Timothy D. Allman Papers, 1969-1970
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Timothy D. Allman Papers
Creation of Timothy D. Allman Papers
Time of Creation of Timothy D. Allman Papers
Allman, T.D.
Biographical History for: Timothy D. Allman Papers
Biographical Note Timothy D. Allman, journalist, was born in 1944. He received a B.A. from Harvard University in 1966 and did graduate study at Oxford in the 1970s. Allman worked as a freelance foreign correspondent in Southeast Asia from 1968 to 1971, where he did investigative and analytical reporting on the Vietnam War and the outbreak of the Cambodian war. He has contributed articles to numerous newspapers and magazines and has published several books on U.S. foreign policy.
Scope and Contents of the Collection Draft of Allman's proposed PhD thesis for St Anthony's College, Oxford (never completed) plus his original news dispatches concerning the wars in Indochina, some of which were published in revised form by the Manchester Guardian for which he worked as a stringer at the time. The papers also include correspondence with people at the British Embassy in Vientiane, Laos.
Journalists--United States.
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Allman, T. D.
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Asia, Southeastern--History--20th century--Sources.
series
SERIES 1: LAOS
Allman chapter 1, draft for part of a book n.d.
Allman History (possibly a typescript of a book by Allman) n.d.
Economy n.d.
History and Archaeology n.d.
Official n.d.
Personal n.d.
PNS n.d.
Publications n.d.
SERIES 2: WRITINGS
Interviews n.d.
Photocopies of books
Temples and Elephants Carl Bock London 1984
Situation de l'Indo-Chine (1897-1901) Paul Dommer 1902
East of Siam Harry A. Franck n.d.
Un voyage a Laos E. Lefevre 1898
Surveying and exploring in Siam James McCarthy 1900
History of Laos Maha Sila Viravong 1964
The Irony of American History, Chapter 1 n.d.
The Irony of American History, Chapter 2 n.d.
The Irony of American History, Chapter 3 n.d.
The Irony of American History, Chapter 4 n.d.
The Irony of American History, Chapter 5 n.d.
The Irony of American History, Chapter 6 n.d.
Series 3: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND PRESS RELEASES
Newspaper clippings and press releases n.d.
Transcripts and drafts of various books n.d.