Funding will support an Oral History of Japanese Americans in Costilla County

The stories collected from the project will be archived at the Milton Mueller Library at Fort Garland Museum and the Stephen H. Hart Library and Archives at the History Colorado Center in Denver.  The project description and transcriptions will also be featured in an upcoming issue of the San Luis Valley Historian.  An exhibit documenting the project is planned at Fort Garland Museum to coincide with the journal publication.

To donate to this project on-line starting Wednesday, February 25, go to http://igg.me/at/oralhistory.  If you would prefer to donate by mail, send your check to: Friends of Fort Garland, P.O. Box 368, Fort Garland, CO 81133. 

If you have or know of anyone who has information that could contribute to this project, please contact Lorrie Crawford, Project Administrator, at lorrie_crawford@hotmail.com or at 719-376-2520. 

Please consider a donation to the Journey of 6000 Miles: an Oral History of Japanese Americans in Costilla County project.  Your tax deductible contribution will help us document this important segment of the history of Costilla County. 

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Anita McDaniel
Director, Fort Garland Museum
719-379-3512 (direct)
Anita.mcdaniel@state.co.us

Deborah Radman
Director of Public Relations
deborah.radman@state.co.us
303-866-3670 (direct)