Processing the Unimaginable: Art and Memory with Peter Newland
Toward a Just Memory: Resistance, Violence, Art, and the American War in Vietnam
A series of events and speakers on the impact of the War in Vietnam. Sponsored by the Catharine Gould Chism Fund for the Humanities, Collins Memorial Library, and the Departments of African American Studies, Business and Leadership, History, Religious and Spiritual Studies, Politics and Government, and the Race and Pedagogy Institute.
Vietnam veteran and book artist Peter Newland will share his work with students in an interactive session in the Archives & Special Collections. Newland served in the Republic of Vietnam with the 4th Headquarters Transportation Command in 1970. He was stationed first at Camp Davies in Saigon, and later at Long Binh. He received his basic training at Fort Lewis and advanced training at Fort Eustice, Virginia. He is a recipient of the Army’s Bronze Star Medal and was honorably discharged as a Specialist Fight Class in 1971. Students will have the chance to study postcards and images from Newland’s experience and consider how memory of experiences can be shared in a creative format to reflect personal narratives. Newland will share his own personal experiences from over fifty years ago and how those experiences impact his world view.
University Archives-Collins Memorial Library