Barry McAlpine Collection (2876) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 28760000000
- Collection
- Barry McAlpine Collection
- Association
- Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
- Title
- Finding Aid
- Finding Aid Author
- Rebecca Vollene
- Finding Aid Date
- 2017-10-25
- Linear Feet
- 0.1
- Pages
- 1
- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: 02 July 1967 - 24 August 2013
Scope and Contents
Less than a quarter of a linear foot of documents, a newsletter, and an oral history interview donated to the archive by Barry McAlpine. The collection contains correspondence regarding the medals awarded to McAlpine during his service in Vietnam, as well as a copy of McAlpine's oral history interview conducted through the Veterans History Project with Grand Valley State University.- 1
- Moving Images
2876VI3556 DVD-ROM titled Grand Valley State University Library of Congress Veterans History Project: Barry McAlpine's Oral History
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- Newsletters
The VHPA Aviator: 2013: March/April
Click to view all Newsletters
- Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [VHPA Individual Collections D048.7 ]]
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Correspondence regarding the two Silver Stars McAlpine received for his service in Vietnam (July 2, 1967; September 4, 1967)
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"I Know He Goes to War," a poem by Barry McAlpine
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A Newspaper Clip from the Holland Sentinel about McAlpine receiving his medals, as well as a copy of the September correspondence regarding his silver star
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A Letter from Grand Valley State University regarding the Vietnam Presentation series and guest-speaking in a History seminar class (May 23, 2013)
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Correspondence from the House of Representatives regarding a request from McAlpine for a replacement set of his Military Medals/Awards (August 15-21, 2012)
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A Request for Military Records and Privacy Act Release filed by McAlpine regarding his nomination for a Medal of Honor (April 25-26, 2013)
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Letter from Grand Valley State University including the oral history DVD for the Veterans History Project that McAlpine participated in (May 16, 2011)
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=28760000000
- Citation
- Barry McAlpine Collection (2876) Finding Aid, Barry McAlpine Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=28760000000, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 28760000000, Barry McAlpine Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 25 Oct 2017 [Updated: 27 Oct 2017]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
Texas Tech University, Box 41041, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
(806)742-9010 -
Email
vnca@ttu.edu
