It is with regret that we announce Thomas Reynolds, Archival Specialist, has left the Vietnam Archive in pursuit of other opportunities. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors. If Reynolds served as your point of contact, please refer all future forms of correspondence to Associate Archivist Ty Lovelady at (806) 742-9010 or vietnamarchive@ttu.edu.
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Departure of Oral Historians Richard Verrone, PhD, and Laura Calkins, PhD
The Vietnam Archive regretfully announces that oral historians Richard Verrone, PhD, and Laura Calkins, PhD, have both left the Vietnam Archive for other opportunities. The Vietnam Center & Archive wish them the best of luck with their new endeavors.
The Oral History Project will continue as before. The Vietnam Archive is in the process of hiring new oral historians to fill the two vacancies. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Oral History Project please don’t hesitate to contact the Vietnam Archive at 806-742-9010 or vietnamarchive@ttu.edu.
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Spring II 2007 Friends of the Vietnam Center Newsletter Now Available Online (Vol. 14, Issue 2)
The Spring II 2007 issue of the Friends of the Vietnam Center newsletter is now available for download on the Vietnam Center newsletters page.
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Spring I 2007 Friends of the Vietnam Center Newsletter Now Available Online (Vol. 14, Issue 1)
The Spring I 2007 issue of the Friends of the Vietnam Center newsletter is now available for download on the Vietnam Center newsletters page.
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Project Archivist Hired to Process FVPPA Collection
The Vietnam Archive has hired Anna Mallett to process the Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association (FVPPA) Collection. Anna comes to the Archive from Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, where she recently completed a Master’s Degree in History. She previously worked at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane, and volunteered at the Idaho State Historical Library and Archives.
The FVPPA collection was donated to the archive in June 2005. The Archive received a $48,565 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to process the collection.
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Fall 2006 Friends of the Vietnam Center Newsletter Now Available Online (Vol. 13, Issue 4)
The Fall 2006 issue of the Friends of the Vietnam Center newsletter is now available for download on the Vietnam Center newsletters page.
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Session Videos from the 2006 Intelligence in the Vietnam War Conference Now Available Online
Conference session videos for the Intelligence in the Vietnam War Conference are now available online at the link listed below. There are versions of the videos for both high-speed and for slower connections.
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A Wartime Diary Touches Vietnamese
The story of Dang Thuy Tram’s diaries which mentions how they arrived at The Vietnam Archive
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Deputy Director of the Vietnam Archive Steve Maxner Defends His Dissertation
We are happy to announce that on Friday, October 27th Steve Maxner successfully defended his dissertation, entitled, “War and Death: Changes in American Attitudes Toward Sacrifice and the Effects on National Security Policy.” He will be hooded in ceremonies on December 15th 2006. I know all of DR. Steve’s friends will join us in congratulating him on this great achievement.
DISSERTATION ABSTRACT:Since the American Civil War, American attitudes toward death have changed in several important ways. How Americans reacted to wartime deaths in the nineteenth century differed rather substantially from how they have reacted during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This dissertation examines how Americans have reacted to deaths during war, how they assimilated those experiences into everyday life to include media and entertainment, and how these various factors have both reflected and contributed to change over time. This study includes an examination of how the issue of American casualties in war has come to dominate the public policy debate surrounding war and how this has impacted American National Security Policy.
Well done, Steve!
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The Insular World of Intelligence Reaches Out for a Few New Ideas
Article makes reference to the 2006 Intelligence Conference on page 2