Cultural preservation efforts, 1970-2002, undated

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.