Additional Oral History Collections at National World War II Museum and Pritzker Military Museum and Library

In addition to the Veterans History Project, coordinated nationally by the Library of Congress, the National World War II Museum in New Orleans and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library in Chicago are also very active in compiling and maintaining memoirs and recollections of America's citizen soldiers. Their collections are independent of the 80,000 oral  histories available through the American Folklife Center. The Niles Public Library is a founding, cooperating  partner with the Library of Congress in their national effort.

 The  National World War II Museum is creating an online collection of 9,000 oral and written histories.

The museum's success  was described in an Associated Press article written by Janet McConnaughey which appeared in the Chicago Tribune.

Chicago's  Pritzker Military Museum and Library launched the Holt Oral History Program and now has more than 200 personal memoirs. Sponsored by the Seedlings Foundation and in memory of Tuskegee Airman Coleman Thompson Holt, the Holt Oral History Program is dedicated to conserving the unique Stories of Service of the Citizen Soldier. Thomas Webb is the Oral History Coordinator for the PMML.   Mr Holt's  photograph appears below.