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WV. Women military veterans

 Record Group
Identifier: WV

Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:

1949 Women in the Air Force (WAF) Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0638
Abstract

This photograph album documents the early days of the Women in the Air Force Program including some of the earliest African American WAF. The photographs mostly document the trainees in San Antonio, Texas and Lackland Air Force Base and shows the women working and training around the base. There are also photographs of the women during their free time enjoying activities on and off base including trips to the Alamo, Riverwalk, and the Continental Divide.

Dates: 1948-1949; Other: Date acquired: 11/10/2017

Gail Adams Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0434
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 30 October 2008.

Dates: 2008 October 30

Cheryl Bernhardt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0529
Content Description

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 10 March 2012; various scanned photographs, circa 1971-1973.

Dates: 1972-2012

Shirley D. Brantley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0211
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 2 May 2001; various photograph of Shirley, 1952; official portrait photograph of the group of service members that completed dental technician training at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois, 8 December 1952.

Dates: 1952-1954

Charlotte Holder Clinger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0230
Content Description The collection includes a 8 August 2006 oral history transcript; an original and copy of invitation to the "CIA Salutes Its Military Women and WIMSA," 16 October 1997; a newspaper clipping copy with Clinger featured in picture leaving Reynolds Hall, circa 1963-1964; a copy of Special Orders at Lackland Air Force Base, TX, 27 October 1967; a personnel action request, 13 July 1968; 2 copies of Permanent Change of Station Request, 23 July 1968; a certificate copy of Air Intelligence Officer...
Dates: circa 1968-1997

Aimee (Sarris) Corning Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0451
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 20 February 2010.

Dates: 2010 February

Mildred D. Dalrymple Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0336
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 28 December 2005; various newspaper clippings, September-December 1944 and September 2002; various photographs, circa 1944.

Dates: circa 1944-2005

Carolyn F. Dominik Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0531
Abstract

Carolyn F. Dominik (b. 1950),of Queens, New York served in the United States Air Force Nurse Corps from 1973 to 1993. She retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

The collection includes a 2012 April oral history transcript.

Dates: 2012 April 13

Blossom Ellis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0382
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 9 February 2007; photographs of Blossom in United States Air Force Nurse uniform, circa 1953-1954; official discharge paperwork, 1962.

Dates: 1954-2007

Reva Ingram Fortune Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0034
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 8 February 1999; various photographs of Fotrune’s Women’s Army Corps service as an Army Air Force Service Pilot, 1943-1947; various copies of letters, 1943; various newspaper articles from UNCG Campus Weekly and Greensboro News & Record, 1991-1997; a “Sky High Experience” article located in Oversized Box 1, 1997.

Dates: circa 1943-1999

Lena Burch Gallitano Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0646
Content Description

This collection includes May 2019 oral history transcript; photographs; clippings; certificates; John L. Hennessy Trophy Awards booklet.

Dates: 1967-1971, 2018

Vera Keen Griffin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0238
Scope and Contents

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 9 January 2002; various copies of correspondence, 16 May 1943 and 28 May 1943; 2 photograph copies of Griffin marching with her regiment, undated; a photograph of Griffin with friends and family on her wedding day, undated; a photograph copy of Griffin's mother marching in Ewell Veterans parade, circa 1967-1968.

Dates: 1941-1967

Renee L. Gurley Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0532
Abstract

Renee L. Gurley (1952-2012), of High Point, North Carolina, served in the United States Air Force from 1975 to 1995.

The collection includes a 2012 May oral history transcript.

Dates: 2012 May 7

Elaine Danforth Harmon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0359
Content Description

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 9 August 2006; WASP songbook; portrait photograph of Elaine Harmon in 1944 in WASP A2 leather jacket with Fifinella patch and a flight helmet with goggles.

Dates: 1944, 2006

Betty Pegg Hemphill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0235
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 4 January 2002; various photographs of Hemphill during her Women's Air Force service, circa 1950-1951.

Dates: 1949-1951

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

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

Barbara A. Kucharczyk Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0277
Abstract

Barbara A. Wolfe Kucharczyk of Florida served in the U.S. Air Force from 1976 to 1998.

The Kucharczyk Papers primarily date 1977 to 1998 and cincludes March 2003 and April 2019 oral history transcripts, photographs and photograph albums, military papers and records, clippings, programs, writings, yearbooks, awards, artifacts, uniform and uniform accessories, insignia, ribbons, badges, and medals, which document her career in the U.S. Air Force.

Dates: 1977-2003, 2019

Sue Lamm-Gurley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0722
Content Description

The collection includes an August 2022 oral history transcript; photographs; newspaper clipping; uniform and nurse's cap; family genealogy book.

Dates: 1970-1972

Lunary Love Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0162
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 5 April 2000.

Dates: 2000 April 5

Bridgid Kathleen MacSeoin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0605
Scope and Contents

Included in this collection are military handbooks, artifacts, and uniforms.

Dates: 1981-2006

Fannie Griffin McClendon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0659
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 24 July 2019; scanned photographs of McClendon's time in the Women's Army Corps, 1942-1951.

Dates: 1942-1951

Cherise Miller-March Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0622
Content Description

This collection includes CD with Photographs, August 2016 oral history transcript, and scans of photographs.

Dates: 1985-2000, 2016

Luvenia Griffin Mitchell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0200
Content Description

The collection includes a 9 February 2001 oral history transcript; a photograph negative of Mitchell with Air Force Supply School class at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, circa 1952.

Dates: circa 1952-2001

Kimberly Dawn Mozingo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0545
Content Description

This collection includes 19 March 2013 Oral History Transcript -restricted until 2038, and scanned photographs.

Dates: 1987-1998, 2013

Cheryl Jester Poteat Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0494
Content Description

Cheryl Jester Poteat (b. 1950) of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as an imagery interpreter specialist in the United States Air Force WAF (Women in the Air Force) and the Air Force from 1973 to 1977.

This collection contains a June 2010 oral history transcript and originals and copies of military papers and photographs.

Dates: 1974 January 15- 2010 June 30

Elizabeth Ann Ray Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0416
Abstract

Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Ray of Winnsboro, Texas, served as an officer in the United States Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), Women's Army Corps (WAC), and Women in the Air Force (WAF). Ray served as both deputy director and director of WAF. Her service career lasted from 1942 till 1964.

The collection includes 11 June 2008 oral history transcript; Military service resume; sheet of Women in the Armed Services stamps; photographs from service 1944-1973.

Dates: 1944-2008

Therese Robinson Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0439
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 14 November 2008.

Dates: 2008 November 14

Ingrid Ruffin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0400
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 8 May 2007; various photograph copies of Ruffin's while stationed in Iraq completing duties, hanging out with fellow soldiers, and exploring the landscape, 2003.

Dates: circa 2003, 2007

Janice Butler Ryckeley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0589
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 26 July 2015; various scanned photographs of her time with the Air Force Nurse Corps, 1980-2001; and an Air Force Officer service hat.

Dates: 2015 July 26

Cheryl L. Sizer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0543
Abstract

Cheryl Sizer (b. 1964), of Morgantown, West Virginia, served in the United States Air Force Band from 1990 until 2010.

The collection includes an oral history transcript, photographs, compact discs, and a DVD.

Dates: 1990-2010

Therese Strohmer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0441
Abstract Therese Strohmer (b. 1962) of West Branch, Michigan, served in the United States Air Force from 1980-1986 as a Russian Cryptologic Linguist, performance evaluator, and instructor for a classified National Security Agency system. This collection includes January 2009 oral history transcript; photographs; letters; autographed photograph of WASPS; Copies of military records; Goodfellow Air Gorce Base Unofficial Directory and Guide, 1981; The Airmen of Lackland Airforce Base Basic...
Dates: 1977-2009

June Thomas Swearengin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0565
Content Description

This collection includes June 2014 oral history transcript; copies of newspaper clippings; and copy of her book "The Question: Give up or Get up?"

Dates: 2013-2014

Cathy Illman Sykes Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0340
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 25 January 2006.

Dates: 2006 January 25

Mary L. Turner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0254
Content Description

The collection includes various photographs of Turner's travels and her family, circa 1952-1999; various newspaper articles written by Tuner for Kernersville News, circa 1992-2002; an article titled "Dr. and Mrs. James Turner mixed Military and Medical Careers," Fifty Plus News, November 1991.

Dates: circa 1952-1999

JoAnn Sesher Webb Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0548
Content Description

This collection includes August 2013 oral history transcript. and photographs.

Dates: circa 1950s- 2013