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U.S. Mss 117AF
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Series: Part 1: Original Collection, 1938-1974Part 1 of the Richard Critchfield Papers contains general biographical information; correspondence; scrapbooks and diaries from his Nagpur and Nepal experiences; newspaper clippings and drafts of his articles; drafts, final copies, and resource and other materials from his published books; other fiction and non-fiction writings; and a large number of notebooks kept while covering the war in Vietnam. These records document both his personal life and professional career, particularly his preparations for writing The Long Charade and The Golden Bowl Be Broken. One of the most informative parts of the collection is the correspondence series. It consists mainly of incoming letters but also contains carbons of Critchfield's letters to his newspaper and book editors and many manuscript letters he wrote his mother, giving information of a more personal nature. Included here are about fifty long memos written to Washington Star editors Burt Hoffman and Crosby Noyes about Critchfield's unfolding suspicions in Vietnam; for instance, a particularly interesting December 9, 1966 letter to Noyes reviews Critchfield's Dai Viet suspicions and comments on the role of the U.S. press in influencing events in Vietnam. Notes and letters from many well-known members of the U.S. government are filed in this series as are a June 26, 1969 letter from Tran Van Huong, prime minister of South Vietnam, and interview notes in letter form dated March 16, 1969, bearing pencilled corrections by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. Several of Critchfield's letters to his mother refer to the “pariah” effect inflicted on his career by publication of The Long Charade. Some of the most significant items in the collection are found in various “miscellaneous” folders. For instance, the miscellaneous materials from The Long Charade (Box 8) include exchanges between the State Department and Senators Bourke B. Hickenlooper and George S. McGovern, with information supplied by Critchfield, concerning U.S. knowledge of the Dai Viet influence in Vietnam. The miscellany from The Golden Bowl Be Broken (Box 12) includes notes from interviews with Robert S. McNamara, then of the World Bank, and the governor of Djakarta, Indonesia. And in the “Notes” series, the miscellaneous materials (Box 13) include interviews with U.S. Ambassadors to India John Kenneth Galbraith and Chester Bowles; Indira Gandhi, October 1962; South Vietnamese Brigadier General Nguyen-duc-Thang; and Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, 1972. The Vietnam notebooks contain a wealth of similar information; though the notes were hurriedly handwritten and are often somewhat cryptic, Critchfield's list of the contents (Box 13) helps guide the researcher in their use. One other portion of the collection which merits comment is the resource material from The Long Charade. Filed by Critchfield under subject headings, this material now comprises mainly undated dispatches plus occasional other items. Dated dispatches and clipped articles by Critchfield originally found in these files were interfiled in the Articles series; clipped articles by other reporters were discarded with Critchfield's permission. The “Miscellaneous Resource Materials” include what Critchfield referred to as “100 major documents of the Vietnam War.” The pages from the Saigon Post, a Ky-controlled newspaper, were preserved by Critchfield as evidence of how the Dai Viets attempted to control and shape press coverage in South Vietnam. The major value to researchers of this part of the collection lies probably in two areas: in the information on Vietnam from a well-informed person on the scene who came to adopt opinions not widely held or publicized in the United States; and in the perspectives provided on various aspects of journalism, particularly its own politics.
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Subseries: Biographical Information
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Box
1
Folder
1
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General Biographical Materials, 1953, 1962-1972
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Box
1
Folder
2
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References by Others to Critchfield's Reports, 1963-1969
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Subseries: General Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
3
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1938-1944
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Box
1
Folder
4
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1954-1957
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Box
1
Folder
5
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1958-1959
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Box
1
Folder
6
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1960-1962
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Box
1
Folder
7
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1963-1964
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Box
1
Folder
8
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1965-1966
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Box
2
Folder
1
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1967
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Box
2
Folder
2
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1968
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Box
2
Folder
3
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1969-1970 June
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Box
2
Folder
4
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1970 July-1971
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Box
2
Folder
5
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1972-1974
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Box
2
Folder
6
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undated
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Subseries: Nagpur and Nepal Materials
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Nagpur Materials, 1960-1962
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Unbound Clippings, Letters, and Student Work
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Box
23
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General Scrapbook
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Box
23
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Scrapbook regarding Cartoon Incident and Subsequent Events
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Diaries of Himalayan Expeditions, 1961-1962
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Subseries: Articles by Critchfield
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Micro 541
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Clipped Newspaper Articles : Other articles with the Nagpur Materials above
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Reel
1
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Scrapbook #1, containing a few cartoons from the University of Washington, and writings for the Cedar Rapids Gazette and the Cedar Valley Daily Times, 1955-1956
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Reel
1
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Scrapbook #2, containing writings done for the Munroe News Bureau, Washington, D.C., and published in various newspapers, 1957-1958, plus a few items done while at Columbia University, , 1957
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Reel
1
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Unbound Clippings, 1951-1972
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U.S. Mss 117AF
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Newspaper Dispatches : See also Box 8 and 9
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Box
3
Folder
2
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1950s-1962
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Box
3
Folder
3
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1963 January-September
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Box
3
Folder
4
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1963 October-December
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Box
3
Folder
5
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1964 January-April
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Box
3
Folder
6
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1964 May-August
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Box
3
Folder
7
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1964 September-December
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Box
4
Folder
1
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1965 January-April
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Box
4
Folder
2
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1965 May-July
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Box
4
Folder
3
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1965 August-October
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Box
4
Folder
4
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1965 November-December
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Box
4
Folder
5
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1966 January-April
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Box
4
Folder
6
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1966 May-August
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Box
4
Folder
7
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1966 September-December
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Box
4
Folder
8
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1967 January-June
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Box
5
Folder
1
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1967 July-September
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Box
5
Folder
2
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1967 October-December
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Box
5
Folder
3
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1968-1971
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Box
5
Folder
4
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1972 January-February
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Box
5
Folder
5
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1972 March-December
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Box
5
Folder
6
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undated
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Book Reviews, Letters to the Editor, and Magazine Articles
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Box
5
Folder
7
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1957-1968
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Box
5
Folder
8
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1969-1972
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches, 1957-1959, 1965, 1968, 1971, undated
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Subseries: Published Books by Critchfield
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The Tyrolese Grinning Mask (Bannockburn Associates, Nagpur, 1961)
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Published book
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Lore and Legend of Nepal (Jagat Lall, Kathmandu, 1961) with Kesar Lall
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Book jacket
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The Indian Reporter's Guide (Allied Pacific Private, Ltd., Bombay, 1962)
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Book jacket, Introduction draft, and Reviews
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The Long Charade: Political Subversion in the Vietnam War (Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1968)
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Outlines
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Box
6
Folder
6-9
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Yellow Paper Draft
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Box
7
Folder
1-2
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“First Draft”
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Unidentified Draft
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Revised Ending, 15 September 1969
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Publisher's Questions and Miscellaneous Revisions
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Advance Proofs
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Published Book
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Publicity Materials
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Reviews, 1968-1969
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Miscellany
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Resource Materials
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Box
8
Folder
4
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“Pacification”
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Box
8
Folder
5
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“1965 Toward Defeat”
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Box
8
Folder
6
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“Lonely War, 1965”
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Box
8
Folder
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“Annam Revolt”
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Box
8
Folder
8
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“Elections, 1966”
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Box
8
Folder
9
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“Elections, 1966, to Manila”
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Box
8
Folder
10
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“Early 1967”
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Box
8
Folder
11
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“Election, 1967”
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Box
8
Folder
12
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“Westmoreland & Military (Mostly 1966)”
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Box
8
Folder
13
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“Koreans”
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Box
8
Folder
14
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“Marines”
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Box
9
Folder
1
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“Blue Sheets - Vietnam”
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Box
9
Folder
2
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“Daily Data, 1963-68”
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Box
9
Folder
3-4
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“Biography”
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Miscellaneous
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Box
9a
Folder
1-5
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Miscellaneous
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Box
23
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Pages from The Saigon Post, 1967 September-October
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The Golden Bowl Be Broken: Peasant Life in Four Cultures (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1973)
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Box
10
Folder
1
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Statement of Purpose and Outlines, 1969-1971
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Notes and Interview Transcripts
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Box
10
Folder
2
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from Mauritius, 1969
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Box
10
Folder
3-5
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from the Punjab, 1970
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Box
10
Folder
6-7
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from Java, 1970
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Alicia Patterson Fund Reports, 1970-1971
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Box
10
Folder
8
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#1-#4
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Box
10
Folder
9
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#5-#10
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Box
11
Folder
1
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#11-#12
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Box
11
Folder
2
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#13-#18
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Box
11
Folder
3-6
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Reading Copy
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Box
11
Folder
7
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Published Book
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Miscellany
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Box
12
Folder
2-4
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Resource Materials
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Subseries: Other Writings by Critchfield
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Box
12
Folder
5
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“Symbolic Personalities in Editorial Cartoons - A Changing Parade”
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Box
12
Folder
6
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Master's Thesis: “The Men Behind the Pictures”
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Box
12
Folder
7
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Miscellaneous School Writings, 1956-1957, 1960
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Box
13
Folder
1
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A Reporting Handbook - Printed Booklet, 1961
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Box
13
Folder
2
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Short Stories and Poetry, 1958-1959, 1972
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Box
13
Folder
3-4
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“Fiercely Naked” (a novel) - Notes and Drafts
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Box
13
Folder
5
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“Five (Twelve) to Bombay” (a novel) - Notes and Fragmentary Drafts
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Subseries: Notes
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Miscellaneous notes regarding:
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Box
13
Folder
6
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Austria and Yugoslavia
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Box
13
Folder
7
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India, Nepal, and Sikkim
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Box
13
Folder
8
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Vietnam and Thailand
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Box
13
Folder
9
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General, 1968, 1972
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Box
13
Folder
10
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Descriptive List of Notebooks
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Notebooks
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Box
13
Folder
11
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#1-#5
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Box
14
Folder
1
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#6-#12
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Box
14
Folder
2
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#13-#18
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Box
14
Folder
3
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#19-#24
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Box
14
Folder
4
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#25-#31
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Box
14
Folder
5
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#32-#37
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Box
15
Folder
1
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#38-#45
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Box
15
Folder
2
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#46-#54
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Box
15
Folder
3
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#55-#62 (two labeled #55)
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Box
15
Folder
4
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#63-#69
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Box
16
Folder
1
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#70-#75
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Box
16
Folder
2
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#76-#82
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Box
16
Folder
3
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#83-#87
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Box
16
Folder
4
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#88-#93
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Box
17
Folder
1
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#94-#98
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Box
17
Folder
2
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#99-#106
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Box
17
Folder
3
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#107-#114
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Box
17
Folder
4
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#115-#118
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Box
17
Folder
5
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#119-#123
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Box
18
Folder
1
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#124-#130
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Box
18
Folder
2
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#131-#138 (#134 missing and two labelled #131 and two labeled #132)
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Box
18
Folder
3
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#139-#146
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Box
18
Folder
4
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#147-#154 (Missing #151)
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Box
18
Folder
5
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#155-#164
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Box
19
Folder
1
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#165-#173
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Box
19
Folder
2
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#174-#181
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Box
19
Folder
3
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#182-#191 (Missing #190)
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Box
19
Folder
4
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#192-#199
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Box
19
Folder
5
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#200-#207
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Box
20
Folder
1
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#208-#215
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Box
20
Folder
2
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#216-#223
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Box
20
Folder
3
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#224-#230
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Box
20
Folder
4
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#231-#238
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Box
20
Folder
5
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#239-#247
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Box
21
Folder
1
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#248-#257 (Missing one of the two labeled #257)
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Box
21
Folder
2
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#258-#260
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Box
21
Folder
3
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#261-#266
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Box
21
Folder
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#267-#273
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Box
21
Folder
5
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#274-#276
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Box
22
Folder
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not numbered (5 notebooks) - includes one labeled “Dec. '66, Barry and Navy” and another labeled “Dec. 6, 1972, interview with Marcos.”
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