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Navigation: Click on one of the links below or in the text to view the corresponding website. Freeman Foundation University of Social Sciences and Humanities
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Although driven by the desire of David Del Testa to see it come into being, many, many people and institutions should receive heartfelt thanks for its existence. In many places in this list, readers can click on a hyperlink to learn more information about individual people and places who supported the creation of this website and the various components that make it up. Ultimately, two individuals share top honors for the Beaucarnot Diary Web Site: Ms. Claudie Beaucarnot, the diary’s author and source of a great deal of personal insight into the world from which the diary emanates, and Mr. Houghton “Buck” Freeman and the Freeman Foundation he has sponsored so generously. From the moment David Del Testa contacted her, Ms. Beaucarnot has shown nothing but support to help make the history of French colonial Indochina, bad and good, come alive with the help of her diary. She and her daughters received David Del Testa, a complete stranger, into their home, and her life became an open book for the American with endless questions. Hopefully he has lived up to her trust and has realized the potential of the Diary in a way she finds pleasing. The whole American academic community should thank Mr. Freeman and his generous sponsorship of programs, especially undergraduate programs, to permit better understanding of Asia by Americans. His sponsorship of the Faculty-Student Undergraduate Field Research Grants through the AsiaNetwork made the important part of this endeavor, the involvement of undergraduates discovering and reporting on history, possible. Several institutions underwrote or facilitated the research and travel that allowed the diary to come to light and become available to a wider audience and for use as a teaching tool:
Together, these people and their institutions made the finding of the diary, its exploitation and enhancement, and its publication possible and relatively easy. In addition to the larger institutions, a certain number of individuals have provided help graciously developing and expanding the diary and its potential. These people include:
In terms of other individuals, the students of History 482 will never forget the insight the heartfelt interviews Mr. Jean-Jacques Maitam, author of House Divided, and Duong Mai Elliott, author of Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family, gave them in December 2002; the enthusiasm of the various students who helped this project along beyond the members of the Away Team – Amber Hart and Stephanie Albee the original translators and Pamela Farias the fact-checker in particular – obviously made this project a real possibility. Candice Hinckley of the Bucknell University Bertrand Library Interlibrary Loan Department and Joyce Ryerson of the Dartmouth University Library’s Evans Map Room found valuable resources in support of the production of this website, particularly maps. Mr. Ray Kaycon in the Bucknell University architects’ office helped this effort by producing large-format scans of printed maps. Finally, the students of the Away Team – Michael Barker, Brusta Brown, and Ryan Mayfield – must receive a great deal of credit for their hard work, patience, and interest in this project. It’s too bad that the fourth potential Away Team member, Mr. Brian Weinberger, could not join the group in Vietnam. David Del Testa’s spouse Melissa also deserves a great deal of credit for her patience, calm, and insightfulness in addition to her love and support. All of these individuals should be considered part of ‘Team Indochine’ and all of them have made important contributions to the completion of this project. Happy viewing! David Del Testa |
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Navigation: Click on one of the links below for additional information. Retrace Claidie's journey by clicking on the "navigating the digital journey" link. |
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