]Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081 U.S.A.

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Committee of Responsibility

Records, 1966-1978

Document Group: DG 173

Provenance: Donated by Catherine Lugar, 1994

Size: 17.5 linear ft.

Restrictions: None

Microfilm: None

Finding Aids: Checklist prepared by Anne Yoder, August 1995

This checklist is the property of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection

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Scope of Collection	Arrangement of Collection	Series A
Series B	Series C	Series D
Series E	Series F	Series G
Series H	Miscellaneous

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Historical Introduction

 

In December 1966, the Committee of Responsibility (COR) was formed and incorporated in New York. COR was comprised of medical personnel, scientists, clergymen, and concerned citizens who had agonized over American involvement in the bloody Vietnamese Conflict, and who were seeking avenues for helping the civilians injured in the crossfire. It soon became evident that before adequate plans could be made for carrying out this purpose, that hard facts were needed. Therefore, in April 1967 three physicians - Dr. Henry Mayer, Dr. Theodore Tapper and Dr. John Constable - toured 35 provincial hospitals in South Vietnam and met with the South Vietnamese Minister of Health. It was found that as high as 60 percent of the war's victims were children under the age of 16, but because of the exigencies of severely over-crowded hospitals and limited medicine, they were often the last to receive the treatment needed. Many were dying from their napalm burns and other wounds. As a result COR decided to devote its energies to providing direct medical aid by bringing as many children as possible to the U.S. for treatment and rehabilitation. Scores of American physicians offered their services free of charge, and offers of nursing, foster care, physical therapy, and financial aid poured in from across the country as the aims of the group became better known.

 

The first months of this endeavor, however, were fraught with frustration for COR. It required endless patience to deal with the bureaucracy of both the South Vietnamese and U.S. governments. It was difficult to get permission to evacuate the children and some died before all the paperwork could be completed. Although a Memo of Cooperation with the Ministry of Health was signed, whereby children under the age of 18 who had war-related injuries could be brought to the U.S., delays still occurred. Each child had to be cleared by the South Vietnamese Ministry of Health, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Finance and Bureau of Police, as well as the U.S. Mission and USAF (which shipped the children out on MEDVEC planes). Boys over 12 had to receive permission from the Ministry of Defense to leave the country. One young man was chosen by COR personnel for evacuation, but the Vietnamese military believed he was a Viet Cong and he died in prison. Rapid turn-over of COR staff, both in the U.S. national office and among the field representatives in Saigon, meant that procedures were in flux and confusion was the frequent result. The perspective on what should be done for the children was often different depending on whether it was viewed by a staff-person in the United States versus one in Saigon.

 

In spite of the problems, progress was made. In October 1967, the first three children arrived in the States. Over the ensuing months, nearly 100 children were evacuated and received the finest medical care possible. Their medical triumphs were well-publicized around the country, and COR's reputation for doing something practical, and indeed noble, brought them financial aid from individuals and foundations. Various fundraisers were held by concerned citizens, including concerts by Pete Seeger and other musicians, art shows of drawings by Vietnamese children, and Vietnamese dinners. COR also sold thousands of cards that featured the children's drawings, as well as those with art-work donated by artists such as Alexander Calder. COR developed three films which documented the effects of the Vietnam War on the people of that country and related what could be done to help them, and these were shown by dozens of groups. COR chapters, particularly those in Boston and Berkeley, were active in highlighting the efforts of the national office and did much to raise funds for its continuation.

 

No Vietnamese child was allowed to be evacuated to the United States without written permission from a relative. The South Vietnamese government required that the children be returned to Vietnam as soon as their medical treatment was finished. However, many times the war wiped out whole villages and/or displaced families. COR's field representatives spent much of their time trying to locate relatives and keep them in contact with the children while they were away in the States. A real effort was made by COR to keep the children from being too Americanized, though this was often an uphill battle. Field representatives, accompanying the children when they returned to their relatives, frequently expressed disgust with the foster families who were indiscriminate in the amount of clothing and other items that they sent along with the children. Often they arrived at their village far wealthier than anyone there would ever be. It was understandable that foster families, who had taken care of the children for months or even years, found it very difficult to return them to Vietnam and wanted to give what they viewed as help in starting their new lives. Many sent money to the children for several years. Others vehemently protested the need to send the children back at all, feeling that it would be murder to make them return to such an unstable country. At least one couple refused to give the foster children up, maintaining that their adoption was a better answer.

 

One solution to the problem of keeping the children mentally and emotionally tied to Vietnam rather than the U.S., was to set up shelters for them as an alternative to foster care. One was opened in Berkeley, as well as one in Boston, both called Vietnam House. A shelter was also opened in Saigon, but for a different purpose. The Saigon Children's Shelter, sometimes called Em Dem, was a place where paraplegic children helped by COR could continue to be cared for and rehabilitated, but in their own country. Though the shelter there was administered by the COR field representatives, Vietnamese personnel were hired to cook, clean, and teach.

 

The shelter in Saigon continued until 1978, four years after COR itself was dissolved. COR's last field representative, Bill Cooper, remained in Vietnam after his term of service was over, but he was arrested and imprisoned in 1975, and the records of this collection do not verify his fate. We are left to wonder, as well, what happened to all the children touched by COR throughout its history.

COR's national office was first in New York City, but was later moved to Washington, D.C. and then to Newton Centre, Massachusetts.

 

Dr. Herbert Needleman, Associate Professor at Temple University's School of Medicine, was the Chairman of the Board throughout COR's existence. Anne Peretz served as Treasurer of the Board and Francois d'Heurle as Secretary. Honorary Chairmen included Dr. Helen Taussig, noted heart specialist from Johns Hopkins; Dr. Albert Sabin, developer of the oral polio vaccine; Rev. John Bennett, President of Union Theological Seminary; John Wesley Lord, Bishop of the Methodist Church; and Dr. Benjamin Spock. Sponsors included Julie Andrews, Burt Bacharach, Judge David Bazelon, Rabbi Ralph Brickner, Robert McAfee Brown Ph.D., Art Buchwald, Prentiss Childs, U.S. Congressmen John Dow and Robert Drinan, Dr. Alan Geyer, Coretta Scott King, Mrs. Eugene McCarthy, and Gerard Piel.

 

The National Office staff were:

Esther Smith, Executive Director	1967-May 1969
Frank Hutchison Executive Director	May 1969-January 1970
Ed Allen, Acting Executive Director	1970
George DeWoody, Executive Director	January-March 1971
Donna Shor, Executive Director	April 1971-February 1973
Eloise Houghton, Executive Director	March-December 1973
Carole Love
Sabina Parks
Jean Peterson
Edith deBurlo, Office Manager

The Saigon office staff were:

Peter Franklin, Field Representative	1967
John Balaban, Field Representative	1968-1969
John Spragens	??-April 1969
Dick Berliner, Field Representative	??-June 1969 (on as-needed basis)
Dennis Rothgaar, Field Representative	??-April 1969
Gerald Liles, Field Representative	May 1969-Feb. 1970
Herb Ruhs, Field Representative	Dec. 1969-May 1970
John Amaroso, Field Representative	July-Dec. 1970
Jerry Berge, Field Representive	May 1970-1971
Ed Allen, Field Representative	Nov. 1970-1972
Bill Cooper, Field Representative	June 1972-March 1974
To Kim Hoa (Mrs. Tom Fox)	1969-1971
Dr. Hermann Wissing, COR Doctor	July-December 1970

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Scope of Collection

 

The COR collection consists of administrative, financial and legal files; correspondence of the national staff to its chapters, to its field representatives in Saigon, and with individuals and personnel of other organizations; files that document the evacuation and rehabilitation of nearly 100 Vietnamese children; and material that shows how COR staff made itself known to the public through various media, fundraisers, and original films. There is much valuable information about Vietnam itself, particularly about its medical situation during the war, in the reports of COR staff and doctors who visited Vietnam, as well as in the reference section. A small amount of material on the Saigon Children's Shelter Fund shows how certain children continued to be helped for five years
even after COR dissolved.

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Arrangement of Collection

 

The contents of the COR collection arrived in good condition and it was clearly marked which file cabinets and drawers they had come from. Most files - at least through circa 1970 - were arranged alphabetically by name or subject. However, what was in the files was not always consistent with the folder label, and later material had a different (and somewhat confusing) arrangement order. Therefore, files were sorted and arranged according to eight subject series.

 

Correspondence required the most sorting and now can be found as follows:
1) letters written and received by national office staff-persons are filed under that person's name; with the following exceptions: 2) correspondence between the national office and the Saigon field representatives is filed under the names of the Saigon staff in Series F; 3) correspondence concerning an individual child is in that child's folder in Series F; 4) correspondence between the national office and a staff-person of a chapter or regional office is filed under Series A, either in the chapter's file, or (if there was enough correspondence to warrant it) under the individual's name; 5) correspondence between the national office and individuals or organizations, which had been delineated by COR as deserving their own folders, were kept as such and appear in Series D.

 

Also, COR staff kept copies of the hundreds and hundreds of form letters they sent out concerning their films, Vietnamese dinners, sale of cards, contributions, requests for information, and recruitment of personnel. For the most part, except for one sample copy, these were discarded unless they had a unique paragraph in them, or if they were attached to an incoming letter that explained something of a concerned citizen's interest in COR.

 

It should be noted that a delineation was made between the various roles a person played in COR's work. For instance, Ed Allen's correspondence while he was the Acting Director in 1971 is in Series D, but his correspondence while he was a Saigon field representative is in Series F. An exception to this rule is Dr. Samuel Epstein, who was on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, and was the Chair of the Boston Chapter. As his correspondence usually dealt with more than one of his roles at a time, it was kept all together in Series A. However, correspondence related to his trip to Vietnam for COR was kept with his 1968 report in Series E.

 

Personnel files contain information concerning the hiring of staff-persons both in the U.S. and Vietnam and are in Series C. The exception are the files of the convoyeuses, which are in Series F.

Eight hundred and twenty-six sleeves were processed for the collection's photographs and negatives. These were removed to the photograph collection and separated by size and arranged as much as possible by subject: staff and activities of COR, Vietnam (hospitals, severely wounded or dead persons, general), and group shots of COR children. However, all sizes of photographs of individual COR children were kept together and arranged alphabetically by the child's name.

 

Posters were removed to the poster collection. The following were removed to the audiovisual collection: 1) a reel-to-reel tape of two children singing, dated April 17, 1968; 2) a motion picture film called War's Children produced by COR; 3) sections of a motion picture film called An Evil Hour produced by COR, not spliced together; and 3) a phonodisc of celebrity public service spots.

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Contents of Collection

 

SERIES A: GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

Box 1

History of COR:
History
Statement of purpose
Administrative and office procedures

Minutes:
Executive committee meetings, 1969-February 1971
Board meeting, 12/18/66
Board meetings, 1967-1971
Board meeting, 01/23/72
Board meeting, 07/15/73
Board meeting, 12/16/73
COR Chapters:
COR chapters - general
Correspondence with chapters
Correspondence with prospective chapters
Berkeley/Campus/San Francisco Chapter, 1967, 1970-1972
Correspondence with Madeline Duckles (director of Berkeley Chapter), 1970-1973

 

Box 2
Correspondence with Florence Forrest (Berkeley Chapter), 1971-1973
Correspondence with Betty Stuart (Berkeley Chapter), 1970-1971
Controversy with DeBolts (foster parents in Berkeley)
Vietnam House (Children's Shelter in Berkeley)
Boston Chapter/New England Region, 1967-1971
Correspondence of Eloise Houghton (executive secretary, New England Region), 1969-1970

 

Box 3
Correspondence of Eloise Hougton, 1971-1973, undated
Correspondence of Dr. Samuel Epstein (chair of
Boston Chapter; also on Board of Directors and Executive Committee), 1967-1971
Correspondence of Patricia Evans (New England Regional Secretary), 1969
Correspondence of Sunny Seiler (director of Boston Chapter), 1969
Correspondence of Max Tjoa (Boston Chapter), 1970
Vietnam House (Children's Shelter in New England)

 

Box 4
Chicago Chapter, 1967-1971
Correspondence of Rev. John Cory (Chicago Chapter), 1968-1970
Honolulu Chapter, 1967-1971
Correspondence of Gaynelle Fuchs (chair of Honolulu Chapter), 1971-1972
Correspondence of Louise McDonald (Honolulu Chapter), 1968-1973
Iowa Branch, 1969
Los Angeles Chapter, 1969-1972
Correspondence of Robert Churchill (Los Angeles Chapter), 1970-1973
Correspondence of Dr. Richard Huemer (Los Angeles Chapter), 1969
Correspondence of Dr. Leonard Linde (Los Angeles Chapter), 1969-1972
Correspondence of Irene Robinson (Los Angeles Chapter), 1969
New York/Long Island Chapter, 1971-1972
COR Social Workers Subcommittee, New York City
North Shore (Massachusetts) Chapter, 1970

 

Box 5

Philadelphia Chapter, 1969-1971
Correspondence of Laura Hassler (Philadelphia Chapter), 1971-972
Correspondence of Edith Lore (Philadelphia Chapter), 1969-1970
Seattle Chapter, 1969-1970
Washington, DC Chapter, 1969-1970

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SERIES B: FINANCIAL / LEGAL RECORDS

Box 5 (cont.)

Finances:
Finances - general
Financial reports, 1967-1971, June 1973-1974
Budgets
Accounting plan
Salaries
Saigon Children's Shelter and Saigon office
Returned Children's Support Fund
Hospital bills for Vietnamese children (partial)
Special Film Fund account
Finances of chapters
Annual reports for Attorney General's Division of Public Charities

 

Box 6
Taxes, 1966-1970, 1972-1973
Foster parents' tax deductions
Bank of America, Saigon
Clark Estates, The
Frank B. Hall &;Co. and Harris, Sloan &;Finn Inc. (re: insurance)
Franklin, Tom (financial consultant)
Goodness &;Tyler (accountants)
Herzfeld &;Stern (stockbrokers)
Internal Revenue Service
Loeb, Rhoades &;Co. (stockbrokers)
Markovitz, Robert (lawyer)
Mutual Bank for Savings

 

Box 7
Richards, Ganly, Fries &;Preush (accountants)
Zelikow &;Rebell (accountants)

Fundraising/Contributions:
Fundraising - general
Survey of Chapter fundraising, 1968
Contributions to COR, 1967-1975
Grant request
Fundraising appeals (form letters)
Proposed fundraising appeal re: Bong
Fundraising appeal to Catholics
Fundraising appeal to foundations
Fundraising appeal to high schools
Fundraising appeal to Peace Corps
Fundraising appeal to Quakers
Fundraising appeal to Rotary &;Kiwanis Clubs
Norman Kimball, COR fundraiser
Fundraising etc. by RELAY
Contributions from colleges/universities
Contributions from military personnel
Contributions from women's clubs

 

Box 8

Contributions in memory of Edmund Izzo, 1972
Telephone tax contributions
Contributions of stock
Thank You (form) letters to contributors

Legal:
Certificate of Incorporation
By-Laws
Leases
Memo of Cooperation between COR and Vietnamese Ministry of Health
Copyrights
Lawsuit re: Bufano mosaics, 1972

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SERIES C: PERSONNEL FILES

Box 8 (cont.)

Lists of Board and Steering Committee members, etc.
Resignations of Board members
Honorary Chairs
Sponsors
Personnel - general
Job descriptions
Allen, Ed
Amaroso, John
Balaban, John
Berge, Jerry
Cooper, Bill

 

Box 9
DeWoody, George
Erhart, Stephen
Franklin, Peter
Houghton, Eloise
Huggins, Christopher
Hutchison, Frank
Liles, Gerald
Luce, Don
Ly-Lac-Than-(Mrs.)-Nhan
Needleman, Dr. Herbert
Randa, Bud
Rothgaar, Dennis
Ruhs, Herb
Shor, Donna
Smith, Esther
Wissing, Dr. Hermann
Recruitment of personnel, 1966-1970
Volunteers

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SERIES D: CORRESPONDENCE

Box 10
Of staff-persons:
Allen, Ed, June 1970-January 1971; May 1973
de Burlo, Edith, 1971-1973
DeWoody, George, 1969-1971
Franklin, Peter, 1967
Hogan, Barbara, 1972

 

Box 11
Eloise Houghton, March-December 1973
Hutchison, Frank, 1969-January 1970
Love, Carole, 1970-1971
Needleman, Dr. Herbert, 1966-1973
Parks, Sabina, November-December 1971
Peterson, Jean, 1971-1972
Shor, Donna, 1970

 

Box 12
Shor, Donna, 1971-March 1973
Smith, Esther, 1967-1970
Varied staffpersons

With individuals:
Balaban, John, 1969-January 1973
Bourns, Rev. David, 1969-1973
Bui-Xuan-Long, Peter, 1973
Churchill, Robert, 1969-1973
Constable, Dr. John, 1967-1969
Critics of COR
Davidson, Tom, 1969-1970

 

Box 13
d'Heurle, Francois
Ervin, Dr. Frank, 1970
Goldwyn, Dr. Robert and Mrs. Roberta Goldwyn, 1967-1969
Kulberg, Raoul, 1970-1972
Linde, Dr. Leonard, 1967-1972
Linde, Shirley
Lown, Dr. Bernard, 1967-1969
Moore Jr., Rt. Rev. Paul, 1969-1970
Peck, Dr. Robert, 1967-1971
Peretz, Anne, 1967-1973
Roth, Dr. George, 1967-1971
Sabin, Dr. Albert, 1967-1969
Sandborn, Agnes, 1969-1974
Slack, Dr. Warner, 1968-1972
Spock, Dr. Benjamin, 1967-1972

 

Box 14
Taussig, Dr. Helen Brooke, 1967-1971
Vietnamese students and residents in U.S., 1967-1970
Wolff, Dr. Peter, 1969-1972

With organizations:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Council for Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service
American Friends Service Committee
Cambodia Study Group
Canandian and European groups working on Vietnam
Children's Medical Relief International
Clergy and Laymen Concerned
Medical Aid for IndoChina Inc.
Metropolitan Medical Center
Mothers for Orphans of Vietnam in Emergency
My Friends House Inc.
Technical Assistance Information Clearing House

 

Box 15
Terre des HommesU.S. goverment - AID
U.S. government - Department of Defense
U.S. government - National Security Council and
Department of State

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SERIES E: COR OUTREACH

Box 15 (cont.)

Statements/Reports:
Statements for press conferences, May 1967
Position paper of the COR New England regional chapter, May 1967
Statement of the Board of Directors, February 1968
Statement of John Balaban, 1969
Signers of COR Statement of Casualties
COR White Paper "Vietnam: The Proving Ground"
Reports on "Civilian Casualties in South Vietnam" by Dr. Robert Liberman, 1967
Progress Report of COR's Vietnam Mission by Peter Franklin, April 1967
COR Annual Report, 09/30/67
Report on trip to Vietnam by Dr. Herbert Needleman and Dr. Frank Ervin, 1967
Report on trip (11/13/68-12/21/68) to Vietnam by Dr. Alan Matzer, 1969
Report on trip (12/28/67-02/06/68) to Vietnam by Dr. Samuel Epstein, 1968 (includes correspondence)
Notes from Toronto Conference, Spring 1969
Report on trip (01/18/69-02/08/69) to Vietnam by Dr. Allen Hassan, 1969
Report on COR by John Spragens Jr., 04/06/69
Report on "The Relation of the COR to Current Civilian Medical Needs in South Vietnam," 06/16/69
Report (WCC) on "An Approach to Post-War Service Priorities in South Vietnam" co-authored by Don Luce, October 1969
Report on "Medicine in Vietnam" by Richard Berliner and Gerald Liles, December 1969

 

Box 16
Report on COR by National Information Bureau, 1969
Report on "Torture in Vietnam" by Don Luce, 1970
Report on Amer-Asian Children by Dick Berliner, 1970
"Report and Reflections" on trip (April-May 1970) to
Vietnam by Dr. George Roth, 1970
Report ontrip (July-August 1971) to Vietnam by Donna Shor, 1971 (includes correspondence)
Reports for the Better Business Bureau, 1967-1973 (includes correspondence)
Report on trip to Vietnam by Charlotte Sherman, undated

Resources developed:
COR Bi-Weekly Reports ,1971-January 1972
COR publications
Mailing to nurses, 1968
Resources developed for Vietnam Moratorium(10/15/69)
COR films - general
Film An Evil Hour
Film War's Children
Film The Survivors
Modern Talking Picture Services Inc. (COR film distributors)

 

Box 17
Film/Speaker schedules, 1971-1973
Film/Speaker reports

Publicity:
Publicity (by COR)
COR advertisement in New York Times, 1967
Publicity, Christmas 1970
Letters to the Editor re: COR

 

Box 18
Speeches about COR
Speakers Bureau
Press releases
Bibliography
Logo designs
Poster production
Slide show on Vietnam
Documentary (untitled), 1972
Publicity for COR on television
Appearance of Eloise Hougton on "TV Talkback", January 1971
Publicity for COR on radio
Magazine and newspaper publicity about COR
Washington Post articles on COR, 1970

 

Box 19
LIFE article on COR, 01/29/71, and follow-up Alcoa special "The Photographers"
New York Times article on COR, 09/23/73
Madeline Duckle's (draft) article on Nguyen thi Thuy
Publicity on COR in New England newspapers

Fundraisers:
Vietnamese Dinner evenings
Brookline (MA) Dinner Dance, 11/15/69
Vietnamese Dinner at Washington Cathedral, 11/14/69
Vietnamese Dinner at Tufts University, 05/01/71
Cookbooks by COR
Concert by Pablo Casals, 1968 (cancelled)
Organ Recital by Edna Parks, 09/08/68
Concert by the Chamber Orchestra of German Pediatrics, 12/10/68
Concert by Pete Seeger, 1969
Concert by rock group High Treason, 10/26/69
International Festival in Words and Music, 04/02/71
Musical by Jacques Brel, 01/25/72
Benefit evening at the Biograph Theatre
Oswega State University fundraiser, 1971
Draft of children's book by Kiku Funabike, 1970

 

Box 20
Vietnamese drawings exhibits, 1969-1972
Asian art show "Vietnam: The Artist's Agony," 1972
Bufano mosaic, 1969
COR cards/notepaper with Vietnamese drawings
COR Christmas cards with Vietnamese drawings
Woodcuts by Vo Dinh
Lithographs by Alexander Calder
Woodcut by Sidney Hurwitz and poem "The Feeding" by Lou Lipsitz
Artwork by Tori Harris
Art exhibits benefitting COR
Donations/offers from artists

Lobbying Congress:
Correspondence with Congressmen, 1967-1971
Correspondence with Cong. Ed Koch

 

Box 21
Resolution and testimony re: care of Vietnamese
children by NY City Council
Reports of Hill visits by COR staff
Lobbying re: S.2497
Testimony of Dr. Herbert Needleman before U.S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Problems
Connected with Refugees and Escapees, 10/09/67
Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Problems...
Senate Subcommittee on Investigate Problems...:
hearings on Vietnam (includes testimony of Jerry Berge)
Congressional visit to Vietnam

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SERIES F: REHABILITATION OF VIETNAMESE CHILDREN

Box 21 (cont.)

Rehabilitation:
Children transferred to other relief organizations or deceased before evacuation to U.S.
Consent and general release forms re: evacuation to U.S.
"Procedures Manual for Evacuation of Vietnamese Children," 1967
Airlines - transportation of children
"Procedures for Arrival of Vietnamese Children"
Arrival of children in U.S.
"Care of Vietnamese Children"
Areas in U.S. with children
Medical summaries of children
Composite reports on children while in U.S.

 

Box 22
Paraplegic children helped by COR
Correspondence with (some) rehabilitation hospitals
Passports and visas of children
Return of children to Vietnam
Home addresses of children in Vietnam

Children Treated in U.S. (not every child has a file):
Bach Anh (C54)
Bu thi Kha (C38)
Bui Ngoc Huong (C74)
Dan Huynh (C72)
Dang Thang Tuong (C39)

 

Box 23
Dao thi Thai (C23)
Do Binh (C40)
Do van Xom (C3)
Doan Hieu (C84)
Doan Quang Trung (C56)
Doan van Yen (C26)
Duong Phuong Sinh (D17)
Ho Bon/Ho Bau (C51)
Huynh Bua (C29)
Huynh Duc (C42)
Huynh thi Chi (C41)
Le A (C59)
Le Nhon (C25)
Le Sam (C31)
Le Than (D9)
Le thi Be (D11)

 

Box 24
Le thi Thom (C28)
Le Tiem (C67)
Le van Cu (C17)
Mai An (D10)
Ngo Long (C77)
Ngo van Xia (C18)
Nguyen Bien (C24)
Nguyen Chin (C43)
Nguyen Dinh Thanh (D16)
Nguyen Do (C46)
Nguyen Hoang Em (C53)
Nguyen Hue (D14)

 

Box 25
Nguyen Lau (C32)
Nguyen Phat Luom (B6)
Nguyen thi Bay (D3)
Nguyen thi Bong (C35)
Nguyen thi Dao (C65)
Nguyen thi Diem (D8)
Nguyen thi Khue (C64)
Nguyen thi Ngot (C76)
Nguyen thi Thom (D5)
Nguyen thi Thuy (B1)
Nguyen thi Yen (C81)

 

Box 26
Nguyen Tho (C79)
Nguyen To/Nguyen van Tao (D2)
Nguyen Trung (C70)
Nguyen van Ai (D15)
Nguyen van Ba (B2)
Nguyen van Gioi (C7)
Nguyen van Hieu (C4)
Nguyen van Minh (C48)
Nguyen van O (C37)
Nguyen van Phuong (C71)
Nguyen van Tien (D7)
Nguyen Xuan Loc (C36)
Pham Thanh (C66)
Pham thi Lan (C52)

 

Box 27
Pham thi Phuoc (C82)
Pham van Dao (D4)
Pham Thang (C55)
Phan/Pham thi Hieu (D13)
Phan/Pham thi Huong (C78)
Phan/Pham Viet (C57)
Tran Cuong Viet (B7)
Tran Hu'u Nhon (B3)
Tran van Cop (C5)
Tran van Dung (C19)

 

Box 28
Tran van Hieu (D6)
Tran van Hung (B4)
Tran van Lam (B5)
Tran van Linh (C61)
Tran van Quang (C20)
Tran van Rang (C80)
Truong Tu (C50)
Vo Han (E2)
Vo Hang (C47)

 

Box 29
Vo Tanh (C75)
Vo thi Loi (D1)
Vo van Tho (C12)

Foster Parents/Foster Care:
Foster parents of COR Vietnamese children
Foster home licensing
Foster parent experiences
Queries re: becoming foster parents

 

Box 30
Queries re: adopting children

Convoyeuses (Interpreters/Nurses/Social Workers):
Convoyeuses - general
Bui thi Mary Khue (to Boston), 1968-1969
Bui thi Ngoc Nga (to NC and Philadephia), 1969
Luu Ngoc Dinh (to Houston), 1969
Ngo Ngoc Nhung (to Philadelphia), 1968
Nguyen Kim Dung (to Philadephia), 1968
Nguyen thi Ngoc Thoa (to DC and Nyack, NY), 1968-1971
Nguyen thi Pha (to Seattle), 1969
Nguyen thi Phuoc-Hao (to Philadelphia), 1969-1971
Nguyen thi Tuyet Mai (to Hawaii), 1968
Nguyen thi Xuan Huong (to Colorado), 1968-1969
Quach thi Phong (to St. Louis), 1968-1969
To Kim Hoa (to Portland), 1969-1971
Tong thi Ai (to Iowa City), 1968
Tran thi Kim Loan (to New York City), 1968
Trinh thi Ngoc Lan (to Boston), 1967-1968
Truong thi Tuyet Nuong (to Philadelphia?), 1970

COR office, Saigon:
COR office, Saigon - general
Guidelines for COR work in Vietnam
Proposal for COR mission to Vietnam, 1969
Relations with Vietnam embassy (in U.S.)
Relations with Vietnamese Ministry of Health

 

Box 31
Chronology of COR relations with government of Vietnam
Requirements for COR doctors going to Vietnam
Reports on Vietnamese hospitals by COR staff, 1970-1971
Hospital data/civilian casualties in Vietnam, 1967
Saigon Children's Shelter (Em Dem)
Proposals for building Saigon Children's Shelter
Blueprints for Saigon Children's Shelter
Contributions for Shelter children
Peggy Preston
Gloria Emerson, NY Times reporter in Saigon, 1970-1971

Correspondence etc. of Saigon office staff:
John Balaban (Field Rep.), March 1968-1969
To Kim Hoa [Mrs. Tom Fox] (office staffperson and convoyeuse), 1969-1971
Herb Ruhs (Field Rep.), Dec. 1969-June 1970
Hermann Wissing (COR doctor), July-Dec. 1970

 

Box 32
John Amaroso (Field Rep.), July-Dec. 1970
Jerry Berge (Field Rep.), 1970-1971
Ed Allen (Field Rep.) Nov. 1970-1972
Jerry Berge and Ed Allen, Oct.-Nov. 1971
Bill Cooper (Field Rep.), June 1972-March 1974

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SERIES G: REFERENCE

Box 33
Information re: Vietnam, 1967-1973
"An Introduction to Vietnam"
"English and Vietnamese Common Terms"
Vietnamese culture
Map of Vietnam
Chemical and biological warfare
Medical care in Vietnam
Paraplegia Handbook (in Vietnamese)
Orthopedic terms
Report of the Medical Appraisal Team, 1967
Remarks of Father Robert Drinan re: Vietnam, 1971
"The Republic of Vietnam's Presidential Election," 1967
Thoi-Bao-Ga, Vietnamese student newsletter
Dispatch News Service International

Box 34

Trial of D.C. Nine vs. DOW Chemical Plant, 1969-1970
White House Conference on Children, December 1970
Who's Who in Vietnam, 1970
Medical Committee for Human Rights
Vietnam Education Project
Women Volunteers to Vietnam

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SERIES H: SAIGON CHILDREN'S SHELTER FUND
(after closing of national office and chapters)

Box 34 (cont.)

Saigon Children's Shelter Fund, 1973-1978

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PHOTOGRAPHS: See Photograph Collection

 

POSTERS: See Poster Collection

 

PHONODISCS, MOTION PICTURES & REEL-TO-REEL TAPE: See Audiovisual Collection

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