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WV. Women military veterans

 Record Group
Identifier: WV

Found in 621 Collections and/or Records:

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

Helen Bolling Potts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0234
Content Description

Collection consists of a 2003 oral history transcript; correspondence; photographs; postcards; newspaper clipping; custom made uniform (skirt and jacket); shirt; boots; and a 29th Rangers shoulder patch.

Dates: 1943-1946, 2003

Annie Pozyck Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0333
Content Description The collection includes an oral history transcript, 20 July 2005; personal letters (photocopies) from January 1945 - September 1945; Textile box contains Army Nurse Corps olive drab wool officers jacket and skirt, circa 1943; bronze star medal with asiata pacific insignia; WWII victory medal; Phillipines liberation medal; United States Navy gold insignia; American Campaign medal; Army services patch. portrait photograph of Annie and also a portrait photograph of Annie and her husband in...
Dates: 1943-1946, 2005

Emily Harris Preyer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0065
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 19 April 1999; 2 photographs of Preyer; a copy of newspaper article, 12 January 1989; a desk nameplate; a khaki overcoat.

Dates: 1944-1999

Jane Pritchard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0424
Scope and Contents

The contents of this collection contains three letters from 1945 from Pritchard's friend Private First Class Susan Peters, who was stationed in Florence, Italy as a member of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). These letters describe the places around the world that Peters travelled to, and her fellow WACs. There is also one photograph of an unnamed woman - presumably Jane Pritchard - in a naval uniform.

Dates: 1945; Other: Date acquired: 04/14/2008

Daisy Chamness Proctor Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0139
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 7 January 2000; watercolor portrait photograph of Proctor in American Red Cross uniform, undated.

Dates: circa 1945-2000

Estelle Garner Ptaszynski Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0033
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 5 February 1999; various photographs of Ptaszynski’s Army Nurse Corps service as a surgical nurse, 1943-1944.

Dates: circa 1943-1999

Lucy Phillips Pugh Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0074
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 6 May 1999; various photographs of Pugh’s Coast Guard SPARS service and at SPAR’s reunions, 1944-1990; 2 postcards of SPAR Training Center, Palm Beach, undated; an article from the Reservist magazine, November 1997; "The Coast Guard & The Women's Reserve in World War II," booklet, 1992.

Dates: circa 1944-1999

U.S. Army USAREUR Race Relations School Training Materials Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0721
Content Description

The collection includes two binders of various course materials related to the military's racial sensitivity training. These materials are items such as 110 military publications, lesson plans, handouts, reading assignments, practical exercises, summaries for teaching points, 2 pages of handwritten notes, and over 50 pages of corrections.

Dates: 1972

Carrie Radnik Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0269
Abstract

Carrie Radnik of Montrose, Alabama, served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II.

Collection includes oral history interview and photographs from Radnik's service with the Army Nurse Corps in Louisiana and in Australia and New Guinea in the early 1940s.

Dates: 1942-1945, 2003

Jessica Rambo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0653
Content Description The collection includes a 20 March 2019 oral history transcript; a woodland camouflage maternity uniform pants with long sleeve shirt; 2 green short sleeve tee shirts; khaki dress short sleeve shirt with rank patches on arms; 2 khaki dress short sleeve shirt without rank patches; 2 khaki dress long sleeve shirt with rank patches on arms; maternity dark green pressed pants; 2 dark green pressed pants; grey Eisenhower style jacket; a desert maternity uniform with pants and a long sleeve shirt;...
Dates: circa 2006-2016

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

Virginia Russell Reavis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0183
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 17 September 2000; various military paperwork, 1944-1945; various photographs of Reavis during her Army Air Force service, 1943; an article published from the Tideland News, Swansboro, NC, 2000; an Army Air Evacuation Nurse Wings metal uniform pin located in Artifact box.

Dates: 1943-2000

Dorothy Jane Rechel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0196
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 22 January 2001; magnetic tape and cassette tape labeled "Letter to Mother during Tet offensive, 1968"; and portrait photograph of Rechel in Army white dress uniform, circa early 1970s.

Dates: circa 1968-2001

Dolores Reed Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0398
Content Description

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

Dates: 2007 May 2

Margaret "Peggy" Reeve Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0021
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 22 January 1999; a Women's Army Corps training booklet, 1943; 5 photographs of Reeve while serving with the WAC, April 1944.

Dates: circa 1943-1999

Jean Holdridge Reeves Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0383
Content Description

The collection includes a 2007 February 14 oral history transcript.

Dates: 2007 February 14

Madge Owens Reynolds Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0459
Content Description

The collection includes a reproduction of a photograph and a 1943 navy blue wool navy nurse cape.

Dates: circa 1943

Sammie M. Rice Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0257
Content Description

The collection includes various correspondence, 1942-1947; various photographs of Rice during her Army Nurse Corps service, circa 1942-1945; various clippings, including topics about her service and when in college, circa 1942-1950.

Dates: 1942-1950

Irene M. Rich Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0361
Content Description

This collection includes 9 August 2006 oral history transcript; Institute of Medicine Publications on Breast Cancer Research from the Department of Defense with Irene listed in the Appendix (pg 113) having provided testimony to the committee, circa 1997; Strategies for Managing the Breast Cancer Research Program, circa 1993; Published paper written by Irene among others on the DOD Breast Cancer Research Program, dated 1998 .

Dates: 1993-1998, 2006

Geraldine Smith Richardson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0373
Scope and Contents

This collection includes a Major Geraldine Smith Richardson's journal spanning from 1942-1946, two military identification cards, an Ancient Order of the Deep membership card, three military medals, and an assortment of military insignia.

Dates: 1942-2000; Other: Majority of material found within 1942 - 1946; Other: Date acquired: 09/17/2006

Erma G. Riedel Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0709
Content Description

Photograph album includes over 250 photographs taken by Riedel during her Army Nurse Corps service. Included are images of soldiers and nurses at Fort Des Moines, Iowa and images of nurses, patients, buildings and wards at Camp Kerhuon, France. There are also photographs taken during her travels around France and Italy and of Riedel's return voyage back to the United States. There are also approxiamately 80 commercial photographs of France during the war.

Dates: 1918-1920

Eleanor Rigney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0101
Content Description

The collection includes The Havelock newsletters, photographs, military papers, biographical materials, Identification Tag, 1943; Good Conduct Medal,1946; Patches,1943-1946; Ribbons, 1943-1946; "Ruptured Duck" Discharge Pin, 1946.

Dates: circa 1943-1951

Irja Miriam Ripatte Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0351
Content Description

Scrapbook with Waves service photographs; newspaper clippings , circa 1942-1943; Headshot of Irja Miriam Ripatte wearing a WAVES service dress blue uniform and soft brimmed enlisted cap, not dated.

Dates: circa 1942-1943

Barbara Finamore Robertson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0657
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 2 May 2019; photograph copies of Robertson's service with the United States Marine Corps, 2011-2014; copies of Certificates from the Marine Corps, 1 November 2011-13 April 2017.

Dates: 2011-2019

Marguerite B. Robinson Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0376
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 19 January 2007.

Dates: 2007 January 19

Therese Robinson Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0439
Content Description

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

Dates: 2008 November 14

Ruth Mildred Rodger Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0730
Scope and Contents The collection includes Photographs circa 1944-1945 (Military Photos: in SF, "old faithful" airplane, Sniffer the dog in India, soldiers by army vehicles, "Getting the mail with Urban Gruber and Mike Joseph", Lei ceremony, Mike, Wally Fischer in Fergus Falls Minnesota, elephants, "Native women" paving warehouse drives and laying the tracks ; Personal Photos: Burnpur Swimming Club- Ollie Antonuccio, Bennie Weeks Dec 44 before they left the 47th, Walter's 1937 September, Queenie and...
Dates: circa 1943-1946

Patricia Ann Roney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0700
Abstract

Patricia Ann Roney (1923-1994?), of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served in the United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) from 1944-1946. Included in this collection are Roney's scrapbook and diary.

Dates: 1937-1945

Buren Rose Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0433
Abstract

Buren Rose (1919-2018) of Jefferson City, Missouri, served in the United States civil service at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center (now Lackland Air Force Base) where she was the driver for Colonel Morris Taber from 1942 to 1943.

The collection includes a 2008 November 5 oral history transcript.

Dates: 2008 November 5

Sandra Van Neel Ross Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0584
Content Description The collection includes a 29 April 2015 oral history transcript; a photograph of Ward 5 neurosurgery, South Vietnam, 1968; a photograph of Ross, South Vietnam, December 1968; a photograph of Ross in uniform, undated; a photograph of Ross with several other at workshop, Germany, May 1968; a photograph of Ross looking out at Long Binh post, South Vietnam, circa 1968-1969; a portrait photograph of Ross, September 1970; a photograph of Ross leaving Heidelberg, Germany, June 1971; 2 photographs...
Dates: circa 1965-1985

Eunice M. Rountree Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0012
Content Description

The collection includes 2 photographs, circa 1942-1945.

Dates: circa 1942 - 1945

Louise E. Roy Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0374
Content Description

Louise E. Roy’s scrapbooks document her time with the American Red Cross Supplemental Recreational Activities Overseas (SRAO) from 1942-1945. The photographs depict images from Hawaii, Guam, and San Francisco showing landscapes, wildlife, colleagues, and military vehicles. Also included are maps, postcards, and news articles.

Dates: 1942-1945

Jeanne Grushinski Rubin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0570
Content Description This collection includes August 2014 oral history transcript; Navy Nurse Corps dress uniform (jacket; skirt; white shirt; tie); overcoat; top coat; copies of photographs; pin. Additional uniforms (not Navy Nurse Corps): Navy Winter Blue service women's uniform shirt with enlisted electrician mate rating patch and 3 service stripes on left sleeve and United States. Holland patch on right sleeve; date unknown; Chief Petty Officer (CPO) service dress uniform (jacket and skirt) with 3 gold...
Dates: 1942-1948, 2014

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

Lola H. Ryan Letters

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0362
Scope and Contents

The collection contains approximately 120 letters and v-mail written by Lola Ryan to her parents and brother. Ryan discusses her experiences of being a nurse in basic training, the conditions in wartime France, German prisoners of war, her experiences as a wartime nurse, and her longing to return home and be discharged from the army.

Dates: 1943-1945

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

Mary Amanda Sabourin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0100
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 25 June 1999; a green and white pinstriped summer uniform, including dress, jacket, white gloves, and garrison cap for Marine Corps Women's Reserve, 1952.

Dates: 1952-1999

Joan Margaret Salvesen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0665
Content Description The collection includes "Marching to Victory" songbook, 1943 January 8; "How to serve your country in the WAVES" recruiting pamphlet, 1943 July 2; "The Story of You in Navy Blue" recruiting booklet, 1943 October 6; "Navy Service: A Short History of the United States Naval Training School (WR) Bronx, New York," no date; 2 photographs, no date; various correspondence, 1943 July 12 to September 28 and 1944 August 26; "A Sailor's Prayer;" "Women in Service" newspaper clipping mentioning...
Dates: 1943-1944

Viola Brown Sanders Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0323
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 14 June 2005; various photographs of Viola during her service with the United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), 1943-1966; various newspaper clippings featuring Viola or military related articles, 1971, 1999-2005; letters written to Viola that honor her work and career.

Dates: 1943-2005

Eveline Y. Santy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0474
Abstract

Eveline Y. Santy (1919-2008) served in the United States Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1943-1945.

The collection includes a service diary, military ID button, a military publication, and training manual.

Dates: circa 1943-1945

Jerusha A. Sawyer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0312
Scope and Contents This collection contains three manuscript wartime letters, 1862-1864, written to Jerusha A. Sawyer by grateful soliders who served alongside or were treated by her. Also, a post-war Department of the Interior Pension Award certificate, an original that includes receipt stamp by the U.S. Pension Agent at Boston, Massachusetts, dated 1894 January 20. The third letter, written on 1864 February 13, by Colonel Louis Bell from the 4th Regiment Head Quarters at Beaufort, South Carolina. The letter...
Dates: 1862-1865

C.J. Gray Grafton Scarlet Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0590
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 27 July 2015; various photographs of Scarlet's Marine Corps service, 1981-1984.

Dates: 2015 July 27