Iraq Veterans Against the War Oral History Collection
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Abstract
Iraq Veterans Against the War was founded in July 2004 by Iraq War veterans. Their membership consists of veterans and active military personnel who have served in any branch of the United States military, Reserve, or National Guard since September 11, 2001. The mission of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) is to end militarism. The organization also provides support services for returning veterans and has conducted campaigns to counter the military's narrative of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Iraq Veterans Against the War Oral History Collection contains video recordings of oral history interviews with Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) members conducted by staff from the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives and members of IVAW in 2015 and 2016. Topics discussed in the interview include the backgrounds of the IVAW members; the events of September 11, 2011; the post September 11 anti-war movement; the formation and internal history of IVAW; and various campaigns against United States foreign policy during the George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump administrations.
Historical Note
Iraq Veterans Against the War was founded in July 2004 by Iraq War veterans. Their membership consists of veterans and active military personnel who have served in any branch of the United States military, Reserve, or National Guard since September 11, 2001. The mission of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) is to end militarism. The organization also provides support services for returning veterans and has conducted campaigns to counter the military's narrative of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by the narrator's last name.
Scope and Contents
The Iraq Veterans Against the War Oral History Collection contains production files and video recordings of oral history interviews with Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) members conducted by Michael Koncewicz of the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, and Kelly Dougherty, Aaron Hughes, and Maggie Martin of IVAW in 2015 and 2016. Topics discussed in the interview include the backgrounds of the IVAW members; the events of September 11, 2011; the post September 11 anti-war movement; the formation and internal history of IVAW; and various IVAW campaigns against United States foreign policy during the George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump administrations. The material consists of production files in MXF format as well as MTS video files created by Tamiment staff.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions, with the exception of Matt Howard's and Lisa Ling's interviews, which are restricted until 2026.
Conditions Governing Use
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Matt Howard, the donor of this collection, were relinquished and transferred to the public domain in 2016 by the donor. These materials are governed by a Creative Commons CC0 license, which permits publication and reproduction of materials accompanied by full attribution. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Iraq Veterans Against the War Oral History Collection; OH 091; item identifier; Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Matt Howard in December 2016; the accession number associated with this gift is 2019.001.
Custodial History
Production files for interviews conducted in 2015 by a production company and interviews conducted in 2016 by Tamiment staff were donated by Matt Howard in 2016. These files were used to create video recordings by Tamiment staff which were stored on Digital Tamiment and Vimeo. These recordings were downloaded by Tamiment and Archival Collections Management staff in 2019 and 2020 and transferred to Research Workspace.
Born-Digital Access Policies and Procedures
Advance notice is required for the use of computer records. Original physical digital media is restricted.
An access terminal for born-digital materials in the collection is available by appointment for reading room viewing and listening only. Researchers may view an item's original container and/or carrier, but the physical carriers themselves are not available for use because of preservation concerns.
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Processing Information
The collection was forensically imaged and mounted to the Research Workspace (SB2). Directories were created for each narrator and the production files and video recordings associated with each narrator were moved to the correct directory. Archival objects were created in ArchivesSpace for each narrator. Digital objects were created to represent the files in the directories and attached to the correct archival object in ArchivesSpace.
New York University Libraries follow professional standards and best practices when imaging, ingesting, and processing born-digital material in order to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the content.
