Veterans History Project Checklist. Print all forms at the same time.

PLEASE RETURN THIS CHECKLIST WITH YOUR INTERVIEW Before submitting your recordings to the Veterans History Project at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, be sure you have included the following:

1. Recorded interview, not to exceed 90 minutes. After recording the interview, the plastic tabs should be removed from the audio or video cassettes to prevent recording over them. Cassettes must be labeled with the full name of the veteran or civilian interviewee and his or her birth date (month/day/year). ______2. Completed biographical data sheet for each veteran or civilian interviewee (see Bographical Data Form). ______3. Release form signed by each veteran or civilian interviewed (see Veteran's Release Form) ______4. Release form signed by the person(s) producing the recording. This includes interviewers and recording operators (see Interviewer's Release Form). ______5. Audio and Video Recording Log. ______6. Photographs (not more than twenty). Photographic prints should be numbered and dated on the back lower-right corner using a soft (no.1) pencil. For slick prints where it is difficult to write on the back, enclose them in individual labeled envelopes. Please do not write on the prints with a pen or marker. Slides may be labeled on the frame. Scrapbooks and photograph albums containing more than twenty images are acceptable, but donors are encouraged to describe the contents as fully as possible. ______7. Photograph Log. ______8. Release form signed by the photographer(s) (see Interviewer's Release Form). ______9. Selected letters, diaries, and other printed and handwritten manuscripts relating to the veteran or civilian interviewee. ______10. Manuscript Data Sheet.

Getting Started
All of the information in the printed Project Kit is available online (via this Web site). For in-depth information, please read any or all of the special information listed below.

You may also Request a Project Kit now using our online form, or Download Project Forms (in PDF format).

Getting Started: An Overview
Guidelines for Participation
Questions for Veterans
Questions for Civilians
Please keep a copy for yourself!
Indexing & Transcribing
Finding or Creating a Home for Your Interviews
Bibliographies & Other Resources
Delivering Materials to the Library

Please pay special attention to all project forms. Signed release forms allow the materials to be included in exhibitions and presentations by the Library of Congress. A Biographical Data Form must be completed for each veteran or civilian who was interviewed or send materials to the project. This data allows project staff to catalog the collection and include it in the Veterans History Project Database (National Registry of Service).