Chapman University’s massive collection of letters from every war involving U.S. troops is a big step closer to being digitized so it can be accessed online by students, historians and others seeking to learn from the poignant writings.
A $40,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will enable the University to begin digitizing some of the 100,000-plus letters and emails by servicemen and women in Chapman’s Center for American War Letters.
The grant dovetails with the University’s new master’s program in war and society that debuts in the fall and the announcement that Jennifer Keene, Ph.D., chair of the Department of History, has been elected vice president of the Society for Military History, an international organization of scholars.
The lion’s share of the war letters were donated to Chapman by Chancellor’s Fellow Andrew Carroll, editor of several New York Times bestsellers, including War Letters.
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