National Anthropological Archives

Joseph M. Carrier photographs of Vietnamese Central Highlanders, 1962-1973

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.2014-02
Creators:
Carrier, Joseph M.
Dates:
1962-1973
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
339 Color slides
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs of Vietnamese peoples and refugee camps made during Joseph M. Carrier's work in Vietnam for the Rand Corporation and the National Academy of Sciences. The collection includes images of airfields, a hospital, Viet Cong defectors, and weaving and basket-making. There are also photographs depicting people, architecture, and art, made in Guatemala circa 1964 and 1972.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Joseph Michel Carrier (b. 1927) was a counterinsurgency specialist for the Rand Corporation in Vietnam, a researcher on herbicide use in Vietnam, and an anthropologist specializing in the analysis of homosexuality among Mexican and Vietnamese men. Educated at the University of Miami (BA, 1950) and Purdue University (MA, 1952), he gained employment with the Rand Corporation in 1956 as a research analyst. In 1962 and 1965-1967, Carrier was detailed to South Vietnam, where he assisted anthropologist Gerald Cannon Hickey's research on the Highland peoples and conducted fieldwork on Viet Cong morale and defection. Carrier returned to the United States in 1968 and entered the graduate program in anthropology at the University of California at Irvine. However, despite his doctoral research on homosexual men in Mexico, Carrier could find no positions in sex research after earning his PhD in 1972. With Hickey's support, Carrier found employment as a staff officer for the National Academy of Science's Herbicide Study Group, for whom he gathered data on the effects of US operations in Vietnam which used herbicides to defoliate forests to expose enemy compounds and poisoned Viet Cong food supplies. In 1974, Carrier helped author a working paper on the effects of these programs on the Vietnamese Highland populations. After his time in Vietnam, Carrier worked as an evaluator of California law enforcement programs (1973-1987) and was Chief Social Scientist for the Orange County Health Agency AIDS Community Education Project (retired 1992).

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Joseph Carrier, 2014.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot 2014-02, Joseph M. Carrier photographs of Vietnamese Central Highlanders, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
The Southeast Asian Archive, The UC Irvine Libraries and the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives hold Joseph Carrier's papers.

Related Materials
The National Anthropological Archives holds the papers and photographs of Gerald Cannon Hickey.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 2014-02


Keywords

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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Hrê (Vietnamese people) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Jarai (Southeast Asian people) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bru (Southeast Asian people) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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