John M. Newman (#173)

An Inventory of His Personal Papers
1960-1988
In the John F. Kennedy Library
National Archives and Records Administration

Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
List of Series
Description


Administrative Information

Abstract
Papers, 1960-1988
Author, JFK and Vietnam: Deception, Intrigue, and the Struggle for Power (1992). Research materials used for dissertation and book consisting of chronologically arranged notebooks of documents on Vietnam collected from Presidential libraries and other archives.

Access
Open.

Usage Restrictions
Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.

Copyright
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form. Direct your questions concerning copyright to the reference staff.

Provenance
Received from John M. Newman, Jr. in May 1992 (Acc. 1992-056).

Extent
About 11,000 items (7 linear feet, 5 linear inches; 9 cubic feet)

Date Opened
January 2005.

Processed by
Sarah McGann and Erica Bicchieri

Encoded by
James M. Roth

The Personal Papers of John Newman (1944?-  )

Biographical Note
John M. Newman is a faculty member of the University of Maryland, University College, where he teaches courses in Soviet, Chinese Communist, East Asian, and Vietnam War history, as well as Sino-Soviet and U.S.-Soviet relations. Major Newman served in the Armed Forces in Thailand, the Philippines, Japan, and China.

Collection Overview
This collection consists of photocopies of documents John Newman collected for his research on his 1992 book, JFK and Vietnam: Deception, Intrigue, and the Struggle for Power.  Many of the items were recently declassified.

List of Series
Series 1. Research Materials, 1960-1988

Collection Description

Series 1 . Research Materials, 1960-1988.
About 11,000 items.
Arrangement: chronological by date.

This series consists of photocopies of 11,000 pages of documents John Newman collected from libraries, including presidential libraries, while doing research for his 1992 book, JFK and Vietnam: Deception, Intrigue, and the Struggle for Power. Many of the items were recently declassified. The source of each item is recorded on the document and the citations are very complete. The collection was originally housed in black binders. Documents are arranged chronologically by date.