The collection consists of correspondence, poetry manuscripts, and ephemera related to the 1987 St Lawrence University David B. Steinman Festival of the Arts entitled “Art and the Vietnam Experience.” The collection consists mostly of unpublished poem manuscripts written by people who served in the armed forces during the Vietnam War.
Collection Overview
The Steinman Vietnam Veteran Poetry Collection consists of correspondence, poetry manuscripts, and ephemera related to the 1987 St. Lawrence University David B. Steinman Festival of the Arts entitled “Art and the Vietnam Experience.” The collection consists mostly of unpublished poem manuscripts written by people who served in the armed forces during the Vietnam War. One hundred and forty veterans submitted poems for consideration for publication through the Steinman Festival and themes represented in the poems include combat experience, comradery, death, estrangement, alienation, guilt, returning home, on war, patriotism, post-war experience, and religion and spirituality.