Latino WWII Oral History Project Veteran's Day Ceremony

11/11/05

Event: The U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project will host a ceremony marking the transfer of the first dozen of its nearly 500 archives - including photos, transcripts of interviews, and audio and video files - to the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection.

The event will feature a brief presentation by Jose Limon, Center for Mexican American Studies in the College of Liberal Arts, displays of WWII memorabilia and many of the Central Texas Latino and Latina veterans featured in the U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project.

This free event is being sponsored by The University of Texas Libraries, the Center for Mexican American Studies, the College of Communication and the Office of the Vice President for Community and School Relations.

When: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11.

Where: The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection in Sid Richardson Hall Unit 1 on The University of Texas campus.

Parking available in Lot 38, adjacent to Sid Richardson Hall. Enter from Red River Street.

Background: The U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project, founded in 1999 by Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, shares the untold stories of a generation of Latinos through an archive of videotaped interviews of men and women from the WWII era, along with digitized photographs, photocopies of discharge papers and other documents. The project has several components, including the student-written Narratives newspaper featuring interviews with veterans, a play and a documentary film.

The archives will be housed in the Rare Book and Manuscript section of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection.

More information about the U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project is available.

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Contacts:
Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, Latino WWII Oral History Project
(512) 471 0405

or

Pamela Mann, University of Texas Libraries, Mexican American Library Program
(512) 495 4586