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Title: John M. Levinson papers
Date (inclusive): 1954-1991
Collection Number: 84061
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
31 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 14 envelopes, 1 album box, 1 phonotape cassette
(18.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, conference proceedings, reports, studies, memoranda, correspondence, pamphlets, hearing transcripts,
serials, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs, relating to medical conditions in Vietnam and elsewhere in Indochina,
private American medical and other relief assistance to Vietnam, and the medical effects of use of defoliants and herbicides
in Vietnam during the Vietnamese War. Includes postage stamps issued by the governments of French Indochina, Cambodia, Laos,
and North and South Vietnam, 1889-1974.
Creator:
Levinson, John M., 1927-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box FH12 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1984.
[Identification of item], John M. Levinson papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1927 August 17 | Born, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| 1945-1947 | Served in U.S. Navy |
| 1949 | B.S. Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania |
| 1953 | M.D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia |
| 1963-1983 | Made various trips to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia |
| 1964 | Lobbied for Volunteer Physicians for Viet Nam Program |
| 1965 | Founded Aid for International Medicine |
| 1967 | Became consultant to Edward M. Kennedy's U.S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees |
| 1967-1973 | Participated in Subcommittee study missions to Vietnam |
| 1967-1976 | Served on CARE-MEDICO board of directors |
| 1978 | Became consultant to U.S. Veterans Administration |
| Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
International relief
Chemical warfare
Medical assistance, American -- Vietnam
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Medical care
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Civilian relief
Public health -- Vietnam
Herbicides -- War use
Agent Orange
Medical assistance, American -- Nicaragua
Guerrillas -- Nicaragua
Postage-stamps -- Indochina
Aid for International Medicine
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees
and Escapees.