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Title: John M. Levinson Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1954-1991
Collection number: 84061
Creator:
Levinson, John M., 1927-
Collection Size: 30 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 14 envelopes, 1 album box, 1 phonotape cassette (18 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Speeches and writings, conference proceedings, reports, studies, memoranda,
correspondence, pamphlets, hearing transcripts, serials, clippings, other printed matter,
and photographs, relating to medical conditions in Vietnam and elsewhere in Indochina,
private American medical and other relief assistance to Vietnam, and the medical effects
of use of defoliants and herbicides in Vietnam during the Vietnamese War. Includes
postage stamps issued by the governments of French Indochina, Cambodia, Laos, and North
and South Vietnam, 1889-1974.
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to
see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], John M. Levinson papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1984.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Postage-stamps--Indochina.
Indochina.
Cambodia.
Laos.
Vietnam.
Phonotapes.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Medical care.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Civilian relief.
Medical assistance, American--Vietnam.
Public health--Vietnam.
International relief.
Herbicides--War use.
Agent Orange.
United States--Foreign relations.
Aid for International Medicine.
Chemical warfare.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees
and Escapees.
| 1927 August 17 | Born, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| 1945-1947 | Served in U.S. Navy |
| 1949 | B.S. Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania |
| 1953 | M.D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia |
| 1963-1983 | Made various trips to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia |
| 1964 | Lobbied for Volunteer Physicians for Viet Nam Program |
| 1965 | Founded Aid for International Medicine |
| 1967 | Became consultant to Edward M. Kennedy's U.S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees |
| 1967-1973 | Participated in Subcommittee study missions to Vietnam |
| 1967-1976 | Served on CARE-MEDICO board of directors |
| 1978 | Became consultant to U.S. Veterans Administration
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia |