WV. Women military veterans
Record Group
Identifier: WV
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Dora Ann DeHart Atha Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0504
Dates:
1961-1962; Other: Date acquired: 11/20/2010
Judith C. Bennett Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0290
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of letters dated 1944-1945 from Lt. Judith C. Bennett to her family in Corsicana, Texas, while she was stationed in New Guinea with the Women's Army Corps. The letters contain excellent descriptions about WAC life in New Guinea as well as the responsibilities of command. Several letters describe in detail the native culture, its dress and way of life. A few letters contain sketches of native dress, instruments, and customs. Also included in this...
Dates:
1944-1945
Ellen V. Carter Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0421
Scope and Contents
The collection includes "My Life in the Service" diary/autograph book, 1942-1943; 15 photographs of Carter's time with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and Women's Army Corps (WAC), 1942-1945.
Dates:
1942-1945
Violet K. Caudle Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0066
Content Description
The collection includes various photograph copies of Caudle's service with the Women's Army Corps (WAC), 1945-1948; 2 copies of Honorable Discharge certificate, 9 July 1949; an oral history transcript, 20 April 1999.
Dates:
1945-1999
Genevieve Crick Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0306
Scope and Contents
Letters from 1944 and 1945, some sent from Oregon and some from California, describe a few of Crick's day-to-day activities in the Women's Army Corps as well as many nonservice-related personal issues. Subjects include social activities; her engagement to Leonard Levy and their inability to get furloughs in order to get married; her new nephew and the rest of her family; descriptions of the scenery in Oregon and California; her work as a cashier at movie showings at the base; her night...
Dates:
1944 - 1945
Gretchen C. Davis Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0098
Scope and Contents
the collection includes various newspaper articles about the Army, April 1973-May 1992; a McClellan news article in WV various military papers, circa 1990-1999; various photographs, 1974, undated; textiles include: Army uniforms and uniform accessories worn by Gretchen Davis during her two decade career in the Women's Army Corps and United States Army.
Dates:
1973-1999
Marcelle Fischer Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0253
Scope and Contents
The Marcelle Fischer Papers primarily consists of correspondence, printed materials, photographs and artifacts, most of which date from or pertain to Fischer's service in the WAAC and WAAC during World War II. Correspondence from Fischer includes discussion of her duties teaching office work to male soldiers and general WAC life, such as barracks life, dating, social outings, her feelings regarding her contribution to the war effort, and her desire for advancement in the WAC. The...
Dates:
1935-1990
Evelyn Patricia Foote Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0360
Abstract
Evelyn “Pat” Foote (b. 1930) of Durham, North Carolina, served as an officer in the U.S. Army from 1959 to 1989, rising to the rank of brigadier general in 1986. She retired as the first female commander of Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and became a prominent speaker about issues concerning women in the military. From 1998 to 2007 she served as president of the Alliance for National Defense.This collection includes: Woodland Battle Dress Uniform (jacket, pants, khaki t-shirt, hat),...
Dates:
1980-2006
Norma L. Harris Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0309
Scope and Contents
The collection contains military papers, pins and patches, programs, newsletters and newspapers from the areas where Harris served, and WAC songbooks.
Dates:
1943 - 1948
Bernice Isabel Heath Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0195
Content Description
20 January 2001 oral history transcript; Artifact 1 box contains dogtag; insignia and discharge pins; copy of the History of the 91st Evacuation Hospital Overseas written by Ruth Schwing head nurse, 1945; War Correspondent Broadcast transcript of Iris Carpenter from the 91st Evac Hospital, undated; 91st Research News newsletter, circa 1991; typed "unofficial diary kept by an enlisted man Shorty Reese containing the history of the 91st evac hosp from 1942-45, 2001; newspaper article on...
Dates:
1948-1964
Bessie L. Herbert Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0303
Scope and Contents
Photograph album contains pictures of Bessie L. Herbert and friends in various poses during her service in the WAC in World War II. Photos were taken at Camp Grant, Illinois; Fort Sheridan, Illinois; on leave in Brookfield, Massachusetts; Springfield, Massachusetts; and downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Includes some photos of Herbert's family and many of her WAC colleagues. Topics include Herbert posing in front of a WAAC recruitment poster; scenery around Camp Grant in the winter of 1943-44 and...
Dates:
1943-1944
Anne Elisabeth Heyer Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0320
Scope and Contents
The collection includes various correspondence, military material, photographs, military insignia, and other artifacts document Anne Elisabeth "Betty" Heyer's service in the WAAC and WAC between 1942 and 1945. Lengthy letters to family members describe her training in the United States and her subsequent service in the Pacific Theater as a photography repair technician. Overseas letters document her observation of New Guinea and the Philippines. Printed military material reflects Heyer's...
Dates:
1942-1946 and undated
Madge P. Selstead Inman and Marvin R. Inman Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: WV 0367
Dates:
1945 March-June, 1958 June, 1965 June
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
Ellen L. Scott Letters
Collection
Identifier: WV 0380
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of seven letters written to her parents in Johnson City, Tennessee. In the letters, Scott discusses military life at the various bases at which she was assigned as well as her job responsibilities. The last letter indicates that she had left the WAC and was living in Gadsden, Alabama with her husband Bill who was serving in the Army Air Force.
Dates:
1943-1945
Ruth M. Strawn Letters
Collection
Identifier: WV 0423
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of eight personal letters from Strawn to Mrs. and/or Mr. Webster of West Covington, Kentucky, and one letter from Strawn's friend Lauretta to her parents.These letters talk about the active life she enjoyed with Lauretta and their fellow WACs off-duty. She also described the places she, Lauretta, and her parents travelled to, discussed her brief stay in the base hospital whlie undergoing surgery for a hernia, and lastly her excitement that the end of the...
Dates:
1945-1946; Other: Date acquired: 04/14/2008
Lauretta Webster Wilkin Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0307
Scope and Contents
Letters to her family in West Covington, Kentucky, and several photographs document Lauretta Webster Wilkin's service in the WAAC and WAC during World War II. Subjects include basic training; WAAC parades; uniforms and equipment; her work in the army's drafting department; the transition from the WAAC to the WAC in 1943; war news; family affairs; and social life and recreation, including her softball team, parties, visits with friends, and her courtship and marriage to George Wilkin....
Dates:
1943-1946