Behind the Mask:  Real Stories from NIH Employees and Contractors during the COVID-19 Pandemic

About

Since January of 2020, NIH has been on the forefront of researching, combatingcombatting, and providing information about COVID-19. For most of us, the virus has impacted how we are able to perform our jobs. The NIH Office of History and Stetten Museum is launching a campus-wide initiative to encourage NIH government employees, contractors, and volunteers to submit documentation about their professional and personal experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak. While official records will be preserved according to federal regulations, there are no such provisions in place to ensure that personal reactions will be captured that give a more collective account about NIH and its response to the virus. Your contribution will be the primary source material future historians will use to understand how NIH fared and adapted at this critical time.

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• Video
• Audio recordings
• Photography
• Journal entries
• Poetry
• Prose
• Artwork
• Social media posts
• Spreadsheets
• Websites/Blogs

Submit Your Story

Share your reflections

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and submit any digital files that document your experience with COVID-19 with this form. Answer as many or as few questions as you would like. Be sure to read the permission agreements

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at the end of the form. Your consent allows us to use your materials online, in exhibits, and in publications as well as add them to our collection. If others collaborate with you on creating materials, they should demonstrate their consent by filling out the same online form with the title of the resource. Only one person needs to submit the file

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Note: The Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum needs written permission from anyone that appears in a photograph, video, audio recording, website page, or social media post to fully display the content on our website, in publications, and in physical and digital exhibits. If children appear in photographs or videos, their legal guardians must submit their approval for these files to be used by the Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum.

Donate Non-Digital Materials

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Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum
Attn: Gabrielle Barr
Building 60| Suite 230
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20814-1460

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The Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum has the right to reject any submission or component of a submission that it considers duplicative, inappropriate, or outside the scope of the project. 

Contact for More Information

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