Please join us as we build the Vietnam Center, Archive, and Museum of the Vietnam War at Texas Tech University.

"Research and historic preservation are integral to everything we do at Florentine Films. We are proud to have worked closely with the outstanding staff and resources available at the Vietnam Center and Archive for our documentary film, The Vietnam War."

- Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
Directors of The Vietnam War

Vietnam Center and Archive

OUR MISSION

Preserving, Researching, and Educating About the Vietnam War

For nearly thirty years, the Vietnam Center and Archive has been collecting, preserving, and providing access to the history of the Vietnam War while encouraging research and education regarding all aspects of that experience.
We provide services through:

Manuscript, Artifact, and Material Collections
Online Access through the Virtual Vietnam Archive
Participant Interviews for the Oral History Project
Conferences, Symposia, Events, and Study Abroad

The Vietnam Center and Archive welcomes veterans and families to donate the following types of material related to the Vietnam War:

Personal documents to include letters, diaries, military records, etc.
Photographs/slides/negatives
Movie Film to include 8mm, Super 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm
Audio recordings (letters, cockpit recordings, mission recordings, radio/message traffic)
Artifacts to include uniforms, equipment, weapons, vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, etc.
Newspapers/Magazines/Newsletters published by military units (e.g. The VHPA Aviator, Tropic Lighting News, Post/base newsletters and newspapers, etc.)
Any materials that relate to service during the Vietnam War

We invite everyone to participate as we continue to collect and preserve this important history. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you might have by calling 1-833-862-2688 (833-VNCAMTT) or send us email at vietnamlegacy@ttu.edu.