United States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Angelyn Giles Kelly Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0006
Content Description
The collection includes photographs of Kelly's Coast Guard SPARS service, circa 1944-1945; newspaper publication featuring Kelly with Tennessee SPARS, undated.
Dates:
circa 1944 - 1946
Sherley Mae White Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0485
Abstract
Sherley Mae White (1923-2014) served in the Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard (SPARS) from 1943-1945. She served as a drum major for the SPARS marching band at the Biltmore Training Station in Palm Beach, Florida. She later transferred to the Coast Guard Base in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Dates:
1943-1945; Other: Date acquired: 05/06/2010
Women Veterans General Printed Materials and Video Recordings Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0002
Abstract
Recruiting brochures, publications, manuals and guides, postcards, ephemeral materials, posters, and video recordings purchased by University Archives and Manuscripts on a continuing basis supplement and complement the individual veterans collections in the Women Veterans Historical Collection. This collection includes various types of printed materials dating from 1864, and then World War I to 2018. The majority is from the Women's Army Corps, Women's Air Force, WAVES (Women Accepted for...
Dates:
1864, 1918-2018; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1949
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- Women and the military 2
- Afghan War, 2001- 1
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Female 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Women -- United States 1
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Participation, Female 1
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Women -- United States 1
- United States. Coast Guard. 1
- United States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve -- Uniforms 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Female 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Women 1
- Woman's College of the University of North Carolina -- Alumni and alumnae 1
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 1
- Women sailors -- United States 1
- Women veterans 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 + ∧ less
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