The Memory-Keeping Daughter: Exploring Object Stories and Family Legacies From America's Modern Wars
Document Type
Article
Author ORCID Identifier
Susan R. Grayzel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3437-8848
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Genealogy
Volume
8
Issue
3
Publisher
MDPI AG
Publication Date
7-25-2024
Journal Article Version
Version of Record
First Page
1
Last Page
13
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Abstract
This essay demonstrates how wartime objects can have a special resonance in families as keepers of memory, and it especially explores the role of daughters of military participants in preserving the artifacts of their veteran fathers. Using several case studies from a recent public history project collecting objects and object stories in the American southwest, it argues that a focus on daughters as caretakers of family military history offers a new way to engage with descendants' histories by showing how the work of such women can contribute to our understanding of modern war and its legacies.
Recommended Citation
Grayzel, Susan R. 2024. The Memory-Keeping Daughter: Exploring Object Stories and Family Legacies from America's Modern Wars. Genealogy 8: 96. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy8030096
