Full DescriptionVeterans History Project |
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| Title: | Veterans History Project |
| URL: |
http://www.loc.gov/vets/ 
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| Description: | With Public Law 106-380, signed by President Bill Clinton in October 2000, Congress directed the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to develop and coordinate a program to collect and preserve at the Library the audio and video recorded oral histories and documentary materials such as diaries and letters of American's 19 million war veterans. The Library works closely with interested groups, such as veterans organizations, to coordinate the project and make the collections available to the public, including online presentations. AARP (formerly American Association for Retired Persons) has provided generous partial funding for the project. Audio and visual (moving and still images and text) files of veterans' oral histories are available online, alphabetically under each veteran or grouped under the themes of: Courage, Patriotism, Community, Life-Altering Moments, Hurry Up and Wait, Buddies, Sweethearts, Family Ties, On a Mission. |
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| DLF-specific Subjects: | American Culture |
| Geographic Coverage: | North America (continent) |
| Objects Represented: |
Photographs / slides / negatives Oral histories (audio files) Stories Video |
| Format: |
image/jpeg text/html audio video |
| Interaction with Collection: |
Search Browse |
| Frequency of additions: | Irregularly |
| This Record Last Updated By: | khage@umich.edu |
| This Record Last Updated On: | 12/11/2008 2:35:34 PM |
| Hosting Institution: | Library of Congress |
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| There are no associated collections. | |
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| There are no Projects associated with this collection. | |