WV. Women military veterans
Record Group
Identifier: WV
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Dora Ann DeHart Atha Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0504
Dates:
1961-1962; Other: Date acquired: 11/20/2010
Jessie E. Brown Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0467
Content Description
The collection includes 27 letters from Brown, 1st Lieutenant Army Nurse Corps (ANC), to her Aunt Sarah E. Brown, 24 May 1946-14 December 1947T
Dates:
1946 May- 1947 December
Beatrice L. Crisler Letter
Collection
Identifier: WV 0365
Content Description
This collection includes a letter dated 27 November 1943. Crisler describes her living conditions at her posting in India.
Dates:
1943 November 27
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
Adeline Sears LaPlante Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0395
Scope and Contents
Adeline Sears LaPlante (1919-2006) of Easton, Pennsylvania, served as a recruiter and as a public relations officer in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942-1945.
This collection includes letters, postcards and Christmas cards from LaPlante to her parents about her career in the WAAC and the WAC from 1943-1944. The collection also contains a photograph album, and news clippings from LaPlante's time in the service.
Dates:
1942-1945