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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: This subseries of correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and other material documents Melville's long professional and personal relationship with Norodom Sihanouk. Shihanouk served as the first king of decolonized Cambodia until 1955, when he abdicated to his father in order to run in the independent country's first elections. From 1955 to 1970, he served as prime minister until he was ousted in a coup lead by General Lon Nol. Sihanouk was then recruited by the Khmer Rouge as its titular...

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: This subseries of correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and other material documents Melville's long professional and personal relationship with Norodom Sihanouk. Shihanouk served as the first king of decolonized Cambodia until 1955, when he abdicated to his father in order to run in the independent country's first elections. From 1955 to 1970, he served as prime minister until he was ousted in a coup lead by General Lon Nol. Sihanouk was then recruited by the Khmer Rouge as its titular...

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: This subseries of correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and other material documents Melville's long professional and personal relationship with Norodom Sihanouk. Shihanouk served as the first king of decolonized Cambodia until 1955, when he abdicated to his father in order to run in the independent country's first elections. From 1955 to 1970, he served as prime minister until he was ousted in a coup lead by General Lon Nol. Sihanouk was then recruited by the Khmer Rouge as its titular...

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Includes correspondence between Melville, Sihanouk, and others (including Princess Aram), and concerning a variety of topics (including visits to the U.S. to meet with Kitty Dukakis).

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Includes events organized by Melville.