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Witness and Response: September 11 Acquisitions at the Library of Congress

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.

URL:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/911/

Author:

Library of Congress and the September 11 Digital Archive

Excerpt:

In partnership with the September 11 Digital Archive, the Library of Congress is providing this opportunity for you to share your experiences and memories of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

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The Library of Congress Witness and Response Exhibition presents the images, text, audio, and video realted to the attacks of September 11, 2001 collected by almost every section of the Library. Featured selections of each type of material can be viewed by and visitors also have the opportunity to contribute their own stories, email, or art work, some of which is featured on the site as well.

The Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University - Oral History Project

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.

URL:

http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/oralhistory/

Author:

The Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University

Excerpt:

In 1999 the Vietnam Center initiated the Oral History Project. An element of the Vietnam Archive, the mission of the Oral History Project is to create and preserve a more complete record of the wars in Southeast Asia by preserving, through recorded interviews, the recollections and experiences of the men and women who participated in these wars, as well as those military and civilian personnel involved in activities surrounding the wars on the homefront. The Archive believes that the history of the wars in Southeast Asia is not complete without the inclusion of the voices of the men and women who were involved in the wars.

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The Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University includes an Oral History Project to preserve the experiences of people involved with the wars in Southeast Asia on the homefront and abroad. Those who served and wish to be interviewed should fill out and return a questionnaire available on the site. There are also guides and resources for people conducting their own oral history projects on the topic, and answers to frequently asked questions about the Vietnam War and the Vietnam Center.

Moving Here

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:25.

URL:

http://www.movinghere.org.uk

Excerpt:

The vision of Moving Here is to explore, record and illustrate why people came to England over the last 200 years, and what their experiences were and continue to be. The site mainly looks at the Caribbean, Irish, Jewish and South Asian communities but we are growing all the time!

This web site offers free access, for personal and educational use, to online versions of original material related to migration, including photographs, personal papers, government documents, maps and art objects, as well as a collection of sound recordings and video clips.

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A collaborative effort of thirty archives, museums, and libraries, the Moving Here website explores, records, and illustrates the motivations and experiences of immigrants to England over the past 200 years. There are exhibits and galleries outlining the experiences of Caribbean, Irish, Jewish, and South Asian immigrants, and a searchable database of digitized photographs, maps, objects, documents, and audio files. The site also provides a guide to researching family history. Visitors are invited to share their family's migration story and provide personal images through the website. There are already more than 500 stories and images gathered through the website and contemporary community groups.