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Bernadine Ann Haedecke Collection

 Unprocessed Material — Document folder: 1
Identifier: WV 0753

Content Description

Bernadine Ann Haedecke (1928-2005) of Schenectady, New York, served in the U.S. Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1950 to 1953 or 1954. Haedecke was born in Schenectady, New York on 1 August, 1928. In 1945 she graduated from Bassick High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut and then attended Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York from which she graduated in 1949. After teaching high school science and mathametics for a year, in 1950 she enlisted in the U.S. Women's Army Corps and attended Officer Candidate School a Fort Lee, Virginia. In 1954 she married George Hamilton Murphy. She died on 8 August 2005 in Eugene, Oregon.

Provenance

Purchased from eBay CNYC Collectibles.

Language of Description

English

Script of Description

Latin

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • 1950 - 1953

Extent

0.50 Linear Feet (1 document folder.)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

  • License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Inventory

Disassembled scrapbook includes photographs, WAC Officer training material, a recruiting radio script, and ephemera.