George McColm Collection (142) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 1420000000
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- George McColm Collection
- Association
- Counterparts Association
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- Finding Aid
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- English
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Creation: 05 January 2002
Scope and Contents
Two folders of documents and articles detail various aspects of George McColm's service as Agricultural Coordinator, Agronomist, Water Management Advisor and Program Analyst for CORDS-NLD in South Vietnam, 1966-1972 (Office of Civil Operations and Rural Support - New Life Development). The first folder concerns Vietnam-related topics and documents date from the war period. The second folder contains non-Vietnam-related materials and date 1930s-1980s.Biographical / Historical
Mr. McColm served as Agricultural Coordinator, Agronomist, Water Management Advisor, and Programme Analyst for CORDS-NLD (Office of Civil Operations and Rural Support - New Life Development) in South Vietnam from 1966-1972. In 1966, he supervised the introduction of IR-8 rice to Vietnam and in 1967 he developed the Agricultural Climatological Data and Crop Growing Season Map of South Vietnam, which are included in this collection.Post-war Mr. McColm was a member of the Counterparts Association, and the Co Van Project to document the role of American Military Advisors in Vietnam.
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Front Lines (Agency for International Development): 1972: June 15
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- Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [individual collections D058.6 ]]
- Box 1000: [Barcode: 1000] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, D056.3 Individual Oversize Box 7 [D056.3]]
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Vietnam-Related Material
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Earth Dams in the Mekong Delta Canals
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The Crop Growing Season Climates of South Viet-Nam, May 15, 1969
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Herbicide Operations, discontinuation thereof
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"Our Man in the Delta," (article on George L. McColm) Vietnam Agricultural Newsletter, 2:2 - (April 1, 1967)
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Letter from Robert W. Komer to George McColm, December 20, 1967 (2 copies)
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George L. McColm, "IR-8 and the Rice Revolution in Vietnam, November 6 1967
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United State Government Land Reform Policy in South Vietnam 1964
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Performance Evaluation Report for George L. McColm, June 1967-December1967
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Performance Evaulation for George L. McColm, January-May 1968 (2 copies)
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Periodic Climate Adaptatioin of Commercial Vegetable Crops, Region I
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Editor's Desk, thoughts on history (referring to "An Ungrateful Nation") American History, 31:6
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Planning the Invasion and Occupation of Japan, Paper presented at the National Leadership - Conference, New Orleans, October 6, 1995
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Letter from Robert E. Holt (Captain, US Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center) to Mr. McColm, June 8, 1964
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Photocopy of photograph of Vietnamese Rice Fields and two workers
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Photocopy of photograph of Viet Cong Propaganda
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Personal Papers not related to Vietnam
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Salt Intrusion Zone map created by McColm, June 1968
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Who's Who Sketch for George L. McColm
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Nimitz Symposium Biography, March 19, 1995
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Dictionary of International Biography
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Biography of Edward McColm
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Oaxaca, Mexico Crop Growing season Map
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A Comparison of Average Monthly Maximum and Minimum temperatures at selected points, - indicating the affect of minimum temperatures on the growth of tender crops, 1930
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A New Method of Classifying Crop Growing Seasons, 1948
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Thomas Sowell, "Dropping Atomic Bombs Was Right Decision
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Letter from Mr. McColm to Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig, March 17, 1981
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Letter from Mr. McColm to Admiral Nimitz, September 2, 1945
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Letter to friends of Captain J. Edwin McColm from So. Personnel Office, US Navy Yard regarding his status as MIA, 18 November 1945
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George McColm, "An Ungrateful Nation" (article on the plight of the Navajo People)
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Photocopy of photograph of George L. McColm
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Chronology of Events in World War II
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Oversize Material
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Map, Crop Growing Season in South Vietnam
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1420000000
- Citation
- George McColm Collection (142) Finding Aid, George McColm Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1420000000, Accessed 10 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 1420000000, George McColm Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 04 Jan 2002 [Updated: 20 Sep 2019]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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