Adrian Cronauer

Thanks to a generous grant from the Helen Jones Foundation, the Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University will present a guest lecture series throughout 2011.

The mission of the lecture series is to enrich the cultural life of attendants by bringing distinguished individuals to campus for presentations on specific aspects of the Vietnam War and its impact on American policies, society and culture.

Adrian Cronauer – Cronauer is the radio DJ portrayed by Robin Williams in the movie “Good Morning Vietnam!” (March 10, 7 p.m., Lanier Auditorium of the Texas Tech School of Law)

Kim Phuc – In 1972, Kim Phuc was photographed running down a road naked and on fire after a napalm strike on her village. Today, Kim Phuc runs a non-profit organization for children and is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Peace. (April 14, 7 p.m., Allen Theater of the Student Union Building)

LeAnn Thieman – Thieman was a nurse involved in Operation Babylift, a mission to evacuate more than 300 Vietnamese babies from South Vietnam before it fell to communist troops. (May 12, 7 p.m., Allen Theatre of the Student Union Building)

Kara Dixon Vuic – Historian and author of Officer, Nurse, Woman: The Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War. (October 13, 7 p.m., Lanier Auditorium of the Texas Tech School of Law)

Dave Carey – Carey spent more than five years as a POW in Hanoi during the Vietnam War. (Nov. 10, 7 p.m., Allen Theatre of the Student Union Building)

Admission is free and open to the public.

Visit www.vietnam.ttu.edu/GLS for more information.

Dates may be subject to change.

Are you a scholar, student, researcher, journalist, filmmaker, or patron who has used our resources for your book, scholarly or mainstream publication, documentary, or other produced work?  If so, we want to hear from you!  Please send us your citations!  Compiling this information will help us secure funding, promote our project, and allow us to continue to provide excellent reference services.  Send your citations to vietnamarchive@ttu.edu with “Vietnam Archive Citation” in the subject line.  Thank you for your assistance!

Amy Mondt

Many of our patrons and researchers know our helpful reference archivist, Amy Hooker.  She handles phone and e-mail reference questions, assists researchers onsite, completes duplication orders, and shares our resources with the public through subject guides and online exhibits.   This summer, Amy married David Mondt, a staff member of the TTU School of Art.  She recently completed the name changing process and is now officially Amy Mondt.  Her new email address is amy.k.mondt@ttu.edu.  Please join me in congratulating her!

Texas Tech University has been named a military friendly school by G.I. Jobs Magazine.  This title comes in recognition of the University’s efforts to recruit and support America’s veterans and in their continuing education.  In conjunction with this honor, TTU has developed a website, www.militaryfriendly.ttu.edu, and provides services and support to student veterans through the Office of Veterans Affairs.

The head of the Vietnam Center and Archive’s Oral History Project, Dr. Kelly Crager, has an article in the August 2009 newsletter of the Society of American Archivists Oral History Section newsletter, Dialogue. Featured articles in this month’s newsletter focus on oral history projects in Texas. Dr. Crager’s article highlights the Vietnam Center and Archive’s Oral History Project.

Full-time and part-time positions are now available at the Vietnam Center and Archive. We are hiring a full-time archival specialist to assist with our grant-funded Virtual Vietnam Archive project. In addition, we are hiring graduate and undergraduate student staff to process and digitize collections. If you are interested in applying please visit our employment page for more details. Review of applications will begin August 15 and continue until the positions are filled. We hope to have new staff in place by September 1, 2009.

Positions Available:

• Specialist IV (archival specialist)
• Student Assistant (document scanning)
• Student Assistant (collection processor)
• Graduate Assistant (collection processor)

Seats for our 20th Anniversary Ball are now on sale! The event will be held on May 28, 2009 at 7:00 PM, at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion on the TTU campus. Seats are $75 each, and a reserved table for eight can be purchased for $800 (table purchases include recognition in our commemorative program, a sponsor gift, and a tax deductable donation). The evening will include dinner, music, silent auction, and a keynote address by our guest speaker H. Ross Perot, Sr.

Please call (806) 742-9010 or email amy.k.hooker@ttu.edu by May 18 to reserve your seats!

Image: The Vietnam Women’s Memorial, Washington, D.C. , The D.C. Traveler.