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Papers regarding Thomas W. Bennett (1947-1969), a West Virginia University student who won a Congressional Medal of Honor for his services as a U.S. Army medic during the Vietnam War. He performed duties as a conscientious objector willing to serve. The microfilmed collection includes personal letters, programs, magazine articles, and other papers relating to his life and death. Most of the letters were written by Bennett, his parents, other relatives, and friends while Bennett was in the U.S. Army, including his training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and his later service in Vietnam. There are also letters dating from the years before he joined the U.S. Army. Programs document the presentation of the Congressional Medal of Honor on 7 April 1970, and the dedication of Bennett Barracks, Fort Belvoir, Virginia on 1 November 1979. Magazine articles and other papers were compiled after Bennett's death and describe his life in Morgantown, life in the Army, the circumstances surrounding his death, and his religious and philosophical views in terms of serving as an example for young people. Also includes addendum of research papers of Bonni McKeown for her book "Peaceful Patriot" (published in 1980), a biography of Thomas W. Bennett. This addendum includes complete transcripts of tape recordings Bennett made when in Vietnam.

Through Women's Eyes: Southeast Asian American Women's Stories contains materials that tell the stories of Southeast Asian American women who were born in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, or Vietnam and migrated to the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area in their young adult years during the 1970s-1990s. This oral history project, conducted in the early 1990s, aims to describe what caused these women to move and their transition into American culture and life while keeping their native customs alive in their homes. The project was made into an temportary independent exhibit for the Smithsonian in 2016.