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Susan G. Stern Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-190

Content Description

These copies of historic papers represent the immense work of Ms. Stern in preparation for writing a Masters Thesis documenting intelligence operations, both overt and covert, during the Vietnam conflict.

Ms. Stern's thorough research on a complex time in U.S. history, covers copies of Top Secret, Eyes Only, Classified, Confidential material, declassified over a lengthy period of years, but available a few sheets at a time, and signed and dated by the researcher. Her data came from the Dept. of The Army, Dept. of Defense, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Texas, the John F. Kennedy Library, Harvard, National Archives, Special Warfare School, Georgia, Fort Bragg, NC, and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Dates

  • Creation: 1960-1971

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Copyright Statement

Copyright retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Extent

12 Containers (Contains 1 bankers box and 11 document boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Related Publications

Stern, Susan G. American counterinsurgency doctrine and the deployment of the United States Army special forces in Vietnam, 1957-1965. Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 1997

Title
Susan G. Stern Collection
Status
Partially Processed
Author
Carroll R. Jones
Date
12/06/2000
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:

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