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William R. Crawford Collection (1903) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 19030000000
Collection
William R. Crawford Collection
Title
William R. Crawford Collection (1903) Finding Aid
Finding Aid Date
2025-07-15
Linear Feet
7.5
Language(s)
English Vietnamese
Dates
Creation: 1955 - 1975
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately 7.5 linear feet of materials relating to marketing and economic development in South Vietnam accumulated by Dr. William R. Crawford. The materials include books, U.S. State Department publications, statistical yearbooks, economic development and demographic studies, marketing reports, and press releases.
Biographical / Historical
Colonel William R. Crawford was born in 1932 in Geneva, AL. He joined the U.S. Army in 1962. From September 1962 - December 1964, he served as a Military Assistance Program Officer with MACV/MAAG. From June-August 1967, he served as Executive Officer of the 41st Signal Battalion. From August 1967 - April 1968, he served as Commanding Officer of the 362nd Signal Company (Tropo). From April-July 1968, he served as a Logistics Officer with the 71st Signal Battalion. He was staioned at Saigon, Qui Nhon, Dalat, Cam Ranh Bay, and Long Binh. He experienced the Tet Offensive of 1968. He received numerous awards including the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and the Army Commendation Medal. He retired from active duty in November 1982. After his military service, he worked in the publishing industry and served as CEO of Military Living Publications.
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Maps
1903map0465 - Ethnologic Map of Vietnam
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Books
Customs and Culture of Vietnam by Ann Caddell Crawford, 1966
Economics Development Policy with Emphasis on Viet-Nam by R. W. Lindholm, 1964
The Impact of Political Violence on Marketing Development in South Vietnam: 1955-1972 by William R. Crawford
The Montagnards of South Vietnam: A Study of Nine Tribes by Robert L. Mole, 1970
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Serials
Trẻ (Tre): Vol. 2, No. 6

Quest: Vol. 1: No. 4, No. 5, No. 8, No. 9, No. 10, No. 11, No. 12; Vol. 2: No. 1, No. 6

Jungle Frontiers: 1959: Summer; 1960: Summer, Winter; 1961: Summer, Winter; 1962: Summer; 1963: Winter; 1964: Summer; 1965: Summer, Winter

Southeast Asian Perspectives: 1974: Summer

Student Review: 1967: March

Vietnam Bulletin: 1971: January 11, January 25, February 8, March 1, March 29, May 3; 1973: November 15, December 15; 1974: January 1, February 1, February 8, March 1, April 15, May 1, May 31, July 1, August 15, August 31, October 1, November 1, December 15; 1975: March 15, April 15

Vietnam Bulletin, Viet-Nam Info Series: 1969: August: No. 2; September: No. 3, No. 6; 1970: June: No. 33; October: No. 40

Quarterly Economic Reviews: 1968: November

Vietnam Fights and Builds: 1964: July

American Universities Field Staff: Field Staff Reports: 1968: Vol. 16: No. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16
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  • Box 1 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, D195.6 [D195.6]]
  • Box 2 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, D195.6 [D195.6]]
  • Box 3 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, D195.6 [D195.6]]
  • Box 4 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D196.6]]
  • Box 5 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D196.6]]
  • Box 6 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D196.7]]
  • Box 7 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D196.7]]
  • Box 1000 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [Individual Collections - Oversize ]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • U.S. State Department booklets (1961, No Date)
  • Folder 2
  • U.S. State Department booklets (No Date)
  • Folder 3
  • Republic of Vietnam government booklets (1956-1964, No Date)
  • Folder 4
  • U.S. Operations Mission Annual Statistical Bulletins No. 7 and 8 (1963-1964)
  • Folder 5
  • Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group Final Report Covering Activities for the Period May 20, 1955 - June 30, 1962 (1962)
  • Folder 6
  • Republic of Vietnam government booklets (1958, No Date)
  • Folder 7
  • U.S. Operations Mission booklets (1956-1964, No Date)
  • Folder 8
  • International Voluntary Services and U.S. Operations Mission booklets (1963-1965)
  • Folder 9
  • Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group booklets (1962-1963)
  • Folder 10
  • U.S. Operations Mission booklets (1960-1963)
  • Folder 11
  • U.S. Operations Mission reports (1964-1965)
  • Folder 12
  • Military Assistance Advisory Group, U.S. Agency for International Development, and U.S. Operations Mission booklets (1957-1964, No Date)
  • Folder 13
  • Pamphlets (1963-1964, No Date)
  • Folder 14
  • U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Operations Mission booklets (1962-1964, No Date)
  • Folder 15
  • Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group - Essays on Economic Growth, Capital Formation, and Public Policy in Vietnam by Frank C. Child (1961)
  • Box 2
  • Folder 1
  • Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group - The Study of a Vietnamese Rural Community Economic Activity by James B. Hendry (1959)
  • Folder 2
  • Flyers and pamphlets (1958-1967)
  • Folder 3
  • Propaganda comics (No Date)
  • Folder 4
  • Congressional reports, hearings, and background information (1966-1974)
  • Folder 5
  • Congressional reports (1971-1973)
  • Folder 6
  • Presidential Council on International Economic Policy reports (1974)
  • Folder 7
  • Vietnam Embassy pamphlets (1967-1972, No Date)
  • Folder 8
  • Vietnam Embassy fact sheets (1973-1974)
  • Folder 9
  • U.S. Embassy Vietnam Post Report (1966)
  • Memo from AA/VN James Grant to Ernest Lindley re: progress in Vietnam (1968)
  • Folder 10
  • Australian and Republic of Vietnam government pamphlets; clippings (1965-1969)
  • Folder 11
  • Public statements by American and Vietnamese officials (1970-1971)
  • Folder 12
  • Reports re: aid to Vietnam (1963-1971)
  • Folder 13
  • Reports and studies re: Vietnamese ethnic/socioeconomic groups and economic development, health, and values (1965-1971, No Date)
  • Folder 14
  • Handbook for U.S. Forces in Vietnam (1967)
  • USARV Pam 515-1 Civic Action Guide for the S5 (1967)
  • Folder 15
  • Reports and studies re: counterinsurgency, military civic action, weapons effectiveness, Vietnamization, and military assistance management (1964-1975)
  • Folder 16
  • Department of Defense Military Assistance Institute Republic of Vietnam Country Study (1965)
  • Folder 17
  • Procurement Support in Vietnam 1966-1968 (1968)
  • Box 3
  • Folder 1
  • Rural Pacification Data Comparison from HES 70 and Pacification Attitude Analysis System (PAAS) Reporting Systems by Brenda Forman (1971)
  • Folder 2
  • Analysis of the Long-Range Military, Economic, Political, and Social Effects of the Strategic Hamlet Program in Vietnam by Pham Chung (No Date)
  • Folder 3
  • Joint Postwar Planning Group report (1967)
  • Folder 4
  • Reports, studies, and papers re: postwar Vietnamese economy (1967-1971)
  • Folder 5
  • Reports and studies re: Vietnamese agriculture (1968-1972)
  • Folder 6
  • Reports, studies, papers, and statistics re: Vietnamese labor market (1957, 1968-1973)
  • Folder 7
  • A Study of Some Aspects of the Import Market Structure in South Vietnam (1971)
  • Folder 8
  • Export Prospects for Vietnam Volumes I and II (1969)
  • Folder 9
  • Studies and statistics re: Vietnamese trade (1969, No Date)
  • Folder 10
  • Reports and pamphlets re: doing business in Vietnam (1 of 2) (1959, 1971-1974, No Date)
  • Folder 11
  • Reports and pamphlets re: doing business in Vietnam (2 of 2) (1959, 1971-1974, No Date)
  • Folder 12
  • Manual, paper, and public address re: economic development (1957, 1966, 1974)
  • Folder 13
  • National Bank of Vietnam annual reports (1965-1967)
  • Folder 14
  • National Bank of Vietnam annual reports (1968-1970)
  • Box 4
  • Folder 1
  • National Bank of Vietnam annual reports (1971-1973)
  • Folder 2
  • Economic Data on South Vietnam by Skaidrite Maliks Fallah and John Stowell (1965)
  • The U.S. Role in the Development of Metropolitan Saigon by John Nixon (1967)
  • Folder 3
  • Studies and papers re: the South Vietnamese economy (1967-1973, No Date)
  • Folder 4
  • Republic of Vietnam - Four Year National Economic Development Plan 1972-1975 (1972)
  • Folder 5
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 5, 1954-1955 (1957)
  • Folder 6
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 6, 1956 (1958)
  • Folder 7
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 7, 1957 (1959)
  • Folder 8
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 8, 1958-1959 (1960)
  • Folder 9
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 9, 1960-1961 (1962)
  • Folder 10
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 10, 1962 (1964)
  • Box 5
  • Folder 1
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 11, 1963 (1965)
  • Folder 2
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 12, 1964-1965 (1966)
  • Folder 3
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 13, 1966-1967 (1967)
  • Folder 4
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 14, 1967-1968 (1968)
  • Folder 5
  • Republic of Vietnam - Monthly Statistics Bulletin No. 11 and supplement (1968-1969)
  • Folder 6
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 15 (1969)
  • Folder 7
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 16 (1970)
  • Folder 8
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 17 (1971)
  • Folder 9
  • Republic of Vietnam - Statistical Yearbook Volume 18 (1972)
  • Folder 10
  • United Nations report - Toward the Economic Development of the Republic of Vietnam (1959)
  • Folder 11
  • United Nations - Economic Surveys of Asia and the Far East 1957-1973 (1958-1974)
  • Box 6
  • Folder 1
  • U.S. Agency for International Development - Summaries of Monthly Economic Data for Vietnam (1968-1974)
  • Folder 2
  • U.S. Agency for International Development - Statistical Bulletin No. 9, 1965 (1966)
  • Folder 3
  • U.S. Agency for International Development - Statistical Bulletin No. 10, 1966 (1967)
  • Folder 4
  • U.S. Agency for International Development - Statistical Bulletin No. 11, 1968 (1968-1969)
  • Folder 5
  • U.S. Agency for International Development - Statistical Bulletins No. 12, 14-16 (1969-1973)
  • Folder 6
  • U.S. Agency for International Development - Rural Income and Expenditure Sample Survey of Vietnam by Robert Stroup (1967)
  • Folder 7
  • U.S. Agency for International Development - Macro-Economic Statistical Data Base 1964-1969 (1970)
  • Folder 8
  • U.S. Agency for International Development / U.S. Operations Mission - statistical reports (1961-1974)
  • Folder 9
  • U.S. Operations Mission - Statistical Bulletins No. 1 and 2 (1957-1958)
  • Folder 10
  • U.S. Operations Mission - Statistical Bulletins No. 3 and 4, 1959-1960 (1960-1961)
  • Folder 11
  • U.S. Operations Mission - Statistical Bulletins No. 5 and 6, 1961-1962 (1962-1963)
  • Folder 12
  • U.S. Operations Mission - Studies in Vietnamese Economy edited by Alek Rozental (1964)
  • Folder 13
  • Demographic statistics (1962-1965)
  • Box 7
  • Folder 1
  • Economical, financial, and industrial statistics (1963-1974)
  • Folder 2
  • Bibliographies (1965-1968)
  • Folder 3
  • Bibliographies (1968-1974)
  • Folder 4
  • Bibliographies (1973, No Date)
  • Box 1000
  • Folder 1
  • Clipping - Saigon Daily News (February 22, 1964)
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=19030000000
Citation
William R. Crawford Collection (1903) Finding Aid, William R. Crawford Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=19030000000, Accessed 12 Feb 2026.
Pub Credit Line
19030000000, William R. Crawford Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 15 Jul 2025 [Updated: 01 Aug 2025]

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