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Publications, 1864 - 2012, bulk: 1940 - 1949

 Series
Identifier: WV 0002- Series 2

Scope and Contents

Booklets, articles, newsletters, bulletins, and magazines that pertain to women in the armed forces. Booklets include items such as souvenir programs from training schools, memoirs, yearbooks, and brief histories of units or branches, such as the women Marines. The issues of The Army Nurse were written by the Nursing Division Office of the Surgeon General as publications for and about Army Nurses, Dieticians, Physical Therapists, and Occupational Therapy Aides. Red Cross booklets include an annual report and a history of women's work during World War I. Articles written in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century trace the history of women's uniforms in the Women's Army Corps and the Red Cross, while prints from a book depict the history of Navy uniforms. Newsletters and bulletins or magazines consist of single or several issues of publications such as Liberty, Life, Yank, various WAVES newsletters, the 15 December 1945 issue of Thayer Fare Weekly Publication Thayer General Hospital,The Chowan Leatherneck, Army Life, the 1943 Saturday Evening Post issue with the Norman Rockwell "Rosie the Riveter" cover, and Red Cross Magazine. Included under general services is I’ll Soon Come Back to you Sweetheart! A Servicewoman’s Fun Book, 1944 and several issues of the Women's Memorial newsletter, The Register. There is a 18 March 1864 copy of The New York Tribune which include a short article reporting about Frances Hook who disguised herself as a man to fight with the Union forces. Also included are a 1970s guide for commanders and supervisors of women in the army, and two publications from the 2000s published by the Vietnam Veterans of America, about the Vietnam War and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Also included is a SPARS songbook.

Dates

  • 1864 - 2012
  • Majority of material found within 1940 - 1949

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 8.00 Linear Feet (13 boxes and Cabinet 1: Drawers D-I)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository

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