Women Veterans General Printed Materials and Video Recordings Collection
Scope and Contents
Recruiting brochures, publications, manuals and guides, postcards, posters, ephemeral materials, and video recordings purchased by University Archives and Manuscripts on a continuing basis supplement and complement the individual veterans collections in the Women Veterans Historical Collection. This collection includes various types of printed materials dating from 1864, then World War I to 2018. The majority is from the Women's Army Corps, Women's Air Force, WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service--Navy), Coast Guard SPARS, Women Marines, Army Nurse Corps, Navy Nurse Corps, and the American Red Cross, during World War II. Documents pertaining to civil service, women in industry, and the home front are also included.
Dates
- 1864, 1918-2018
- Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1949
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information. Please see our Sensitive Materials Statement.
Biographical Note
The special collections and university archives division within the library was initially created in 1972. Upon its founding, the collection consisted primarily of the papers of the three first presidents/chancellors of the school. Today, the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives has ten primary curatorial areas: rare books; cello music; manuscripts; children's literature collections; university archives; women's literature collections; photographs, prints, and poster collections; book art and book bindings; artifacts and textiles collections; and the women veterans historical project.
Extent
8.00 Linear Feet (13 boxes and Cabinet 1: Drawers D-I)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Recruiting brochures, publications, manuals and guides, postcards, ephemeral materials, posters, and video recordings purchased by University Archives and Manuscripts on a continuing basis supplement and complement the individual veterans collections in the Women Veterans Historical Collection. This collection includes various types of printed materials dating from 1864, and then World War I to 2018. The majority is from the Women's Army Corps, Women's Air Force, WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service--Navy), Coast Guard SPARS, Women Marines, Army Nurse Corps, Navy Nurse Corps, and the American Red Cross, during World War II. Documents pertaining to civil service, women in industry, and the home front are also included.
Arrangement Note
Collection is organized into the following series: Recruiting Materials, Publications, Manuals and Guides, Postcards, Ephemera, Photographs, Posters, Video Recordings.
Collection Historical Note
The Women Veterans Historical Collection is the result of a project intended to document the female experience in the United States armed forces through letters, papers, photographs, published materials, uniforms, medals and oral histories.
The idea of the Women Veterans Historical Collection grew out of talks with Woman's College alumnae of the Class of 1950. The women veterans of World War II made a great impact on their classmates at the Woman's College, as well as on their military organizations, their families, and their friends.
Method of Acquisition
Ongoing acquisitions from various sources by University Archives staff.
Offensive Language Statement
The UNC Greensboro University Libraries collects, preserves, and makes accessible unique and historical materials for learning and research. The nature of historical materials is such that some material may represent positions, norms, and values that are offensive and objectionable. These materials represent the opinions and actions of their creators. By providing access to these records in our reading room and through our digital collections, we recognize that archives and rare books can play a vital role in holding those creators accountable and in helping us learn from the past.
Our finding aids and other collection descriptions may occasionally re-use language provided by creators or former holders of the materials, but we strive to place outdated or offensive terminology in context. That said, we recognize that we may not always make the right decision and welcome feedback from all sources so we can learn and adjust our practices. Please contact us at scua@uncg.edu if you encounter problematic language in our finding aids or other collection description. We will review the language and, as appropriate, update it in a way that balances preservation of the original context with our ongoing commitment to describing materials with respectful and inclusive language.
Processing Information
Processed by Beth Carmichael, June 2007. Updated by Beth Ann Koelsch
- Afghan War, 2001-
- American Red Cross
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Female
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Women -- United States
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Participation, Female
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Women -- United States
- Salvation Army
- United States. Army Nurse Corps
- United States. Army. Women's Army Auxilliary Corps
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps
- United States. Cadet Nurse Corps
- United States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve
- United States. Marine Corps Women's Reserve
- United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve
- United States. Navy Nurse Corps
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Female
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Women
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
- Women in war
- Women sailors -- United States
- Women veterans -- United States
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States
Creator
- Title
- Women Veterans General Printed Materials and Video Recordings Collection
- Author
- Beth Carmichael and Beth Ann Koelsch
- Date
- 2010, updated 2020
- 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