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Janice Bickerstaff Yeoman singing vocal solo

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Location of Service: Rhode Island; Massachusetts
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/5510

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"Looking back in my scrapbook, I'm learning more about what I really did than when I was doing it."

At the age of 3, Janice Bickerstaff began dancing, and by 13, she was talented enough to be a teacher and to join the only volunteer USO troupe in the country. Working from her hometown of Pawtucket, Bickerstaff performed with the Teens and Twenties, a group of young performers who traveled to bases in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, once even performing on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Essex. At the time, her focus was on the show; only now does she fully understand what a service she was performing.

Janice M. Yeoman Collection
Interview / Recording

More Resources

[ Certificate, Teen 'N'Twenty Show Unit, 1964. ]
[ Notes on Our USO Show "On Board" USS Essex ]
[ USO's 'Teen 'n' Twenty' Show Was Big Hit ]
[ Program, USO Teen 'n' Twenty Show ]

About this Item

Title

  • Janice M. Yeoman Collection

Names

  • Yeoman, Janice M.
  • Figi, Matt
  • Highland Historical Society
  • Govert, Julie K.

Home State

  • Illinois

Headings

  • -  Yeoman, Janice M.
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United Service Organizations (USO) -- Personal Narratives

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Female

Status

  • civilian

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Location of Service: Rhode Island; Massachusetts
    • Dates of Service: 1963-1968
    • Military Status: civilian

Materials

  • Manuscript: Correspondence [1 item] -- Handwritten document (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Other Manuscript Material [2 items] -- (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Clippings [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-11-29)
  • Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [6 items] -- Photograph (collected 1966-2002)
  • Audio: CD [ item] -- Reference copy (collected 2002-11-29; 2005-03-17)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/5510

Cite as

  • Janice M. Yeoman Collection (AFC/2001/001/5510), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • image

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Wars & Conflicts

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Gender

Home State

Interviewee

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Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

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Citing VHP Materials

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Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Yeoman, Janice M, Matt Figi, Highland Historical Society, and Julie K Govert. Janice M. Yeoman Collection. 1963. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.05510/.

APA citation style:

Yeoman, J. M., Figi, M., Highland Historical Society & Govert, J. K. (1963) Janice M. Yeoman Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.05510/.

MLA citation style:

Yeoman, Janice M, et al. Janice M. Yeoman Collection. 1963. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.05510/>.