William E. Kirkland Collection (278) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 2780000000
- Collection
- William E. Kirkland Collection
- Association
- Tet '68 Association
- Title
- Finding Aid
- Linear Feet
- 5.0
- Pages
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- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: 08 January 2002
Scope and Contents
Approximately five linear feet of books, photographs, museum objects, VHS tapes, audio cassette tapes, newsletters, periodicals, posters, newspaper clippings and depositions document various topics related to the Vietnam Conflict. The depositions are the Senate hearings of the case of Robert Garwood from 1992. Most other materials also date from the post-war period and include materials on the Vietnam War Memorial, the 9th Infantry Division, and Tet '68 Association.- 3
- Books
POW / MIAs: Report of the Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate (13 Jan 1993)
Vietnam Veterans Parade - Chicago 1986 by Tom Conroy (photographs) and Kris Colt (text)
Nam Vet: Making Peace with Your Past by Chuck Dean
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- Photographs
VA044090-VA044098, VA045253 ;
VA045253 ;
VA049801-VA049809, VA049813: 10 photographs of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ;
VA050210: dog drinking a beer at a military base ;
VA049811: Pleiku RVN 67-68 ;
VA049812: Clarence Humble, Baltimore, MD, Ft. Lee - 66-67, Pleiku RVN 67-68 ;
VA049265-VA049279: 15 Photographs of a Veteran's Parade in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1986 ;
VA056421: Photograph of William E. Kirkland at Camp Enari, Pleiku, November 1967 ;
VA064095-VA064096: Victoria E. Hague, Chrystin Garland ;
VA064097 - Michael McLane Maurer (2006) ;
VAN007754 -VAN007776, VAN011617-VAN011638. VAN019546-VAN019582: 16 Strips of negatives, including 10 negative strips of a Veteran's Parade in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1986
2 Panoramic photographs from a Tet Association Reunion, 1988 ;
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- Posters
Poster containing unit isignias which designate where the units were located in Vietnam (Section 12, Drawer 8, Folder 1)
Poster titled "It's Time To Bring Them Home" (Section 12, Drawer 8, Folder 1)
Poster titled "United States Army Airborne" (Section 12, Drawer 8, Folder 1)
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- Museum Objects
14 T-shirts
278museum2920: Coastal Surveillance Force Operation Market Time patch
278museum2921: Mobile Riverine Force, Vietnam patch
278museum2922: River Patrol Force TF-116 patch
278museum2923: U.S. Coast Guard Vietnam Veteran patch
278museum2924: U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam patch
278museum2925: Tet '68 Coffee Mug
278museum2926: Tet '68 Reunion Commemorative Coin
278museum2927: Tet '68 Pen
278museum2929: Poster board containing unit patches designating where the units were located in Vietnam
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- Moving Images
36 VHS tapes 278VI2168 through 278VI22036
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- Audio
9 Audio cassette tapes 278AU2087 through 278AU2095
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- Newsletters
The Journey (March 1997)
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- Serials
Ebony: 1991: February;
Military: 1990: February; 1991: February, August (6 copies); 1992: December; 1995: February;
Richmond Times Dispatch: 1992: September 27;
Time: 2001: May 7;
Veterans Journal: 1996: Summer, Fall; 1998: Spring;
Veterans Outlook: 1988: February; 1990: March (2 copies); 1991: May
VFW: 1993: March;
Vietnam: 1988: Summer (2 copies), Fall, Winter; 1989: Spring (3 copies), August, October, December; 1990: February (2 copies), April, June, August, October, December; 1991: February, April, June, August, October, December; 1992: February, April, June, August, October, December; 1993: February (2 copies), April, June, August, October, December; 1994: February (2 copies), April, June, August, October, December; 1995: February, April (2 copies), June, August, October, December; 1996: February, April, June, August, October, December; 1997: February, April, June, August, October, December; 1998: February, August;
Washington Post Magazine: 1989: November 5
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- Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D055.2 ]]
- 2: [Barcode: 2] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D055.2 ]]
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Transcript, Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate Deposition of Robert Garwood. Pt. 1 of 2 pp. 1-314 21-23 Jan 1992
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Transcript, Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate Deposition of Robert Garwood. Pt. 2 of 2 pp. 315-486 21-23 Jan 1992
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Transcript, Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate Deposition of Robert Garwood. Copy 2 pp. 186-354. 21-23 Jan 1992
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Transcript, Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate Deposition of Robert Garwood. Copy 3 pp. 186-287. 21-23 Jan 1992
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Transcript, Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate Deposition of Benjamin Rivers Ogburn RE: Robert Garwood 23 Nov 1992, List of Depositions (2 copies)
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Draft, Preliminary Inventory: Records of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs 102nd Congress (1991-1992)
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Correspondence, National Archives researchers instructions and ID. Research notes
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Photocopy of "A Clear Case of Overt Treason," August 14, 1972
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Program for the Dedication Service for The Little Sanctuary at St. Albans School, November 11, 1989
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Songs for Rally, Festival Park, March 23, 1991
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Pamphlet for Arlington National Cemetary
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Vietnam Veteran Products, Catalog Number 10, 1996-1998
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D & G Enterprises Catalog
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Flyer from International Images, Inc. - A Tribute to Those Who Served in Vietnam
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Small Notebook kept by Kirkland in Vietnam. Contains notes on his activities including travel information.
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Republican State Convention Souvenir Program from JUne 12-13, 1964 at Richmond, Virginia
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Correspondence
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Vietnam Veterans Locator: Report of Military and Civilian Personnel Listed as POW, Captured, or Missing in Action in Southeast Asia, 1961-1979
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Newspaper clippings and articles
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Brochures, Pamphlets, Programs
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Vietnan War Medal of Honor Recipients (Internet printouts)
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Tet '68 Inc. Material
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Assorted Material
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Tet '68 nametag for Kirkland
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Vietnam Wall Rubbings
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9th Infantry Division Mekong Delta River Raiders (1967-1968) contact list. Original in Restricted Access File
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First Vietnam Veterans Advocate National COnvention Poem by Steve Mason (7 Nov 1983)
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Excerpt from SBA (Small Business Administration) News (21 March 1988)
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POW Network Internet Printout
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Cover of JET Magazine featuring General Colin Powell (7 Sept 1992)
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Senator L. Douglas Wilder political campaign material
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POW/MIA awareness material
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Ace of Spades death cards
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POW/MIA Silhouette
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Internet communiques and articles regarding John Kerry and the 2004 election and the USS Mayaguez Incident
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Material regarding 'A Thousand Tears Falling' by Yung Krall
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Colonel John Ripley
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Smithsonian Institute Project on the Vietnam Generation
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Sergeant Major Joseph Lupyak
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An Examination of US Policy Toward POW/MIAs by the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Republican Staff (23 May 1993) (2 copies)
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Funeral Memorial Service Program for Dennis Ivan Davis (12 Jan 2003)
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Funeral Memorial Service Program for Admiral Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Jr. (2 Jan 2000)
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POW/MIA Vigils of Remembrance programs (2002-2006)
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The Wall Experience Program (7 June 1991)
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Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Thirty Years Later Program (29 Aug through 12 Nov 2002) (2 copies)
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Military Reunion Groups brochure
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge Dedication Ceremony Program (20 Sept 2002)
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Vietnam Booklist
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Copy of a photograph of William E. Kirkland and the flag presented to the Virginia War Memorial for their ceiling display of unit flags
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City of Hamptom, Virginia, Proclamation (3-5 Feb 2006)
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Newpaper clippings
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"Grunts" 1988 Calendar
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"Boycott Jane Fonda" bumper sticker
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Materials from Tet '68 reunion in February 2007
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Army Medical Service Records for Co. d 4th Medical Batt. 4th Inf. Div.
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U.S. Labor Department brochure titled: The Right Job
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U.S. Civil Service Comission pamphlet titled: Opportunities in the Federal Service for Vietnam Era Veterans
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U.S. Department of Labor note for the returning Vietnam Veteran
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Command Information Fact Sheet
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Department of the Army Mobilization Designation Nomination
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Ace of Spades Death cards
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Essays and thank you letters from the Tet '68 2006 scholarship winners
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2780000000
- Citation
- William E. Kirkland Collection (278) Finding Aid, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2780000000, Accessed 10 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 2780000000, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 07 Jan 2002 [Updated: 03 Oct 2025]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
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Email
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