Thursday, September 4, 2008
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The Niles-Maine District Public Library, formerly the Niles Public Library, Niles, IL, is a founding partner in the national effort of the Library of Congress to collect, preserve, and make accessible the personal accounts of America's soldiers so that future generations may hear directly from the veterans and better understand the realities of war.
The Niles team, composed of Kate Wolicki, Neil O'Shea, Cynthia Olive, Maryellen Essig, Mark O'Brien, and later joined by former Head Cataloger, Joel Hahn, Information Technology Services Officer, and Rich Wozniczka, began the local project in March of 2005. Judy McNulty, Business Services Librarian, joined the team in 2010 and Cecilia Cyngar, Audio-Visual and Travel Librarian in 2019.
The accompanying blog displays the cover pages of the interview booklets, related library events, relevant news items, and lists of books providing context for the project.The interviews can be read, heard and searched via the library's web site.
The Niles-Maine District Library is located at 6960 W. Oakton St., Niles, IL and the telephone is 847-663-1234.
Dispatches from the Veterans History Project
Blog Archive
CNN.com
Helpful Links
- 2018 Military Handbooks
- America Supports You DOD
- Amvets
- Books for Soldiers
- Chicago's Pritzker Military Library
- Coalition of Veterans Organizations
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Helmets to hard hats for jobs
- Honor Flight Chicago
- Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs
- Illinois Veterans' History Project
- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
- Key Fact Sheets-DVA: Benefits, Facilities, Statistics, etc
- Military Personnel Records
- Military Uniforms of World War II
- National Veterans Art Museum
- National Museum of the American Sailor
- National Resource Directory for Wounded Warriors, Veterans and their families and caregivers
- Niles VFW Post 7712 Facebook
- Recommended site for Military Researchers
- Stars and Stripes
- The Veterans Site Blog
- Together We Served
- USO
- Veteran Owned Businesses
- Veterans in Transition
- Veterans Service Documents
- VFW Updates
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- World War II
- World War II Toolbox for research
- Wounded Warrior Project
About Me
- Niles Public Library District
- Village of Niles, Illinois, United States
- The Niles-Maine District Library is located in the "All-America" City of Niles, Illinois and is a member of the RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System), the successor of NSLS. The library serves more than 57,000 residents in Niles and parts of unincorporated Des Plaines and Glenview. In 2013 the library underwent a major interior renovation. Its success was celebrated in a Grand Opening Weekend on February 1 and 2, 2014