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TRACES informationScope and Content
Two sided brochure for TRACES non- profit includes their Mission Statement, sponsors, activities and contact information.
TRACES
we bring HISTORY to LIFE!
Mission Statement:
TRACES is a non-profit educational organization created to gather, preserve and present stories of people from the Midwest and Germany or Austria who encountered each other during World War II. Many of these stories have lain beneath the dust left in the wake of a World War most never thought touched the American Heartland. TRACES brushes away that dust, unearthing an amazing legacy. As we learn about these stories, may we rise above and eventually defeat the prejudices, fears and conflicts that otherwise demean and destroy us.
Sponsors:
TRACES thanks the following sponsors:
Humanities Iowa
Iowa Arts Council
Thomas Bus Sales
Iowa Gold Star Military Museum
Firestone Agricultural Tire
International Committee of the Red Cross
Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Capital City Canvas
Activities:
TRACES "brings History to Life" by:
- giving multi-media presentations in schools, libraries and museums about Midwesterners' WWII experiences as those experiences related to their encounters with Germans or Austrians
- maintaining an extensive web site at www.TRACES.org
complete with download-able teaching materials
- creating exhibits, both stationary and mobile - such as that in the BUS-eum, a converted bus
- holding its World War II-Studies Conferences every Memorial Day weekend at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- publishing books of narrative history (e.g., relevant WWII diaries, articles, letters, photos, documents, etc.)
- bringing German tour groups to the Midwest and organizing tours for Midwesterners to Germany, Austria or the Czech Republic
- sponsoring annual German Culture Fests
- facilitating student and other Midwest-Germany exchanges.
Contact Information:
TRACES is a non-profit, tax-deductible organization. Its EIN # is 31-1815314. Make checks payable to TRACES. Michael Luick-Thrams is Executive Director.
110 South 9th Street
Clear Lake, Iowa 50428 USA
cell 515.250.3825
MichaelLuickThrams@yahoo.com
www.TRACES.orgAcquisition
Accession
2016.0068Source or Donor
Waupun Historical SocietyAcquisition Method
Collected by Staff
