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03. Women Veterans

 Record Group
Identifier: 03

Found in 727 Collections and/or Records:

Mary J. Hill Letters

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0422
Scope and Contents

This collection contains eight letters written by Hill and one by her huysband Sgt. Willis Hill to their daughters Ella and Josephine. The letters contain information about the life of a Civil War nurse, the feelings of loneliness and sorry at being seperated from her family, and the soliders and staff she knew at the hospital.

Dates: 1865; Other: Date acquired: 03/09/2008

Nancy Riddle Hinchliffe Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0064
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 17 April 1999; various military papers from Hinchliffe's Women's Auxiliary Army Corps and Women's Army Corps, 1943-1945; copies of "The Flyer: Publication Dedicated to the Service of Selfridge Field Personnel," publication, 13 May-5 August 1943; various personal papers, 1944-1945; various photographs of Hinchliffe during her service, 1944-1945.

Dates: circa 1943-1999

Mary (Larry) Young Hines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0591
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 3 August 2015; scans of photographs of Hines American Red Cross service, 1968-69.

Dates: circa 1968 to 1969

Christy Diaz Hinnant Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0576
Content Description

The collection includes a 17 December 2014 and 16 June 2015 oral history transcript.

Dates: 2014 December 17

Frances M. Hobbins Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0054
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 18 March 1999; various photographs of Hobbins WAVES service and with Dorion Tam, a man she "Freed to Fight" in Hawaii, 1945-1997.

Dates: circa 1945 - 1999

Margery Holben Moore Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0656
Scope and Contents

This collection includes photographs, newspaper clippings, digital interview, logbooks, military papers, and uniform (1 jacket, 2 skirts, and 1 beret).

Dates: 2000-2001

Mabel R. Holmes Record Book

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0414
Abstract

Mabel R. Holmes served in the United States Army Nurse Corps during World War I. Holmes was given the assignment as Chief Army Nurse on September 19, 1918. On July 7, 1919, she worked at the Base Hospital at Camp Lee in Virginia.

Dates: 1918; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2007

Ava Caudle Honeycutt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0438
Content Description

Ava Honeycutt of Anson County, North Carolina, served in the United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during WWII.

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 22 November 2008; Hand-colored portrait photograph of Ava Caudle Honeycutt,circa 1944.

Dates: circa 1940s - 2008 November 22

Dorothy Hoover Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0170
Content Description This collection includes 5 June 2000 oral history transcript; Newspaper articles circa 1940's and 1977; copy of Basic Training Squadron 2 Flights A and B Class 1944; official national aeronautic associaton publication- airplane specs, 1949; original WASP songbook; original fundamentals of air fighting booklet; photographs of Dorothy posing in and on airplanes in her WASP uniform circa 1943; Federal Aviation Regulations booklets, 1963; Basic Flying Manual, undated; Flight Instructors Manual,...
Dates: 1940-1976

Gail S. Enter Horn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0514
Content Description

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 11 April 2011; "Diamond in the Ruff" class 4029 flag circa 1993-1994; graduation invitation; photographs; cd of photographs.

Dates: 1994-2011

Mary Laura Horner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0477
Abstract

Mary Laura Horner served in the U.S. Navy WAVES during World War II. Horner attended boot camp at the U.S. Naval Training School in the Bronx, New York. The collection includes her recruitment papers and documents of religious services held at the Training School.

Dates: 1943 July 29 to 1943 August 1

Evelyn E. Horton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0381
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, military papers, photographs, and writings by Evelyn Horton. Most of the correspondence is written by Evelyn to her parents back home in Massachusetts. However, there are a few letters from WAC friends and one letter from her brother. The photographs include pictures from before Evelyn joined the WAC; photographs of her in uniform at Camp Pickett, Virginia; Evelyn costumed as "Miss Liberty" for the U.S. Army musical revue Sandsations of 1944; other...
Dates: 1925-1948

Joan R. Kammer Horton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0155
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 20 December 2000; various photographs of Horton during her service and wedding, 1953-1957; newspaper clipping copies of Horton's sharpshooter abilities, 1954-1956; navy blue marine service cap; green cap; green blouse with 2 green light weight jackets; olive green neck tie; green cloth wallet; green lined hooded trench coat.

Dates: 1953-2000

Agnes "Scottie" Hudson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0339
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an interview, textiles, and photographs.

Dates: Other: 1961 - 2008

Anne Huheey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0314
Scope and Contents Letters to family and friends chiefly document Anne Huheey's service with the American Expeditionary Forces in the spring of 1919. Repeated themes include news of family and friends, both those at home and other nurses serving overseas; the weather; various illnesses; and diversions such as horseback riding and tennis. Hospital wards and patients are occasionally mentioned.Also included are letters from friends serving overseas. Letters from her female friends describe a dance;...
Dates: 1918-1919

Marthalou Hunter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0105
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 13 October 1999; various photographs of Hunter during her service for Women's Army Corps, 1943-1945; various poetry written by Hunter.

Dates: circa 1943-1999

Yardley Nelson Hunter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0503
Content Description

Dr. Yardley Nelson Hunter (b. 1953), of Buffalo, New York, served as an officer in public relations in the United States Air Force and the Air National Guard from 1975 through 1997. Hunter was one of the first female officers to enter the Air Force Academy.

This collection includes October 2010 oral history transcript; a name tag from the Air Force Academy.

Dates: circa 1970s - 2010

Portia Hunter Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0268
Content Description

This collection includes Correspondence from Hunter to her brother, January 1944 to March 1945; Correspondence to Evelyn Crick Hunter from her siblings Don and Genny Crick. SEE ALSO the Genevieve Crick collection.

Dates: 1944-1945

Grace Illman Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0338
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 17 January 2006.

Dates: 2006 January 17

Henrietta Stevenson Ingram Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0030
Content Description

The collection includes photographs of Ingram while stationed at Douglas Army Air Force Base, AZ, March 1944; an oral history transcript, 3 February 1999.

Dates: 1944-1999

Paula Silverman Isenberg Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0507
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 2 February 2011.

Dates: 2011 February 2

Marjorie L. Jackson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0342
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 123 letters written by Jackson to her fiance, Henry Heusinkveld, from February through August 1945, while Jackson was stationed in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and later, Louisville, Kentucky. While the letters contain some information on Jackson's day-to-day life as a WAC, they focus primarily on the couple's personal relationship.

Dates: 1945

Wilma Leona Jackson Uniform Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0358
Abstract

Wilma Leona Jackson served in the Navy Nurse Corps from 1936-1958. She served as the third director of the Navy Nurse Corps from 1954-1958. The collection consists of navy uniforms and uniform accessories.

Dates: 1954 - 1958

M.V. Ginger Jacocks Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0518
Content Description

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 6 May 2011; various scanned photographs, circa 1990-1997.

Dates: 1990-2011

Patsy James Letter

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0394
Content Description

The collection includes a June 1944 letter addressed to James' mother in Valley Park, Missouri. James writes about her experiences taking the train and the bus to get to the base at Algiers.

Dates: 1944 June

Jean Jack and Dorothy Volkert Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: WV 0371

Arlene Chalifoux Jeffers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0124
Content Description

Textile Box contains MP Armband; Daisy Mae Hat; Chamois Scarf; Overseas Cap, 1942-1946.

Dates: 1942-1946

Vera Rackley Jenkins Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0076
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 14 May 1999.

Dates: 1999 May 14

Leona "Evelyn" Jensen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0368
Abstract

Leona "Evelyn" Jensen joined the United States Navy WAVES in the summer of 1944. She worked in a United States naval hospital located in Seattle, Washington during World War II. Her scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, U.S. naval hospital newspapers called The Stethoscope, letters, postcards, patient tags, and drawings.

Dates: 1945; Other: Date acquired: 08/31/2006

Shirley F. John Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0248
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 1 February 2002; various photographs of John's in her forest green Marines uniform, circa 1954-1955.

Dates: 1954-2002

Carol Alban Johnson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0413
Content Description Carol A. Johnson (1944-2022), of Columbus, Ohio, served in the United States Women's Army Corps from 1964 till 1968. She served in the office of the secretary of the army during the Vietnamese Tet Offensive. This collection includes 1 May 2008 oral history transcript; program and paperwork for the Star Spangled Pageant, a touring exhibit presenting the history of women's association with the United States Army, circa 1967; copy of the Army Commendation Medal with letter, circa...
Dates: 1966-2008

Carol Lorraine Johnson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0261
Content Description

Two folders and a scrapbook. The scrapbook includes several brochures from Japan and Utah, letters from the Red Cross, and letters written to her mother. A manila folder includes various clippings from where Johnson was stationed and the second manila folder contains paperwork for a recommendation from a Red Cross Field Director, along with letters from her mother and possibly a gentleman who was her brother and various newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1943-1951

Juanita J Johnson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0239
Scope and Contents

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 12 January 2002; a copy of Johnson's Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States, 31 August 1954.

Dates: 1954-2002

Marjory Johnson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0111
Content Description

The collection includes a 1999 October oral history and photographs, 1945-1946.

Dates: circa 1944-1999

Mildred Smith Johnson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0192
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 13 December 2000; a photograph, circa 2000.

Dates: 1954-1961

Paula J. Johnson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0220
Content Description

The collection includes 3 photograph copies of Johnson in uniform during her training in Washington, D.C., circa 1952; 3 photograph copies of Johnson's husband, Gene, circa 1953; an 8 June 2001 oral history transcript.

Dates: circa 1952-1953

Elna Allran Jones Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0023
Content Description The collection includes an oral history transcript, 25 January 1999; various photographs of Jones will serving with the Cadet and Army Nurse Corps, 1944-1947; various Navy publications, 1944-1945; 2 copies of Jones poetry, 1945-1947; various ephemera from locations Jones was stationed, 1945-1946; various holiday menus from military camps, 1945-1947; Cadet Nurse Patch With Caduceus Pin; Cadet Nurse Patch; Caduceus Pin; photograph album, 1945-1947 containing photographs from: Camp Rucker,...
Dates: circa 1944-1999

Hazel Jones Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0244
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 30 January 2002; various photographs of Jones during her Army Nurse Corps service, circa 1943-1950.

Dates: circa 1942-1965

Jada Jones Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0598
Content Description

This collection includes November 2015 oral history transcript; photographs; correspondence.

Dates: 1997, 2015

Jane Beetham Jones Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0356
Content Description

This collection includes 2006 Oral History transcript; photographs; newsletters; newspaper clipping, and scrapbook. Newsletters and clipping contain articles that feature Jones in the Marines. The scrapbook contains photographs, additional clippings, and papers related to Jones's military service. Nineteen black-and-white photographs show a recruiting event at Broadhead Armory in Detroit in the early 1950s, a Marine Corps League convention, and Jones on the job in the late 1960s.

Dates: 1952-1955, 1977-1978, 2006

Linda R. Jones Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0291
Content Description

This collection includes April 2011 oral history transcript; a journal, Jan-Feb 1991; photocopies of travel authorizations; photocopy of Third United States Army's Central Region Area Orientation booklet; photocopy of a photograph of Jones in uniform; Red Cross-issued deck of cards; and Red Cross desert camouflage uniform (jacket, pants with belt, daisy mae hat,boots).

Dates: 1973-2011

Olene Brumbles Jones Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0190
Content Description

The collection includes a copy of Navy discharge papers, 1945; photographs of Olene in casual clothes and uniform, circa 1943-45.

Dates: 1943-1945

Dorothy H. Jordan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0073
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 3 May 1999; various photographs of Jordan during her Women's Army Corps service, 1944-1945; various military papers, circa 1944; a Women's Army Corps booklet, 1984.

Dates: circa 1944-1999

Ellen Jordan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0130
Content Description

The collection includes a 1999 December oral history; Jordan at boot camp graduation in Camp Wolters, Texas; and various copies of photographs from Jordan's time at Camp Wolters, 1944-1945.

Dates: circa 1944-1999

Florence Bevins and Phyllis Jung Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0671
Content Description The collection includes 15 letters addressed to Shirlie Montgomery from her friends, Bevins and Jung, who both served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II, 24 March 1943-26 April 1945. Jung's letters discuss her work and social life with the 151st WAAC Tech Company and later with WAC recruitment in Washington, D.C. Bevins letters begin with her completion of basic training at Daytona Beach, then describing WAC life, K.P. duty, being nicknamed the "Queen of the Latrine" at Camp...
Dates: 1943 March-1945 April

Anna Kalar Textiles

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0437
Content Description

This collection includes one white glove, a button, and a white scarf.

Dates: circa 1953-1954

Ann Kaplowitz Goldberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0142
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 16 November 2000; a “Song and Service Book for Ship and Field: Army and Navy,” 1942; a copy of Honorable Discharge paperwork, 21 February 1946; various photographs of Kaplowitz while serving in the Women's Army Corps (WAC), circa 1945; Artifact Box includes a bag of WAC Veteran's Association souvenir buttons; bottle openers.

Dates: circa 1944-2000