Powers Museum's Veterans History Project in cooperation with Library of Congress

The Powers Museum continues to be an official partner in the Veterans History Project sponsored by the Library of Congress. To date, the museum staff and various student and adult volunteers have completed over 230 veteran's interviews since November 2005. (For pdf file of a  Library of Congress Veterans History Project Brochure, click here.)  

William Hartman,   U. S. Army, World War II, and his wife and daughter.

All the Veteran stories are impressive and moving. These men and women have served from the Aleutians to the South Pacific, in Korea and Japan, in the jungles of Vietnam to the fields of Europe, on the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan, at sea and in the air as well as in hospitals and other military installations worldwide. Some were entrusted with training the troops at home while others went into the factories and made the military equipment.

H.O. Patrick, Jr. (of Newtonia, MO) with wife and child. Mr. Patrick was one of our 2008 WW II interviewees.

If you know of a local veteran we should contact for an interview, please call 417-237-0456 or email the Powers Museum at powersmuseum@att.net. You may also correspond with us at Powers Museum, PO Box 593, Carthage, MO 64836.  (Email or USPS mail is suggested during winter months.) 

Also, the museum is looking for volunteers to record and process veteran's stories (per prepared questions provided by the Library of Congress).  Again in 2010-11, Mrs. Jeanne Sneddon's 9th graders at Carthage High School will be participating in this project for the fourth year in a row and we thank them for their assistance.

The museum also needs an additional volunteer or two to do catch-up work and entering basic interviewee information into the museum's collection management software. Call or email the museum if you are interested in assisting. 

Jim Hartley, U. S. Navy, Vietnam War

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The Powers Museum would like to thank Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri for their financial support that provided an internship honorarium for Linda Uselmann, Pittsburg State University Masters Candidate and Intern, who assisted with this page and worked on the project during 2010.

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Guide to Powers Museum Veterans Collection & Resources for Educators 

Resource Guide  is a "work-in-progress" so until completed, use this listing to know what oral history interviews are available for consultation at the museum. 

Please read instructions on how to use the collection after each section. These materials are not available for walk-in, on-demand use at anytime in the year.  A minimum of 48 hours advance notice and confirmation back from museum is required.  Users/Researchers must present identification.

NEW 2011 Interview Additions:  Coming when processed!

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Interview participants in the Powers Museum Veterans History Project (arranged by war):

Color Key to Year Recorded (& Filed):   2005-06 gray, 2007 purple, 2008 blue, 2009-10 orange, 2011 green

Those with Library of Congress citations are live digital presentations on LofC website. Just click to here portion of interview.

World War II Soldiers & Homefront Workers

Atkerson, George R.
Benson, Bruce M.
Blackford, Eugene L. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.67545/
Boots, Robert A.
Bottom, Paul W.
William Charles Boyer http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.67089/   

Brown, Donald W.  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.67551/   

Carroll, Harry K.
Carter, Boyd
Casteel, Herbert C.
Chrisman, Raimonde B.
Close, Robert D.
Collard, Arthue Eugene
Conrow, Roy "Pete"
Cook, James Grant
Cooper, Everett E.
Crum, Raleigh E.
Daily, William Roy
Dearing, George E.
Dearing, Harriet M. Wideman
Degraff, Elmer H.
Duensing, Elmer Louis
Duensing Moss, Isabelle W.
Eldred, Aaron Warren
Englert, Clarence Lee
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.56872/

Erwin, Ralph R.
Feaster, Vern A.
Frerer, Jr., Joseph L. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.57473/
Fuller, Dick Diaz

John Furry http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.68832/ 

Gaddey, James M.
Glover, Max H.  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.56062/
Gordon, Richard K.
Gossett, Norm
Gray, Gloria
Gray, John T.
Gregg, Robert L.
Hamm, Alfred John
Hansen, Elden M.
Hartman, William A.
Heath, Loren
Hensley, Joseph B.
Henson, Wiley J.
Hibbs, Edwin Franklin

W. R. Holdeman http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.51012/

Hubbard, Helen C.
Hughes, Max Edwin
Isbell, Loyd
Jackson, Milo
Jeffers, Jack
Johnson, Paul Wayne
Keller, Alvin G.  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.56062/
Kirk, J. D.
Kirk, Jack W.
Klein, Jack E.
Kreutzer, Raymond L.
Lamkin, Harry F.
Lane, Lensy Paul
Langston, Frank
Lewis, Lloyd D.
Lewis, Mary K. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.67579/

Lowe, Jacob Charles
Luck, Hershel W.
Mathews, Valgene M.
McCoy, Curtis M.
McCoy, Vernon Duward
Mealey, Golda Fuller                                                                                                 Meares, Vance A.

 Miller, Darrell E.
Miller, Joseph H.
Moss, Isabelle Wright Nicholson Duensing
Muskrat, James C.
Nielsen, Milton Friede
Nugent, Bill David
Patchin, Earl A.
Patrick Jr., Hodgen O. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.56891/

Marion Peterson http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.64110/

Pettey, John Z.
Pittman, Lorraine F. Hurley
Riggs, Bernard L. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.57741/
Robertson, Lawrence W.
Robinson, Katherine M. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.67885/

Rogers, Harrison Lang                                                                                                Royer, William Charles
Ruhl, Robert Jack
Russell Jr., Fred
Schepper, Jr., Ernest Willard http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.54863/

Scott, Charley J. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.57887/
Shaffer, Urban A.
Simmons, Robert L.
Sinnard, Roger Francis
Smith, Bennett M. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.58456/
Smith, Cecil C.
Smith, William "Bill" A.
Sneddon, Jack Hillam
Sparkman, Etsyl J.
Sponsol, Lee Paul
Staats (Kollmeyer), Cleona M.
Stocking, Herbert Lee
Strait, Leslie Raymond
Stutzman, Andrew "Andy" D.
Terry, Gene
Thompson, Howard "Tommy" L.
Tryk, Donald E.
Tucker, Kenneth Lee
Van Auker, Lefty http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.57877/
Van Auker, Leo W.
Wallace, David                                                                             

Whisler, Clarence H.
Whitelock, Bobby G.
Wiland, Paul E.
Williams, Tommy Gene

Wofford, Kenneth Omar *
Woodfill, William Loy

How can I listen to these oral histories?

Use of these resources requires an advance appointment to retrieve the proper materials and equipment and to find a suitable work area that you can listen to the recordings.  Some formats the Powers Museum does NOT have suitable equipment to play the video and audio recording formats made, especially those done by some of the student volunteers.  However, several interviews have either logs or transcriptions and other support materials that can be consulted.  Please call 417-237-0456 or email powersmuseum@att.net to make appointment arrangements.

* Other resources available for this person. Please email the museum for further details.

Korean War

Anderson, Charles Arthur                                                          

Brown, Donald W.
Buck, Edwin A.
Carroll, Harry K.
Elliott, Clyde Garland
Etcheson, Sammy J.
Garber, Thomas Raymond
Goodbary, Edgar "Rodger"
Gordon, Richard K.
Hoffman Jr., William F.
Ikenberry, Carl Eugene
Johnson, Donald P.
Johnson, Kenneth
Johnson, Paul Wayne
Kingsbury, Beryl
Long, Gerald Lee
Lowe, Richard Edward http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.57622/

McCoy, James Davilee "Dave"
O'Connell, Patrick J. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.51148/

Rubottom Jr., Darwyn Edward
Springmeyer, William Edward
Stocking, Herbert Lee
Straw, George R.
Stutzman, Andrew "Andy" D.
Theiman, Harold Wright
Tucker, Kenneth Lee
Walton, Albert W.
Whitehead, John A.                                                                                                           Wofford, Kenneth Omar
Wood, Marian G.

How can I listen tothese oral histories?

Use of these resources requires an advance appointment to retrieve the proper materials and equipment and to find a suitable work area that you can listen to the recordings.  Some formats the Powers Museum does NOT have suitable equipment to play the video and audio recording formats made, especially those done by some of the student volunteers.  However, several interviews have either logs or transcriptions and other support materials that can be consulted.  Please call 417-237-0456 or email powersmuseum@att.net to make appointment arrangements.

Cold War

Blackraven, R. Stoney
Borjas, Richard Robert
Burke, Jeffrey David
Roman, Cesar E.
Corcoran, Eric Lee
Farleigh, Darrell Lee
Goettel, Kenneth Lee
Hagar, Ivan
Johnson, Paul Wayne
Mathews, Valgene M.
Roman, Cesar E.
Shouse, J. Frank http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.57211/
Smith, Bennett M.
Whitehead, John A.
Wood, Marian G.

How can I listen to these oral histories?

Use of these resources requires an advance appointment to retrieve the proper materials and equipment and to find a suitable work area that you can listen to the recordings.  Some formats the Powers Museum does NOT have suitable equipment to play the video and audio recording formats made, especially those done by some of the student volunteers.  However, several interviews have either logs or transcriptions and other support materials that can be consulted.  Please call 417-237-0456 or email powersmuseum@att.net to make appointment arrangements.

Vietnam War

Abrams, Benyamin
Anderson, Larry Michael
Arner, Edwin L.
Batchelor, Gary L.
Bennett, John Richard
Bewick, Thomas Wayne
Bright, Gary D. 

Nan Borg http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.46805/     

Coffman, Ronald
Conrad, Leland Douglas
DeMent, Richard L.
Dickerson, Robert Marshall
Dunlap, Charles Ray
Ellis, Robert William
Evans, Joe Clyde
Ferguson, Ronald P.
Goodnight, Carl L.
Gordon, Richard
Greenlee, Kenneth Lee
Grundy, Edwin L.
Hagar, Ivan
Hammond Jr., Geroge Vernon
Hartley, Jim
Johnson, Paul Wayne
Keys, Eugene D.
Lawrence, James Lorew http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.67579/
Lindley, Richard Harvey
Logsdon, Jim L.
Martin, Tommy
Martinez, Frank Bernard http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.56076/
Mathews, Valgene M.
Mitchell, Claude L.
Mitchell, Paul E.
Ron C. Mosbaugh http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.52197/
Nelson, Alan Christian
Ralph, William J.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.51483/

Riley, Mike B. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.56987/
Russow, Paul Robert
Shouse, J. Frank
Slates, Jack
Tyler, Terry Morlan
Warden, Richard                                                                                                         Webb, Thomas Oscar
Wells, Dwight B.
Wilcox, Allan C.
Wininger, Jerry Reese
Wofford, Kenneth Omar
Wooldridge, William Marshall

How can I listen to these oral histories?

Use of these resources requires an advance appointment to retrieve the proper materials and equipment and to find a suitable work area that you can listen to the recordings.  Some formats the Powers Museum does NOT have suitable equipment to play the video and audio recording formats made, especially those done by some of the student volunteers.  However, several interviews have either logs or transcriptions and other support materials that can be consulted.  Please call 417-237-0456 or email powersmuseum@att.net to make appointment arrangements.

Persian Gulf War/Desert Storm

Cobaugh, Jr., Jerry Wayne                                                                                               Davis, Alan Anthony
Farleigh, Darrell Lee
Freitas, Michael
Koch, Roger Charles  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.58198/
Mosbaugh, Ronald C.
Reddy, Steven G.
Roman, Cesar E.
Shouse, J. Frank
Sisseck, John L.                                                                                                                Warden, Richard

How can I listen to these oral histories?

Use of these resources requires an advance appointment to retrieve the proper materials and equipment and to find a suitable work area that you can listen to the recordings.  Some formats the Powers Museum does NOT have suitable equipment to play the video and audio recording formats made, especially those done by some of the student volunteers.  However, several interviews have either logs or transcriptions and other support materials that can be consulted.  Please call 417-237-0456 or email powersmuseum@att.net to make appointment arrangements.

Afghanistan War

Belk, Howard Michael 
Shawn Dwayne Boyer http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.50992/

Cook, Nathan E.                                                                                                           Dingman, Jordan 

Lindley, Richard Harvey
Ryan Palmer http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.51914/

Wilcoxson, Blake Nicholas

How can I listen to these oral histories?

Use of these resources requires an advance appointment to retrieve the proper materials and equipment and to find a suitable work area that you can listen to the recordings.  Some formats the Powers Museum does NOT have suitable equipment to play the video and audio recording formats made, especially those done by some of the student volunteers.  However, several interviews have either logs or transcriptions and other support materials that can be consulted.  Please call 417-237-0456 or email powersmuseum@att.net to make appointment arrangements.

Iraq War

Belk, Howard Michael
Burke, Jeffrey David
Corcoran, Eric Lee
Farleigh, Darrell Lee
Hunt, Myles Westley
Koch, Roger Charles
Lindley, Richard Harvey
Palmer, Ryan
Royer, Shawn Dwayne
Sisseck, John L.
Steffen, Jeff L.

How can I listen to these oral histories?

Use of these resources requires an advance appointment to retrieve the proper materials and equipment and to find a suitable work area that you can listen to the recordings.  Some formats the Powers Museum does NOT have suitable equipment to play the video and audio recording formats made, especially those done by some of the student volunteers.  However, several interviews have either logs or transcriptions and other support materials that can be consulted.  Please call 417-237-0456 or email powersmuseum@att.net to make appointment arrangements.

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