We are pleased to announce that Mr. Chuck Carlock of Ft. Worth has very generously donated four completely restored helicopters to the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech.The helicopters will arrive on campus at the Memorial Circle about 9:50 on Wednesday, 18 January. President Whitmore will then hold a press conference in Memorial Circle to accept this wonderful gift.Please join us as we welcome these new additions to our collection, and also to welcome Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Carlock and Mr. Chester Grudzinski. Chuck and Chet both are Vietnam helicopter pilots.
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Another Side: Vietnamese General Gives Tech Students Different View Of War
Lt. General Nguyen Dinh Uoc speaks to a TTU class on modern Vietnam
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Fall 2005 Friends of the Vietnam Center Newsletter now available online (Vol. 12, Issue 3)
The Fall 2005 issue of the Friends of the Vietnam Center Newsletter is now available for download on the Vietnam Center newsletters page.
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Graffiti: Aging canvases preserve poignant moment in nation’s history
canvases recovered from the U.S.N.S. General John Pope
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Vistas (Texas Tech Research) Magazine Article – Saving Vietnam
Article about the Texas Tech University Vietnam Project originally published in the Spring 2005 issue of Vistas (Vol. 13 No. 1)
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Fear and Loathing in America
Report on the Vietnam Veterans Against the War’s presentation at the Vietnam Center’s 2005 Symposium
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Texas Tech University Vietnam Center Receives Grant to Expand Virtual Archive
The Vietnam Center will receive a $154,000 grant in July 2004 from the Houston Endowment. The grant will help make millions of pages of material available to researchers world-wide. The collections are currently held on microfilm at the Vietnam Archive and include rare 19th Century newspapers from French Indochina, documents of the United States Government, records of the United States Military Branches, and much more. The grant will be used to purchase a high-speed digital microfilm scanner, which will allow the center to put the microfilm on the internet.
Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones, established the Houston Endowment in 1937. During 1938, Houston Endowment’s first full year of operation, the foundation donated $14,687, of which $11,285 went to schools and colleges. Over the years, Houston Endowment’s assets have grown to approximately $1.3 billion, enabling the foundation to donate more than $70 million annually to help fulfill the Jones’ vision of a healthy, vibrant community. The Houston Endowment also provided the Texas Tech Vietnam Center with the first Lee Roy Herron Scholarship in 2002, an award presented in honor of a U.S. Marine killed in Vietnam in 1969. -
Fifth Triennial Symposium – Call for Papers
Preparations for the Vietnam Center’s Fifth Triennial Symposium, to be held March 17-19, 2005, are underway. The Center is now accepting proposals for papers to be presented. More information is available by following the link below, including where to send proposals and how they should be formatted.
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Moving Wall to be hosted at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in Johnson City, Texas, April 5-11, 2004
The following message is from Dave Schafer of the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in Johnson City, Texas: Greetings from the Texas Hill Country: On park grounds in Johnson City, Texas, we’re hosting The Moving Wall from April 5-11, 2004. We have lined up some interesting guest speakers and other activities and welcome everyone who is interested to attend. Please visit our website or contact me should you have questions about this event. Dave Schafer, Park Ranger, Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, PO Box 329, Johnson City, TX Telephone: 830-644-2420 or 830-868-7128 Ext. 244 FAX 830-644-2835
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
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Virtual Vietnam Archive Receives an Additional $497,050 from the US Congress
The Institute of Museum and Library Services officially announced that the Vietnam Center will receive $497,050 to fund the Virtual Archive for the fourth consecutive year. This funding will complete the four year, two million dollar project, and will allow for the continual addition of materials into the Virtual Vietnam Archive for many years to come. Congressman Randy Neugebauer initially notified the project of this Congressionally mandated award in December 2003. More information is available in a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal newspaper article (see link below). If you are interested in the Virtual Vietnam Archive project or have any questions or comments, please contact the staff of the Vietnam Archive.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Vietnam Archive Email (vietnamarchive@ttu.edu)