Veterans’ History Project – Marshall University Students’ Contributions
HOORAY! FINALLY!!! The work of Karl Winton’s and my students from HON 396 (Tell Me a Tale: The Culture of Storytelling in Oral History, Narrative Journalism and Literature) taught in spring of 2005 is FINALLY now indexed in the Veterans’ History Project, sponsored by the Library of Congress!
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/search?query=marshall+university&field=affiliation
We submitted all of the materials to Marshall University’s Special Collections and University Archives division, and then-archivist Cora Teel processed the material and sent the information for indexing to the LOC. Somehow, however, the LOC did not process it.
From time to time, I kept checking and bugging various people, and Marshall’s new archivist, Nat Debruin, got on the case. Despite his best efforts (and Cora’s efforts previously) the LOC still seemed to have some kind of problem(s) in including the work of these twelve students. I wanted to make sure that their interviews, their veterans’ stories and the contribution of Marshall University all were recognized, so I kept bugging people. After yet another email that apparently and finally seemed to reach the right person, LOC officials acknowledged that they had received the information and would get right on it. Well, it still took a few months, but today on a lark, I searched again and – hooray – the records are there!!!!
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/search?query=marshall+university&field=affiliation
The actual materials, the tapes, transcripts, notes, narrative journalism pieces (some of which were published in The Charleston Daily Mail – thank you, Monica Orosz!) are all housed in Marshall University’s Special Collections and University Archives. So, one has to go there to view and listen to the interviews, presently. However, if one is searching the LOC database for stories of veterans from our area and/or any contributions from West Virginia, well, Marshall University now is represented!
Hooray – and hooray for the work these students did! The stories they uncovered are important. The work they did was impressive. Stop by Marshall University’s Special Collections and University Archives sometime to give them a listen!
Many thanks again to former archivist Cora Teel and current archivist Nat Debruin!
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