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Carl Janssen Collection (1878) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 18780000000
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.1
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 10 April 2007
Scope and Contents
Less than one linear foot of a book, a letter, and parcel wrapping paper documents the mailing of the English translations of the Vietnamese work Kim Van Kieu by Nguyen-Du from Saigon to Mesa, Arizona in May 1973. The materials date from the war period and are in fair condition.
Biographical / Historical
Carl Janssen flew C-123 aircraft out of Phan Rang, Republic of Vietnam from November 1970 to November 1971.
1
Books
Kim Van Kieu by Nguyen-Du - English translation by Le-Xuan-Thuy (Nha sach Khai-Tri, Saigon, 1968, 2nd edition)
1
Museum Objects
1878museum3188: Handmade book written in Vietnamese (the book listed above in BOOKS in FA Separation)
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D058.4 ]]
  • Letter from Rev. Dominic Dong to Captain Carl A. Janssen, 4 May 1973
  • Parcel wrapping paper of the mailing of the book Kim Van Kieu

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=18780000000

Citation
Carl Janssen Collection (1878) Finding Aid, Carl Janssen Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=18780000000, Accessed 08 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
18780000000, Carl Janssen Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 09 Apr 2007 [Updated: 05 Jan 2010]