MSU & Vietnamese Collection

MSU &

Vietnamese Collection

密歇根州立大学吴宪，亚洲 馆员

2013 年 7 月 18 日 中国兰州大学

Early Concepts of International Education

MSU 密州大： Land Grant University (赠地法大学 ) ， Founded in 1855 as Agricultural College (农学院 ) and became MSU in 1955 (密州大 )

John A. Hannah（约翰汉拿）， Michigander ， Graduated from MSU in 1923 ， started to teach at MSU when he was 20, and was president 1941-69

Hannah (1945) “The good will and civic intelligence which can deal with international questions wisely and humanly will have to be developed, not only in the colleges of America, but in the colleges of all the nations of the world. Michigan State College has a responsibility to provide some leadership in this direction.”

President Harry Truman (1949 inaugural address) four-point program: make the benefits of our progress available for the improvement of underdeveloped nations.

Vietnam Project and MSUGIn 1955 MSUG started a technical assistance program in Vietnam headed by Wesley Fishel, a political science professor and Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam (1955-1963). Diem was assassinated in 1963. He visited MSU in 1954 at the department’s and Fishel’s invitation.

The technical assistance program covers the areas of:public administration and education, police administration, and help in writing a constitution

In the fall of 1956, 32 people from MSU worked in Saigon as consultants, and 20 Vietnamese were at MSU in East Lansing for nine months intensive study.

Wesley Fishel’s archives is a rich primary collection of part of the history of MSU and South Vietnam in that period.

The Vietnam Project 1955-1962MSU Archives and Historical Collections

John Hannah

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Hannah with Vietnamese Ambassador to the US and his wife in 1955 at MSU

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Wesley Fishel gave a contribution to kick off the fund raising event

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Ngo Dinh Diem with Ralph H. Smuckler

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Public Administration

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Police Training

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Coming to MSU

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Studying at MSU

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Various Types of DocumentsBusiness Letters

SEADAG Journal/Papers(Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group)

Drafts of Articles Circulated for Comments

Field Trip Observations

Reports by MSUG and Vietnamese Participants

Association Membership Lists

Vietnamese Students Lists

Travel Reimbursement Policies

Photos taken in Vietnam and in Michigan

Books discussing Vietnamese-MSUG Project

Business Letters

SEADAG Papers & Field Trip Observations

Draft Articles

Reports Jointly Prepared by MSUG and Vietnamese

Association Member Lists and Publications Order Form

Vietnamese Students Lists

Vietnamese Students ListsGraduate Participants & Schools

SEADAGTravel

andPer Diem

Reimbursement

Rules and Policies

Books Discussing the Vietnam Project & MSUG

John Ernst, Forging a Fateful Alliance: Michigan State University and the Vietnam War. Michigan State University Press : East Lansing, 1998

Ralph H. Smuckler, A University Turns to the World. Michigan State University Press : East Lansing, 2003

Wesley R. Fishel, Vietnam: Anatomy of a Conflict. F.E. Peacock Publishers, Inc. : Itasca, Illinois, 1968

Joseph G. Morgan, The Vietnam Lobby: The American Friends of Vietnam, 1955-1975. The University of North Carolina Press : Chapel Hill, NC. 1997

Courtesy of MSU Archives and Historical Collections for all the photos and documents used in the slides.

The unique Vietnamese collection at MSU is an indispensable resource for scholars who explore and research into the historical period.

The kindness and assistance provided by the people working at the MSU Archives and Historical Collections is much appreciated.