James R. Wilson Collection of Vietnam Veteran Interviews, 1988-1989
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Summary
- Creator:
- Wilson, James R. (James Robert), 1942-
- Abstract:
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The James R. Wilson Collection of Vietnam Veteran Interviews consists of audio recordings of interviews of Vietnam War veterans from across the South. Interviews document what the veterans were doing before the war, their experiences in combat zones, and the impact of the war on their lives in the years after returning home. Transcripts exist for interviews selected for use in Wilson's Landing Zones: Southern Veterans Remember Vietnam (1990).
- Extent:
- 175 items (1.5 linear feet)
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Library Catalog Link:
- View UNC library catalog record for this item
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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James Robert Wilson (1942-) served in the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1967 as an Army press officer. From August 1988 to February 1989 he interviewed Vietnam War veterans across the South, gathering their stories about what they were doing before the war, their experiences in the combat zone, and what impact the war had on their lives in the years after returning home. These interviews form the basis of Wilson's book, Landing Zones: Southern Veterans Remember Vietnam (1990).
- Scope and content:
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The James R. Wilson Collection of Vietnam Veteran Interviews consists of audio recordings of interviews of Vietnam War veterans from across the South. Wilson gathered veteran's stories about what they were doing before the war, their experiences in the combat zone, and what impact the war had on their lives in the years after returning home. Transcripts exist for interviews selected for use in Wilson's Landing Zones: Southern Veterans Remember Vietnam (1990). There are also a few photographs, possibly of interviewees; background research materials; letters from veterans interested in participating in the project; and a travel notebook.
- Acquisition information:
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Received from James R. Wilson of Chapel Hill, N.C., in September 2016 (Acc. 102638).
- Processing information:
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Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, September 2016
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, September 2016
Updated by: Anne Wells, February 2018
- Sensitive materials statement:
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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
Access and use
- Restrictions to access:
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No restrictions. Open for research.
- Restrictions to use:
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No usage restrictions.
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], in the James R. Wilson Collection of Vietnam Veteran Interviews #05700, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Location of this collection:
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Louis Round Wilson Library200 South RoadChapel Hill, NC 27515
- Contact:
- (919) 962-3765