Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Accuracy in Media

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Accuracy in Media

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Accuracy in Media Video Development Collection (Douglas Pike Collection) Description and Scope of the Collection The Accuracy in Media (AIM) Video Development Collection documents the efforts of Peter Rollins to develop a video documentary on the role of media in the Vietnam War. The film began as an independent production by Dr. Peter Rollins, an English professor at Oklahoma State, and two colleagues. Rollins. original goal in his research was to make a statement about the media coverage on the Vietnam War, but with particular emphasis on the Tet Offensive and the battle of Khe Sanh. The project members conducted their research in the late seventies largely at a conference held by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the United States Marine Corps archives. The project evolved over the years, changing names and shifting focus. The film project enjoyed grant funds until completion in 1982. However, the product must not have pleased Rollins. In 1984, he received a generous fellowship from Accuracy in Media, Inc., apparently to refine the film. The documentary became a two part series. The first program, .The Real Story., was an effort to rebut the PBS series, Vietnam: A Television History and the second program, .The Impact of Media., addressed the impact of media on the Vietnam War. Rollins completed the video for distribution by AIM in 1985. The collection separates into eight series. .Interviews. composes of primary materials and .United States Marine Corps. mainly offers guidance materials to the Marine Corps archives photo and oral history collections. Grant applications largely comprise .Finances. and .Correspondence. consists of letters that advise and analyze Rollins. project. .Video Production. provides some of the details of the project.s development, while .Publicity. is self-explanatory. The last series, .Accuracy in Media., dates from Rollins. association with AIM and mostly documents the evolution of the final scripts. The materials in the collection could be valuable to a researcher concerned with attitudes toward media. Also, the files are beneficial because they include 35 unique interview transcripts with Tet combatants and many notable scholars and officials, such as Peter Braestrup, Douglas Pike, William Westmoreland and Walt Rostow. Biography and Provenance Professor Pike was born in 1925. He served as a journalist in the Army during World War II(in the Pacific Theater of Operations) and during the Korean Conflict. He earned degrees from the University of California-Berkeley and American University. He served as an FSO in Taiwan, Korea, Lebanon, and Vietnam. In 1982 he began teaching at UC-Berkeley and in 1997 moved Texas Tech University. Professor Pike housed and supported the Collection until 1982 when he moved it to Berkeley. It remained there until 1992 when Berkeley considered discontinuing its support for the Indo-China Studies Project. After being approached by Professor Pike, Dr. James Reckner, Director of the Vietnam Center at Tech, and Dr. David Murrah, Assistant Director of Libraries for the Special Collections, worked together to bring the Collection to the Archive in 1994. Collection Processed and Finding Aid Produced by Chris Heinemeier The Accuracy in Media Video Development Collection - Finding Aid

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Accuracy in Media, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - American Friends of Vietnam

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - American Friends of Vietnam

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The American Friends of Vietnam collection contains 19 boxes (approximately 18 linear feet) of material relating to the organization. Boxes 1-4 contain the administrative records of the organization, including executive committee meeting minutes, board of director meeting minutes, general financial records, fund appeals, annual reports and tax information. Boxes 4-7 continues with information relating to the conferences sponsored by the American Friends of Vietnam. Boxes 8-15 contain an alphabetical listing of subjects for which the American Friends of Vietnam had dealings. This material includes reprints of correspondence, brochures, reprints of articles, speeches by noted individuals as well as a variety of other information. Boxes 16-19 contain the bank records for the American Friends of Vietnam, including bank statements, cancelled checks, check stubs, and ledger books. Almost all of the material is in english and the collection is in generally good condition.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - American Friends of Vietnam, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Cartoons

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Cartoons

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The Cartoon Section of the Douglas Pike Collection consists mostly of political cartoons related to the Vietnam War. Many of the cartoons are from the period of the war itself, but some are post-1975 including the 1990s. The cartoons are organized topically, with by far the largest division being the general category of those which deal with the war itself. This section includes a small book titled "Verdicts on Vietnam," published in 1968. A small proportion of these cartoons have been separated into a different folder because they are of Southeast Asian origin or are from somewhere besides the United States or Southeast Asia. Those which deal specifically with Cambodia, Laos, or Thailand, and those which deal with refugee matters, have been put in a different folder. The next major division consists of cartoons which relate to the domestic American debate over the war. The idea behind this category is that the cartoons address the debate over the legitimacy of the war, not the war itself, including U.S. or Vietnamese strategy, tactics, etc. Some of the material in this division involves the war as a political issue--for example, how presidents Johnson or Nixon attempted to persuade Congress and the public to support the war effort. Other material covers war protesters or draft card burners and the debate over the legitimacy of anti-war demonstrations. Still other cartoons address the publication of former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's book In Retrospect. Another major division is cartoons which are not directly related to the Vietnam War. Many of these are of interest because they are of Vietnamese origin and address political, cultural and economic issues within Vietnam either during war time or after. Others concern American politics during the war years, and still others are simply miscellaneous. A final division consists of cartoons by H. S. Nguyen. These are good quality, recent sketches which are mostly in Vietnamese but include some English in the captions.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Cartoons, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Casualties of War

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Casualties of War

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This collection contains the names and sometimes short biographies of individuals killed in Vietnam from 1961 to 1968. The one linear foot of material was brought together from a variety of sources, including the National Archive and Records Administration, The American War Library, The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, the Congressional Record, and the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs). The material is in fair to good condition with some oversized material. The Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) provides more detailed information for casualties from 1966-1970.

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Contemporary Files

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Contemporary Files

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Description The Contemporary Files section of the Douglas Pike Collection begins with the year 1990 and covers 19 different topics on Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Cambodia This section of the collection contains information on events and people related to Cambodia. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, e-mail messages, United States Government Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) translations, periodical journal articles, and conference papers. The primary use of the collection was for the Indochina Chronology, edited by Douglas Pike and produced by the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University.

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Contemporary Files - Cambodia

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Contemporary Files - Cambodia

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The Contemporary Files section of the Douglas Pike Collection begins with the year 1997 and covers 19 different topics on Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. This section of the collection contains information on events and people related to Cambodia. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, e-mail messages, United States Government Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) translations, periodical journal articles, and conference papers. The primary use of the collection was for the Indochina Chronology, edited by Douglas Pike and produced by the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University.

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Contemporary Files - Foreign Relations

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Contemporary Files - Foreign Relations

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The Vietnam Foreign Relations files contain materials on contemporary general and bilateral relationships by country or area. On diplomatic, economic, military, and cultural affairs. Divided into 13 subsections: General. Foreign policy pronouncements. Major statements by foreign policymakers. International conferences. Multi-national relations. Asia/Southeast. Relations with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the Indian subcontinent. Relations with other Asia-Pacific nations not in separate files. Cambodia. General relationships. Ethnic minorities. Ethnic Vietnamese in Cambodia. Policy statements by officials. China. Diplomatic and economic intercourse. Specific policy issues (island and border disputes). Exchange of official visits. Ex-socialist countries. Eastern European countries, former republics of the USSR (Russia in separate file.) Indochina. Materials devoted to multi-lateral events and projects (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand). Mekong development plan program. Indochina-wide cooperation. Japan. Bilateral relations. Trade and economic assistance. Exchange of official visits. Laos. Diplomatic, economic and security relations. Military assistance from Vietnam. Exchange of officials. Trade. Lao-Vietnam road building program. Other Nations. All other countries not found in separate files, i.e., West Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific, South America, Africa, Mideast. Also former bloc countries: Cuba, North Korea. Russia. Bilateral relations. Trade. Vietnam debt payments. Some on Sino-Russian relations related to Vietnam. Thailand. Economic, political, and diplomatic relations. United Nations. Relations with UN General Assembly and specialized UN agencies. Policy statements on the UN and other multi-lateral international organizations. United States. Bilateral relations: diplomatic, economic, cultural. Exchange of embassies. Specific policy issues (MFN status, resolution of casualties, human rights). Official visits.

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Contemporary Files - Vietnam Economics

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Contemporary Files - Vietnam Economics

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Vietnam economic contemporary files are the most voluminous of the holdings. Covers Vietnamese economic sector. Divided into two sub-files: EPA. Economic Planning and Assessment. (Begin with this file). Materials on what officials in Hanoi say is their economic policy; their estimates of its success/failure. The-Five-Year-Plan. Outsider assessments and evaluation. Economic planning and methodology (see also Vietnam Ideology File). General foreign economic relations (see entries in individual countries in Vietnam Foreign Relations File). General. Materials on major economic sectors: agriculture, foreign trade, domestic trade, heavy and light industry, transportation, communications, labor.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Contemporary Files - Vietnam Economics, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Current News

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Current News

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There are six linear feet of material in this collection with a date range from 1972-1976. There are major gaps in the publications throughout the collection, especially toward the beginning and end of the collection. The content of the material is similar to the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, except that a major of the items which appear in Current News are from United States sources. The material is in good condition.

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Ellsworth Bunker Papers

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Ellsworth Bunker Papers

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Description (Excerpt from Douglas Pike's Introduction in The Bunker Papers): When President Lyndon Johnson, in the spring of 1967, asked Ellsworth Bunker to become his ambassador in Saigon, then the largest and in some ways most important American embassy in the world, Bunker stipulated as one of his conditions for acceptance that he always have direct access to the President. It was agreed this access would take the form, in part, of a weekly (later, monthly) "back channel" cable from Bunker to the President. Such messages by-passed the standard distribution system within the U.S. government's communication network that included the State Department, the Pentagon, and the CIA (although these agencies and others did receive copies of the cable after the delivery to the President). The intent of the "back channel" message was to assure a direct Bunker-to-President link that no one could short-stop. It was a singular arrangement in the intracommunication process within the U.S. government. Scope: (Excerpt from Douglas Pike's The Bunker Papers) In all there were ninety-six such messages from Bunker to the President, the first dated May 3, 1967, and the last May 5, 1973. Collectively, they form a historical documentation of extraordinary value. They are, by far, the most detailed chronological accounting of events, particularly within the South Vietnamese governmental and political scene, that we are likely to get. They cover the key years marked by the Buddhist demonstrations, the "government by coup d'etat" period, the rise of the political fortunes of generals Nguyen Cao Ky and Nguyen Van Thieu, the 1968 Tet offensive, and the launching of the Paris talks. Box 1 of the collection contains copies of the originals numbered as they appear in the published account and in chronological order. Box 2 contains copy of the material as it became ready for publication. Box 2 also contains Pike's correspondence regarding the publication of the book. Note: (Excerpt from Douglas Pike's The Bunker Papers) In 1988, the University of California's Institute of East Asian Studies, under the Freedom of Information Act, obtained copies of the original telegrams. The Institute's Indochina Studies Project proposed publication as a contribution to the scholarship of America's involvement in the Vietnam War and as a lasting tribute to Ellsworth Bunker, one of the great and truly humane American ambassadors of this century. Subsequently, publication was made possible by a generous grant from The Asia Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco.

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports - Asia, Pacific, East Asia

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports - Asia, Pacific, East Asia

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The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) booklet is a government publication that contains news and commentary from various foreign broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers and periodicals. The serial began as Asia and Pacific in 1967 and continued as East Asia in 1987. This series covers the following countries: Republic of China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Australasia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, Philippines. Items from foreign-language sources are transcribed, with the original phrasing and other characteristics retained. For further information, researchers should consult the inside cover-page of any issue.

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Intra Ministry Committee for Strategic Hamlets

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Intra Ministry Committee for Strategic Hamlets

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This collection contains a complete run of the Intra-Ministry Committee for Strategic Hamlets for the Republic of Vietnam from the first meeting on February 12, 1962 to the 64th meeting on September 6, 1963. The documents are in Vietnamese.

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Underground Newspapers

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Underground Newspapers

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The Underground Newspapers: U.S. Army section of the Douglas Pike collection is a book in progress. It consists of an outline for a book, Army is a Four-Letter Word, and sections of the book which correspond approximately to the outline. There is also a collection of copies of the front pages of underground Army newspapers.

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Jackson-Desbarats

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Jackson-Desbarats

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Description The Jackson-Desbarats Study contains information collection by University of California at Berkeley Professor Carl Jackson and Jacqueline Desbarats. The first section, General Files, contains material about genesis and final results of the project. The second section, Interviews and Completed Questionnaires, contains the finished interview data used for their studies and papers. The interview questionnaire asked for reasons the Vietnamese immigrated to the United States as well as the reasons they move within the United States of America and was broken down into the following sections: Part I: Biography. Part II: Summary of important residential moves. Part III: Life in Vietnam Part IV: Departure from Vietnam Part V: Experiences in the refugee camps Part VI: The first resettlement place in America Part VII: The second resettlement place in America Part VIII: The third resettlement place in America Part IX: Part X: The local understanding and the plans of immigration The Political riots in Vietnam How many people do you know have been executed by new government? Can you let me know why they have been executed? Part XI: Interviewer's observations Scope/Content There are 16 linear feet of material in the Jackson-Desbarats Study collection. The General Files contain 3 linear feet of material, most of which is in English. The Interviews and Completed Questionnaires contains 13 linear feet of material, most of which is in Vietnamese with some French, Korean, Chinese, English, and Cambodian. Most of the interviews were done anonymously and are not in any particular organization. A white sheet of paper separates interviews within each folder. The material is in good condition.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Jackson-Desbarats, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Resistance

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Resistance

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The Resistance section of the Douglas Pike Collection consists of materials on Vietnamese resistance to the Hanoi government after the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975. Organized chronologically by year, the materials include newspaper and journal articles, press releases, and speeches. There are also political statements and position papers by various resistance organizations such as The Free Viet Nam Front, The National United Front for the Liberation of Vietnam, the National Support Movement for the Resistance in Vietnam, and the Vietnam National Salvation Committee. Most of the material is in English, but a considerable amount is in French. The Resistance section makes up approximately one-half linear foot and is in good condition.

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Training Materials

Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - Training Materials

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This collection is part of the overall Douglas Pike Collection. It consists of training materials such as syllabi, course material, and course schedules, ranging from 1970 to 1974. Most of the material is from the U.S. Army's Institute for Military Assistance at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, but there is also some associated with the Foreign Service Institute. The material makes up approximately one linear foot and is in good condition.

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection (Personal Papers)

Douglas Pike Collection (Personal Papers)

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - China Press

Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - China Press

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Scope and Content The China Press Collection consists of five groups of materials relating to the political, economic, social and cultural aspects of the People's Republic of China. The first part, Survey China Mainland Press examines the various aspects of the newsprint media in the PRC. Current Background provides reference-type material for events and people in the PRC. Selections From Magazines examines the major PRC publications while Extracts From China Publications offers duplications of the materials above and lesser know print. Researchers should examine box 16 first for indices to these publications for the years 1960-1968. The JRPS Reports cover a variety of topics and titles are listed in the finding aid below. Most of the material is of a political or economic nature. Description There are approximately 18 linear foot of material in the China Press collection with coverage from 1958-1969 and the following breakdown: Survey China Mainland Press (10.5 linear foot) 1959-1969 Current Background (2 linear foot) 1958-1969 Selections From Magazines (2.5 linear foot) 1960-1969 Extracts From China Publications (1 linear foot) 1960-1964) JRPS Reports (2 linear foot) 1958-1961 The material has been translated to English and is general good to fair condition.

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports - People's Republic of China and China

Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports - People's Republic of China and China

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The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) booklet is a government publication that contains news and commentary from various foreign broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers and periodicals. The serial began as the People's Republic of China in 1973 and was renamed China later in its publication run. This series covers the following area: International Affairs The United States and Canada Soviet Union Northeast Asia Southeast Asia and Pacific Near East and South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa West Europe East Europe Latin America and Caribbean National Affairs Political and Social Science and Technology Military Economic and Agricultural Regional Affairs East Region Central-South Region Southwest Region North Region Northwest Region PRC Media On Taiwan Affairs Taiwan Hong Kong and Macao

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports - People's Republic of China and China, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Joint Publications Research Service - China Report - Economic Affairs

Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Joint Publications Research Service - China Report - Economic Affairs

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The JPRS publication is a government publication that contains news and commentary from various foreign broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals and books. This series covers the following of the People's Republic of China: Aggregate Economic Data Chinese Media on Economic Affairs Coal Construction Domestic Trade Economic Development Zones Economic Management Economic Planning Energy Finance and Banking Foreign Trade and Investment Hydropower Industry Labor and Wages Mineral Resources National Policy and Issues Nuclear Power Oil and Gas Power Network Provincial Affairs Special Economic Zones Supplemental Sources Thermal Power Transportation

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Joint Publications Research Service - China Report - Economic Affairs, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Joint Publications Research Service - China Report - Political, Sociological and Military Affairs

Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Joint Publications Research Service - China Report - Political, Sociological and Military Affairs

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The JPRS publication is a government publication that contains news and commentary from various foreign broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals and books. This series covers the following of the People's Republic of China: International Affairs The United States and Canada Soviet Union Northeast Asia Southeast Asia and Pacific Near East and South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa West Europe East Europe Latin America and Caribbean Taiwan Hong Kong and Macao National Affairs Political and Social Science and Technology Military Economic and Agricultural Regional Affairs East Region Central-South Region Southwest Region North Region Northwest Region PRC Media on Taiwan Affairs

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Joint Publications Research Service - China Report - Political, Sociological and Military Affairs, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Joint Publications Research Service - Science and Technology - China

Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Joint Publications Research Service - Science and Technology - China

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The JPRS publication is a government publication that contains news and commentary from various foreign broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals and books. This series covers the following of the People's Republic of China: Science and Technology Policy Aerospace Defense R&D Biotechnology Computers Lasers, Sensors, Optics Microelectronics Superconductivity Telecommunications R&D Physics Advance Materials

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Joint Publications Research Service Publication on China

Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Joint Publications Research Service Publication on China

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The JPRS publication is a government publication that contains news and commentary from various foreign broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals and books. A majority of the publications are translations of selected parts of QIUSHI [Seeking Truth}, a semi-monthly theoretical journal published by the CPC Central Committee. There are individual reports in the collection, including such topics as: People's Liberation Army, People's Navy, Debate on Mao Zedong Though on Literature and Art, International, Political, Economic, Social, Military, Public Security, Regional, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Macao. There are approximately 1.5 linear foot of JPRS Reports on China in the collection. The Vietnam Archive has nearly a complete run from January 1990-December 1991. The Collection is organized chronologically on both the box and folder level. The documents are in good condition.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Joint Publications Research Service Publication on China, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Radio-TV Defense Dialog

Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Radio-TV Defense Dialog

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There is less than one linear foot of material in this collection with date ranges from 1972-1979. There are only a few documents from the 1972, 1978, and 1979 period. There are major gaps in the publications throughout the collection, especially toward the beginning and end of the collection. The content of the material is similar to the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, except that a major of the items which appear in Radio-TV Defense Dialog are from United States sources. The material is in good condition.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Radio-TV Defense Dialog, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Saigon Press Review of Vietnamese and Chinese Dailies

Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Saigon Press Review of Vietnamese and Chinese Dailies

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The Vietnam Archive has an incomplete run of material (approximately %50) for the years 1972 to 1974. There are a few issues from 1969 and 1971. The material is arranged chronologically and divided by quarter or month depending upon the amount of material for that period. Most of the material is in good to fair condition and all documents are in English.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Printed Material - Saigon Press Review of Vietnamese and Chinese Dailies, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 01 - Assessment and Strategy

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 01 - Assessment and Strategy

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 02 - Military Operations

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 02 - Military Operations

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The contents of this unit are reportorial in nature covering the day to day events of the war from the perspective of combat operations. The tone of these materials is to relate what happened on the battlefields of Vietnam with little analysis as to why certain policies were followed or how successfully they were pursued.. Since combat operations are conducted in an arena influenced by political and diplomatic factors, a certain amount of attention has been devoted to these subjects as well. Here again, however, the goal is more to report such events and their relationship to field operations rather than to analyze them. Primarily, the items in this unit consist of US, North and South Vietnamese journalistic, government, and academic reports and studies which offer narratives of battlefield operations. This unit consists of 35 boxes and is broken down in into two parts. The first, Boxes 1-28, contains contemporary accounts of battlefield events. These materials span the years 1945-1975, with the bulk during the 1961-75 time period. They are indexed at the folder level in this finding aid. Boxes 29-35 house retrospective materials covering the same events, published between 1975 and 1994. These retrospective materials are not indexed in this finding aid. According to the system which Douglas Pike set up in the original collection, each year's files are broken into two catagories. The first is General Files and the second is a group of chronological files. The General Files are found at the beginning of the arrangement for the files of each individual year and are labelled as such. Pike's original idea was to put overview documentation's or grand studies of the year's major events in these files. However, these events may well be covered in the chronological files that follow for the time period in question. The difference is that in these later files the material tends to be more, reportorial, fragmented, and journalistic in nature. If one is studying some major event or turning point in the war it behooves the researcher to begin with the general files and work to the chronological. If working on a more minor event or topic, it makes more sense to begin with the chronological files and then turn to the general files for material giving perspective to these events to help the researcher set them within the larger picture of the major events of the war. In describing the Pike Collection, every effort was made to list all significant subjects or materials contained in a file. This was primarily done by thumbing through the folders and making notes as we went. Thus, it may appear to the researcher that subjects have been listed in this finding aid in the order which they appear in the folders. This is not strictly the case. The only accurate statement that can be made about the folder descriptions is that it they reflect the time period listed and subjects given to be contained in the folder. However, just because material on a topic is encountered early in searching the folder, does not mean that there is not similar material at the end. This may be so because the internal arrangement in the folder is chronological, not topical. To help the researcher, there is also a glossary that precedes the section of this guide containing the folder inventories/indexes.

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Allied War Participants

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Allied War Participants

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Antiwar Activities

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Antiwar Activities

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Civil Operations, Revolutionary Development Support

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Civil Operations, Revolutionary Development Support

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Insurgency Warfare

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Insurgency Warfare

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Legal and Legislative

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Legal and Legislative

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Literature of the War

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Literature of the War

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - POW/MIA Issues

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - POW/MIA Issues

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Public Opinion

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Public Opinion

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Refugees and Civilian Casualties

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Refugees and Civilian Casualties

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Statistical Data

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Statistical Data

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Teaching

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Teaching

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Technology

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Technology

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Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - The Press and the War

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - The Press and the War

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Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - The Press and the War, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - US Economy and US Mission (Saigon)

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - US Economy and US Mission (Saigon)

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Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - US Economy and US Mission (Saigon), The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Veterans

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Veterans

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Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Veterans, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - War Atrocities

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - War Atrocities

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Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - War Atrocities, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 04 - Political Settlement

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 04 - Political Settlement

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Unit Four of the Pike Collection contains documents, newspaper clippings, and other literature pertaining to the diplomatic history of the political settlement for the Vietnam War. The scope of the collection is dated between 1946-1975, the bulk of which covers the years 1962-1975. Materials consist of internal government memorandums, transcripts of speeches and press conferences made by American and Vietnamese government officials, translated Vietnamese enemy documents, official government reports on the status and progress of American and Vietnamese efforts to reach a diplomatic settlement, cables and telegrams between Washington, D. C. and American officials in Vietnam, and American and Vietnamese periodical and newspaper articles covering the diplomatic aspects of the war.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 04 - Political Settlement, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 05 - National Liberation Front

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 05 - National Liberation Front

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Unit 5 examines the National Liberation Front and related organizations such as the People's Revolutionary Party, the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG), and the Alliance of Democratic Peace Forces. The unit is divided into the following series: General Studies, Organizational History, External (International) Relations, Organization, Dan Van Program, Military Activities, Political Action (Dich Van, Binh Van), Communications And Viet Cong Mystique. Another major series contains approximately 4,000 captured NLF documents (most of which are in Vietnamese.)

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 05 - National Liberation Front, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 06 - Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 06 - Democratic Republic of Vietnam

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Unit Six, Vietnam at War/Vietnam after Reunification contains material related to North and South Vietnam during the war and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after reunification. It is divided these three distinct categories. The first section, The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), contains documentary materials on wartime DRV organized by topic. The materials range from the late 1950's to the 1975 cut-off point. The section is divided into various topics include Situation, Internal Conditions, General Files, Customs, Behavior, Anniversaries, Foreign Relations, Culture, Lao Dong (Communist Worker's Party), Political Parties, Armed Forces, Military Science, Education, and Land Reform. There is more description for each topic where it appears in the finding aid. The second section, The Republic of Vietnam (RVN), presents topically arranged materials on the government of South Vietnam and South Vietnamese society during the war years. It also is further divided into topics which include: General Files, General History, Foreign Relations, Constitution, Chronology, Politics, Religion, Ethnic Minorities, Industry, Agriculture, Saigon, Internal Conditions, Culture and Customs, refugees, Economy, Education, and Mass Communications. Similar to the first section, there is more description for each topic where it appears in the finding aid. The final section, The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), examines Vietnam after reunification in 1975. Topics include: Situation, General Files, Cities, Education, Political Parties, Military Science, and Foreign Relations With China. Again, there is more description for each topic where it appears in the finding aid. There are 25 linear feet of material in Unit Six. Within each topic, boxes and/or folders are arranged chronologically. The material bulks between 1954 and 1975 for the first two sections and 1975-1994 for the section on the SRV. In each box, the folders are broken down into two categories: Documents and General Literature. The Document folders contain material directly attributed to participants in the shaping of the history of events. The General Literature folders hold secondary sources such as newspaper clippings and magazine and journal articles. Almost all of the sources are in English, though there are a few French and Vietnamese documents. Overall, the documents are in good or excellent condition with no access restrictions.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 06 - Democratic Republic of Vietnam, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 07 - Bibliography

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 07 - Bibliography

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Unit 7 of the Douglas Pike Collection contains Vietnam and Southeast Asia-related material of a bibliographic nature. The collection is divided into five sections: Book Review, arranged by the first initial of the author's last name; Publisher's Notes on books, arranged by the first initial of the author's last name; multiple book lists; Periodicals; Collection Lists; Audio-Visual Lists; and, Miscellaneous. This collection examines the dramatic impact the Vietnam War has produced on various media in the United States and World markets. There are approximately nineteen linear feet of material in this collection. The material is in good-excellent condition, the majority of which is in english.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 07 - Bibliography, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 08 - Biography

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 08 - Biography

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Unit 8 of the Douglas Pike Collection contains information on biography of major figures during the Vietnam Conflict. The 27 linear feet are arranged alphabetically according to the first letter of the surname. Individual folders have not been further alphabetized by entire surname though there are plans to complete this process in the future. There are a few exceptions to the rule (when the amount of material on an individual was significant) and those are listed in the box inventory. Box 20-25 contain general lists of individual (sometimes with more complete biography) and is divided by subject. Boxes 26 and 27 contain book-form published directories of individuals from a variety of sources. The material is in good-fair condition.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 08 - Biography, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 09 - Graphics

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 09 - Graphics

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The Graphics Collection comprises of printed graphic material documenting the various aspects of Vietnam Culture and Society before, during and after the conflict. The material covers military, political, diplomatic, social and cultural aspects in Vietnam to a larger extent and Southeast Asia to a lesser extent. There are many images of war from the period of United States involvement in the conflict to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam's involvement in Kampuchea. There are also many images on the POW/MIA situation, Science and Technology, the N.LF., P.A.V.N., A.R.V.N. and propaganda techniques. Specifically, this collection compliments the Vietnam Archives' Photograph Collection though it relates to nearly every other collection housed in the Vietnam Archives. The Graphics Collection consists of 26 linear foot of images. The boxes and folders are arranged by subject heading and then alphabetized. The graphics date from the 1950s to the 1990 with the majority in the 1960s. The major categories for the subject headings are: Anti-War, Cambodia, Chronology, Country, DRV (includes the SRV), Military/Diplomacy, Miscellaneous, People, POW/MIA, Propaganda, Science and Technology, Society and Culture, SVN, Urban and USA. While there is duplication within the collection, much of it is divided among the major subject headings.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 09 - Graphics, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 10 - 8.5 x 11 inch Map Collection

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 10 - 8.5 x 11 inch Map Collection

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This collection consists of approximately two linear feet of 8.5 x 11 inch maps from the Douglas Pike collection. Most of the maps concern Vietnam or the Vietnam conflict, and some are accompanied by written material. The great majority of the material is in English, though there is some French and Vietnamese. The maps are arranged according to geographic categories and with a theme of general to specific. Some of the maps cover periods both before and after the Vietnam conflict, even including pre-historic times. Major sources for the maps include newspapers, books on the Vietnam conflict, and periodicals. The maps are in fair to good condition

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 10 - 8.5 x 11 inch Map Collection, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 11 - Monographs

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 11 - Monographs

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Unit 11, monographs, of the Douglas Pike Collection contains monographs covering a wide range of topics in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and the rest of Southeast Asia. The finding aid for this collection is divided into two sections each organizing the collection in a different way. The first section, documents, lists all of the monographs in order with a corresponding document number, providing the researcher easy access to the collection. An index, at the end of the documents section provides a list of key words and phrases that appear in the documents. The numbers in the index correspond to the document number. The second section, category, divides the collection into six distinctive categories and 55 subjects. The table of contents delineates the various categories. There has been some cross-referencing in the category section of the finding aid depending upon the content of the material. There are 12 linear feet of material in Unit 11 and approximately 1000 monographs. . The original collection also contained periodicals, newsletters and books all of which have been removed and placed in their proper location in the archive. The material is in fair to good condition.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 11 - Monographs, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 12 - Chronology of Vietnam and the Conflict

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 12 - Chronology of Vietnam and the Conflict

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There are five linear feet in Unit 12. The original collection contained 16 boxes. Through the course of processing, two groups of material were separated and defined as collections: The Current News and the Saigon Press Review. Finding Aids for each are available. The material in this collection range from 258 B.C. to 1989. Most of the material contains information for the period 1965-1975. The material is in good to fair condition. Unit 12, Chronology of Vietnam and the Conflict, attempts to chronicle the major events relating to Vietnam in its history and during the First and Second Indochina Wars. Most of the material comes from published chronologies that appear at the end of books, in journals, or newspaper articles. There is also some United States, South Vietnamese and North Vietnamese government publications of chronologies.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 12 - Chronology of Vietnam and the Conflict, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 13 - The Early History of Vietnam

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 13 - The Early History of Vietnam

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There are approximately 4.5 linear feet in Unit 13. Major topics or events in Vietnamese history organize the unit. These include, but are not limited to the involvement of foreign powers in Vietnam, the Second World War, Dien Bien Phu, and the Geneva Conference. The history of the Indochinese Communist Party is a particularly lengthy section. Most of the material housed in the collection falls within the period of 1875 to 1954. Materials are generally arranged chronologically by the date the event in discussion occurred. Some anomalies result when a document addresses a lengthy timespan. When a single date is difficult to ascertain, the date of publication is used instead. Unit 13, The Early History of Vietnam, attempts to trace Vietnam's past from prehistoric times to 1954. Materials related to the Geneva Convention of 1954 conclude the chronological scope of Unit 13. Some pamphlets and government documents intersperse the bulk of the unit, which is composed mainly by book fragments, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles. The documentary support for The Pentagon Papers is a significant part of the unit's composition.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 13 - The Early History of Vietnam, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 14 - Manuscripts

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 14 - Manuscripts

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Most of the material in this Unit was gather in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The material covers all aspects of Vietnam and the United States conflict in the region. All but a few of the manuscripts are in English; manuscripts in other languages include French and Vietnamese. The material is in fair to good condition. Unit 14, Manuscripts, of the Douglas Pike Collections consists of manuscripts on Vietnam or Vietnam-related subjects sent to Professor Pike while he was at the University of California at Berkeley. Some of the manuscripts were sent for comment while others were sent to become apart of the Indochina Resource Center. In many cases, the manuscript has since been transformed into a book. Scholars should consult the Texas Tech University Library Catalogue system to see if the manuscript they seek is listed in the catalogue.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 14 - Manuscripts, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.

Finding Aid for the Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 15 - Cambodia

Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 15 - Cambodia

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There are 13.5 linear feet of material in Unit 15. The Cambodian section (10.5 linear feet) contains the most material, followed by the Thailand section (2 linear feet) and the Laos section (1 linear foot). The scope of the Cambodian section is 1947-1993; the Thailand section is 1950-1977; and, Laos section 1967-1981. The material is in good condition though some preservation copies were required for newspaper articles. Unit 15 of the Douglas Pike Collection contains material on Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand during and after the Second Indochina War. The material covers a variety of political, military, economic, social, cultural, and diplomatic topics. The Cambodia material is divided into two sections. The first part is arranged chronologically and designed to provide an overview of the country. The second section is arranged by individual subject. The Thailand section is arranged chronologically while the Laos section is divided into four general subjects: military, political, social, and economic.

Finding Aid,  No Date, Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 15 - Cambodia, The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University.