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Lee Baker Collection (014) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 0140000000
Collection
Lee Baker Collection
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
3.0
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 07 November 2001
Scope and Contents
Approximately three linear feet of photographs, audio and video interviews, correspondence, US Lady Magazines, and published and unpublished articles depict the lives of Lee and Else Baker while living in Saigon 1963-1965. All materials are primary source materials of this same date range. During this time, Lee Baker was the Information Officer and Military Spokesman for MACV and MACTHAI. The photo albums depict VIP visits, everyday life in Saigon, and the Baker's household including servants and pets. The one video and five audio cassettes contain interviews with the Bakers during their time in Saigon. The articles, published and unpublished, were written by Else Baker and describe life in Saigon. The correspondence is primarily between Else Baker and her mother in Seattle, her friends, and US Lady Magazine concerning the publication of her articles.
Biographical / Historical
Colonel Lee Baker served in the US Air Force and was the Information Officer and Military Spokesman for MACV and MACTHAI (Military Assistance Command, Thailand) from 1963 to 1965. Else Baker lived with her husband in Saigon until dependents were required to leave the country in February 1965. Lee Baker passed away 1 August 2003.
Series
898
Photographs
Seven Photographs VA002167- 2169, VA 002171, VA002342, VA002493, VA002894, One photograph of Horst Faas, Ambassador and Mrs. Maxwell Taylor
890 photographs document Else Baker's life in Saigon with her husband Lee (VA037446 - VA038337)
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5
Maps
1:10,000 map of Da Lat, 1:500,000 map of Da Lat
National Geographic map of Southeast Asia
Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos (from the Oakland [California] Tribune, 4 May 1966)
Saign and Vicinity map
Map of South Vietnam (updated to include the new provinces of Quang Tin, Phu Bon, Hau Nghia, and Go Cong)
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1
Moving Images
Interview of Else Baker by Charlie Arnot of ABC circa 1963-1964 (VHS tape)
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1
Audio
Five audio cassette tape interviews recorded by Lee Baker
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3
Serials
America: 1965: July 3;

US Lady Magazine: 1965: July-August (2 copies), December (2 copies);
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2
Newspapers
The Observer: 1965: January 1, January 16
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Math Building, 4th Floor, M4.083.4 [M4.083.4]]
  • Box 1000: [Barcode: 1000] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks, D056.3 Individual Oversize Box 9 [D56.3]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • "Survivors of War Share Rare Bond", The Arizona Republic, November 9, 1999
  • "Nixon's Ultimate Betrayal", Vanity Fair, September 2000
  • Lee Baker letter to Dr. Robert B. Frankum, Jr. about Nixon article, November 18, 2000
  • Unknown Newspaper article "Faked War Stories Old as Battle Itself", November 11, 2000
  • Lee Baker letter to Dr. Robert B. Frankum, Jr. about Nixon's 1964 visit to South Vietnam, November 19, 1999
  • Sub-Series - Correspondence
  • Folder 2
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of August 1963)
  • Folder 3
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of Septemeber 1963)
  • Folder 4
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of October 1963)
  • Folder 5
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of November 1963)
  • Folder 6
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of December 1963)
  • Folder 7
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of January 1964)
  • Folder 8
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of February 1964)
  • Folder 9
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of March 1964)
  • Folder 10
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of April 1964)
  • Folder 11
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of May 1964)
  • Folder 12
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of June 1964)
  • Folder 13
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of July 1964)
  • Folder 14
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of August 1964)
  • Folder 15
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of September 1964)
  • Folder 16
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of October 1964)
  • Folder 17
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of November 1964)
  • Folder 18
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of December 1964)
  • Folder 19
  • Letters from Else Baker to her mother in Seattle and others (month of January and Febraury 1965 and May 1969)
  • Folder 20
  • Articles and clippings (some written by Else Baker about her experiences in Saigon)
  • Folder 21
  • Administrative material
  • Folder 22
  • US Lady Magazine covers, articles, and correspondence between Else Baker and Alvadee Adams, editor of the magazine
  • Folder 23
  • Letters from Lee Baker to his wife, Else (1963 - 1964)
  • Folder 24
  • Miscellaneous
  • Folder 25
  • Else Baker's writing about Saigon
  • Else Baker's letters home to her mother
  • Woman's Eye View of the Coup of November 1963
  • Else Baker's Saigon Diary (1964 and March 1965)
  • Folder 26
  • Material written by Else Baker that was never published
  • MACV Public Information Office Daily Staff Journal (1-2 Nov 1963)
  • Daily News Briefs Volume 1 Number 1 (25 June 1964) (published by MACV)
  • Small maps of Saigon
  • Sub-Series - Project Concern material
  • Newsletters: Volume 1 Number 2 (Dec 1964) and Volume 2 Number 5 (March 1966)
  • Pamphlet regarding the origins of Project Concern
  • Correspondence
  • Article about Ann Kidder, a nurse associated with Project Concern
  • Folder 27
  • Noi San Thuy Quan Luc Chien 11 (1964)
  • Folder 28
  • Else Baker articles in print
  • Box 1000
  • Folder 1
  • Oversize material
  • Dayton (Ohio) Daily News
  • Folder 2
  • Articles and clippings
  • Folder 3
  • Full page Else Baker articles
  • Folder 4
  • Foreign Language Newspapers featuring photographs of Else Baker
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=0140000000
Citation
Lee Baker Collection (014) Finding Aid, Lee Baker Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=0140000000, Accessed 08 Feb 2026.
Pub Credit Line
0140000000, Lee Baker Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 06 Nov 2001 [Updated: 05 Nov 2025]

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