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The Michigan State University Group: Its Status and Prospects, 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-1898-116-UA17-234_000006
A second draft of a report is created by Wesley Fishel concerning the status and administration of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group. Fishel discusses their technical specifications in terms of funding and personnel, as well as their rapport among other American groups in Vietnam. He gives a history of MSU-Vietnamese relations and the development of the program, and also discusses relations with Vietnamese government officials and the future need for MSU involvement in Vietnam. Fishel goes into great depth about issues between the MSUG and USOM's director Leland Barrows.
Author(s): Fishel, Wesley
Item Creation Date: 0 1957
Collection: Ralph H. Smuckler Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Jan 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Report of Deans C. E. Erickson and Milton E. Muelder of the M.S.U. Technical Assistance Program in Saigon, 30 January to 9 February 1956.
Document Item Number: 6-20-18C6-116-UA2-1-12_000054
Clifford E. Erickson (Dean of the College of Education) and Milton E. Muelder (Dean of the College of Science and Arts) report on the progress of the Michigan State University Group in Saigon. Topics include relations with government officials, health and housing, education, and police training.
Author(s): Erickson, Clifford E. Muelder, Milton E.
Item Creation Date: 1956
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 27 Jan 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration; Research, Documentation and Diffusion Center; Saigon, Vietnam; August 11, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-18E3-116-UA2-1-12_000080
A report from the Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA) in Saigon. The purpose of the report is to provide for the establishment and operation of a center devoted to the development of public administration for economic and social development, to carry out the technical service entrusted to the Republic of Vietnam. Topical points include the program itself, the program development schedule, and a listing of professional and semi-professional staff hired in between August 1958 and June 1960. EROPA was founded in 1960.A;A;
Author(s): Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA)
Item Creation Date: 11 August 1958
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 05 Feb 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Memorandum from the Vietnam Advisory Committee, December 12, 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1901-116-UA2-1-12_000108
A summary of issues related to the Michigan State University Group (MSUG), discussed by professors Dorsey, Brandstatter, Louhi, LaPalombara, Hendry, Smuckler, and Taggart. Topics included a number of developments that had occurred related to the Vietnam Project in Saigon. MSU's reputation for its role in the Vietnam Project is discussed at the end of the meeting. MSUG Coordinator Ruben Austin shares the document with MSU president Hannah.
Author(s): author unknown
Item Creation Date: 12 December 1960
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 11 Feb 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
A Travesty on Academic Objectivity, circa 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-1952-116-UA2-1-12_000189
The author of the report writes from Saigon, after having received a copy of the New Republic article "A Crumbling Bastion: Flattery and Lies Won't Save Vietnam". The author retorts the content of the article, calling it "intemperate and unbalanced". The author cites examples from the article, and refutes the statistics provided within.
Author(s): author unknown
Item Creation Date: 1962
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 25 Feb 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Letter from McGeorge Bundy to John A. Hannah, March 26, 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-195B-116-UA2-1-12_000198
McGeorge Bundy, U.S. National Security Advisor to John F. Kennedy, writes to MSU President Hannah, thanking him for sending Wesley Fishel's report on conditions in South Vietnam. Bundy indicates that he has made copies of Fishel's report for Kennedy's staff members who are following the situation in Vietnam, and includes Fishel's original report.
Author(s): Bundy, McGeorge
Item Creation Date: 26 March 1962
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 25 Feb 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Free World Assistance to Viet-Nam (as of July 1, 1967)
Document Item Number: 6-20-19CA-116-UA17-95_001511
A report on aid provided to Vietnam through the Free World Assistance Program. Countries providing aid are listed geographically, with figures indicating amount of aid contributed. Areas of aid include military, economic, and technical assistance. Mention is also made of aid from some non-free world countries.
Author(s): author unknown
Item Creation Date: 01 July 7 1967
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Mar 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Our Allies Look at Vietnam, ATLAS Magazine, October 1966
Document Item Number: 6-20-19CE-116-UA17-95_001515
An article in the October 1966 issue of ATLAS magazine discussing the military assistance granted to Vietnam by four countries, including the U.S. Comparisons are made in the number of troops volunteering, press releases, and statements from political leaders in each country. Opposing viewpoints from other individuals are also included.
Author(s): ATLAS: The Magazine of the World Press
Item Creation Date: October 10 1966
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Mar 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Commercial Import Program for Vietnam, Fact Sheet, June 19, 1966
Document Item Number: 6-20-19D8-116-UA17-95_001525
An informational publication distributed by the Agency for International Development (AID). As a supplement to the aid provided to Vietnam, the AID utilizes the Commercial Import Program (CIP), which gives dollar credits to pay for goods which Vietnam must import. This fact sheet details the objectives of CIP, and provides facts to dispute allegations of corruption, blackmarketing, and diversion. A list of commodities, with distribution in millions of dollars in Fiscal Year 1966, is included.
Author(s): Agency for International Development
Item Creation Date: 19 June 6 1966
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Mar 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Research and Evaluation Information Center Airgram Summary No. 28 (June 1968 Accession List), July 26, 1968
Document Item Number: 6-20-19F2-116-UA17-95_001551
A list of reference materials added in June 1968 to the Vietnam Research and Evaluation Information Center, sent from the Agency for International Development (AID) in Washington, D.C., to AID in Saigon. Topics of the materials include agriculture, development programs, economics, education, and bibliographies (among others).
Author(s): Piper, Carol
Item Creation Date: 26 July 7 1968
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 09 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Vietnam Research and Evaluation Information Center: Accession List No. 23, January 1969
Document Item Number: 6-20-19F8-116-UA17-95_001557
A monthly list of print materials acquired by the Research, Evaluation and Information Retrieval Staff of the Vietnam Research and Evaluation Information Center.
Author(s): Piper, Carol
Item Creation Date: January 1 1969
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Vietnam Research and Evaluation Information Center: Accession List No. 24, February 1969
Document Item Number: 6-20-19F9-116-UA17-95_001558
A monthly list of print materials acquired by the Research, Evaluation and Information Retrieval Staff of the Vietnam Research and Evaluation Information Center.
Author(s): Piper, Carol
Item Creation Date: February 2 1969
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Agricultural Production Memo No. 10: Review of Land Reform Programs as Modified by Recent Circulars, August 22, 1969
Document Item Number: 6-20-1A0F-116-UA17-95_001580
The tenth in a series of agricultural production memos on land reform. Keith Sherper, Acting Assistant Director for Land Reform for USAID/Vietnam, provides information about the land reform program in Vietnam, as modified by various circulars. Topics include distribution of Government of Vietnam-owned land, the freeze on occupancy and rent, the proposed "Land-to-the-Tiller" program, the Montagnard program, the communal lands, and land development and resettlement centers.
Author(s): Sherper, Keith W.
Item Creation Date: 22 August 8 1969
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 16 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
PSYOP Policy Guidance No. 85, Joint Policy: Distribution of GVN-Owned Land: Land Reform, circa 1969
Document Item Number: 6-20-1A13-116-UA17-95_001584
A report created to present information on simplified procedures for the distribution of Government of Vietnam-owned land. An annex, A. Background and Discussion, along with an attached appendix ("List of Expropriated and Former French Land") are included.
Author(s): Chuong, Cao Thanh
Item Creation Date: 0 1969
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 19 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
AID in an Interdependent World: Food & Nutrition, July 1975
Document Item Number: 6-20-1A22-116-UA17-95_001599
A pamphlet published by the Agency for International Development, this publication discusses the issue of hunger on a global scale. Photos from various countries with food deficiencies, and tables providing information on food aid provided by the U.S. from 1974-1976, are included, and programs on agricultural research are highlighted.
Author(s): Agency for International Development, Office of Public Affairs
Item Creation Date: July 7 1975
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Why Foreign Aid, circa 1967
Document Item Number: 6-20-1A27-116-UA17-95_001604
Excerpted from an address by William Gaud, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID), this pamphlet provides information on the aid program in Vietnam, and offers ideas on why the U.S. provides assistance to Vietnam and other developing countries. Photos of people from various nations, in need and benefiting from aid, are included.
Author(s): Gaud, William S.
Item Creation Date: 0 1967
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
The Employee Suggestion Plan at Stanvac, an NIA Case Development Seminar, 10 March 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-1BF-116-UA17-95_000472
The National Institute of Administration prepared a case in regards to a branch of the Stanvac company that resides in Vietnam.
Author(s): National Institute of Administration
Item Creation Date: 10 March 3 1958
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 27 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
The Cai San Tractor Loans, the NIA Case Development Seminar, Circa 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-1C1-116-UA17-95_000474
The National Institute of Aminstration Case Development Seminar prepared a case study in regards to the Cai San tractor loans. Cai San was one of the largest resettlement centers for refugees from North Vietnam.
Author(s): National Institute of Administration (NIA) Case Development Semina
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 27 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Letter from Eleanore to the Dorseys and Fishels, 14 November, 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-200-116-UA17-95_001029
A personal letter that Eleanore wrote to the Dorseys and Fishels to provide an update of current activities happening in Vietnam. The letter includes some handwritten edits.
Author(s): Eleanore
Item Creation Date: 14 November 11 1960
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 02 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Vietnamese Women's Day: Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu Unveils Hai Ba Trung Memorial", 11 March 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-20F-116-UA17-95_001043
Hai Ba Trung refers to the Trung Sisters of Vietnam. These two women are thought to be heroines amongst the Vietnam for they had rebelled against Chinese rule for years during the first century A.C.E. On the 1962 Women's Day, Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu unveiled a Hai Ba Trung Memorial.
Author(s): Vietnam Press
Item Creation Date: 11 August 8 1962
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
The Lower Mekong Development Scheme, Vu Van Thai, September 17-19, 1965
Document Item Number: 6-20-278-116-UA17-95_001131
The Inter-Regional Economic Advisor of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, Vu Van Thai prepared a speech on the lower Mekong development scheme. This speech was prepared for the Wingspread Symposium on Southeast Asia, September 17-19 1965.
Author(s): Vu Van Thai Department of Economic and Social Affairs, The United Nations The Johnson Foundation
Item Creation Date: September 9 1965
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 19 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Cai-San: The Dramatic Story of Resettlement and Land Reform in the "Rice Bowl" of the Republic of Vietnam, The Secretariat of State for Information, Republic of Vietnam, 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-292-116-UA17-95_001155
A booklet on resettlement and land reform in the "rice bowl" of Vietnam.
Author(s): The Secretariat of State for Information, Republic of Vietnam
Item Creation Date: 0 1956
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Report of Survey of Land Reform in the Binh Tuy Province of South Vietnam, 4 June 1967
Document Item Number: 6-20-296-116-UA17-95_001159
A report of survey of land reform at the Phuoc Hamlet in the Phuoc Hoi Village in the Ham Tan district of the Binh Tuy province of South Vietnam.
Author(s): Rural Technical Team
Item Creation Date: 04 June 6 1967
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Letter from Robert F. Turner to Thomas S. An, 13 March, 1971
Document Item Number: 6-20-2AD-116-UA17-95_001182
Robert F. Turner from the Embassy of the United States of America in Saigon, Vietnam wrote to Thomas S. An in regards to the political parties operating in Vietnam. The information is intended to update Zagoria's DRV Government chart.
Author(s): Turner, Robert F.
Item Creation Date: 13 March 3 1971
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 24 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Chronology of United States-Vietnam Relations, 1949-1964
Document Item Number: 6-20-2C1-116-UA17-95_001202
A chronological timeline outlining United States- Vietnam relations from 1949 to 1964.
Author(s): Unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1964
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 27 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Special Commissariat for Civic Action, Undated
Document Item Number: 6-20-31A-116-UA2-9-5-5_000073
An assortment of documents providing general information on the Special Commissariat for Civic Action. These documents include a recording of personal comments by Nguyen Quan, and the general directive on structure and operation of the Civic Action program.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 08 Jul 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Memorandums to Wesley Fishel, July 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-329-116-UA2-9-5-5_000088
This document contains a series of memos from July of 1957 that are all addressed to Wesley Fishel in regards to the Colombo Powers Conference.
Author(s): Ryan, Jack E. Tenenbaum, Florence Stoutenburg, H.N Rundlett, Lyman Carmichaeal, D.L
Item Creation Date: July 7 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 08 Jul 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Activities of the Department of Information and Youth, circa 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-3B1-116-UA2-9-5-5_000225
A summary of activities of the Department of Information and Youth.
Author(s): Ngo Dinh Diem
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 24 Jul 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
The Art of Leadership, Howard W. Hoyt, 29 May 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-3F3-116-UA2-9-5-5_000291
A lecture from Howard W. Hoyt on the art of leadership that was given as part of a lecture series for government executives of Vietnam.
Author(s): Hoyt, Howard W.
Item Creation Date: 29 May 5 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 01 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Foreign Trade Tables of Vietnam, 1952-1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-401-116-UA2-9-5-5_000301
Tables depicting foreign trade with Vietnam from 1952 to 1956.
Author(s): Unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 04 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Instruction, Management Conference, August 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-6E5-116-UA2-9-5-5_000752
Lloyd Musolf forwards a case study of the Tiger Petroleum Company to Ruben Austin, which includes retail issues, expenditures and sales, programs put in place to fix retail problems, maps of the business area and charts of the company's administration heirarchy.
Author(s): Musolf, Lloyd
Item Creation Date: 18 October 10 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 30 Sep 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Instruction, Curriculum, Basic (Proposed), 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-72F-116-UA2-9-5-5_000825
A preliminary curriculum for the NIA to train executive personnel. The classes listed in the curriculum are administrative, financial, and economic.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 11 April 4 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 02 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Letter from Nguyen Van Hung to President John F. Kennedy, 4 September, 1963
Document Item Number: 6-20-7F-116-UA17-95_000127
Nguyen Van Hung critiques the Diem regime and methods described as "personalism." Hung also discusses the level of American foreign aid in support of the Diem regime. Hung requests that the new government follow democratic institutions such as public freedom, political and economic participation, and the right to work and education. A French version of the letter follows.
Author(s): Nguyen Van Hung
Item Creation Date: 04 September 9 1963
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 04 Feb 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Planning, Work Plans, Misc. Post Mid-1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-836-116-UA2-9-5-5_001087
The Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group publishes a suggested work plan under the new IGA-MSU contract. The stated purpose is to figure out where MSU could best aid the National Institute of Administration in its development. Subjects of the report include general planning initiatives, consultation committees, faculty development, student course work, research, library development, and training programs.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: July 7 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 17 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Publications, National Institute of Administration: Activities from July 7, 1960 to July 7, 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-84B-116-UA2-9-5-5_001108
The National Institute of Administration publishes a summary of activities from July 1960 to July 1961. The findings discuss academic divisions at the institute, changes in curriculum, in-service training, and graphs representing enrollment and faculty numbers.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 07 July 7 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 21 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Letter from Elsie Cunningham to Stanley Sheinbaum, Wesley Fishel, and David Cole, July 8, 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-947-116-UA2-9-5-5_001357
Elsie Cunningham writes to Stanley Sheinbaum, Wesley Fishel, David Cole with a number of specific points on the progress and problems of students in the participant training program.
Author(s): Cunningham, Elsie
Item Creation Date: 08 July 7 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Nov 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Elsie Cunningham and Pham Quang Pham, October 1959 to May 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-C2D-116-UA2-9-5-5_002012
Correspondence between administrative assistant for the Participant Training Program Elsie Cunningham and participant Pham Quang Pham from October 13, 1959 to May 24, 1960. They discuss matters of per diem check payments, Pham's experiences in the U.S. south, a Wall Street Journal subscription, ticket and travel costs, Pham's encounters with the Bank of Tokyo, and updates after Pham's return to Saigon.
Author(s): Pham Quang Pham
Item Creation Date: 13 October 10 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 15 Dec 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Tran Thi Kim Sa and Participant Training Program faculty, October 1961 to March 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-C7F-116-UA2-9-5-5_002094
Correspondence between participant Tran Thi Kim Sa and faculty in the Participant Training Program from October 10, 1961 to March 29, 1962. They discuss semester reports, course progress, employment with the NIA, applying to Columbia University, and continuation of Saââ¬â¢s sponsorship.
Author(s): Tran Thi Kim Sa
Item Creation Date: 10 October 10 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Dec 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Letters from Stanley Gabis to various finance officials, October, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-CBE-116-UA2-9-5-5_002157
Acting Coordinator for the Participant Training Program Stanley Gabis writes drafts letters to various finance officials requesting training for participant Huynh Xuan Tho. Gabis writes to administrators in Cambridge, Albany, Ottawa, New York City, and Puerto Rico. He receives responses from a number of people.
Author(s): Gabis, Stanley T.
Item Creation Date: 06 October 10 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 02 Jan 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Participants, Vietnamese non-Ph.D. (Arranged alphabetically by time period): 1958-1959, Vinh Tho
Document Item Number: 6-20-D22-116-UA2-9-5-5_002256
Vinh Tho of the Participant Training Program writes a series of reports following his training experiences in California from December 22, 1959 to January 6, 1960. He paid visits to the Lockheed Aircraft Company, Capitol Records Distributing Corporation, Los Angeles County, Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, the Brunswig Drug Company, the Business Systems, the Richfield Refinery, and the California State Personnel Board.
Author(s): Vinh Tho
Item Creation Date: 22 December 12 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 09 Jan 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Field Trips, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, March 28-April 1, 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-9AF-116-UA2-9-5-5_001461
The Michigan State University Department of Information Services releases an article describing the upcoming training participant field trip, as well as outlines of the itinerary and who will be attending.
Author(s): Sheinbaum, Stanley
Item Creation Date: 09 March 3 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 07 Nov 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Elsie Cunningham and various U.S. offices, September-November, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-D70-116-UA2-9-5-5_002334
Administrative Assistant Elsie Cunningham corresponds with various offices throughout the U.S. to arrange training opportunities for Participant Training Program students Van Dinh Tho, Hoang Quoc Cung, and Pham Sung Lu. Cunningham receives favorable answers from a number of offices.
Author(s): Cunningham, Elsie
Item Creation Date: 02 September 9 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 15 Jan 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Huynh Van Dong and Elsie Cunningham, February-August, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-A7B-116-UA2-9-5-5_001664
Correspondence between Huynh Van Dong and Elsie Cunningham concerning companies he trained with in Boston, Toronto, Montreal, and New York City, as well as regarding his funding.
Author(s): Huynh Van Dong
Item Creation Date: 19 August 8 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 18 Nov 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Brief History of the Surete in Indo-China
Document Item Number: 6-20-A92-116-1490109001
History of the Surete in Indochina. Covers each of the five administrative units of French Indochina (Tonkin, Annam, Laos, Cochinchina and Cambodia), and is divided into sections covering the following historical periods: 1875-1918, 1918-1939, 1939-1945 1945-Present.A;
Author(s): Ryan, Jack E.
Item Creation Date: 10 January 1 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Recommendations Concerning Proposed Field Organization of the Commissariat for Refugees - Vietnam Technical Assistance Project
Document Item Number: 6-20-AAD-116-1490130001
Recommendations concerning the Proposed Field Organization of the Commissariat for Refugees (COMIGAL), concerned primarily with issues of administration.A;
Author(s): Weidner, Edward
Item Creation Date: 20 September 9 1955
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Nguyen Van Son and Elsie Cunningham, February-May, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-B03-116-UA2-9-5-5_001714
Correspondence between Nguyen Van Son and Elsie Cunningham from February 21 to May 29, 1958 concerning mainly discussions of funding, but also buying books, room arrangements, the upcoming ASPA conference, and field trip travel plans.
Author(s): Nguyen Van Son
Item Creation Date: 21 February 2 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 21 Nov 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Nguyen Van Son and Elsie Cunningham, June-October, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-B04-116-UA2-9-5-5_001715
Correspondence between Nguyen Van Son and Elsie Cunningham from June to October of 1958. They discuss travel arrangements, lodging accommodations, grade reports, class discussions, funding, and general travel plans. There is a particularly gripping letter from September 29 in which Son recounts his experience being assaulted in Chicago.
Author(s): Nguyen Van Son
Item Creation Date: 05 June 6 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 21 Nov 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Vu Uyen Van and Elsie Cunningham, July 1958 to March 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-B1A-116-UA2-9-5-5_001737
Correspondence between Vu Uyen Van and Elsie Cunningham spanning July 23, 1958 to March 17, 1959. They discuss Van's trips to Washington, D.C., Bethel, Boston, and New York City, as well as the possibility of meeting with the Rector of the National Institute of Administration Vu Quoc Thong. They also discuss travel arrangements and Van's activities upon his return to Vietnam and the NIA.
Author(s): Cunningham, Elsie
Item Creation Date: 23 July 7 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 24 Nov 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Participant Training Program faculty, November 1958 to October 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-DB7-116-UA2-9-5-5_002405
Faculty of the Participant Training Program correspond intermittently from November, 1958 to October, 1960, with an eight month lapse. The subject of their discussion is participant Buu Dich, particularly his schedule of training and travel, and his academic progress and ability to earn a degree. The faculty are reserved as to Dich's academic standing and his potential to succeed in graduate school.
Author(s): Cunningham, Elsie
Item Creation Date: 26 November 11 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 22 Jan 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Tran Qui Than and Elsie Cunningham, February-March, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-ED2-116-UA2-9-5-5_002687
Ph.D. training participant Tran Qui Than corresponds with Administrative Assistant for the Participant Training Program Elsie Cunningham from February to March, 1959. They discuss Than's course registration, per diem check payments, lodgings, book orders, bill reimbursements, an insurance claim settlement, grade reports, Cunningham's upcoming travel plans, an upcoming conference from the American Society for Public Administration, and Than's course progress.
Author(s): Tran Qui Than
Item Creation Date: 08 February 2 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 09 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Cao Toan, Judith Rathburn, James Hendry, and Yuriko Nakamura, October 1961 to July 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-F12-116-UA2-9-5-5_002751
Ph.D. training participant Cao Toan corresponds intermittently with Judith Rathbun, James Hendry, and Hendry's secretary Yuriko Nakamura from October, 1961 to July, 1962. They discuss Toan's recent marriage, referrals for new Ph.D. participants, progress reports, Toan's recent training in Washington, D.C., travel and bill reimbursements, the end of the MSU-Vietnam contract, the continuation of Toan's sponsorship, changes in address, an extension of training, and an outline of Toan's dissertation.
Author(s): Cao Toan
Item Creation Date: 17 October 10 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Participant Training Program faculty, April 1961 to April 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-F7F-116-UA2-9-5-5_002860
Faculty associated with the Vietnam Project Participant Training Program correspond intermittently over the course of a year, from April, 1961 to April, 1962. They discuss potential new Ph.D. scholarship recipients, requests from individuals for scholarships, financing for the Ph.D. grants, priorities for funding, and extensions for current Ph.D. students.
Author(s): Austin, Ruben V.
Item Creation Date: 21 April 4 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 19 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Participant Training Program faculty, June-August, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-F9C-116-UA2-9-5-5_002889
Faculty of the Vietnam Project Participant Training Program correspond from June to August, 1958 to discuss the police administration program. The correspondents discuss the type of training, biographical data and insurance forms for participants, course enrollment, lists of present participants, length of training, contract obligations, and funding.
Author(s): Smuckler, Ralph
Item Creation Date: 03 June 6 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Salary Differential (Participant), 1956-1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-FE5-116-UA2-9-5-5_002962
The International Cooperation Administration compiles a number of reports related to funding of the Participant Training Program.
Author(s): Palmer, Gardner E.
Item Creation Date: 15 May 5 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 27 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Participant Training Program faculty, January-June, 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-FE6-116-UA2-9-5-5_002963
Faculty associated with the Vietnam Project Participant Training Program correspond from January to June, 1956 to discuss the rate and payment of per diem payments and funding for the program.
Author(s): Dorsey, John T.
Item Creation Date: 04 January 1 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 27 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Deputy Chief Advisor, Memoranda, Howard Hoyt, November 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-13F6-116-UA2-9-5-5_003989
Deputy Chief Advisor for the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division Howard Hoyt sends two memorandums to Coordinator Stanley Gabis in November, 1959. The memos discuss Hoyt's recent trip to Washington, D.C., and updates on staff and equipment in Vietnam. There are also three newspaper articles included on justice probing in Vietnam and water needs.
Author(s): Hoyt, Howard W.
Item Creation Date: 10 November 11 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 11 Aug 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Embassy of Vietnam: Press and Information Service, Volume 1 No. 27, 7 October 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-170-116-UA17-95_000399
This document contains the Embassy of Vietnam's Information Service Publication, Volume 1 No. 27. This press release contains President Ngo Dinh Diem's review of Vietnam's economic program and Ambassador Tran Van Chuong's comment on the Vietminh's request for general elections in Vietnam.
Author(s): Embassy of Vietnam
Item Creation Date: 07 October 10 1955
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Letters from Vu Quoc Thong to various MSU Technical Committee members, May 1961 to March 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-4CE-116-UA2-9-5-5_000459
A series of letters inviting various persons to meetings of the Technical Committee, each including a scheduled agenda for the meeting. In English and Vietnamese.
Author(s): Vu Quoc Thong
Item Creation Date: 08 May 5 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Committees, Construction, Meetings 1-67 December 1958-March 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-4DA-116-UA2-9-5-5_000471
The meeting minutes for the thirteenth gathering of the Technical Committee for the construction of the new National Institute of Administration building. Included are both English and Vietnamese translations.
Author(s): Vu Quoc Thong
Item Creation Date: 21 October 10 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Committees, Executive August 11, 18, 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-515-116-UA2-9-5-5_000529
The meeting minutes of the Executive Committee of the NIA concerns the arrival of students and their curriculum. The document is in Vietnamese and English.
Author(s): Vu Quoc Thong
Item Creation Date: 11 August 8 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 28 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Gordon Brown, MSUG members, and NIA officials, April-May, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-522-116-UA2-9-5-5_000542
A series of correspondences between architect Gordon Brown and members of the MSUG and NIA addressing the problems of delays in the architectural drawings and pay delays to Mr. Brown. Some of the correspondences are in French.
Author(s): Brown, Gordon
Item Creation Date: 15 April 4 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence for an NIA building, January-May, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-536-116-UA2-9-5-5_000562
A series of correspondences from January to May of 1958 which document various budget concerns and financial transfers for the building of the new NIA facility.
Author(s): Dorsey, John
Item Creation Date: 06 January 1 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 02 Sep 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Vu Quoc Thong and Wesley Fishel, January-May, 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-563-116-UA2-9-5-5_000599
Vu Quoc Thong and Wesley Fishel exchange correspondences concerning the new building for the National Institute of Administration and its student populations, fees, schools schedule, and training programs.
Author(s): Vu Quoc Thong
Item Creation Date: 31 January 1 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 11 Sep 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Vu Quoc Thong, NIA officials, and MSU Vietnam Advisory Group personnel, February-March, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-567-116-UA2-9-5-5_000603
Vu Quoc Thong writes to and receives letters from a number of officials within the National Institute of Administration and the MSU Vietnam Advisory Group concerning administration at the new NIA building, MSU's policy in Vietnam, and available space at the new building.
Author(s): Vu Quoc Thong
Item Creation Date: 20 February 2 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 11 Sep 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Visitors, Misc. Information, 1955-1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1011-116-UA2-9-5-5_003005
A publication is made of general travel information for students training with the International Cooperation Administration in the Philippines.
Author(s): Summers, Paul D.
Item Creation Date: 21 August 8 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 06 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Ralph Smuckler and Nguyen Dinh Thuan, November-December, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-1023-116-UA2-9-5-5_003023
Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Dinh Thuan from November to December, 1958. Their main discussion centers on arrangements for new Vietnamese students to study with the Participant Training Program, including visiting officials, travel arrangements, budgetary requirements, student requirements, courses offered, building of the new NIA building, and staff members. Many of the letters are accompanied by Vietnamese and French translations.
Author(s): Smuckler, Ralph H.
Item Creation Date: 08 November 11 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 09 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Lloyd Musolf and Nguyen Dinh Thuan, January-March, 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-102D-116-UA2-9-5-5_003033
Acting Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Lloyd Musolf corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Dinh Thuan from January to March, 1960. They discuss tax reports, American personnel in Vietnam, faculty visits to Vietnam, arrangements for NIA students to visit the U.S., and recommendations for Vietnamese typing. Many of the letters are accompanied by Vietnamese translations.
Author(s): Musolf, Lloyd D.
Item Creation Date: 09 January 1 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 10 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Presidency, Office of the, Budget and Foreign Aid, Directorate General of (Executive Agency of the Office of the Presidency), Examples From FY 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-1077-116-UA2-9-5-5_003102
Expenditures from 1957-1958 are analyzed and compared for different departments of the Vietnamese government.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 17 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Presidency, Office of the, Budget and Foreign Aid, Directorate General of (Executive Agency of the Office of the Presidency), Budget, Autonomous of the Port of Saigon-Cholon, FY 1954
Document Item Number: 6-20-1086-116-UA2-9-5-5_003117
A budget report created for the Port of Saigon-Cholon for the year 1954.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1954
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 18 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Presidency, Office of the, Budget and Foreign Aid, Directorate General of (Executive Agency of the Office to the Presidency), Department of Public Works, Misc. Material 1959-1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-10AB-116-UA2-9-5-5_003154
Program Director Nguyen Duoc Lan sends to Budget Specialist Marvin Murphy copies of the "Application of Program Budgeting to P.W. Direction General" for Murphy's review. A Vietnamese translation is included.
Author(s): Nguyen Duoc Lan
Item Creation Date: 11 November 11 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Letter from Tran Ba Thach to Marvin Murphy, November 20, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-10B0-116-UA2-9-5-5_003159
Planning Director Tran Ba Thach forwards a model balance sheet for operational costs to Budget Specialist Marvin Murphy for review. An English and a Vietnamese translation are included.
Author(s): Tran Ba Thach
Item Creation Date: 20 November 11 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
A draft is recorded of a speech given by Director General of the National Budget and Foreign Aid Vu Van Thai during his visit to Michigan State University.
Author(s): Vu Van Thai
Item Creation Date: 08 October 10 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 30 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Vietnam Advisory Group personnel and Vietnam field administration officials, October 1956 to March 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-1119-116-UA2-9-5-5_003264
Personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group correspond with Vietnamese officials in field administration to plan the Province Administration Survey.
Author(s): Nguyen Quan
Item Creation Date: 29 October 10 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 07 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Vietnam Advisory Group personnel, July, 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-116B-116-UA2-9-5-5_003346
Correspondence between Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group personnel throughout the month of July, 1957 to discuss matters affecting the Public Administration Division. They discuss bureau responsibilities, visiting officials, reports and publications, field training trips, establishment of new departments, personnel issues, new employees, office matters, and civil service training.
Author(s): Rosenfeld, Albert A.
Item Creation Date: 08 July 7 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 16 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Public Administration Division, Objectives, Statement of, November 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-119D-116-UA2-9-5-5_003396
The Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group published a report on the general objectives of the Public Administration Division for the year 1958.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: November 11 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 22 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Public Administration Division, Program Plan 1957-1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-11A1-116-UA2-9-5-5_003400
A program plan is created for each section of the Public Administration Division ending in December, 1957. The information for each section includes operations planned and status objectives.
Author(s): Dorsey, John T.
Item Creation Date: 25 October 10 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 22 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Public Administration Division, Research Section, Research Proposals Misc. Dates
Document Item Number: 6-20-11A6-116-UA2-9-5-5_003405
John Dorsey submits a report entitled, "Public Administration in Vietnam, A Research Design." He covers objectives, theoretical framework and categories, and methodology.
Author(s): Dorsey, John T.
Item Creation Date: February 2 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 22 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Public Administration Division, Status Reports November to December of 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-11B4-116-UA2-9-5-5_003419
Regular status reports detailing the time spent on the project and the project's projected completion date. The projects are for the Public Administration Division covering the period of November to December, 1957. The reports cover the sections of Academic Instruction, Consulting, In-Service Training, and Research.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 11 November 11 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 27 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Walter Mode, Frederic Wickert, and Ralph Smuckler from the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group co-author a report of recommendations for the proposed field organization from the Commissariat for Refugees.
Author(s): Mode, Walter W.
Item Creation Date: 20 September 9 1955
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 07 May 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Public Administration Team, Vietnam Bureau of Investigation (VBI) Memorandum April 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-126-116-UA17-95_000320
An initial report about the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation, as studied by the MSUG. The report contains the overall mission of the VBI, some general information (size, locations of headquarters, etc) about the VBI, and equipment inventory.
Author(s): Fishel, Wesley
Item Creation Date: 17 April 4 1956
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 10 Apr 2013 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Rural Affairs (Agriculture, Department of), Papers, ââ¬ÅLabor in Vietnamââ¬Â n.d
Document Item Number: 6-20-129B-116-UA2-9-5-5_003648
Nguyen Von Huan writes a paper for the National Institute of Administration's seminar in Economics, entitled, "Labor in Viet Nam (seen from the production point of view)."
Author(s): Nguyen Von Huan
Item Creation Date: 0 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 28 May 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Rural Affairs (Agriculture, Department of), Seminar Materials, UNESCO Seminar, Papers and Reports March 18-26, 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-12A6-116-UA2-9-5-5_003659
A general report is made by Vu Quoc Thuc on the UNESCO Regional Seminar on Social Research and Problems of Rural Life in South East Asia.
Author(s): Vu Quoc Thuc
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 May 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Rural Affairs (Agriculture, Department of), Seminar Materials, Misc., Notes, etc. 1955-1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-12AD-116-UA2-9-5-5_003666
A brief report is drawn up on Vietnamese industry and financial difficulties.
Author(s): Thanh Quang Nhien
Item Creation Date: 15 October 10 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 May 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Walter Mode and personnel of the Four Ministries Study, January-April, 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-12B0-116-UA2-9-5-5_003669
Walter Mode and other personnel of the Four Ministries Study correspond from January to April, 1956, to arrange travel itineraries, transportation arrangements, faculty accompaniments, field reporting groups, and planned field trips.
Author(s): Mode, Walter W.
Item Creation Date: 26 January 1 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 01 Jun 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Travel, Japan-Philippines, Study Trip to, Reports and Materials on n.d
Document Item Number: 6-20-12CF-116-UA2-9-5-5_003700
A preliminary report is made by Nguyen Quan of his, "Record of Observations Made During the Round Trip Saigon - Japan - Taiwan - Saigon on Agriculture and Agrarian Reform."
Author(s): Nguyen Quan
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Jun 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Travel, Philippines, Study Trip To (November 9-19, 1956), Reports and Publications Related to, Semi-Annual Reports, Numbers 1-6, Institute of Public Administration, University of the Philippines. May 31, 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-12DF-116-UA2-9-5-5_003716
John Lederle of the University of Michigan submits the first-annual report on the University of the Philippine's Institute of Public Administration, in which he discusses the background and founding of the institute.
Author(s): Lederle, John W.
Item Creation Date: 30 November 11 1952
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 04 Jun 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Tribal Administration Study (PMS), Field Reports March 10, 1955-December 5, 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-12E9-116-UA2-9-5-5_003726
M. Adler and Fred Bruhns of the Tribal Administration Study submit field reports from March to July, 1955. They discuss changes in administration in the study, governmental communication from province to region, the Regional Conference on American and French Aid, deficiencies in aid programs, approval of contracts and lack of qualified personnel, and medical needs in the provinces of Pleiku and Kontum.
Author(s): Adler, M. W. B.
Item Creation Date: 10 March 3 1955
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 09 Jun 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Interior, Department of, Administrative Reform meetings from July 1956 to January 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-1323-116-UA2-9-5-5_003783
Members of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group and the Vietnamese Department of the Interior record meetings of the committees on administrative reform from July, 1956 to January, 1957. In the meetings they discuss the scope of the committee, who should be represented at meetings, the extent of MSUG's involvement, provincial budget allowances, problems implementing the Interior Report, and the role of the military in provincial administration.
Author(s): Fesler, James W.
Item Creation Date: 28 July 7 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 16 Jun 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Administration, American Personnel, Memorandum re: ICA 1955-1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-1363-116-UA2-9-5-5_003847
Administrative Services of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group send out a memorandum of regulations on the conflict of interests and private business activities of employees for the International Cooperation Administration.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 22 August 8 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 22 Jun 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Program of Activities of the Republic of Vietnam Government, 1964
Document Item Number: 6-20-21C-116-UA17-95_001056
This document outlines the activities that the government of the Republic of Vietnam had partook in during 1963 and 1964.
Author(s): Republic of Vietnam
Item Creation Date: 0 1964
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 04 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Prime Minister General Nguyen Khanh Announces a Reform Program, 7 March 1964, "Program of Activisits of the Government of the Republic of Viet-Nam"
Document Item Number: 6-20-21E-116-UA17-95_001058
This document contains the text of a reform program that Prime Minister General Nguyen Khanh announced on March 7, 1964. The argument is to give credence to the new revolutionary government structure.
Author(s): Nguyen Khanh
Item Creation Date: 07 March 3 1964
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 04 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Deputy Chief Advisor, Memorandum, Jack E. Ryan, List of Vehicle Damages
Document Item Number: 6-20-1400-116-UA2-9-5-5_003999
Jack Ryan and George Kimball share a memorandum of a report concerning damaged Dodge Cargo Carriers in Vietnam, with a list of vehicles and their damages.
Author(s): Ryan, Jack E.
Item Creation Date: 21 June 6 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Aug 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Deputy Chief Advisor, Correspondence, Ralph Turner, Status Report July 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1417-116-UA2-9-5-5_004022
Ralph Turner of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division submits a Project Status Report for the month of July, 1960. The report covers the activities of the division sections of training, the National Identity Card Program, the fingerprint files, records, communications, training participants, the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, building projects, and the Gendarmerie.
Author(s): Turner, Ralph F.
Item Creation Date: 29 July 7 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 14 Aug 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Deputy Chief Advisor, Correspondence, Ralph Turner, July to December 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-141B-116-UA2-9-5-5_004026
Chief Howard Hoyt of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division writes to Ralph Turner from July to December, 1958. Hoyt discusses the purchase and movement of equipment, the speed of reform progress, visiting officials, and personnel replacements and arrival dates.
Author(s): Hoyt, Howard W.
Item Creation Date: 15 July 7 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 14 Aug 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Deputy Chief Advisor, Correspondence, Ralph Turner, October to November 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1428-116-UA2-9-5-5_004039
A packet of correspondence between personnel in the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division records some tension over the success of the Participant Training Program. The correspondence begins with a memorandum from Chief Ralph Turner discussing issues training participants were having related to English language training, field trips, inadequate training, and travel issues. Ruben Austin responds with concerns of his own on this reception, as well as Lawrence Baril and Arthur Brandstatter. A letter is included from participant Pham Van Ca detailing his experiences as a student and the students' itineraries from August to October.
Author(s): Turner, Ralph F.
Item Creation Date: 27 October 10 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 17 Aug 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Deputy Chief Advisor, Correspondence, Ralph Turner, January 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-1430-116-UA2-9-5-5_004047
Chief of the Police Administration Division of MSUG Ralph Turner corresponds with Director Arthur Brandstatter of the MSU School of Police Administration and Public Safety from the middle to the end of January, 1961. They discuss personnel contract dates, salary rates, Turner's final report on the division, Bud Handville's health, and personal updates.
Author(s): Turner, Ralph F.
Item Creation Date: 17 January 1 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 17 Aug 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Deputy Chief Advisor, Report On PAD, Ralph Turner, 117 April 1958-August 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-1437-116-UA2-9-5-5_004054
Assistant Professor Jack Ryan sends to Chief Ralph Turner of the MSUG Police Administration Division copies of other personnel's responses to Turner's recent report on the history and progress of the division. Responses are from Howard Hoyt, Edward Weidner, and Jack Ryan.
Author(s): Ryan, Jack E.
Item Creation Date: 14 April 4 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 18 Aug 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Staff Members, Report, Etc., Gilbert Shelby, 120 1956-1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-1469-116-UA2-9-5-5_004104
A report is published documenting the shift of the prefectoral police of Saigon to their reorganization, duties, and responsibilities. It also discusses their housing, national cadres, construction of new precincts, installation of equipment, and arming of the police.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 21 Aug 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Staff Members, Correspondence, Etc., Gilbert Shelby, January to April 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-147C-116-UA2-9-5-5_004121
Staff meeting minutes are recorded for the MSUG Police Administration Division for the period from January to late April, 1956. At each meeting personnel give individual section updates. They discuss new equipment installations and purchases, personnel field trips and visits, training program updates, ongoing surveys and reviews, the status of the Civil Guard, and general administration.
Author(s): Hoyt, Howard W.
Item Creation Date: 11 January 1 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 24 Aug 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Staff Members, Correspondence, Etc., Gilbert Shelby, April to August 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-147D-116-UA2-9-5-5_004122
Staff meeting minutes are recorded for the MSUG Police Administration Division for the period from late April to August, 1956. At each meeting personnel give individual section updates. They discuss new equipment installations and purchases, personnel field trips and visits, training program updates, ongoing surveys and reviews, upcoming dinners and ceremonies, and general administration.
Author(s): Hoyt, Howard W.
Item Creation Date: 25 April 4 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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