Why Preserve Your History

         The history of each individual is both personal and collective.   
        Personal histories allow us to capture the cultural, social,
        and political beliefs of a single person, and of a generation.  
        They contribute greatly to our understanding
        of ourselves, our families, and our places in history.

        Personal histories provide a lasting statement of one’s
        moral beliefs, as well as a family health record.
        They create a permanent record of our life achievements,
        including the challenges and sorrows that often characterize daily life.

        Personal histories preserve the voices of individuals
        that would otherwise be lost to time.
        They offer an invaluable opportunity to understand
        how past events and everyday life were perceived and experienced
        by individuals in all imaginable settings.  

        American Life Publishers is dedicated to the advancement
        of preserving personal histories as a means of ensuring
        that the irreplaceable voices and experiences
        of one generation are available for the next.  
        Our mission is to develop a greater public awareness
        of the unique role that each individual plays
        in creating the larger narrative we call history.
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Photos drawn from Florida Memory, State Library and Archives of Florida and U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
U.S. Marine prepares for the arrival of refugees, Key West 1980
Hurricane Betsy, Miami 1965.
Who says Jews can't farm? Hightstown, NJ 1936
Children attending the March on Washington 1963
At work on the USS George Washington Carver, CA 1943
Irish policeman with child, Central Park, NY 1942
Wedding Day, 1924
Cousins, 1992
Histories Undocumented Become Histories Forgotten