Albert M. Avery Collection

1949-1971
Manuscript Collection #904
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Creator(s)
Avery, Albert M.
Physical description
1.71 Cubic Feet, 4 containers, 293 items
Preferred Citation
Albert M. Avery Collection (#904), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
No access without written permission of the donor prior to January 14, 2013

Collection (1949-1971 [bulk: 1966-1971]) primarily consisting of research material for a proposed book on the Vietnam War compiled during the donor's service with the U.S. Military Assistance Group Vietnam (MAGV), 1957, and the U.S. Military Assistance Command (MACV), 1969-1970; also materials relating to American Studies and Military History, including manuscripts, photographic transparencies and negatives, and printed materials.

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Custodial History

January 16, 2003, (unprocessed), 4 containers, 293 items, 1.71 cubic feet, 2.883 pages; Collection (1949-1971 [bulk: 1966-1971]) primarily consisting of research material for a proposed book on the Vietnam War compiled during the donor's service with the U.S. Military Assistance Group Vietnam (MAGV), 1957, and the U.S. Military Assistance Command (MACV), 1969-1970; also materials relating to American Studies and Military History, including manuscripts, photographic transparencies and negatives, and printed materials. See preliminary inventory attached. Donor: Col. Albert M. Avery (USA ret.).

Source of acquisition

Gift of Albert M. Avery

Processing information

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Key terms
Topical
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Places
United States--History
Container list
Box 1 Folder a [American History, 1815-1960] Essay
Box 1 Folder b Book Reports
Box 1 Folder c Brochure. Open Arms: Amnesty for Viet Cong Who Chose Freedom (DoD FS-42)
Box 1 Folder d Clippings
Box 1 Folder e Clippings
Box 1 Folder f Clippings
Box 1 Folder g Clippings
Box 1 Folder h Clippings
Box 1 Folder I Clippings
Box 1 Folder j Comments on Situation During the Tet Attack. Memo for Secretary, Joint Staff, U. S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACJ 031). R. O. Argo, Col., GS, Ch., Mil Hist. Br. Carbon typescript. [Returned to donor 1/27/2003.]
Box 1 Folder k Critical Areas of Conflict between the Bassic Governmental Doctrines of the U.S.S.R. and the United States. Essay
Box 1 Folder l Hero in American History, by Sidney Hook. Notes
Box 1 Folder m [History and Culture of China]
Box 1 Folder n History of England. Notes
Box 1 Folder o Letters of Commendation. 2d Armored Division, 1st Armored Battalion, 51st Infantry Regiment, Ft. Hood, TX (Carbon)
Box 1 Folder p Map Transparencies. World War I. Battle of the Marne, 1914
Box 1 Folder q Map Transparencies. World War I. German Advance to the Marne, 1914
Box 1 Folder r Map Transparencies. World War I. Verdun, 1916
Box 1 Folder s Map Transparencies. World War I. Somme, 1916
Box 1 Folder t Map Transparencies. World War I. Battle of Tannenberg, 1914
Box 1 Folder u Map Transparencies. World War I. Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 1918
Box 1 Folder v Maps. Southeast Asia
Box 1 Folder x Notes. U. S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam Historical Report. Bibliography & Notes
Box 1 Folder y Notes. Military History
Box 1 Folder z Notes. World War I. Battle of the Marne, 1914
Box 1 Folder za Notes. World War I. Battle of Tannenberg, 1914
Box 1 Folder zb Notes. World War I. Battle of Tannenberg, 1914
Box 1 Folder zc Notes. World War I. German Advance to the Marne, 1914
Box 1 Folder zd Notes. World War I. German Campaigns of 1914
Box 1 Folder ze Notes. World War I. German Drives, 1918; Allied Drives, 1918
Box 1 Folder zf Notes. World War I. Von Schlieffen Plan (1905)
Box 1 Folder zg Photographic Negatives. Maps of World War II in the Pacific, 12/7/1941-8/6/1942
Box 1 Folder zh Photographic Negatives. Maps of World War I. Battle of the Marne, 1914
Box 1 Folder zi Photographic Negatives. Maps of Napoleonic Wars (Jena, Advance to Moscow, Borodino), 1806, 1812
Box 1 Folder zj Staff Officer Training, General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, KS
Box 1 Folder zk Pamphlets. Political and Foregin Policy Issues
Box 1 Folder zl Pamphlets. U. S. Civil War. Vicksburg
Box 1 Folder zm Pamphlets. Vietnam War
Box 2 Folder a Periodicals. Commanders Digest
Box 2 Folder b Periodicals. Commanders Digest
Box 2 Folder c Periodicals. Commanders Digest
Box 2 Folder d Periodicals. The Hurricane (II Field Force Vietnam)
Box 2 Folder e Periodicals. Newsweek
Box 2 Folder f Periodicals. Thong Bao Employees Bulletin, American Embassy, Saigon
Box 2 Folder g Periodicals. USMACV Command Information #3-70
Box 2 Folder h Periodicals. USMACV Command Information #11-70
Box 2 Folder I Periodicals. Vietnam Documents and Research Notes no. 6-47 (Incomplete)
Box 2 Folder k Periodicals. Vietnam Documents and Research Notes no. 49-69 (Incomplete)
Box 2 Folder l Periodicals. Vietnam Documents and Research Notes no. 71-81 (Incomplete)
Box 2 Folder m Political Science, History & American Studies. Notes, Syllabi, & Exams
Box 3 Folder a Reports. U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam
Box 3 Folder b Reports. U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam
Box 3 Folder c Reports. U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam
Box 3 Folder d Reports. U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam
Box 3 Folder e Reports. U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam
Box 3 Folder f Reports. U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam
Box 4 Folder a Periodicals. Life Asia Edition
Box 4 Folder b Books. Report on the War in Vietnam (As of 30 June 1968), by Admiral U. S. G. Sharp, USN, Commander in Chief Pacific and General W. C. Westmoreland, USA, Commander U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam. With separate "Index to Report on the War in Vietnam" (34 p.)
Box 4 Folder c Books, MACOI 1967 Wrap-Up: A Year of Progress. Office of Information, Headquarters U. S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam
Box 4 Folder d Books, 1968 Summary. Office of Information, Headquarters U. S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam
Box 4 Folder e Books, 1969 Summary. MACV Office of Information, Headquarters U. S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam
Box 4 Folder f Books. COSVN Resolution No. 9 Resolution Issued by the 9th Conference of the COSVN
Box 4 Folder g Books. [Chronological Record of Major Events and Peace Initiatives in Indo-china for the Period May 1954 to November 1970. . . .] Military Assistance Command Vietnam & JGS