What information is made public on the Veterans History Project online database?
The information that will appear on the online Veterans History Project database are the name, date and place of birth, and service history information as it is given on the Biographical Data Form. Please review the database at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/html/search/search.html for examples. In addition, researchers who visit the Library and use a collection for research will have access to the collection materials only and not the forms. If a patron ever needs to contact a veteran (for copyright permission, for example), only the veteran’s mailing address is given, rather than a phone number or email address, in order to protect the veteran’s privacy. When you donate a collection, please protect your privacy by not labeling such items as tapes, memoirs, and photographs with personal mailing labels or social security numbers. Such labeling is generally not censored on collection materials, as this would compromise the integrity of the materials.
