Therese Strohmer Papers
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 Military Training Yearbook (with annotations by Strohmer), 1980; Intro Welcoming the Newcomer Fort George G. Meade, MD, 1985; Manuals: Marine Corps Recruit Training for Women, circa 1980s; Air Force Standards, 1977; Air Force Standards, 1983; The Enlisted Force Organization, 1977; Airman Career Information, 1979; Airman Career Information, 1982; Your Conduct in Combat under the law of war, 1977; Air Force Uniforms, 1978; Questions and Answers about your United States Air Force, 1977; United States Air Force Supervisors' Course and Review Exercise, Volume 1: Human Relations and Communication, 1985; United States Air Force Supervisors' Course and Review Exercise, Volume 2: Leadership and Management, 1985; Electronic Security Command Emergency Actions/Disaster Preparedness Information Brochure, 1985; Military Police Driver's Handbook and Examination Manual for Germany, 1977; NCO Orientation Course, Volume 1, 1979; Basic Military Training, 1980; Promoti
Dates
- 1977-2009
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This collection is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical
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. Therese Strohmer was born August 19, 1962 in West Branch, Michigan. She joined the United States Air Force after graduation from Ogemaw Heights High School.
In 1980, she attended basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and subsequently received Russian language instruction at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at Monterey, California. In March of 1982, she was transferred to Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, for completion of language training. Strohmer was later stationed at Hahn Air Base, Germany, and was quickly promoted to the role of performance evaluator for sixty, mostly senior, linguists.
In 1985, she was reassigned to Fort Meade, Maryland, where she trained civilians, foreign nationals, and domestic military personnel on a classified system for the National Security Agency. She was honorably discharged from the military in 1986, after six years of service.
In 1997, after several moves and career changes, Strohmer received an undergraduate degree in history from Southern Oregon University and later a PhD in history in 2016 from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her dissertation was "Soldiers, not Wacs : how women's integration transformed the Army, 1964-1994."
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet ([Two Boxes] Box 1: 6 Folders, Box 2: 4 folders )
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Arrangement
This collection is organized in the following series: [Box 1] photographs, Yearbook, USAF Manuals folder 1-4; [Box-2] manuals, awards, oral history.
Condition Description
The condition is good.
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Processed by Victoria Hinshaw
- Title
- Therese Strohmer Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Victoria Hinshaw
- Date
- September 2022
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository