<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<item xmlns="http://omeka.org/schemas/omeka-xml/v5" itemId="1436" public="1" featured="0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://omeka.org/schemas/omeka-xml/v5 http://omeka.org/schemas/omeka-xml/v5/omeka-xml-5-0.xsd" uri="https://lplks.omeka.net/items/show/1436?output=omeka-xml" accessDate="2026-04-23T03:46:18+00:00">
  <collection collectionId="15">
    <elementSetContainer>
      <elementSet elementSetId="1">
        <name>Dublin Core</name>
        <description>The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.</description>
        <elementContainer>
          <element elementId="50">
            <name>Title</name>
            <description>A name given to the resource</description>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="134">
                <text>Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers the World War II Years Project</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="49">
            <name>Subject</name>
            <description>The topic of the resource</description>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="135">
                <text>Douglas County (Kan.)</text>
              </elementText>
              <elementText elementTextId="136">
                <text>World War, 1939-1945.</text>
              </elementText>
              <elementText elementTextId="137">
                <text>Veterans.</text>
              </elementText>
              <elementText elementTextId="138">
                <text>Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.) </text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="44">
            <name>Language</name>
            <description>A language of the resource</description>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="139">
                <text>English</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="41">
            <name>Description</name>
            <description>An account of the resource</description>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="140">
                <text>In 2003, the Lawrence Public Library partnered with the Dole Institute of Politics and Haskell University to capture the histories of Douglas County’s World War II veterans in the Lawrence Remembers the World War II Years Project. From 2005 to 2007, the Lawrence Public Library, the Watkins Museum of History, and the Kansas State Historical Society also embarked on a similar endeavor, the Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project, which was funded by the Kansas State Legislature. This collection contains many of the video recordings and more information about the interviews conducted for these projects.</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
        </elementContainer>
      </elementSet>
    </elementSetContainer>
  </collection>
  <itemType itemTypeId="4">
    <name>Oral History</name>
    <description>A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.</description>
    <elementContainer>
      <element elementId="2">
        <name>Interviewer</name>
        <description>The person(s) performing the interview</description>
        <elementTextContainer>
          <elementText elementTextId="31807">
            <text>Grubbs, Brian</text>
          </elementText>
        </elementTextContainer>
      </element>
      <element elementId="3">
        <name>Interviewee</name>
        <description>The person(s) being interviewed</description>
        <elementTextContainer>
          <elementText elementTextId="31808">
            <text>Metzger, Marvin</text>
          </elementText>
        </elementTextContainer>
      </element>
      <element elementId="4">
        <name>Location</name>
        <description>The location of the interview</description>
        <elementTextContainer>
          <elementText elementTextId="31809">
            <text>Lawrence (Kan.)</text>
          </elementText>
        </elementTextContainer>
      </element>
      <element elementId="5">
        <name>Transcription</name>
        <description>Any written text transcribed from a sound</description>
        <elementTextContainer>
          <elementText elementTextId="31810">
            <text>&lt;a href="https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/214321"&gt;https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/214321&lt;/a&gt;</text>
          </elementText>
        </elementTextContainer>
      </element>
      <element elementId="7">
        <name>Original Format</name>
        <description>The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data</description>
        <elementTextContainer>
          <elementText elementTextId="31811">
            <text>VHS</text>
          </elementText>
        </elementTextContainer>
      </element>
      <element elementId="11">
        <name>Duration</name>
        <description>Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.)</description>
        <elementTextContainer>
          <elementText elementTextId="31812">
            <text>2:36:29</text>
          </elementText>
        </elementTextContainer>
      </element>
      <element elementId="15">
        <name>Bit Rate/Frequency</name>
        <description>Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio)</description>
        <elementTextContainer>
          <elementText elementTextId="31813">
            <text>127 kbit/s (audio)</text>
          </elementText>
          <elementText elementTextId="31814">
            <text>1642 kbit/s (video)</text>
          </elementText>
        </elementTextContainer>
      </element>
    </elementContainer>
  </itemType>
  <elementSetContainer>
    <elementSet elementSetId="1">
      <name>Dublin Core</name>
      <description>The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.</description>
      <elementContainer>
        <element elementId="50">
          <name>Title</name>
          <description>A name given to the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31781">
              <text>Marvin Metzger World War II Interview</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="39">
          <name>Creator</name>
          <description>An entity primarily responsible for making the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31782">
              <text>Metzger, Marvin</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="41">
          <name>Description</name>
          <description>An account of the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31783">
              <text>Marvin Metzger enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942. He served in the Fox Company of the Third Marines. Interviewed by Brian Grubbs on June 27, 2007, Metzger talked about his military experiences during the Second World War. Metzger was born on January 20, 1922, in Ozawkie, Kansas. He completed basic training at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, CA. He then worked guard duty at the submarine base on Mare Island in San Francisco Bay. In 1943, Metzger went to the Pacific. He went to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal), Bougainville, Guam, and several other islands. Following Japan’s surrender, Metzger was stationed at the Fallbrook Naval Ammunition Depot in California for about seven months before being discharged. Metzger passed away on August 22, 2015.</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="37">
          <name>Contributor</name>
          <description>An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31784">
              <text>Grubbs, Brian</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="31785">
              <text>Kansas State Historical Society</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="38">
          <name>Coverage</name>
          <description>The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31786">
              <text>Solomon Islands</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="31787">
              <text>1942 - 1946</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="40">
          <name>Date</name>
          <description>A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31788">
              <text>2007-06-27</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="42">
          <name>Format</name>
          <description>The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31789">
              <text>MP4</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="43">
          <name>Identifier</name>
          <description>An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31790">
              <text>Metzger_Marvin WWII Interview</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="44">
          <name>Language</name>
          <description>A language of the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31791">
              <text>eng</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="45">
          <name>Publisher</name>
          <description>An entity responsible for making the resource available</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31792">
              <text>Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="46">
          <name>Relation</name>
          <description>A related resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31793">
              <text>To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: &lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/metzger-marvin-wwii-interview"&gt;https://archive.org/details/metzger-marvin-wwii-interview&lt;/a&gt;</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="31794">
              <text>Obituary: &lt;a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151264375/marvin-harold-metzger"&gt;https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151264375/marvin-harold-metzger&lt;/a&gt;</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="31795">
              <text>The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="31796">
              <text>Transcripts for this project are available through the Kansas Memory Digital Collection: &lt;a href="https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/214321"&gt;https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/214321&lt;/a&gt;</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="31797">
              <text>Other resources for interviews with World War II veterans are available through the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project: &lt;a href="https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.html"&gt;https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.htm&lt;/a&gt;</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="47">
          <name>Rights</name>
          <description>Information about rights held in and over the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31798">
              <text>The original copy of this video is available through the Lawrence Public Library. The Watkins Museum of History and the Kansas State Historical Society also have interviews associated with this project, which was funded through a grant program passed by the Kansas State Legislature in 2005. Researchers are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions for uses other than educational or scholarly research. Contact the Watkins Museum of History for additional information: &lt;a href="https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/"&gt;https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/&lt;/a&gt;</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="48">
          <name>Source</name>
          <description>A related resource from which the described resource is derived</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31799">
              <text>Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="49">
          <name>Subject</name>
          <description>The topic of the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31800">
              <text>World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="31801">
              <text>United States -- History, Military.</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="31802">
              <text>World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Interviews.</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="31803">
              <text>Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="31804">
              <text>United States. Marine Corps -- History.</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="31805">
              <text>World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="51">
          <name>Type</name>
          <description>The nature or genre of the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="31806">
              <text>Oral History</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
      </elementContainer>
    </elementSet>
  </elementSetContainer>
</item>
