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  • 20 Jun 2008:
    The Vietnam Center and Archive Blog
    • The Vietnam Center and Archive is proud to announce the launch of our new blog. This blog will be used for a variety of topics and will be updated often by members of the Vietnam Center and Archive staff.

      Blog topics will include: Vietnam Center and Archive news and updates, information about the Oral History Program, updates concerning the Virtual Vietnam Archive and the physical archive, interesting items from our holdings, website updates, and reference resources and outreach. We hope this new blog will both be a way to keep people informed about the progress of the Vietnam Center and Archive, as well as provide a valuable research tool. Several articles have already been posted, so please visit our blog and leave us your comments.
  • 2 Jun 2008:
    The Spring 2008 Friends of the Vietnam Center Newsletter Now Available Online (Vol. 15, Issue 1)
  • 28 May 2008:
    Vietnam Archive Opens Collection of Political Prisoner Records
    • Documents tell story of U.S. allies and employees sent to Vietnamese reeducation camps.
      Texas Tech University's Vietnam Archive hosted the grand opening of its Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association Collection May 28 in the Marshall Formby Room of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. At the conclusion of the Vietnam War, thousands of U.S. allies, employees and Vietnamese dissidents were imprisoned in communist reeducation camps. The collection provides more than 10,000 primary sources for studying the experiences of these prisoners and refugees and their families who immigrated to the U.S. once they were released. Donated in 2005 to Texas Tech by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation, the collection contains 156 linear feet of documents meaning the materials stretch approximately 52 yards when stacked end-to-end. "We hope this collection will help historians and others understand the experiences of this group of Vietnamese immigrants," said Ann Mallett, project archivist for the collection. "These people were our allies; they were U.S. employees or they didn't agree with communism and they were forced into reeducation camps. The collection contains photographs and handwritten letters, so it is very personal, and it gives another piece of the story of the Vietnam War - what happened after the war ended to these people who were our allies."
  • 15 May 2008:
    Senior Editor Victoria Lovelady Honored
    • The faculty and staff of the Vietnam Center and Archive extend our congratulations to Senior Editor Victoria Lovelady on her recent graduation from Texas Tech University. Mrs. Lovelady has earned a B.A. in Communication Studies. She was also awarded the Undergraduate Academic Achievement Award and the Undergraduate Service Award by her department. Congratulations, Victoria!
  • 7 May 2008:
    Session Videos and Presentations from the March 2008 6th Triennial Symposium Now Available Online
  • 31 Mar 2008:
    Amy Hooker, C.A. joins the Vietnam Archive as our new Reference Archivist
    • The Vietnam Archive is pleased to announce that Amy Hooker, C.A. has joined the Vietnam Archive as the new Assistant Archivist for Reference. Ms. Hooker's primary duties will involve responding to reference inquiries by email and telephone, as well as assisting patrons and researchers in our reading room. She will also contribute to the development of reference policies and public service projects to include online reference tools, outreach activities, and exhibits.

      A native of Midland, Texas, Ms. Hooker earned a B.A. in Anthropology with a minor in History from Texas Tech University. She completed a master's degree in Museum Science at TTU in 2000. As part of her degree program, Ms. Hooker completed an internship at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum in Juneau, Alaska. She returns to Tech after seven years at the Petroleum Museum in Midland, where she served as Director of Collections and Archives. She became a certified archivist in 2007. We are happy to welcome her to the team!

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The mission of the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University is to support and encourage research and education regarding all aspects of the American Vietnam experience; promoting a greater understanding of this experience and the peoples and cultures of Southeast Asia. Its functions are threefold: collection and preservation of pertinent source material; education through exhibits, classroom instruction, educational programs, and publications; and encouragement of scholarly research through exchanges, publishing of noteworthy research, symposia, and financial support.

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