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Posted by: Megan Harris
The following is a guest blog post by Veterans History Project (VHP) participant Paul LaRue, a retired social studies teacher in Washington Court House, Ohio. As an educator, you are always looking for projects that make a difference in the lives of your students, and, if you are lucky, in your community. I found that …
Posted in: African American History, Oral History, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Megan Harris
The Veterans History Project (VHP) is proud to offer a new online exhibit, part of our vast array of curated thematic presentations collectively known as Serving: Our Voices. Previously known as Experiencing War, these exhibits are part of VHP’s new website, which debuted Veterans Day 2022. These presentations provide users with a specially selected set of collections centered on a particular theme, offering immediate access to content-rich oral histories and other original primary-source materials. The newest installment of Serving: Our Voices focuses on the experiences of African American women who served during World War II. Titled “Determined to Serve: African American Women in World War II,” the presentation explores the stories of 15 veterans who served stateside and abroad, from the Arizona desert to the boulevards of France.
Posted in: African American Heritage Month, African American History, African American History Month, Black History Month, Civil Rights, Diverse Experiences in Service, Oral History, Serving: Our Voices, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Megan Harris
This is the fifth in a series exploring favorite Veterans History Project collections, chosen by the staff of the American Folklife Center (AFC) and the Veterans History Project (VHP) to be included in our new online exhibit celebrating 20 years of VHP. Each post in the series will offer “love letters” written by AFC and …
Posted in: African American History, Korean War, Narratives, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War, World War II
Posted by: Megan Harris
This is the fourth in a series exploring favorite Veterans History Project collections, chosen by the staff of the American Folklife Center (AFC) and the Veterans History Project (VHP) to be included in our new online exhibit celebrating 20 years of VHP. Each post in the series will offer “love letters” written by AFC and …
Posted in: African American History, Iraq War, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Megan Harris
Earlier this week, the Veterans History Project (VHP) launched a new online exhibit to highlight the stories of veteran “changemakers.” You might be asking yourself, who or what is a changemaker, exactly, and why are we focusing on them? In early 2019, the Library of Congress launched a year-long initiative to explore the stories of …
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Asian American History, Native American History, Oral History, Persian Gulf War, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War
Posted by: Megan Harris
The following is a guest post by 2019 Junior Fellows Kim Windham and Patricia Glaser, who worked with the Veterans History Project (VHP) this summer. As a community-driven archive where all veterans’ histories are valued, the Veterans History Project (VHP) has collected more than 110,000 veterans’ narratives of their time in service. All of these collections …
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Oral History, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Megan Harris
The following is a guest post by Patricia Glaser, a Junior Fellow working with the Veterans History Project (VHP) this summer. They told us to be careful with our equipment and our clothing when we went to bed that night– be sure to fasten the mosquito netting. Not only to keep out the mosquitos but …
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Megan Harris
Kimberly Windham and Patricia Glaser are Junior Fellows working for the Veterans History Project this summer. This guest blog post, written by Kim and based on research done by both Fellows, describes their experience exploring VHP collections. As Junior Fellows, our mandate was to discover and elevate the voices of African Americans in the Veterans History …
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Korean War, Oral History, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Megan Harris
The following is a guest post by Lisa Gomez, a Library of Congress Junior Fellow working with the Veterans History Project (VHP) this summer. This summer, while serving as an LC Junior Fellow, I’ve had the honor and opportunity to explore the fascinating collections of photographs and oral histories archived by the Veterans History Project. …
Posted in: African American History, Oral History, Veterans History Project