Descriptive Summary
Important Information for Researchers
Historical Background
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Photograph album of International Women's Day parade in Saigon, Vietnam
Date: 1959
Collection Number: MS-SEA024
Creator:
Organizing Committee of Vietnamese Women's Day (Saigon, Vietnam)
Extent:
0.4 linear feet
(1 box)
Languages: The collection is in English.
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This photograph album contains 24 black-and-white photographs of ceremonies held in Saigon, Vietnam for International Women's
Day in 1959. The celebration honored the heroic, first-century Trung sisters. Created by the organizing committee of the
event as a keepsake, the album contains descriptive captions in English.
Important Information for Researchers
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Intellectual property rights are retained by the creators of the
records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Photograph Album of International Women's Day Parade in Saigon, Vietnam. MS-SEA024. Special Collections and Archives, The
UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Acquired, 2003.
Processing History
Processed by Cyndi Shein, 2007.
Historical Background
International Women's Day is an official holiday, celebrated annually on March 8 in several countries around the world, including
Vietnam. In 1959 the celebration in Saigon honored the Trung sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, first-century heroines of
the fight for Vietnamese independence from China.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This photograph album contains 24 black-and-white photographs of ceremonies held in Saigon, Vietnam for Women's Day in 1959.
The album was created by the organizing committee of the event and given to an unidentified person as a keepsake. The dedication
of the album is signed by Mrs. Nguyn Van La. The celebration honored Vietnamese women in general, as well as the Trung sisters.
The album also includes music and lyrics to a song extolling "Family Law" entitled "The Flood of the Vietnamese Women's Revolution."
Photographs show parade scenes, delegates from women's associations, a girls' choir, and a man identified as the "President
of the Republic" [Ngo Dinh Diem] conferring honors upon award recipients. There are captions in English for each photograph.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Women -- Vietnam -- Photographs.
International Women's Day -- Vietnam -- Saigon -- Photographs.
Parades -- Vietnam -- Saigon -- Photographs.
Genres and Formats of Materials
Photograph albums -- Vietnam -- Saigon -- 20th century.
Contributors
Southeast Asian Archive.
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