Legacies of the Vietnam War: Colloquium Series (Rec. Gr. 136)

Throughout the Fall of 1999, the University of Rhode Island sponsored an Honors Colloquium presentation series entitled "Legacies of the Vietnam War." It was directed by Professor Don Kunz of the English Department and Professor Gerry Tyler of the Political Science Department. Each presentation featured a guest speaker who discussed a particular aspect of the war. The speakers were comprised of journalists, politicians, authors, professors and Vietnam veterans. Each speaker was video-taped and the tapes were then digitally mastered and recorded onto digital video cassettes. These materials were given to the Archives as a gift by Professor Kunz on February 2, 2000.

Series I, Colloquium Events, contains a total of twenty-five digital video cassette tapes--two for each presentation with the exception of one which consists of three cassettes. Each tape is dated, numbered, and indicates the speaker. There is also a poster (See map case "V") that describes each event including the stage play, Tracers, and photo exhibit which were not video-taped. Kunz and Tyler also included a more detailed description of each presentation which can be found in Box 1, folder 7.

Series II, Photographs, includes nine photographs originating from an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency that were taken in Vietnam during the conflict. These photographs were part of the photo exhibit mentioned above. They were donated by an anonymous source and then given to the Archives by Judith Tolnick, the Coordinator of Art Galleries at URI.