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Vietnam: American servicemen; handicrafts; nuns; children, 1965-06

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Scope and Contents

Military personnel (Capt. Edward G. Parker; Staff Sgt. Walden Wagner; most names not visible; one shirtless, with a cross on a chain around his neck); serviceman, woman and children; people weaving mats; women doing embroidery(?); people making clothes(?); nuns; schoolchildren; person playing a fretted instrument with 8 strings; laundry; minibus, with people hanging onto the back; people crossing a wooden bridge over a stream, a long building with tile roof in the background; market; people in a boat, near a settlement with a smokestack; servicemen with a motorbike; servicemen relaxing in a church(?)

Dates

  • 1965-06

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Chiefly in English or Japanese. Some materials in Korean and other languages

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations. This collection is stored off-site and requires two business days advance notice for retrieval. Please contact the McCormick Library at specialcollections@northwestern.edu or 847-491-3635 for more information or to schedule an appointment to view the collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 159 Boxes

Additional Description

General

  • Contact prints for frames 2-7 are with "Vietnam: American and Vietnamese soldiers; village medical care" (box 124, folder 9)
  • Location shown: Vietnam
  • Envelope inscribed "Saigon", "A" and "Viet Nam"; with other inscriptions
  • Frames 25 ("Nuns of the Order of the Good Shepherd who operate a home for wayward girls in Vinh Long, Viet Nam"), 18 ("Sister Ursula instructing class in basic reading") and 20 ("This Vietnamese girl, 25 operates the convent laundry") were published in Jameson's article "Sisters continue mercy mission amid Viet war" (Chicago tribune 1965-08-06, page 9). Capt. Parker and Staff Sgt. Wagner are mentioned in Jameson's article "Former renegade clears Reds from Viet district" (Chicago tribune 1965-08-07, page 4)
  • Black-and-white

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    Library Details

    Part of the Northwestern University Archives Repository

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