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Creative Arts for Veterans
Former Veterans History Project graduate student Caleb Pittman recently reached out to us to share information about a new initiative that he is working on to support veterans’ wellness: The Creative Arts for Veterans (CAV) Book is an interdisciplinary (human rights, social work, and art therapy) designed therapeutic guidebook to aid in improving well-being through arts-based exercises infused with social work and art therapy practices, veteran narratives, and supplemental veteran-centric wellness resources. CAV Books are accompanied with art supplies (oil pastels, water-colored pencils, paintbrush, pencil sharpener, and charcoals). Evidence based research shows that arts-based wellness can reduce symptoms related to isolation, anxiety, depression, loneliness, post-traumatic stress, military sexual trauma, transition…
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Vets Town Hall
From Peter Moran, the VHP’s former graduate student worker, currently at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History: On November 5, we will be hosting a Vets Town Hall. Veterans of any era who served in any capacity are invited to stand before their community and speak for up to ten minutes about what it was like to serve their country. Non-veterans are encouraged to attend and listen. This event is non-political, and all perspectives are valued. There will be no question-and-answer period or debate on American foreign policy. Attendees will simply listen and learn about what it was like to serve in the wars that this nation has chosen…
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Stories: Albert C. Stewart
Albert C. Stewart was one of only a handful of Black officers in the Navy during the WWII era. He served as a Lieutenant at the tail end of the war in the Pacific Theater on the fleet oiler USS Sabine. Initially, Stewart was drafted to be a weatherman for the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American pilots and airmen who fought in WWII as part of the Air Force. However, the military already had the two Black soldiers who would serve as weathermen, so Stewart was put back in the general draft list. In the meantime, he graduated from the University of Chicago. Unlike white college graduates, who…
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The Veterans History Project on the Connecticut Digital Archive
In addition to oral history interviews, the Veterans History Project also collects military documents, diaries, memorabilia, newspapers, and photographs that our interviewed veterans have shared with us. We scan or photograph these historic artifacts, return the originals to the veteran, and preserve the scans both at the Library of Congress and on our own website. When you search our collections, you can find links to these photographs and documents alongside the biographical information about the veteran and the link to their interview: Like the interviews themselves, these photographs and documents serve as a rich treasure trove of historical information that offer a detailed view of life as an American soldier.…
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Welcome!
Welcome to the new blog for the Veterans History Project at Central Connecticut State University! On this blog you will be able to find news and announcements about the project as well as stories and discoveries from our collections. Over the next month, in the lead up to Veterans Day, we will be sharing several posts with information and insights about our collections. We look forward to using this new platform to honor our Connecticut veterans and learn from this treasure trove of American history.
