How did the Morse Institute Library’s Veterans Oral History Project start?
The Morse Institute Library’s Veterans Oral History Project in Natick Massachusetts has been in existence since 1998, when Natick’s only Pearl Harbor survivor, Eugene Dugdale, approached the library with concerns that many World War II veterans were passing away without telling their stories. Thus, the project began. (See About the Project) In 2000 the United States Congress created the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, whose purpose is to collect oral history interviews, memoirs, letters, diaries, photographs, and other original materials from veterans and from those civilians who were actively involved in supporting war efforts. The Morse Institute Library has partnered with the Library of Congress in this project; however, we do not send our interviews to the Library of Congress, as they are housed and available to the public at the Morse Institute Library. Additional information about the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress can be obtained from the websi
