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Vietnam War, 1961-1975

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

J. William Fulbright Interview Transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2426
Scope and Content Note

Transcripts of interviews conducted by Bernard M. Gwertzman and Haynes Johnson with J. William Fulbright in his Washington, D.C. congressional office in 1966 as research for their 1968 book, Fulbright, the Dissenter. Topics include Fulbright's family; President Lyndon B. Johnson; Fulbright's time at Oxford and at the University of Arkansas; Fulbright's service in Congress, and his thoughts on several of his colleagues; and the Vietnam War.

Dates: 1966

J. William Fulbright Papers, Second Accession

 Collection
Identifier: MS F956 144-B
Scope and Content Note The second increment of the J. William Fulbright papers (primarily 1960-1975) comprises approximately nine hundred linear feet of materials and documents the tenure of the Arkansas Democrat in the U.S. House and Senate. The collection consists of constituent, official, and personal correspondence, memoranda, legislative bills, speeches, photographs, and other records related to the political, governmental, and diplomatic interests and activities of the senator. An important component of the...
Dates: 1940-1975; Majority of material found within 1960-1975

J. William Fulbright Political Cartoons

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Identifier: MC 2428
Abstract

Political cartoons by various artists from 1965 to 1967, depicting J. William Fulbright’s opposition to the Vietnam War.

Dates: 1965-1967

"Fulbright: The Defining Hour" Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2371
Abstract

A prospectus, VHS tape, and DVD access copy of the documentary film, "Fulbright: The Defining Hour."

Dates: 1991

George Herbert Gunn Materials Related to J. William Fulbright

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2674
Content Description

The collection consists of an audiocassette tape containing 1980 interview of J. William Fulbright by George Herbert Gunn, primarily focused on Fulbright's opposition to the Vietnam War; also included is related correspondence.

Dates: 1963-1999

John Paul Hammerschmidt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1230
Scope and Content Note

The collection is divided into twenty-one series. Materials include biographical data, correspondence, legislative and committee materials, personal and office financial records, speeches, press releases, posters, audio and video tapes, and ephemera.

Dates: 1964-2009

Norvill Jones Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2141
Abstract

Correspondence, memoranda, clippings, campaign materials, congressional records, notebooks and other records created or received by Norvill Jones, particularly as part of his work with J. W. Fulbright and the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Dates: 1964-2011

KTHV Collection of J. William Fulbright Video Tapes

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2541
Content Description

Seven U-matic video tapes featuring interviews of and programming regarding Senator J. William Fulbright that were aired on or used in programming aired on Little Rock's KTHV television station.

Dates: 1966-1986

"On the Record Interview with Senator J. William Fulbright" Transcript

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2484
Content Description Typed transcript of "On the Record Interview with Senator J. William Fulbright" interview conducted by journalists J. F. Ter Horst (Detroit News), Richard Dudman (St. Louis Post Dispatch), Bernard Gwertzman (Washington Star), and William May (Newark News). The interview primarily relates to Fulbright's work on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; topics and persons discussed include the Vietnam War; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover; and the U.S.-Soviet Consular...
Dates: January 21, 1967

Lee Riley Powell Typescripts

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Identifier: MC 2394
Abstract

Typescripts of Lee Riley Powell's J. William Fulbright and America's Lost Crusade: Fulbright's Opposition to the Vietnam War and "The China Hearings: The Foreign Relations Committee as a Forum for Dissent."

Dates: circa 1984

Wesley Pruden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2453
Abstract

The Wesley Pruden Papers pertain to the personal life and career of Washington Times editor Wesley Pruden, Jr.

Dates: 1930-2019

Randall B. Woods Interview Tapes

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1410
Scope and Content Note

The collection includes eighty-two audiocassette tapes containing interviews conducted by Randall Woods with J. William Fulbright, Dale Bumpers, McGeorge Bundy, Orval Faubus, Allan Gilbert, Hoyt Purvis, Arthur Schlesinger, Dean Rusk, Lee Williams, and others as part of research for Woods' biography on Fulbright. The locations of the interviews include Fayetteville, AR; Washington, D.C.; and Bonn, Germany.

Dates: 1988-1996