We Won?t Go! (And We Don?t Want You To Go, Either): Oral History
To document in 10 oral history interviews the history of Vietnam War draft board raiders and draft resisters in Minnesota.
$4,500,000 the first year and $6,500,000 the second year are for history programs and projects operated or conducted by or through local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Funds are to be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer these funds using established grant mechanisms, with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
Available upon request. grants@mnhs.org
Short Term:
Nine of the ten proposed oral histories were completed, and that was all that were possible
due to the untimely death of one of the projected interviewees.
Intermediate Term:
Both proposed, adviser reviews of the projected have been were completed. Determination of
the value of the interviews for further publication is positive in both reviews.
Long Term:
Increased depth of public knowledge concerning the Vietnam War resistance movement,
together with its historical, political. social, and moral significance is assured by both the
quality and depth of the interviews.
The audio and transcribed interviews have been filed at the Department of Archives and Special
Collections, Anderson Library, University of Minnesota.
A public presentation of interview results to the MISF community will be scheduled in the
future.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org
Advisory Council: David Juncker, Joseph Amato, Dale Schwie