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Box 1

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Cambodian Villages and Villagers (photo albums), ca. 1959-1962

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: MC059/01.01
Scope and Contents

From two separate photo albums, and one folder of "loose" photos.

Dates: ca. 1959-1962

Correspondence, 1958 - 1959

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: MC059/01.01
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: This subseries documents Melville's work as an advisor to the U.S. government on the tribes of Cambodia and Laos as a Foreign Service officer of the State Department. Melville was stationed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 1959 to 1963 and spent approximately one year of that period in Laos. His job required frequent travel in northeast Cambodia and northern Laos where he lived among the mountain tribes. He also took numerous hunting trips, typically on elephant-back in these regions. The...
Dates: 1958 - 1959

Invitations, 1960, undated

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: MC059/01.01
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: This subseries documents Melville's work as an advisor to the U.S. government on the tribes of Cambodia and Laos as a Foreign Service officer of the State Department. Melville was stationed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 1959 to 1963 and spent approximately one year of that period in Laos. His job required frequent travel in northeast Cambodia and northern Laos where he lived among the mountain tribes. He also took numerous hunting trips, typically on elephant-back in these regions. The...
Dates: 1960, undated