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PA. Performing arts

 Record Group
Identifier: PA

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Lev Aronson Musical Score and Personal Papers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CC 0009
Abstract Lev Aronson (1912-1988) was a notable performer and teacher of the cello. He co-authored the pedagogical text, The Complete Cellist, with Rudolf Matz, but may be best remembered for his influence as an inspirational teacher to many established cellist of the current generation. In addition to the collection of musical...
Dates: 1912 - 1988; Other: Date acquired: 2008 January

Coralee "Coco" Burson Davis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0222
Abstract

Coralee "Coco" Burson Davis (1921-2016), of Pasadena, California, served in the Coast Guard SPARS from 1942-1946 and was a member of the Tars and Spars musical revue and movie cast.

Dates: 1942-1946

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

Ruth White Matthews Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0089
Content Description

The collection includes various photographs of Matthews service with the Red Cross in Okinawa, Japan; a scrapbook; a pictorial review of Red Cross in Japan, January 1946; a booklet titled "Jones Cove Road Memories and Stories," December 2004; an oral history transcript, 2 June 1999.

Dates: 1945-1999

Ethel LeBlanc Palma Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0022
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 22 November 1999; a booklet titled "Three Years of Change," 1942-1945; various programs and invitations, 1944; various military records including Certificate of Service, 1946; a copy of WAAC Parodies, undated; 13 photographs of Palma while stationed in New Guinea and Australia, 1943-1945; several newspaper clippings featuring Palma, 1943, 1988, and undated.

Dates: circa 1942 - 1999

Dolores Reed Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0398
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 2 May 2007.

Dates: 2007 May 2

Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0523
Abstract

Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz (1911-2007) of Detroit, Michigan, served as an officer in African American units of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and later the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942-1945.

The collection is made up of nine photographs and one letter from Wertz to her mother.

Dates: 1942-1945; Other: Date acquired: 05/01/2007