Exhibits and Events

November 2006 Exhibit- Veterans History Project

Eleanor Roberts, Winthrop Class of 1938, member of Women's Army Corps

In September of 2003, Winthrop University began participation in the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project as a partner institution.  The goal of this project is to “honor our nation’s war veterans and those who served in support of them by creating a lasting legacy of recorded interviews and other documents chronicling veterans’ and other citizens’ wartime experiences, how those experiences affected their lives and America itself.”  As a partner institution, Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections will house, preserve and make available the interviews conducted by volunteers.  The basic biographical information of the veteran will be entered into a national database identifying the institution where the interview and accompanying documentation are available. The exhibit includes documents, photographs, artifacts, and uniforms relating to veterans and the wars fought in the 20th and 21st centuries.  There will be an accompanying exhibit that pertains to Admiral Husband Kimmel, the commander of the Pacific fleet during the Pearl Harbor attack at the beginning of U.S. involvement in WWII.