Dorothy R. Collins Sullivan Collection
Content Description
The collection includes an oral history transcript, 9 February 2004; various photographs of Sullivan's Women's Army Corps service, circa 1944; 2 Women's Army Corps overseas garrison caps located in textile box.
Dates
- 1944-2004
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Dorothy Collins Sullivan (1916-2009,) of New York City, was a postal clerk in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1943 to 1945.
Dorothy Collins Sullivan was born on November 16, 1916 in New York City. She was raised in the Bronx and attended high school there. After graduation, she worked at a five-and-dime store.
In March 1943, Sullivan enlisted in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). She completed basic training at Fort Oglethorpe before being assigned to Camp Gordon, Georgia, where she sorted mail. After receiving overseas training back at Fort Oglethorpe, her company traveled to England on the HMS Queen Elizabeth. Sullivan was stationed for a year at Sutton Coldfield, England, and later at Vitry-sur-Seine, France, for six months before returning to the United States in 1945.
She was discharged in September of 1945 with a final rank of private first class. After her service, Sullivan worked at the American Bank Note Company. She and her husband remained in the Bronx until the late 1970s, when they moved to Florida. She later moved to Nanuet, New York.
Extent
0.46 Linear Feet (2 folders, small artifact box with 2 garrison caps)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Condition Description
The condition is good.
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Processing Information
Processed by Matthew McCarthy.
- United States. Army. Women's Army Auxilliary Corps -- Military life
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- History
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- Military life
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- Uniforms
- Women and the military
- Women veterans
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States -- Photographs
- Title
- Dorothy R. Collins Sullivan Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Matthew McCarthy
- Date
- 2023 January
- Description rules
- 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