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Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest post by Justina Moloney, a Library of Congress Junior Fellow who worked with the Veterans History Project (VHP) this summer. Correspondence, be it analog or email, is a running theme within the collections of the Veterans History Project. Of the nine World War I collections I worked with this summer, …
Posted in: Home, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Uncategorized, Veterans History Project, World War I
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest post by Irene Lule, a Library of Congress Junior Fellow working with the Veterans History Project (VHP) this summer. In today’s highly visual world, a popular type of YouTube video is the “soldier coming home” video. These clips are fairly basic in their premise. Someone captures the moment a service …
Posted in: German Americans, Home, Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, World War I
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest post by Justina Moloney, a Library of Congress Junior Fellow working with the Veterans History Project (VHP) this summer. I own a special collection of letters my father sent to me during his deployment to Afghanistan six years ago, when I was in my second year of college. They were …
Posted in: Languages and Dialects, Millennials, Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, World War I
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest post by Rachel Telford, archivist for the Veterans History Project. Today, the Veterans History Project launches “Over There,” part two of our companion site to the Library of Congress exhibit, “Echoes of the Great War.” While part one explores the United States’ entry into World War I, part two delves …
Posted in: Exhibits, Home, Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, World War I
Posted by: Stephanie Hall
This is one of two articles, each focusing on one ethnographic recording of an African American song of World War I. To read the article about “Trench Blues” select here. African Americans left to serve in World War I, beginning one hundred years ago in June 1917, landing in France on June 25. They had …
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Alan Lomax, Folksong, John Lomax, World War I
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest post by Owen Rogers, liaison specialist for the Veterans History Project (VHP). Library of Congress specialists often give presentations about ongoing Library exhibitions. This post, a version of which also appears on the Library of Congress Blog, relates to the exhibition, “Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War …
Posted in: immigration, Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, World War I
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Hope O’Keeffe, an attorney in the Library’s Office of General Counsel, and an ardent supporter of the Veterans History Project (VHP). I come from a long line of heroes. They may be gone, but their stories linger and echo. My grandfather, John McLaughlin, never told us war …
Posted in: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Korean War, Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War, World War I, World War II
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Veterans History Project (VHP) staff member Candace Milburn. Working as a Processing Technician for the Veterans History Project allows me to gain and capture a plethora of knowledge concerning American wars and first-hand veteran experiences. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to step outside of …
Posted in: Clothing, Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, World War I
Posted by: Stephanie Hall
This post is also featured on the Library of Congress Blog as “World War I: ‘Trench Blues’ — An African American Song of the War.” Head over there to find more WWI stories from the Library’s collections honoring the centennial (2017-2018). There is another Folklife Today post about an African American World War I song …
Posted in: African Americans, Alan Lomax, Folksong, World War I