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Stephen F. Maxner Collection (1483) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 14830000000
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.5
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 21 December 2004
Scope and Contents
Less than one linear foot of documents, books, and moving images detail Stephen F. Maxner's research of the Vietnam War. The collection includes one copy of The Vietnam War for Dummies by Ronald B. Frankum, Jr. and Stephen F. Maxner; One document titled Lessons Learned Vietnam Primer, published by the Department of the Army, critiquing U.S. Army tactics and command practices in small unit combat in Vietnam from May 1966 to February 1967; One VHS copy of C-SPAN 2 - Book TV - Lewis Sorley discuess Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes at NARA; Lubbock Avalanche Journal articles about the Vietnam Center and Archive activities; One printed Internet BBC article on similarities between U.S. involvement Iraq and Vietnam. Photocopy of Who's Who in Vietnam War.

Also included are two booklets produced by the Joint Psychological Operations Task Force for Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti and thirty-eight English and Arabic leaflets on various topics including biological weapons, the Iraqi police force, and Osama bin Laden.
Biographical / Historical
He became the Deputy Director of the Vietnam Archive in 2003 and then Director of the Vietnam Center in 2007. Stephen F. Maxner is the currently the Deputy Director of the Vietnam Archive.
9
Books
The Vietnam War for Dummies by Ronald B. Frankum, Jr. and Stephen F. Maxner, 2003 (Autographed by the Authors)
The American Patriot: A Tradition of Service
compiled by Jan C. Scruggs, 2006
The Vietnam War: An Assessment by South Vietnam's Generals edited by Lewis Sorley (signed by author)
Combat Search and Rescue in Desert Storm by Darrel D. Whitcomb, 2006 (autographed by author)
Abstracts from the Third International Conference on Vietnamese Studies - Vietnam: Integration and Development, 4-7 December 2008
Khoa Su 20 Nam Xay Dung Ve Phat Trien (1977-1997)
Lich Su Viet Nam 1948-1975
President Ho Chi Minh's Home and Workplace in the presidential Palace Compound, 2006
2
Photographs
16 Photos from a visit with the family of Dang Thuy Tram, 2006
30 Photos from a Study Abroad trip to Vietnam, 2004
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1
Museum Objects
1483museum3375 - Framed portrait from the Third International Conference on Vietnamese Studies - Khue Van Cac
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1
Electronic Media
1483EM0455 - Thrid International Conference on Vietnamese Studies - Vietnam: Integration and Development, 4-7 December 2008
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1
Moving Images
1483VI1903: VHS copy of C-SPAN 2 - Book TV - Lewis Sorley discusses "Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes" at NARA.
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1
Serials
Dai Hoc Quoc Gia
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D058.6 ]]
  • Box 2: [Barcode: 2] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [Individual Collections-Oversize ]]
  • 1000: [Barcode: 1000] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D054.1 ]]
  • Lessons Learned Vietnam Primer - Critique of U.S. Army tactics and command practices in small unit combat in Vietnam from May 1966 to February 1967
  • Computer printed version of Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune newspaper article, "Special Report: Reality Gets in the Way of Loyalty to General" (4 July 2005)
  • Lubbock Avalanche Journal article "Archivists assemble artifacts of war at Soutwest Collection"
  • Internet article titled "Taking the Vietnam out of Iraq" by Paul Reynolds
  • Article titled: Why Does Johnny Come Marching Homeless?
  • Vietnam Inspires 5 Historians on How to End the War in Iraq
  • Vietnam Archive Power Point
  • Tai Lieu Dia Chinh Ha Noi Thoi Can Dai Suu Tap Va Gia Tri Tu Lieu
  • The third International Conference on Vietnamese Studies Program
  • Postcards with images of Katherina Nguyen artwork in Paris
  • PSYOP Support to Operation Uphold Democracy: A Psychological Victory (1995)
  • Propaganda leaflets (ca. 1995)
  • Lubbock Avalanche Journal article "From Father to Son to Son, Warriors Share Memories of Different Conflicts" (25 February 2005)
  • Lubbock Avalanche Journal article, "Graffiti: Aging canvases preserve poignant moment in nation's history" (16 May 2005)
  • Lubbock Avalanche Journal article, "Veteran of infamous Hanoi Hilton prison pays visit to Lubbock family" (17 May 2005)
  • Who's Who in Vietnam: Vietnam Press, Saigon, 1974 (photocopy)
  • Funeral Program from Mouza Zumwalt's ceremony, 3 September 2005
  • Photocopy of Who's Who in Vietnam from the Vietnam Press, 1974

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=14830000000

Citation
Stephen F. Maxner Collection (1483) Finding Aid, Stephen F. Maxner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=14830000000, Accessed 08 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
14830000000, Stephen F. Maxner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 20 Dec 2004 [Updated: 10 May 2022]