Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Communism or Freedom series, USIA Cold War-era Thai collection, USIA Cold War-era Thai collection, Communism or Freedom series

Title

• Communism or Freedom series, USIA Cold War-era Thai collection,

Other Title

• USIA Cold War-era Thai collection, Communism or Freedom series

Summary

• Posters and comic books (1965 June 24-1968 July 18) produced primarily by the United States Information Agency (USIA) for distribution in the U.S and abroad, in particular, in Thailand. Eleven of the publications accompanied by an information sheet indicating where and when they were printed, in what quantity, and where they were distributed.
• Subjects include aspects of Thai agriculture, culture, health care, infrastructure, the military, modernization, politics, rural life, and Thai Buddhism; and communism and anti-communism.

Names

• United States Information Agency
• Southeast Asian Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)

Headings

• -  Agriculture--Thailand
• -  Buddhism--Thailand
• -  Anti-communist movements
• -  Communism
• -  Democracy
• -  Medical care--Thailand
• -  Propaganda, American--Thailand
• -  Transportation--Thailand
• -  Thailand--Armed Forces
• -  Thailand--Civilization
• -  Thailand--History--1945
• -  Thailand--Politics and government--1945-1988
• -  Thailand--Rural conditions

Notes

• -  Arranged by type of material.
• -  Researchers wishing to cite this collection series should include the following information: Communism or Freedom Series, USIA Cold War-era Thai Collection, Asian Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• -  Transfer, United States Embassy, Thailand, 2023.
• -  U.S. government agency devoted to the practice of public diplomacy by way of cultural exchange and non-broadcasting intelligence functions; formed in 1953 and dissolved in 1999. Prior to 1953, known as the United States Information Service (USIS), operating out of U.S. embassies.
• -  Collection material in Thai and Malay.

Medium

• 15 items.

Source Collection

• United States Information Agency. USIA Cold War-era Thai collection.

Repository

• Library of Congress Asian Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asian.home

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asianscd.2022655032

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2022655032

Access Advisory

• Open to research.

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2022655032

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• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record

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