"I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Iran from 1970-1972. I worked as a professional librarian assigned to Tehran University's Faculty of Law & Political Science, Central Library & Documentation Centre, and the Jordan Library of the of the Tehran Polytechnic. It was named after Dr. Jordan, an American educator in Iran during the 1930s. In 1980, I corresponded with Amb. L. Bruce Laingen during the Iran Hostage Crisis. He was a hostage in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and could correspond. These facsimilie copies of the autographed letters are located in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. "
Correspondence between Ira RPCV Joel Hettger and Ambassador. L. Bruce Laingen during the Iran Hostage Crisis is now available in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress
Correspondence with Amb. L. Bruce Laingen during the Iran Hostage Crisis
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I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Iran from 1970-1972. I worked as a professional librarian assigned to Tehran University's Faculty of Law & Political Science, Central Library & Documentation Centre, and the Jordan Library of the of the Tehran Polytechnic. It was named after Dr. Jordan, an American educator in Iran during the 1930s. In 1980, I corresponded with Amb. L. Bruce Laingen during the Iran Hostage Crisis. He was a hostage in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and could correspond. These facsimilie copies of the autographed letters are located in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. Joel Hettger. Arlington, VA 22202
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LC Control No.: mm 80006085
Type of Material: Archival Manuscript Material (Collection)
Personal Name: Laingen, L. Bruce.
Main Title: L. Bruce Laingen correspondence, 1980.
Description: 2 items.
Access Advisory: Open to research.
Biographical/Historical Data:
Diplomat. Full name: Lowell Bruce Laingen. Born 1922.
Summary: Photocopies of two ALsS (1980 April 19 and July 7; Tehran)
from Laingen while a hostage in Iran, written to Joel
Hettger concerning the condition of the hostages, the
Iran Hostage Crisis, relations between Iran and the
U.S., and the political situation in Iran and the U.S.
Notes: MSS6085
Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
Acquisition Source:
Gift, Joel Hettger, 1980.
Additional Formats:
Positive photocopies.
Subjects: Hettger, Joel--Correspondence.
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Hostages--Iran.
Hostages--United States.
Iran--Foreign relations--United States.
Iran--Politics and government--1979-
Diplomats. itoamc
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