Indochina Resource Center Records
Scope and Contents
Includes background material; press clippings, reference files, and research notes.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1975
Creator
- Indochina Resource Center (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English, Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Physical Access Note
All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes.
Historical Note
The Indochina Resource Center was founded in 1971 to inform the American people, legislators, and the media about the war in Indochina. The IRC also disseminated information about the countries of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam where U.S. military personnel were fighting or bombing. The IRC changed its name to the Southeast Asia Resource Center in 1976. In 1982 the organization was absorbed by the Asia Research Center. The IRC published reports on the infamous "tiger cages" used to house prisoners of the South Vietnamese government. These reports were gathered by Don Luce who worked for International Voluntary Services in Vietnam.
Extent
10 linear ft. (10 linear ft.)
Abstract
The Indochina Resource Center was founded in 1971 to inform the American people, legislators, and the media about the war in Indochina. The IRC also disseminated information about the countries of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam where U.S. military personnel were fighting or bombing. The IRC changed its name to the Southeast Asia Resource Center in 1976. In 1982 the organization was absorbed by Asia Research Center.
Arrangement
These records are unprocessed and in little or no order (as they were donated). Because there is an extensive photograph collection from this organization, a listing of the photo categories and boxes follows that of the box listing for the records.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Asia Resource Center, 1993 (acc. 93A-044) and 1994 (acc. 94A-075).
Separated Materials
- Audiovisual items
- Books
- Photographs and negatives
Legal Status
Copyright to the Indochina Resource Center records created by the organization has been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Copyright to all other materials is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law..
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed; this finding aid was created by Jean Turner and Wendy E. Chmielewski, July 2009; added to by Anne Yoder, November 2009; updated September 2018 by Wendy E. Chmielewski
Subject
- Indochina Resource Center (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2018: The file list was standardized in Summer 2017 by Min Cheng in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace. Tessa Chambers added the notes in Fall 2017. Wendy E. Chmielewski updated this finding aid February 2019.
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