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The Institute for Cultural Partnerships is proud to be one of the official partners of the Veterans History Project (VHP). The Veterans History Project collects and preserves the remembrances of American war veterans and civilian workers who supported them. These collections of first-hand accounts are archived in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress for use by researchers and to serve as an inspiration for generations to come. As a partner, ICP provides training workshops to organizations and groups interested in becoming part of the VHP volunteer corps. Workshops are customarily 2-1/2 to 3 hours long and cover the basics of conducting ethnographic/oral history interviews with veterans and civilians that worked in support of the armed forces. Our workshops include topics such as collecting biographical data, preparing for and conducting interviews, and transcribing and indexing materials in order to properly prepare submissions for the Veterans History Project. The Project collects remembrances of veterans who served in World War I, World War II, the Cold War, Korean War , Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War (1990-1995), or Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (2001-present). U.S. citizen civilians who actively supported war efforts (such as war industry workers, USO workers, flight instructors, medical volunteers, defense contractors, etc.) are also invited to share their valuable stories. VHP relies on volunteers throughout the nation to collect veterans’ stories on behalf of the Library of Congress. These stories are made available to researchers and the general public, both at the Library in Washington , D.C. , and via the VHP website. The Veterans History Project was created in 2000 by the United States Congress. The authorizing legislation ( Public Law 106-380 ), sponsored by Representatives Ron Kind, Amo Houghton, and Steny Hoyer in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senators Max Cleland and Chuck Hagel in the U.S. Senate, received unanimous support and was signed into law by President William Jefferson Clinton on October 27, 2000. If you are interested in gathering a group of volunteers to be trained to conduct oral history interviews with veterans in your area, please contact ICP staff Amy Skillman. For more information about the project, visit: http://www.loc.gov/vets
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