Polk County Public Library is for History
	How You Can Participate People of all ages in Polk County are encouraged to participate either as a "storyteller" or as an interviewer ...

Thanks to a grant from the Polk County Community Foundation, we are now equipped to record veteran's interviews in the library.

The library is a partner in the Library of Congress Veteran's History Project. Our goal is to record a minimum of twenty veteran's stories a year. These will be house in our special collections department and information about each participant will be placed in the Library of Congress Veteran's History Project database.

Tell your story -

• Make an appointment through the library to be interviewed
  • The Polk County Community Foundation has provided us recording equipment for use in this project through a grant. We now have everything you need to record and view your interview. We can set this equipment up in the library for your use.
• Request a Project Kit from the Veteran's History Project website
• View the Memoir Kit from the VHP giving you tips on writing your memories
• Send your story online directly to the VHP

Share your photographs and letters -

• Select a few items that you feel are important to share that tell the WWII experience
• Make an appointment to have your items scanned

Volunteer to interview a vet -

• Take an online seminar on recording a veteran's oral history offered free of charge by AARP and The American Folklife Center
• View the Field Kit for interviewing vets from the VHP
• Attend a training session at the library (signup at the library, classes will be scheduled based on interest)

Visit the Veteran's History Project online

• (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/)

Recommended Readings:

• Bibliographies & Other Resources from VHP
• Top Ten World War II Picks recommendations from the Independent Booksellers Association