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WV. Women military veterans

 Record Group
Identifier: WV

Found in 643 Collections and/or Records:

Marjorie Randolph Suggs Edwards Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0177
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 25 June 2000; various military papers from Edwards Women's Army Corps service, 1943-1945; various photographs of Edwards Army Special Services work, 1943-1945.

Dates: 1943-2000

Mary Williams Elder Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0029
Scope and Contents

The collection includes various correspondence among Women’s Army Corps veterans for stories to create a book, June 1992; brief biography on Elder’s military service, undated; various newspaper publications, including newsletters for Women's Army Corps, 1992-1998; an oral history transcript, 2 February 1999; various photographs of Elder, 1942-1994; postcards from the Norwich Central Public Library, circa 1960s.

Dates: circa 1942-1999

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

Amy Epley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0663
Content Description

The collection includes: an oral history transcript, October 2019; 2 medals for running; a tee shirt.

Dates: 1992-2000

Jane Heins Escher Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0080
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 20 May 1999; various photographs of Escher’s WAVES service, 1951-1953; 9 photocopies of graduation ceremony scrapbook; a Naval Training Center publication, 1941.

Dates: circa 1941-1999

Helen Bonner Eshelman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0039
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 17 February 1999; an I.D. card for Adjutant General's Office, June 1943; various military records, restricted, various certificates from Eshelman's service as 2nd Lieutenant and Dietician, December 1942-January 1946; a Women's Memorial card, February 1999; various newspaper clippings about Eshelman's military service, undated; WVPH General Oversized box 2 contains battle map of the Pacific, 1941-1945.

Dates: circa 1941-1999

Isabella Peterson Evans Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0173
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 15 June 2000; a photograph of Evans Women's Army Corps service, 1945.

Dates: circa 1945-2000

Evelyn M. Bailey Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: WV 0455

Alice Park Fairbrother Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0409
Content Description

Alice Park Fairbrother of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a physical therapist in the United States Army Medical Specialist Corps from 1965 till 1968.

This Collection includes 1 April 2008 oral history transcript; United States Army Physical Therapy Class # 1, August 1966; photograph of plaque with "Outstanding Graduate 2LT Alice H. Park Physical Therapy Course Medical Field Service School 1966" on the inscription plate.

Dates: 1966-2008

Janice A. Farringer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0572
Content Description

This collection includes November 2014 oral history transcript; a copy of a circa 1978-1979 Women's Symposium Package Report, and CD-R of 2006 Dec Women in The Army Interview.

Dates: circa 1977-2014

M. Jean Moore Fasse Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0390
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 13 March 2007; scans of photographs; copy of 1958 memoir "My trip behind the Iron Curtain"; copy of American Red Cross Overseas Service Certificate, 1946. The majority of this collection is digital materials.

Dates: 1946, 1958, 2007

Andree Fifield Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0070
Content Description

The collection includes various military papers from Fifield’s WAVES service, 1943-1945; various photographs of her service and wedding, 1944-1945; an oral history transcript, 26 April 1999.

Dates: circa 1943-1999

Lois Betlach Filewood Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0613
Scope and Contents

Uniforms, artifacts, books, publications, scrapbooks.

Dates: Other: 1943-1992

Carolyn Newby Finger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0057
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 22 March 1999; various photographs of Finger's Navy WAVES service, 1942-1944; a book, USS Tulagi (GVE-72), 1943-1946; cartoon print; various WAVES song sheets, undated; a company newsletter from Vick's Chemical Company, Vol. VI, No. 1, 1 July 1943; a cap device; 10 military patches; a plain gold ensign collar device; cap device on blue wool; a small plastic box containing label for Edward Legum Furniture Co.; a Navy wool cap.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1942-1999

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

Audrey Ann Fisher Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0153
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 18 December 2000; various photographs of Fisher's time in the Army, 1973-1974; a copy of a Times Herald article, 1974; handwritten speech for Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony, November 2013.

Dates: circa 1973-2013

Francine Ann Fisher Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0539
Abstract

Francine Fisher (b. 1951), of Washington, D.C., served in the United States National Guard and the United States Army from 1977 to 1983. She was enlisted in the United States Army Reserves until 1987.

The collection includes an oral history transcript and various photographs.

Dates: 1977-1987

Marion Fisher Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0083
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 25 May 1999; various photographs of Fisher during her Army Medical Specialist Corps service, 1942-1944.

Dates: circa 1942-1999

Mary Cooper Floyd Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0048
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 3 March 1999; newspaper article from the "610 Project: The Special Devices Association," circa 1946.

Dates: circa 1946-1999

Josephine Martin Flynn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0212
Content Description The collection includes an oral history transcript, 5 May 2001; Postcard with photograph of WAAC training, 1942; Military paperwork 1946,1967; The Alumni Review publication from 1944; various newspaper article clippings 1942-1944; book of United States Defense Savings Bonds; Original War Department ID; Official WAC portrait photographs of Josephine Flynn 1942-1946. OS Box 2 Newspaper and Magazine Articles 1942-1943; Look Magazine, 1942; The New York Times, 1942; The Charlotte Observer,...
Dates: 1942-2001

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

Theo Roberts Fore Creadick Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0007
Content Description

The collection includes various military papers, 1944-1950; 1 photograph of Creadick in uniform, undated; a book showing activities at "The Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School (WR), Northampton, Mass. and The Naval Training School (Communications-W), South Hadley, Mass," undated.

Dates: circa 1944 - 1950

Brenda Formo Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0460
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 16 April 2009.

Dates: 2009 April 16

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

Thelma Foster Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0445
Abstract

Thelma Houpe Foster (1917-2010) served in the United States Women's Army Corps during World War II.

The collection includes a 2009 January 16 oral history transcript.

Dates: 2009 January 16

Charlesanna L. Fox Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0049
Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and biographical materials documenting her experience as a camp librarian at Camp Lejeune, NC, and at Pear Harbor, HI; along with various printed materials, including newspaper clippings and souvenirs, and an oral history transcript, 5 March 1999.

Dates: 1942-2008

Jeannine Marie Franz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0612
Content Description

This collection includes May 2016 oral history transcript; copies of photographs; Series 4030 1996 Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina yearbook; Women Marine Association Iraqi Lioness Chapter challenge coin.

Dates: 1996-2016

Helen Myers and Anne Freeman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0464
Scope and Contents

The collection includes 7 letters from 2 Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), Myers and Freeman, to a Private First Class (PFC) soldier Gerald McCubbins, 15 April-2 June 1943.

Dates: 1943 April-June

Janet Froome Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0120
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 9 November 1999; various correspondence, 1942-1944; various diary entries, 1942-1945; various military papers, 1941-1983; Memories of World War II, Froome interview with George L. McDermott; various photographs of Froome's Army Nurse Corps service, 1942-1945.

Dates: circa 1941-1999

Sara Furman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0316
Scope and Contents One letter from Sara Furman and two letters from unknown male writers describe experiences during World War I. The 1918 letter written by Sara Furman documents her voyage to England. She describes her fellow passengers, primarily YMCA women, the small boat, and her accommodations and facilities. Other topics include a party and Thanksgiving dinner and social news. The other two letters are written to a Charles S. Hammond, who appears to have been a supply officer, from two members of the...
Dates: 1918 November 29-1919 May 3

Arline E. Furstman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0287
Scope and Contents

Letters and postcards from Arline Furstman to an acquaintance in Jamaica, Long Island, chiefly document Furstman's service with the WAVES in 1944 and 1945. Letters detail her duties in the military; off-duty activities; reactions to VJ Day in August 1945; entertainment; and the 1945 plane crash into the Empire State Building.

Dates: 1944-1945

Sydney Gallegos Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0716
Abstract

Sydney Gallegos (b. 1997), of Fort Smith, Arkansas, served in the United States Marine Corps from 2015-2021.

The collection includes a 2022 February oral history transcript, hat device, copies of certificates, military papers, Parris boot camp yearbook, and USMC 2015.

Dates: 2015-2022

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

Kimberly Galloway Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0442
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 20 December 2008.

Dates: 2008 December 20

Caroline Morrison Garrett Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0426
Scope and Contents The collection includes materials created and/or used by Caroline Morrison during her time serving as a dietetic student at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) and as a dietitian in the Army Medical Corps from 1944 through 1947.The collection contains correspondence, educational materials, military records, newspaper clippings, photographs, pins and patches, publications, scrapbooks and an oral history...
Dates: 1941-1948

Ruth King Garrett Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0392
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 10 April 2007; various scans of photographs, along with a letter, 1945.

Dates: circa 1945, 2007

Wendy P. Gellert Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0493
Content Description Wendy Payor Gellert (b. 1947) of New Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a chief photographer's mate and a recruit intstructor in the United States Navy WAVES and the Navy from 1966-1992. She retired in 1992 as a command master chief. This collection contains a June 2010 oral history transcript; military papers; copies of photographs of both Gellert and also those taken by her in her role as a United States Navy photographer. The collection also includes copies of Rudder; the...
Dates: 1974-2010

Claudia Butler Geniton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0511
Content Description

Claudia Butler Geniton (b. 1953), of Atlanta, Georgia served in the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) and United States Army from 1971 to 1983 on active duty, and the United States Army Reserve from 1983 to 1994, serving during both the Vietnam War and the first Gulf War. This collection includes March 2011 oral history transcript; photographs; a newspaper clipping about Geniton and a green class A dress uniform jacket.

Dates: 2011 March 26

Joan E. Gerichten Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0109
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 29 October 1999; photographs of Joan while and after serving in Marine Corps, 1961-1986; 2 Woodland Camouflage uniforms; 3 tan shirts; 2 green skirts; green slacks; green necktab; 2 staff Sergeant Rank patches.

Dates: 1961-1999

Marjorie Wolff German Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0479
Content Description

This collection includes a March 2009 oral history transcript; Compact disc with German's scanned World War II era photographs.

Dates: 2009 March 08

Kate I. Germano Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0626
Content Description

This collection includes November 2016 oral history transcript; digital photographs. Germano's 2018 book Fight Like a Girl: The Truth Behind How Females Are Trained, co-written with Kelly Kennedy and published by Prometheus Books has been catalogued separately as part of the WVHP monograph reference collection.

Dates: 1996-2016, 2018

Diane Getz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0454
Content Description

The collection includes a 10 March 2009 oral history transcript; a photograph of Getz while working at her desk, circa 1975; a South Vietnam flag.

Dates: circa 1975, 2009

Laura Avis Gibson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0327
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 19 August 2005; various photographs of Gibson during and after her Coast Guard service, circa 1944-1945, 2005.

Dates: 1944-1946, 2005