Jeanne S. Mintz papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23400
Subjects: Correspondence; Politics and government; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Naval Forces, Vietnam; United States. Dept. of Defense; American Naval operations; Social conditions; Colonies; United Nations; United States; Foreign relations; History
Description: Correspondence, professional subject file, speeches and writings, printed material, and other papers documenting Mintz's career as an expert on Indonesia and Southeast Asia.  Includes material on her position as analyst and press officer with the Indonesian delegation to the United Nations; her service (1969-1970) with the Dept. of Defense, particularly with COMNAVFORV (Commander Naval Forces Vietnam); and on Indonesian party politics, history, diplomacy, social conditions, and independence from the Netherlands.  Also includes an unpublished autobiography of L.N. Palar, head of the United Nations Indonesian delegation from 1948 to 1953.

Correspondents include Arnold C. Brackman, Andrew F. Brimmer, George A. Carroll, Rupert Emerson, Bazri Haznan, Kenneth R. Hill, W.L. Holland, Alice Langley Hsieh, George McTurnan Kahin, Philip E. Lilienthal, Nuradi, L.N. Polnar, Sol S. Sanders, Soedjatmoko (Indonesian ambassador to the U.S.), and Idajat Soejono.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, estate of Jeanne S. Mintz via Claire M. Cutler, 1994.

transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

transferred to Library of Congress Asian Division.

Asian affairs analyst and official at the U.S. Dept. of Defense.  Born 1922, died 1994.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.