Archiving Military History Resources
As the Society of Military History, our mission is “to stimulate and advance the study of military history, especially that of the United States, and to diffuse knowledge thereof by publications, displays, and otherwise.”
We believe that such study requires the preservation of and access to records and publications.
In the furtherance of that mission, the Society has undertaken an archive effort to preserve materials and publications removed from federal and state entities since January 2015 that are materially relevant to the conduct of military history, in the arenas of research, publication, dissemination, and teaching. Persons with access to deleted materials are encouraged to send unaltered copies (or at least links to currently active web archived copies such as the Wayback Machine, etc.) to SocMilHist@proton.me. The SMH will list those materials and make them publicly available.
Alternatively, files may be directly (and anonymously) uploaded below simply by dragging your file into the upload space and clicking the Upload button. You may enter your name, your email, and something about the file you are uploading, but you do not have to. Finally, answer the simple math problem to prove you are a human! If the form doesn't work for you, please contact the Society at SocMilHist@proton.me.
Members with knowledge of other actions, to include archive deletions, exhibit alterations, publication removal are encouraged to report them (anonymously if need be) to SMH leadership using this linked form. The SMH will try to verify all submitted information, and will indicate as such on the list. If materials are restored to public view or access we ask the members to let us know via the same form, and we will update the list accordingly.
All submissions should be solely related to the practice of military history.
IMPORTANT: In the "Notes" section below, please include as many of these relevant items as possible:
- a full citation
- URL where the resource was housed
- URL where the resources was relocated (If the resource was removed and restored to a different URL)
- information about the resource itself
- any other information which seems relevant.
