Scope and Contents

Approximately two linear feet of artifacts collected by J. Michael Stinson while he worked on oil development projects with PetroVietnam in the mid-1990s while he was employed with Conoco Inc. Included in the collection is a brick from the Hanoi Hilton, a framed North Vietnamese propaganda poster, a copy of 'Sorrow of War' by Bao Ninh, and five poonah paper prints of scenes from Hanoi. Also included are photographs depicting Stinson's visit with Do Hien in a Hanoi gallery in 1995. Hien was the artist that created the painting in the Stinson Collection identified as 2418museum4221.

Biographical / Historical

J. Michael Stinson graduated with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University in 1966 and was employed by Conoco Inc. and later ConocoPhillips for nearly 38 years. While with Conoco, he developed relationships with PetroVietnam that led to several different successful oil development projects in the mid-1990s.