Thomas A. Dooley Collection

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Preferred Citation

Thomas A Dooley Collection (DOO), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Scrapbook (1956-1989) of Mrs. Elizabeth Wukawitz, friend of Tom Dooley, which she sent to Father Hesburgh; consisting of letters from Tom Dooley to Mrs. Wukawitz and from Mrs. Wukawitz to Tom Dooley, draft of pages from "The Night They Burned the Mountain" transcribed from dictaphone recordings with corrections by Tom Dooley; clippings, photocopies of news articles, envelopes and mimeographed material.

Also correspondence concerning his Congressional Medal of Honor (1959-1979), a few of his circular "Letters from Laos"; and letters and documents involving Donald C. Stibich and having some connection to Dooley; and a transcript of a speech on Dooley given by Teresa Gallagher at Center for Social Concerns (Notre Dame) on January 30, 1986; Paris Match magazine 12 Feb 1955 with an article on The Way of the Cross in Indochina, p. 20 ff.; a copy of Dooley's book Deliver Us from Evil inscribed to Stibich by the author; Viet-Minh propaganda leaflets and pins; Dooley cufflinks; two Vietnamese flags; a fan; a Buddhist begging bag; a guide to Haiphong; Dooley death notices; ten Tom Dooley photographs, Haiphong 1955; awards presented to Dooley; and tape recordings of talks by Dooley.

Background

University of Notre Dame graduate, U.S. Navy doctor in Indochina and founder of MEDICO, a medical mission in Laos.

Index :

 Dooley, Thomas, 1927-1961. 
 MEDICO (Organization) 
 Physicians -- United States -- Biography. 
 Missions, Medical -- Laos. 
 Awards. 
 Scrapbooks. 
 Letters. 

• CDOO Thomas A. Dooley: Manuscripts
• ADOO Thomas A. Dooley: Audio-Visual Maaterial
  • ADOO 30440 DVD : The Tom Dooley Story [Dooley Foundation Intermed Production] no date
  • ADOO 30441 DVD : Tom Dooley, The Other War in Southeast Asia 2006
  • ADOO 30442 DVD : Films with Tom Dooley: Doctor American, Mekong, The Splendid American, The Other War in Southeast Asia no date
  • ADOO 30443 DVD : Tom Dooley, Doctor American no date
  • ADOO 30444 DVD : Films with Tom Dooley: Lamp Unto My Feet, Air Drop Laos, Dooley Tells His Story, Tom Dooley River Trip, Doctor America Laos no date
  • ADOO 30445 DVD : Television Show with / about Tom Dooley: Biography of Cancer, CBS; This Is Your Life no date
  • ADOO 30446 DVD : Tom, Dooley, The Splendid American no date

• GDOO Thomas A. Dooley: Graphics
• ODOO Thomas A. Dooley: Objects
  • ODOO 1/01 Folder : The Saint Francis Xavier Medal, Distinguished achievement award of Xavier University
  • ODOO 1/02 Folder : Rotary Club of Hong Kong Pennant
  • ODOO 1/03 Folder : Key to the City of Mishawaka, IN
  • ODOO 1/04 Folder : Key to the City of South Bend, IN
  • ODOO 1/05 Folder : Key to the City of Baltimore, MD
  • ODOO 1/06 Folder : Key to the City of Worcester
  • ODOO 1/07 Folder : Christopher Award 1958/0812
  • ODOO 1/08 Folder : Christopher Award 1961/0223
  • ODOO 1/09 Folder : Mutual of Omaha-Criss Award 1959
  • ODOO 1/10 Folder : University of Notre Dame Plaque
  • ODOO 1/11 Folder : Franklin D. Roosevelt Award - Awarded by Midwood High
  • ODOO 1/12 Folder : Seal of Boston College; Plaque
  • ODOO 1/13 Folder : Canisius College - Medal of Honor, New York, March 1961/0312
  • ODOO 1/14 Folder : Very Important Person Award, Plaque, 1960
  • ODOO 1/15 Folder : St. Louis College of Pharmacy & Allied Sciences