Skip to main content

Found in 83 Collections and/or records:

 Collection

Edgar D. Andrews Collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/103623
Abstract

The Edgar D. Andrews collection contains correspondence, clippings, civilian papers, creative works, regimental histories, and photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of letters the veteran wrote to his mother, Sarah, his sister, Sue, and his father, George, while serving in France during World War I with the American Expeditionary Forces.

Dates 1917-1974
 Collection

Robert Frank Augur collection, 1941-2016 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/102536
Abstract

The Robert Frank Augur Collection includes biographical information, civilian papers, clippings, correspondence, a diary, military papers, printed matter, a scrapbook, photographs, and artifacts relating to Augur's service in the United States Army during World War II.

Dates 1941-2016
 Collection

Leo Joseph Bailey Collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/76979
Abstract

Collection includes clippings, correspondence, a memoir, transcription of memoir, military papers, photographs, and a video recording of two speeches given to the Southern Cayuga Central School in 1987, documenting Bailey's service during World War I.

Dates 1917-2010
 Collection

Mark Ryan Black collection, 1966-2011 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/12749
Abstract

Collection includes audio correspondence, home movie footage, a book, a scrapbook, and digital copies of photographs documenting Black’s service as an infantryman in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

Dates 1966-2011; Majority of material found within 1966-1980
 Collection

Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project collection

Identifier: AFC 1982/009
Abstract The collection consists of sound recordings, video recordings, photographs, manuscripts, sheet music, printed ephemera, artifacts, administrative records, and ethnographers' field notes related to the 1978 Blue Ridge Parkway Project field survey, conducted by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, in cooperation with the National Park Service, in and around an area of the Blue Ridge Parkway at the Virginia and North Carolina border. The project documented old-time music, tales,...
Dates 1977-1981
 Collection

Arthur Hamilton Bridge collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/34223
Abstract Proxy interview with the veteran's wife, Catherine Vail Bridge, was conducted by Athena Chiera for the Veterans History Project in 2005. Collection includes a biography of Arthur Hamilton Bridge by his wife, books, civilian papers, clippings, correspondence, diaries and journals, maps, memoirs, military papers, periodicals, printed matter, unit histories, a transcript, digital prints, negatives, original photographic prints, photocopies of photographic prints, slides and a VHS video...
Dates 1941-2005
 Collection

James Madison Carpenter Collection

Identifier: AFC 1972/001
Abstract The James Madison Carpenter Collection consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, and graphic materials that document folk songs, ballads, sea songs, folk music, dance, and British folk drama. The materials span the years 1928-1955, with some related material generated by other scholars dated 1972 and 1987. The bulk of the material was collected between 1928-1935 by Carpenter during fieldwork in England, Scotland, and Wales; other material was collected in the United States between...
Dates 1928-1955, 1972, 1987; Majority of material found within 1928-1935
 Collection

Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection

Identifier: AFC 1981/004
Abstract The collection consists of sound recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, videorecordings, publications, ephemera, administrative files, and field notes produced and collected during the 1977 Chicago Ethnic Arts Project field survey from 1976-1981; but primarily during fieldwork conducted by fourteen folklorists directed by the American Folklife Center in 1977. The final project report presented to the Illinois Arts Council summarized the current conditions and folk arts needs in a...
Dates 1976-1981
 Collection

Civil Rights History Project collection

Identifier: AFC 2010/039
Abstract

Collection of 145 filmed oral history interviews of 175 participants in the United States civil rights movement and their family members.

Dates 2010-2016
 Collection

Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project collection

Identifier: AFC 1993/001
Abstract The collection consists of field notes, interviews, curriculum materials, sound recordings, photographs, and one videorecording resulting from a survey conducted by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress in 1982 which documented 23 ethnic schools in the United States. Fieldwork was conducted at various locations including: Armenian school in Watertown, Massachusetts; Cambodian school in Houston, Texas; Chinese school in San Antonio, Texas; Czech school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Dutch...
Dates 1982-1986
 Collection

William Hamilton Felton, Jr., collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/8383
Abstract

The William Hamilton Felton, Jr., collection documents Felton's United States Army Coast Artillery Corps service during World War I. Born in Macon, Georgia, Felton was stationed in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; Fort Monroe, Virginia; and throughout France. He was commissioned as a First Lieutenant and promoted to Captain. Felton died on May 28, 1956. Dating 1917-1918, the collection contains correspondence to Felton's wife, Luisa, and a photograph of Felton with another soldier.

Dates 1917-1918
 Collection

Frederick Clarence Stilson Collection

Identifier: AFC/2001/001/2054
Abstract

Frederick C. Stilson served as an engineer during World War I. Collection includes a memoir and photographs.

Dates 1917-1968; Majority of material found within 1917-1919
 Collection

Joseph Royston Gathings, I: Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/57155
Abstract

The Joseph Royston Gathings, I, collection includes clippings, correspondence, military papers and photographs relating to Joseph Royston Gathings' service in the United States Army in France during World War I

Dates 1894-1978
 Collection

Harold Benjamin Graham collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/86217
Abstract The Harold Benjamin Graham collection documents Graham's United States Army service from 1917-1920. Harold Benjamin Graham was born on July 7, 1899, in Spring Valley, New York. In 1917 he enlisted in the United States Army and served with the 147th Aero Squadron at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York and at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. He was discharged in 1920 and died in 1948. Spanning 1917-2012, collection includes correspondence from Graham, his mother, and other...
Dates 1917-2012
 Collection

Carol Haley collection, 1943-2014 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/94043
Abstract

Carol Haley served in the United States Navy WAVES (Navy Women's Reserve), and served as a procurement officer and as a recruiter. Collection includes correspondence, military papers,creative works, and photographs relating to her service.

Dates 1943-2014
 Collection

Harold Horwitz collection, 1943-1946 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/119954
Abstract

Harold Horwitz served as a cryptographer in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. Collection includes correspondence and military papers relating to his service.

Dates 1943-1946; Majority of material found within 1943-1945
 Collection

Hongyi He Chinese papercuts collection

Identifier: AFC 2006/008
Abstract

The collection documents Hongyi He's method and philosophy behind her papercutting repertory through her biography, publications, and samples of her work. Papercuts created during a lecture/demonstration and interview at the Library of Congress on February 24, 2006, are also contained in this collection, along with several paper-cuts that were later donated to the American Folklife Center.

Dates 1989-2007
 Collection

Herbert Adair Heidepriem collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/114036
Abstract

Herbert Adair Heidepriem served as a radio operator with the 106th Infantry Division, United States Army, during World War II. Collection includes biographical information, clippings, correspondence, memoirs, military papers, printed matter and photographs relating to his service.

Dates 1940-1947
 Collection

Hewitt Terell Wheless Collection

Identifier: AFC/2001/001/83276
Abstract

Hewitt Terrell Wheless served as a pilot in the Army Air Forces during World War II and, notably, was featured in a Fireside Chats by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after a successful emergency landing in the Phillipinnes.

Dates 1925-2006; Majority of material found within 1942-1947
 Collection

William Hurn, Jr., collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/97450
Abstract

The William Hurn, Jr., collection primarily documents Hurn’s United States Army service during World War I. Items include biographical information; civilian papers; clippings; correspondence; creative works: diaries and journals; military papers; printed matter; and photographs.

Dates 1917-2014
 Collection

Inauguration 2009 Sermons and Orations Project Collection

Identifier: AFC 2009/001
Abstract The Inauguration 2009 Sermons and Orations Project collection includes manuscripts (letters, sermons, orations, church programs, etc.), audio and video recordings, photographs, and other graphic materials created by the public in response to the 2009 election and inauguration of President Barack Obama and collected by the American Folklife Center. Includes submissions from over 300 individuals, religious and secular organizations, from 39 states and the District of Columbia, and from...
Dates 2008-2009
 Collection

Italian-Americans in the West Project Collection

Identifier: AFC 1989/022
Abstract The collection consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, graphic materials (including color slides, black-and-white negatives, and photographic prints), and moving images collected during a field research project documenting Italian American occupational, cultural, and religious traditions in several locations in the western United States. Fieldwork was conducted in Gilroy, California; San Pedro, California; Pueblo, Colorado; Carbon County, Utah; Walla Walla, Washington; and...
Dates 1988-1993; Majority of material found within 1989-1991
 Collection

Personal Narratives of the Forced Removal and Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II: Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/112872
Abstract

Selected personal narratives relating to the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Collected by the Veterans History Project, 2002-2018. Collection includes personal narratives in the form of audio and video oral histories, biographical information, clippings, civilian papers, creative works, maps, memoirs, military papers, printed matter and photographs.

Dates 1924-2018; Majority of material found within 1924-2004
 Collection

John McRae Kennelly: Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier: AFC 2001/001/64503
Abstract

The John McRae Kennelly Collection contains correspondence relating to the veteran’s service with the United States Army during World War I.

Dates 1917-1919
 Collection

Penne Laingen Yellow Ribbon Collection

Identifier: AFC 1991/017
Abstract

Collection comprises Penne Laingen's yellow ribbon marking the year her husband Bruce Laingen was held hostage in Tehran, Iran, during the Iran hostage crisis from 1979 to 1981; plus a 1991 interview with the Laingens and related documentation.

Dates 1979-1991