Kansas Stories of the Vietnam War

To commemorate 50 years since the escalation of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, Humanities Kansas launched a multidimensional, statewide oral history project in partnership with the Library of Congress. Through oral histories, and memoir, HK collected over 70 stories of Kansans as they share their experiences, both at home and abroad.
 

At the end of the project, participating organizations submitted their collected stories from veterans to the Library of Congress’s Veterans History Project in Washington, DC.

The Project

12 partner organizations collected the personal stories of Vietnam veterans as part of the Kansas Stories of the Vietnam War project:
 

• Mary Cotton Public Library, Sabetha

• Do Good Productions, Leawood

• Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, Abilene

• Emporia Public Library

• Jetmore Public Library

• Kansas Studies Institute at Johnson County Community College, Overland Park

• KPR 91.5 FM, Lawrence

• Mid-America All-Indian Center, Wichita

• Newton Public Library

• Onaga Historical Society

• Salina Public Library

• Winfield Public Library       

Questions? Contact Julie Mulvihill, Executive Director, 785-357-0359, julie@humanitieskansas.org.