, folder 20

"Details About Tran Ngoc Chau's Prison Case," 1970

box 9, folder 21

"Declaration of Deputy Tran Ngoc Chau," 1970

box 9, folder 22

"Tran Ngoc Chau's Imprisonment and What Led Him to Prison," circa 1970

box 9, folder 23

"The Story of Tran Ngoc Chau," article from Congressional Record - Senate, 1970 February 5

box 9, folder 24

Writings in Vietnamese 1970

box 9, folder 25

Tran Ngoc Chau's case, Supreme Court decisions 1970

box 3, folder 3

Vietnam Statistical Yearbook 1970

box 3, folder 4

Documents in Vietnamese 1970-1971

box 3, folder 5

South Vietnam Provincial Maps book 1971 April

box 3, folder 6

Embassy of the United States of America and Joint United States Public Affairs Office Telephone Directory Saigon 1971 July

box 3, folder 8

Customs and Manners in South Vietnam Through Some Rhymes of Folk Songs, 1971

box 3, folder 9

News release in Vietnamese 1971

box 3, folder 10

List in Vietnamese 1971

box 3, folder 11

"Inauguration Ceremony of President Nguyen Van Thieu," 1971

box 3, folder 12

Bibliographies on Vietnam from Goodman essays and from thesis 1971

box 3, folder 13

Newspaper in Vietnamese, 1971

box 3, folder 14

Southeast Asia An International Quarterly 1971

box 4, folder 1

Agenda for Victoria Schuck in Washington, D.C. 1971 December 17

box 4, folder 2

The Fourth Buddhist General Meeting, 1971

box 4, folder 3

The New Yorker, articles about Korea, 1972

box 4, folder 4

The New Yorker, "Letter from Washington," 1972-1973

box 4, folder 5

"Fizzle in the Lake," 1973

box 5, folder 1

"Dean Rusk and Southeast Asia: An Operational Code Analysis," 1973

box 4, folder 6

The New Yorker, "Annals of Finance," 1973

box 4, folder 7

Freedom at Issue, 1973 September-October

box 4, folder 8

The New Yorker, 1973-1975

box 4, folder 9

The New Yorker 14 January 1974

box 4, folder 10

Time magazine 1975 April 15

box 4, folder 11

Time magazine 1975 May 5

box 4, folder 12

Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report 1975 February 15 - March 8

box 4, folder 13

The New York Review of Books newspaper 1976 July 15

box 4, folder 14

"How Carter will Differ from Ford - An Expert's View," article from U.S. News & World Report, photocopy 1977

box 4, folder 15

Ford Foundation Letter excerpts 1977 February 1

box 4, folder 16

Vietnam Bulletin, Indochina notes, undated

box 4, folder 17

Huong Que undated

box 4, folder 18

"Experiment in District Eight," undated

box 4, folder 19

Phone and address list undated

box 4, folder 20

Directories in Vietnamese undated

box 4, folder 21

"List of Ladies Attending the Tea Given on Thursday October 14th at 4pm," undated

box 4, folder 22

Documents in Vietnamese undated

box 4, folder 23

Headshots with descriptions in Vietnamese, undated

os_folder 1

Map of Thailand and Laos undated

Scope and Contents note

Formerly in Box/Folder 5 : 2.

box 5, folder 3

Address and telephone directory undated

box 5, folder 4

"Common Foods in Viet-Nam," undated

box 5, folder 5

Cover in Vietnamese, photocopy from original undated

box 5, folder 6

"Bleak Prospects for Afro-Asian Council Meeting" from News Analysis, undated

box 5, folder 7

"Viet Nam Insight, A Vietnamese Looks at Vietnam" paper, undated

box 5, folder 8

Bibliography undated

box 5, folder 9

"Vietnam," description documents undated

box 5, folder 10

A Nation's Progress The Story of U.S. - Vietnamese Cooperation in Economic Development, undated

box 5, folder 11

"Discussion of the Conception of a New Deportment," undated

box 5, folder 12

Poster from Air Vietnam undated

South Vietnam Elections File 1963-1973

Scope and Contents

Includes decrees, news clippings, statistical data, lists, and other materials related to South Vietnam elections in general, including village and hamlet elections, regarding Vietnam's National Assembly and Constituent Assembly, Upper House, Lower House, President and Vice-President, and Senate.

General file 1964-1973

Scope and Contents

File includes decrees, news clippings, lists, posters, election results, and other materials related to South Vietnam's elections and voting in general, which consists of a mix of information about National Assembly, Upper House, Lower House, president, vice president, senate, village, and hamlet.

box 5, folder 13

Village and Hamlet elections decrees 1964-1967

box 5, folder 14

Elections news clippings and documents, photocopies 1964-1966, undated

box 5, folder 15

"Elections of Prefectural, Provincial and Municipal Councils (data presented by the Under Secretary of State for Interior)," document, English translation 1965 May 5

box 5, folder 16

"National Congress Election Law," 1965 January 31

box 5, folder 17

Elections news clippings 1966

box 5, folder 18

"Members of the Electoral Law Committee," list, 1966

box 5, folder 19

Elections, handwritten notes 1966

box 5, folder 20-21

Elections news releases circa 1966

box 5, folder 22

List of elected persons 1966-1967

box 5, folder 23

Elections, mixed documents and handwritten notes 1966-1967

os_folder 1

Posters in Vietnamese 1967

Scope and Contents note

Formerly in Box/Folder 5 : 24 and Box/Folder 13 : 3

box 5, folder 25

"Background Papers on the Elections in Vietnam," 1967

box 5, folder 26

"Vietnamese Election Results," 1967

box 5, folder 27

Election list in Vietnamese circa 1967

box 5, folder 28

"Comparative Election Statistics," circa 1967

box 5, folder 29

Short biographies, book in Vietnamese, 1967

box 5, folder 30

"Notes on the Administration of Elections in South Vietnam" paper 1967

box 6, folder 1

Banners in Vietnamese 1967

box 6, folder 2

"What to do During the Election Period" document 1967

box 6, folder 3

Election results documents 1967

box 6, folder 4

Comic book in Vietnamese circa 1967

box 6, folder 5

Importance of the coming elections, poster in Vietnamese with English description 1967

box 7, folder 1

"1967 Village and Hamlet Elections," 1967

box 7, folder 2

Map and election results 1967

box 8, folder 22

"Presidential, Vice-Presidential, Senatorial Election Schedule 1967," 1967

box 7, folder 3

"Excerpts from Vietnam Statistical Yearbook - 1967-1968," in English and in Vietnamese 1967-1968

box 6, folder 6-7

Public Administration Bulletin Vietnam 1967-1971

box 7, folder 6

Public Administration Bulletin Vietnam 1967-1971

box 7, folder 4

"Systems Analysis for the Vietnam Study" memorandum 1968

box 7, folder 7

Directory in Vietnamese 1971

box 6, folder 9

List of constituents, 1971

box 6, folder 10

"South Vietnam will elect more Supreme Court Justices" from Vietnam Feature Service, 1971 May

box 7, folder 8

"Deputies Whose Credentials were Challenged -- 23 deputies" document 1978 Spetember 28

box 6, folder 11-13

Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group (SEADAG) papers and documents 1971

box 18

Hamlet evaluation tables 1971

box 6, folder 14

Election reports 1973

box 6, folder 15

Election press release 1973

box 6, folder 16

The New Yorker cover 1973 October 15

box 6, folder 17

"Vietnam Political Development Statistics" document undated

box 6, folder 18

"Full Text of the Letter from Senator Henry Jackson to President Nixon," undated

box 6, folder 19

Handwritten notes undated

box 7, folder 9

List of deputies undated

box 7, folder 10

Headshots of officials, in Vietnamese, photocopies of newspapers, undated

box 7, folder 11

Codebook "Vietnamese Elite Inventory for Winners and Losers of Eight National Elections 1956-1971," undated

box 7, folder 12

"Vietnamese Officials," undated

box 12, folder 7

"Cross Classification of Responses to Selected Questions," undated

National Assembly and Constituent Assembly File 1963-1971

Scope and Contents

File consists of documents and statistical data related to the National Assembly and Constitutent Assembly elections.

box 7, folder 25

"Summary of National Assembly Election," 1963

box 7, folder 26

"Buddhists Call Fast to Protest Election" article from Vietnam Roundup, 1966 September 7

box 7, folder 27

"Groupings of Delegates to the 1966 Constituent Assembly," 1966

box 7, folder 28

National Constitutent Assembly Election handbook 1966

box 7, folder 29

"List of Candidates to the Constituent Assembly Election" from Vietnampress, 1966 August 22

box 7, folder 30

"List of Candidates for the Constituent Assembly Election," 1966 September 11

box 7, folder 31

Assembly election documents 1966

box 8, folder 1

National Constituent Assemble Election reference handbook, photocopy 1966

box 8, folder 2

"Central Government: How Highlanders and Chams Will Be Represented in the Constituent Assembly," 1966

box 8, folder 3

"Constituent Assembly Elections in South Viet-Nam," circa 1966, undated

box 8, folder 4

"Constituent Assembly Election Results," 1966

box 8, folder 5

Constituent Assembly Elections data booklet, handwritten 1966 September 11

Official Journal of the Republic of Vietnam, 8 parts in series 1966-1967

Scope and Contents

Original Vietnamese newspapers in Box 12, English translations in box 8, 15 and 17.

box 17, folder 17

Part 1 1966 December 5

box 12, folder 1

Part 1 1966 December 5

box 12, folder 2

Part 2 1966 December 12

box 17, folder 18

Part 2 1966 December 12

box 8, folder 7-8

Part 3-4, English translations 1967 January 16

box 12, folder 3

Part 5 1967 February 16

box 17, folder 19

Part 5 1967 February 16

box 17, folder 20

Part 6 1967 March 1

box 12, folder 4

Part 6 1967 March 1

box 12, folder 5

Part 7 1967 March 16

box 17, folder 21

Part 7 1967 March 16

box 15, folder 24-25

Part 8 1967 April 1

box 12, folder 6

Part 8 1967 April 1

box 8, folder 6

Constituent Assembly list 1966-1967

box 8, folder 9

"Personnel and Minor Organizational Changes: the National Assembly," 1967

box 19

Vietnamese Assembly primary and winner runs tables 1968

box 6, folder 8

Correspondence 1970-1971

box 8, folder 10

"Bloc Alignments in the Assembly," undated

Upper House File 1967, 1971-1972

box 8, folder 11

"Upper House Election Law," 1967

box 8, folder 12

List of Upper House officials 1971-1972

Lower House File 1967, 1971

box 8, folder 13

"Lower House Election Law," 1967, 1971

box 8, folder 14

"Lower House Elections," 1967

box 8, folder 15

Lower House elections results 1967 October 22

box 8, folder 16

Lower House election winners 1967

box 8, folder 17

"Lower House Election List of Elected Candidates in Region II," circa 1967

box 8, folder 18

Lower House Elections data booklet 1967 October 22

box 8, folder 19

"Lower House Election," 1971

box 8, folder 20

"Alphabetical List of Representatives-elect," 1971

box 8, folder 24

"The Lower House Election, 1971-1975 Term," 1971 August 6

box 8, folder 21

Lower House Election data booklet 1971 August 6

President and Vice President File 1967, 1970-1971

Scope and Contents

File includes documents, laws, and statements primarily about presidential election, and a few documents related to vice presidential election.

box 8, folder 23

"Presidential Election Law," 1967

box 9, folder 26

Vietnam Report VII: The Presidential Election September 3 1967, 1967

box 9, folder 1

The Republic of Vietnam's Presidential Election, 1967

box 9, folder 2

"Validation Process," for South Vietnamese Presidential Elections circa 1967

box 9, folder 3

"Voter Participation in Presidential Senatorial Election," 1967

box 9, folder 4

Document of law of election of president and vice-president 1967

box 9, folder 5

"Supporter of Thieu Named Top Judge," 1970

box 9, folder 6

"Returns of the Presiential Election As Reported to the Interior Ministry," 1971

box 9, folder 7

"Presidential Election Law," 1971

box 9, folder 8

General Duong van Minh statement about presidential election circa 1971

box 9, folder 9

"Supreme Court's decision and returns of the Oct. 3, 1971 presidential and vice presidential election," 1971

Senate File 1967, 1970

box 9, folder 10

Chart of Senate Election, circa 1967

box 9, folder 11

"Available Information on Senators-Elect in South Viet-Nam," 1967

box 9, folder 12

"Candidates for Senatorial Elections," memorandum 1967

box 9, folder 13

Senate Election, 1970

Vietnam Government Administration File 1956, 1964-1972

Scope and Contents

The Vietnam Government Administration File includes a Constitution File along with other materials that include documents, charts, maps, and other items related to the government and administration of Vietnam. More specific topics include village government, hamlet government, military government, local government, regional government, among other topics.

Constitution File 1956, 1967-1969

Scope and Contents

File includes documents, decrees, news clippings, and other materials related to South Vietnam's constitution.

box 7, folder 14

"Constitution of the Republic of Vietnam," 1956

box 7, folder 15-16

Constitution documents circa 1967

box 7, folder 17

Constitution for Constituent Assembly Telegram, 1967

box 7, folder 18

"Constitution-Making in Vietnam--A Part of 'The Other War'" article by Schuck in the Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly, 1967

box 7, folder 19

Supreme Court decisions 1968-1969

box 7, folder 5

Supreme Court decisions 1968-1969

box 7, folder 20

Petition 1969

box 7, folder 21

A Re-Examination of the 1967 Constitution of the Republic of Vietnam, 1969

box 7, folder 22-23

Untitled book, photocopy undated

box 7, folder 24

"The Constitution of Vietnam - An Analysis and Comparison," undated

box 14, folder 1

Ordinance No. 57 and related documents, about administration reorganization 1956, 1965-1966

box 14, folder 2

Village government documents 1964

box 14, folder 3

Payments, budgets, allowances, and salaries 1964-1966 undated

box 17, folder 11

Payments, budgets, allowances, and salaries 1964-1966 undated

box 14, folder 4

Decrees primarily from the Ministry of Interior and the Prime Minister's Office, and about land ownership 1964-1966

box 17, folder 10

Province, Ministry of Interior, regional administration, and U.S. Agency for International Development Regional Office organization charts 1964-1966 undated

box 14, folder 5

Province, Ministry of Interior, regional administration, and U.S. Agency for International Development Regional Office organization charts 1964-1966 undated

box 14, folder 6

"The Historical Evolution of the Hamlet in Vietnam," 1964

box 14, folder 7

"Training of Village Admin. Committees, Hamlet Chiefs, and Deputy Hamlet Chiefs," 1964

box 14, folder 8

Public administration in Vietnam documents, 1964

box 14, folder 9

"Comparative Study of the Village Government in Vietnam, France, and the United States of America," 1964

box 14, folder 10

"The Province Chief and His Role in the [Governments of Vietnam] Structure," 1965

box 14, folder 11

The Ministry of Interior and the Supreme Council of Civil Service 1965

box 17, folder 12

"General Status of Local Administration," 1965

box 17, folder 13

"Principal Steps in Obtaining Approval of G.V.N. Budget Estimates from Provincial Level," chart 1965

box 14, folder 12

Military zone maps with organization charts for multiple ministries in a packet 1965-1966

box 14, folder 13

"Vietnam Provinces and Major Cities" document 1965

box 14, folder 14

Civil service arrete and decree 1965-1966

box 14, folder 15

"Government of Vietnam Program of Action," 1965

box 14, folder 16

Ministry of Interior documents about local administration seminar and local government 1965-1966, undated

box 14, folder 18

Catolog of the National Institute of Administration of the Republic of Vietnam, 1965

box 17, folder 13

"Change in Cabinets of the Republic of Vietnam," 1966

box 14, folder 19

"Currency Regulations," 1966

box 14, folder 27

"Government and the Countryside," map undated

box 14, folder 20

"Governing Military Deferment for Cadres of All Branches," 1966

box 14, folder 21-22

Public Administration Bulletin Vietnam, 1966

box 14, folder 23

Address to open the Second Administrative Convention 1966

box 14, folder 25

"Cabinets of the Republic of Vietnam," chart 1969

os_folder 1

"The Government of Vietnam," chart 1971

Scope and Contents note

Formerly in Box/Folder 13 : 2

box 14, folder 26

Senate Committee list 1971-1972

box 14, folder 28

Lowlands and Highlands populations data undated

box 14, folder 29

"Government and the Countryside: Political Accomodation and South Vietnam's Communal Groups," essay undated

box 14, folder 30

"Organization and Operation of Local Government," undated

box 17, folder 14

"USIA Stresses Administration Vietnam Policies," undated

Vietnam War File 1965-1977

Scope and Contents

The Vietnam War File includes documents, charts, maps, news releases, and other materials related to the Vietnam War. More specifically, topics include Vietcong, U.S. military assistance, Land-to-the-Tiller, and peace, among other topics.

box 14, folder 31

"Message from Ambassador Lodge," United States Operations Mission (USOM) notice 1965

box 14, folder 32

"Report of In-Service Training 1964-1965," 1965

box 14, folder 33

"Revolutionary Development in a Pacified Province," circa 1965,

box 14, folder 34

Aggression From the North The Record of North Viet-Nam's Campaign To Conquer South Viet-Nam booklet circa 1965

box 15, folder 1

"Text of the Convention," about the Armed Forces of the Republic 1965

box 14, folder 17

War news clippings, 1965

box 15, folder 2

Military documents 1965-1966

box 17, folder 7

War Cabinet charts 1965-1967

os_folder 1

War Cabinet charts 1965-1967

box 15, folder 3

Military zones maps, with marginalia 1966-1967

box 15, folder 4

"Return to Press Branch File," about Vietcong 1966

box 15, folder 5

U.S. President Johnson and Vietnam speech, article, and book excerpt 1966

box 15, folder 6

Vietcong war cartoons, in Vietnamese with English translations circa 1966,

box 15, folder 7

Aircraft location graph 1966

box 15, folder 8

Newsweek clippings 17 January 1966

box 15, folder 9

Department of State Bulletin working paper, progress report, and about U.S. participation 1966

box 15, folder 10

"Westmoreland on Vietnam, A Conversation with the U.S. Commander," 1966

box 15, folder 11

United States Mission in Vietnam publications about Vietcong and South Vietnam's Communist party 1966

box 15, folder 12

JUSPAO [Joint United States Public Affairs Office] Vietnam in Profile booklet 1966

box 15, folder 13

National Foreign Policy Conference for Editors and Broadcasters, 1966

box 15, folder 14

"Reflections on Vietnam," article from The New Yorker 16 April 1966

box 15, folder 15

"The Faceless Viet Cong," 1966

box 15, folder 16

Agency for International Development fact sheet 1966

box 15, folder 17

News releases about war and military circa 1966

box 17, folder 6

Vietnampress, includes Vietcong details 1966 July 12

box 15, folder 18

"Rural Pacification in South Viet Nam," report from Editorial Research Report, 1967

box 15, folder 19

"The Search for Peace in Vietnam," article in Viet-Nam Information Notes, 1967

box 15, folder 20

"Commission for War Veterans," chart 1967

box 16, folder 27

"U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam," directory 1967

box 17, folder 2

"Ky's Candidacy and U.S. Stakes in the Coming Elections," memorandum, 1967

box 15, folder 26

"Can a Free Society Fight a Limited War?," article from The New Leader, 1968 October 21

box 15, folder 22

Communist terror in Vietnam articles 1969-1971

box 15, folder 23

"Address Vietnam Peace Initiatives by President Richard M. Nixon," 1969

box 16, folder 1

"Vietnamization is steadily giving More Responsibility to ARVN [Army of the Republic of Vietnam]," article from Vietnam Feature Service, 1970 November

box 16, folder 2

Land-to-the-Tiller decrees 1970

box 16, folder 3

Indochina and "New Myths and Old Realities," news articles by Robert F. Turner, photocopies, 1970-1971

box 17, folder 8

General Duong Van Minh about remembering comrades and Vietnam peace statements 1970-1971

box 16, folder 4

Land-to-the-Tiller memoranda 1971

box 16, folder 5

"Is it Too Late to End the Vietnam War?," article, 1971

box 3, folder 7

"Press List of Correspondents Accredited to [Military Assistance Command, Vietnam]," 1971

box 16, folder 6

"Memorandum from Douglas Pike," about a book about the Vietnam War 1971

box 16, folder 7

"Appeal for Vietnam Peace by men of letters of Free Vietnam," document 1971

box 16, folder 8

Vietnam Democratic Force booklet 1971

box 16, folder 9

"Letter from Indo-China" from The New Yorker two articles 1971-1973

box 16, folder 20

"Letter from Indo-China" from The New Yorker two articles 1971-1973

box 16, folder 10

"For What Do People Fight? The Problem of Loyalty in South Vietnam," 1972

box 16, folder 11-12

Vietnam Report, numerous issues 1972-1973

box 16, folder 13

North Vietnam dikes articles 1972

box 16, folder 14

Vietnam Bulletin 1972 April 20

box 16, folder 15

U.S. foreign relations with Vietnam, Vietnam's army, and the Geneva Accords, among other issues, documents, 1972

box 16, folder 16

" Life, with Henry Kissinger in His Paris 'Battle Station," 1972 December 12

box 16, folder 17

Vietnamese and Americans in Vietnam, and President Thieu, and other topics, news clippings 1972-1973

box 16, folder 18

Henry Kissinger documents 1972-1973

box 16, folder 19

U.S. President Nixon documents 1972-1973

box 17, folder 9

"A Warning to Hanoi," article from Newsweek, 1973

box 16, folder 21

White House Press, articles for release, about ending the war and joint military commission 1973

box 16, folder 22

"Letter from Vietnam," article from The New Yorker, 1973

box 16, folder 23

"Ending the Vietnam War: the Impact of War Costs, Public Opinion, and Anti-War Demonstrations on Senate Voting on Vietnam War Bills," paper 1976

box 16, folder 24

"The Fall of Saigon: A View from Congress," paper 1977

box 16, folder 25

Posters about Viet Cong, undated

box 16, folder 26

"Composition of the Revised War Cabinet of Vietnam," document undated

box 17, folder 1

"The Birth of the Pathet Lao Army," article undated

box 17, folder 3

"Vietnam: Myths and Realities," paper undated

box 17, folder 4

Command troops, and other topics, handwritten notes undated

box 17, folder 5

The War in Viet-Nam 20 Questions and Answers, booklet undated

Miscellaneous 1967, 1970-1972

Scope and Contents

These materials include business card and other materials.

box 17, folder 15

General 1967, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes Victoria Schuck's business card, and Incoming Declaration form, and a few empty envelopes with no corresponding cards.

box 17, folder 16

Personal Correspondence 1970-1972, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes Christmas & new year's cards, a letter to Schuck, and a memorandum to Schuck.

box 7, folder 13

Floor plan in unidentified building for unidentified event undated