CRIS Radio, the IDEAL Group, and the Connecticut State Library (CSL) worked together on a collaborative pilot project to improve access to archival records and historical documents for individuals who are blind or unable to read due to other disabilities. This partnership integrates CRIS Radio’s recordings of historical primary documents archived by the Connecticut State Library’s World War I collections with IDEAL Group’s eReading and Knowledge-Discovery online and Web-based technology, a tool that significantly improves searching historical primary source documents.

Voices of World War I includes original publications, diaries of Connecticut servicemen, and letters home from servicemen. Included are the letters from Sergeant Paul Maynard, and in this video, his grandniece, Lisa Ann Maynard, tells his story.