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Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group Collection (149) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 1490000000
Collection
Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group Collection
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
2.0
Pages
5
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 05 November 2001
Scope and Contents
Two linear feet of seventy studies and reports were prepared by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group. The reports cover various topics dealing with training and consultation for nation-building programs initiated by the Eisenhower Administration and carried over into the Kennedy Administration. Included topics are budgetary and fiscal systems, village life and administrative organization. The materials date 1954-1963, with most of the studies coming from the late 1950s.
For more information about the Michigan State University Group, consult John P. Ernest's work, 'Forging a Fateful Alliance: The Role of Michigan State University in the Development of America's Vietnam Policy' (Michigan State University Press, 1998).
Biographical / Historical
The Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group was led by Political Scientist Wesley R. Fishel. The group provided extensive training and consultation on a number of nation-building programs initiated by the Eisenhower Administration and carried over into the Kennedy Administration.
  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D080.4C ]]
  • Box 2: [Barcode: 2] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D080.4C ]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • Marvin Murphy, A Budgetary and Fiscal System for the Proposed Field Administration Program, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, August 1956
  • Folder 2
  • John D. Donoghue, A Fishing Village in Central Vietnam, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, 1963
  • Folder 3
  • John D. Donoghue, A Fishing Village in Central Vietnam, Michigan State University, Advisory Group, March, 1962
  • Folder 4
  • A Proposed Budgetary Accounting Procedures Manual For the Republic of Vietnam, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, September, 1957
  • Folder 5
  • Luther A. Allen, A Vietnamese District Chief in Action, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, 1963
  • Folder 6
  • Wesley R. Fishel, Walter W. Mode, and Albert A. Rosenfeld, Administrative Organization in the Province of My-Tho, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, February 28, 1957
  • Folder 7
  • Wayne W. Snyder and Nguyen Van Hoang, An Analysis of Government Payments in Vietnam During 1955, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, October 8, 1956
  • Folder 8
  • Background Information for Recommendations Concerning the Department of Interior, The Regions and Provinces "Supplement" Field Administration, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, January 14, 1956
  • Folder 9
  • Jack E. Ryan, Brief History of the Surete in Indochina, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, January 10, 1956
  • Folder 10
  • Wayne Snyder, Budgetary and Financial Administration in Vietnam: A Supplement to the Report Recommendations Concerning The Department of Interior, The Regions and Provinces, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Team, January 14, 1956
  • Folder 11
  • Eighth Report in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, Michigan State University, Advisory Group, December 31, 1958
  • Folder 12
  • Eleventh Report in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, Michigan State University, Advisory Group, June 30, 1960
  • Folder 13
  • Walter W. Mode, James W. Fesler, Field Administration in Vietnam " A Memorandum for the President", Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, August 21, 1956
  • Folder 14
  • Wesley R. Fishel, Fourth Report in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, Michigan State University, Advisory Group, December 31, 1956
  • Folder 15
  • Lloyd W. Woodruff and Nguyen Ngoc Yen, Local Administration In Vietnam, the Number of Local Units, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, November 1, 1960
  • Folder 16
  • Lloyd W. Woodruff, Local Administration in Vietnam the Number of Local Units, Michigan State University Advisory Group National Institute of Administration, 1963
  • Folder 17
  • John D. Donoghue, My Thuan, A Mekong Delta Village in South Vietnam, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, 1963
  • Folder 18
  • John D. Donoghue, My Thuan, A Mekong Delta Village in South Vietnam, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, November 1961
  • Folder 19
  • Lloyd W. Woodruff, The Delta Village of My Thuan, Some Administrative and Financial Aspects, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, 1963
  • Folder 20
  • John D. Donoghue, Vo Hong-Phuc, My Thuan: The Study of a Delta Village in South Vietnam, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, May 1961 (Contents of the folder are empty)
  • Folder 21
  • Bui Van Thinh and R.W. Lindholm, National Income Accounts for Vietnam - 1954, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, March 21, 1956
  • Folder 22
  • National Institute of Administration, 4, Alexandre de Rhodes Street, 1957-1958 Catalog
  • Folder 23
  • David Cole, National Institute of Administration Provincial and Local Revenues in Viet-Nam, Volume I General and Theoretical Considerations, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, July 1957
  • Folder 24
  • Ninth Report in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, Michigan State University Advisory Group, June 30, 1959
  • Folder 25
  • Wesley R. Fishel, Howard W. Hoyt, and Ralph F. Turner, Preliminary Report on the Establishment of a Central Record Bureau Service, Michigan State University, Vietnam Technical Assistance Project, August 1957
  • Folder 26
  • Wesley R. Fishel, Howard .W. Hoyt, Ralph F. Turner, Preliminary Report on the Establishment of a Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, Michigan State University, Vietnam Technical Assistance Project, August 31, 1956
  • Folder 27
  • Preliminary Research Report on the PMS Field Administration Division, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, June, 1957
  • Folder 28
  • Preliminary Research Report on the PMS Field Administration Division, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, June, 1957
  • Folder 29
  • David C. Cole and Nguyen Bich-Mac, Lectures in Economics, National Institute of Administration, Provincial and Local Revenues in Vietnam, Volume II - Studies of Important Taxes and Proposals for Improvement, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group
  • Folder 30
  • Walter W. Mode, Frederic R. Wickert, Ralph Smuckler, Recommendations Concerning Proposed Field Organization of the Commissariat for Refugees, Michigan State University, Vietnam Technical Assistance Project, September 20, 1955
  • Folder 31
  • Walter W. Mode, M. A. Sanderson, Jr. Nguyen Quan, Chau-Tam, Nguyen Manh Tu, Report of Comparative Study of Agricultural Administration in Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam, Michigan State University Group, and the Department of Agriculture of the Republic of Vietnam, May 22-June 4, 1956
  • Folder 32
  • Wesley R. Fishel, Walter W. Mode, Albert A Rosenfeld, Roland F. Haney, Nguyen-Quan, Than Trong Hue, Report of Study Mission to Thailand Field Organization and Administration Economic Planning and Operations, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, November 30, 1956
  • Folder 33
  • Welsey R. Fishel, Walter W. Mode, Gerald C. Hickey, Vo Hong Phuc, Truong Van Khang, Le The Hien, Report on the Organization of the Department of Education, Michigan State University, Vietnam Technical Assistance Project, June 30, 1956
  • Folder 34
  • Welsey R. Fishel, Walter W. Mode, M.A. Sanderson Jr, Gerald Hickey, Alexander Rolland, Dale Rose, Nguyen Thi Hong, Vu Van Hoc, Vu Quang Van, Nguyen Khiem Hanh, Truong Van Khang, Report on the Organization of the Department of Information and Youth and Sports, Michigan State University, Vietnam Technical Assistance Project, January 15, 1957
  • Folder 35
  • Welsey R. Fishel, Walter W. Mode, Roland Haney, Review of Recommendations Concerning Proposed Field Organization of the Commissariat for Refugees of September 20, 1955, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, January 29, 1956
  • Folder 36
  • Wesley R. Fishel, Walter W. Mode, Albert A. Rosenfeld, Nguyen Thi An Than Trong Hue, Report on the Organization of the Department of Land Registration and Agrarian Reform, Michigan State University, Vietnam Technical Assistance Project, June 30, 1956
  • Folder 37
  • Welsey R. Fishel, Walter W. Mode, Albert A. Rosenfeld, Roland F. Haney, Than Trong Hue, Vo Hong Phuc, Nguyen Quan, Report on the Organization of the Department of National Economy, Michigan State University, Vietnam Technical Assistance Project, January 31, 1957
  • Folder 38
  • Report on the Organization of the Special Commissariat for Civic Action, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, June 1957
  • Folder 39
  • Welsey R. Fishel, Walter W. Mode, Gerald C. Hickey, Vo Hong Phuc, Troung Van Khang, Le The Hien, Report on the Organization of the Department of Education, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, June 30, 1956
  • Folder 40
  • Report on the Police in Vietnam, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, December 1, 1955
  • Folder 41
  • Police Advisory Staff, Report on the Proposed Organization of the Law Enforcing Agencies of the Republic of Vietnam, Michigan State University, Policy Advisory Staff, April. 1956
  • Folder 42
  • Gerald C. Hickey, Vo Hong Phuc, Research Report the Department of Education, Volume II, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group Field Administration Division, March, 1957
  • Folder 43
  • Charles A. Joiner, "Working Paper on Human Resource Needs in Vietnam and the Relationship of Those Needs To Participant Policies and Priorities," Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, March 1962
  • Folder 44
  • Joseph J. Zasloff and Nguyen Khac Nhan, "A Study of Administration in Binh Minh District," Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, October 1961
  • Folder 45
  • Lloyd W. Woodruff, "Local Administration in Viet-Nam its Future Development," Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, June 1961
  • Box 2
  • Folder 1
  • Gerald C. Hickey and Vo Hong Phuc, Research Report the Department of Education, Volume I, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, March 1957
  • Folder 2
  • Ralph Smuckler, Walter W. Mode, Frederic R. Wickert, Research Report, Field Study of Refugee Commission, September, 1955
  • Folder 3
  • Joseph J. Zasloff, Rural Resettlement in Vietnam an Agroville in Development, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, 1963
  • Folder 4
  • Joseph J. Zasloff, Rural Resettlement in Vietnam, An Agroville in Development, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, 1962
  • Folder 5
  • Review of Recommendations of the Reorganization of the Department of Land Registration and Agrarian Reform, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, June, 1957
  • Folder 6
  • Welsey R. Fishel, Walter W. Mode and Roland Haney, Review of Recommendations Concerning Proposed Field Organization of the Commissariat for Refugees of September 20, 1995, Michigan State University, Vietnam Technical Assistance Project, June 29, 1956
  • Folder 7
  • Review of Recommendations of The Reorganization of the Department of Land Registration and Agrarian Reform, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, June, 1957
  • Folder 8
  • Review of Recommendations on the Reorganization of The Department of Agriculture, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, September 1957
  • Folder 9
  • Nguyen Van Thuan, Rites of Passage, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, April 1962
  • Folder 10
  • Edward Weidner, Second Report in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, Michigan State University Advisory Team, December 31, 1955
  • Folder 11
  • Seventh Report in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, Michigan State University, Advisory Group, June 30, 1958
  • Folder 12
  • Wesley R. Fishel, Sixth Report in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, Michigan State University, December 31, 1957
  • Folder 13
  • Study of the V B I in the Field Can-Tho Province, Michigan State University, April 1956
  • Folder 14
  • Jack Ryan, Study of the VBI in the Field Tanan Province, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, April 1956
  • Folder 15
  • David C. Cole and Bui Quang Da, Economic Studies, National Institute of Administration, Summary of Village Finances in the South Region of Vietnam, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, October 1957
  • Folder 16
  • Tenth Report in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, Michigan State University, Advisory Group, December 31, 1959
  • Folder 17
  • Milton C. Taylor, The Patente (Business License Tax) in Vietnam, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, October, 1959
  • Folder 18
  • Lloyd W. Woodruff (Annex by Nguyen Xuan Dao, The Study of a Vietnamese Rural Community - Administrative Activity (Annex: Village Government in Viet-Nam - A Survey of Historical Development), Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, May 1960
  • Folder 19
  • Gerald C. Hickey and Bui Quang Da, The Study of a Vietnamese Rural Community Sociology, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, January, 1960
  • Folder 20
  • James B. Hendry and Nguyen Van Thuan, The Study of a Vietnamese Rural Community- Economic Activity, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, December 1959
  • Folder 21
  • Lloyd W. Woodruff and Nguyen Ngoc Yen (annex by Nguyen Xuan Dao, The Study of a Vietnamese Rural Community-Administrative Activity (Annex: Village Government in Viet-Nam - A Survey of Historical Development), Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, May, 1960
  • Folder 22
  • Milton C. Taylor, The Taxation of Income in Vietnam, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, April, 1959
  • Folder 23
  • Milton C. Taylor, The Taxation of Income in Vietnam, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, April, 1959
  • Folder 24
  • Milton C. Taylor, The Taxation of Income in Vietnam, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, April, 1959
  • Folder 25
  • Milton C. Taylor, The Taxation of Real Property in Vietnam, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, July, 1959
  • Folder 26
  • James B. Hendry, Pauline Nguyen Van Tho and Vo Hong Phuc, The Work Force in Saigon: A Survey of Some Economic and Social Characteristics of Employees in Medium Sized Industry, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory group, February, 1960
  • Folder 27
  • Wesley R. Fishel, Third Report in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, June 30. 1956
  • Folder 28
  • Nguyen Xuan Dao, Village Government in Vietnam: A Survey of Historical Development, Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, September, 1958
  • Folder 29
  • Dale L. Rose (assisted by Vu Van Hoc), "The Vietnamese Civil Service System," Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, April 1961
  • Folder 30
  • Roy Jumper, "Biblipgraphy on the Political and Administrative History of Vietnam, 1802-1962: Selected and Annotated," Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, June 1962
  • Folder 31
  • E. H. Adkins, Jr. and Hoang Kham Sen, "Survey of the National Records System of the Police and Security Services of Viet Nam," Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, December 1961
  • Folder 32
  • Jason L. Finkle and Tran-Van Dinh, "Provincial Government in Viet Nam: A Study of Vinh Long Province," Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, August 1961
  • Folder 33
  • Lloyd W. Woodruff, "Local Finance in South Viet-Nam: A Study of 25 Villages in the Two Southern Regions," Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Group, May 1, 1961
  • Folder 34
  • John D. Donoghue and Vo Hong Phuc, "My Thuan: The Study of a Delta Village in South Viet Nam, " May 1961
  • Box 3
  • Folder 1
  • Financial Activities of the Provinces, Prefecture and Municipalities of Viet-Nam in 1956 (1957)
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Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group Collection (149) Finding Aid, Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1490000000, Accessed 06 May 2026.
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1490000000, Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 04 Nov 2001 [Updated: 14 Sep 2023]

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