Who's Who In Vietnam
From: Maxner, Steve <steve.maxner@ttu.edu>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: vsg@u.washington.edu
Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2008 at 9:33 AM
Attachments: Pages from Whos_Who_RVN.pdf
Colleagues:
The Vietnam Center recently acquired a copy of Who's Who In Vietnam dated 1974. It is 500 pages in length and includes a wealth of detailed information about 760 people. We have already digitized this document and will be making it available online in a week or so. If anyone is in need of biographical information before it is posted, please let me know and we will be happy to share whatever information we can.
So you can see the kind of information this resource includes, I have attached here a copy of the index and sample biographies.
Best regards,
Steve
Stephen Maxner, Ph.D.
Director
The Vietnam Center
The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Special Collections Library Room 108
15th and Detroit
Lubbock, TX 79409-1041
Phone: 806-742-9010
Fax: 806-742-0496
Email: steve.maxner@ttu.edu
Website: www.vietnam.ttu.edu
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From: Jean Michaud <michaudjean@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jean.michaud@ant.ulaval.ca, Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2008 at 9:56 AM
Dear all,
Whether there is a connection or not, I remember having had
in hand a few years ago a very similar document produced by
the French on whoever they considered 'worthy' of their
attention, including pictures. That report was located
within the Indochine section of the Service Historique des
Armées de Terre in Vincennes (aka the Military Archives).
Jean Michaud
Associate Professor
Université Laval
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From: Nguyen Qui Duc <DNguyen@kqed.org>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: jean.michaud@ant.ulaval.ca, Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Attachments: winmail.dat
Dear all,
Tran Tuong Nhu, who's on this forum, kindly loaned me a photocopy of "Souverains et Notabilites D'Indochine," Editions du Gouvernment General de L'indochine, IDEO - 1943.
112 pages, short bio notes with photos.
The announcement on the front page states that "Indochina, almost singularly in Asia, does not have any such publication similar to a "Who's who." The English words "Who's who" were used.
The announcement asked for help in correcting entries or adding information, and directed interested parties to the "Service Information-Propagande-Presse du Gouvernment general, 6 rue Pierre-Pasquier, Ha Noi.
N Q Duc
Ha Noi
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From: John Kleinen <kleinen@uva.nl>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: jean.michaud@ant.ulaval.ca, Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Jean,
Do you mean Familles re'gnantes et Notabilites d'Indochine (my copy) or Souverains et notabilités d'Indochine** (Hanoi: Éditions du Gouvernement), 1943.
For the contents see:
Smith, Ralph B. (1972) The Vietnamese Elite of French Cochinchina, 1943, Modern
Asian Studies, Vol. 6, No. 4 (1972) p. 459-482/
John Kleinen
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From: Hue-Tam Ho Tai <hhtai@fas.harvard.edu>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2008 at 11:22 AM
I think the Who's Who in Vietnam was created by the Saigon (American) press corps. American journalists had their own ideas of who was significant (or not) and would not have included some personalities that were well known to Vietnamese but not to themselves.
Hue-Tam Ho Tai
Harvard
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From: Jean Michaud <michaudjean@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jean.michaud@ant.ulaval.ca, Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2008 at 11:26 AM
John,
Maybe you're referring to Duc's message rather than mine.
In any case, the documents at Vincennes I'm referring to
are not published, they have been produced around 1951 by
Direction des Services de Sécurité, and are thus stamped
"secret".
Jean Michaud
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From: william turley <wturley@siu.edu>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2008 at 10:33 AM
Baron's publishes, or once published, a Who's Who in Vietnam edited by John L. Pellam. I reviewed the 1999 edition for Crossroads.
Bill Turley
John L. Pellam (ed.), Who’s Who in Vietnam, 1998-1999, CROSSROADS 12:1 (1999), pp. 245-246.
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From: Maxner, Steve <steve.maxner@ttu.edu>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2008 at 11:53 AM
While this resource is in English and was obviously intended for an American audience, actually, the publisher is Vietnam Press, which was Vietnamese owned, I believe. The document states:
"Selection of distinguished persons for the book was based upon the following criteria: Those who are holding elected positions or high-ranking government posts, and those who have scored outstanding achievements in social, cultural, and economic domains."
The editorial staff was all Vietnamese and included Tran Van Ngo, Nguyen Huynh, Nguyen Van Toan, and Le Trung Hieu.
All of this information is located on page two of the document I originally attached. There is no indication that American journalists influenced the selection of the entries. To me, it would make sense that they would rely on the Vietnamese editorial staff to make sure the list was as complete as possible. This appears to be Vietnamese selecting Vietnamese for inclusion.
Best regards,
Steve
Stephen Maxner, Ph.D.
Director
The Vietnam Center
The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Special Collections Library Room 108
15th and Detroit
Lubbock, TX 79409-1041
Phone: 806-742-9010
Fax: 806-742-0496
Email: steve.maxner@ttu.edu
Website: www.vietnam.ttu.edu
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"Maxner, Steve" <steve.maxner@ttu.edu>
date Feb 8, 2008 5:29 AM
subject [Vsg] Who's Who is NOW online
Hello everyone:
Well, we did this more quickly than I anticipated. Here is the link for the online version of the Who's Who In Vietnam I referenced in my message yesterday.
Please let me know if you have any problems accessing this source.
Cheers,
Steve
Stephen Maxner, Ph.D.
Director
The Vietnam Center
The Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Special Collections Library Room 108
15th and Detroit
Lubbock, TX 79409-1041
Phone: 806-742-9010
Fax: 806-742-0496
Email: steve.maxner@ttu.edu
Website: www.vietnam.ttu.edu