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Richard C. Harris, Jr. Collection (105) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 1050000000
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.5
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 05 December 2001
Scope and Contents
Less than one linear foot of official orders, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, slides, photographs and museum artifacts document Richard C. Harris, Jr.'s service in Vietnam. Materials date from the war era up through the 1990s.
Biographical / Historical
Richard Harris (Wichita Falls, Texas) served the United States Air Force in Vietnam beginning November 7, 1958. He was assigned to Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam (MAAG) and stationed in Saigon as Chief Accounting and Finance Officer, effective through February 21, 1959.
108
Slides
VAS002745 - VAS002848
VAS011779, 1793, 1798, 1801: 4 slides
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11
Museum Objects
105museum0643 - 0645: Vietnamese Dong notes
105museum0640 - 0642, 0646: Vietnamese postage stamps
105museum0047: artifact base
105museum0052: traditional Vietnamese weapons
105museum0647: metal piece
105museum0648: photo album
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44
Photographs
VA006703 - VA006721
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D058.3 ]]
  • 2: [Barcode: 2] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D060.3 ]]
  • Special Passport issued by the US Department of State
  • Cercle Sportif Saigon pass
  • Special Orders
  • Orientation tour of Saigon (January 1958)
  • Special Instructions for MAAG / JUSMAG Assignments
  • Correspondence, September 21, 1957 - October31, 1987
  • Selected articles related to Vietnam 1965-1992
  • Scrapbook containing news articles

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1050000000

Citation
Richard C. Harris, Jr. Collection (105) Finding Aid, Richard C. Harris, Jr. Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1050000000, Accessed 11 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1050000000, Richard C. Harris, Jr. Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 04 Dec 2001 [Updated: 23 Mar 2017]