Exhibit at Round Top Center for the Arts, undated
Scope and Content Note
This series includes correspondence, typescripts, photographs, and ephemera documenting Richard Melville's varied efforts to preserve and protect Cambodian antiquities during the country's complex existence in the late 20th century. Melville played a particularly important role in protecting the Angkor Wat temple complex from U.S. bombing during the Vietnam War. The subseries includes a final version and various drafts of Melville's "Angkor: A Progress Report," published in 1971 by the Asia Society and based upon his firsthand observations during a trip to Cambodia, which called attention to this need. Also included is extensive correspondence with the Asia Society.
Dates
- undated
Access Restrictions
This series is open for research.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Melville, Richard A., 1932-2005 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Repository
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Lewiston Maine 04240 United States of America
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