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Genevieve Crick Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0306

Scope and Contents

Letters from 1944 and 1945, some sent from Oregon and some from California, describe a few of Crick's day-to-day activities in the Women's Army Corps as well as many nonservice-related personal issues. Subjects include social activities; her engagement to Leonard Levy and their inability to get furloughs in order to get married; her new nephew and the rest of her family; descriptions of the scenery in Oregon and California; her work as a cashier at movie showings at the base; her night studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara; swimming in the Pacific Ocean for the first time; her work in the public relations office; and the difficulty of learning radio call signs.

Dates

  • 1944 - 1945

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.

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Biographical Note

Genevieve Crick served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1944 and 1945 as a public relations officer. She was stationed at Camp White, Oregon, before transferring to Santa Barbara, California, to be trained in call signs for overseas radio operation. While in Santa Barbara, Crick took college courses at night and trained during the day. During her time in the service she became engaged to Leonard Levy, whom she met at Camp White.

Extent

.21 Linear Feet (6 items (1 folder))

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

  • License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Method of Acquisition

Purchased in 2004.

Related Materials

Hunter Family and Crick Family Papers, WV0268

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Processing Information

Processed by Heath Gardner, September 2004.

Title
Genevieve Crick Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Heath Gardner
Date
07/01/2007
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

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