Jean Heringman Willacy Papers
Content Description
The papers of Jean Heringman Willacy document her interest and travel in Afghanistan beginning in 1967 along with her work supporting Afghan refugees after the Soviet invasion. The collection includes photographs, slides, and digital copies of slides donated to the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University along with drawings by Afghan refugee children about their war experiences, a speech for Save the Children, postcards, pamphlets, booklets, reports, newsletters, correspondence, calendars (National Islamic Front of Afghanistan, Austrian Relief Committee for Afghan Refugees, and Afghan media Resource Center), and other material.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1960-1998
Creator
- Willacy, Jean Heringman (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
The Conditions Governing Access policy of UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections is available at https://www.unomaha.edu/criss-library/about-us/library-policies/archives-policies.php.
Conditions Governing Use
Donor retained copyright.
The Conditions Governing Use policy of UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections is available at https://www.unomaha.edu/criss-library/about-us/library-policies/archives-policies.php.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (1 box) : slides, photographs, correspondence, drawings
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Collection has not yet been arranged and described.
Custodial History
Donated by Sue Heringman, daughter of Jean Heringman Willacy. Heringman inherited the material on August 4, 2004.
Existence and Location of Originals
Sue Heringman donated her mother's collection of almost 3,000 slides and copies of the refugee children's drawings to the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University (ACKU) prior to donating original material and copies of the slides to UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections in August 2020.
General
Donation made in honor of Jean Heringman Willacy.
Source
- Heringman, Sue (Donor, Person)
Genre / Form
- administrative reports
- calendars
- Correspondence
- drawings (visual works)
- newsletters
- pamphlets
- personal papers
- Photographs
- picture postcards
- slides (photographs)
Geographic
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
- Afghanistan -- In art
- Afghanistan -- Photographs
Topical
- Title
- Jean Heringman Willacy Papers
- Author
- Amy Schindler; Angela Kroeger
- Date
- 2021-11-02
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections Repository
Archives & Special Collections
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
6001 Dodge St.
Omaha Nebraska 68182-0237 United States
402-554-6046
unoasc@unomaha.edu
