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Contains 11 Results:

Transcript

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: WV 0059- Series 1- File Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: West discusses her immediate family, recalling her family's farming past and her mother and sister's education; attending the 1939 World Fair in New York; and summers spent earning money as a typist. She also describes her time at the Woman's College. Topics include Spencer and Mary Foust dormitories; the park; her professors; the difficulties of being a transfer student; and hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor. West recalls her decision to become a WAVE in 1943 and discusses basic...
Dates: 1999 March 30
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / WV 0059, Mary Ellen West Collection / Oral History Interview

Correspondence, 1944 - 1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: WV 0059- Series 2- File Folder 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Mary Ellen West Papers primarily contain printed materials collected by West while serving in WAVES in WWII. This includes a variety of base newsletters, military brochures and booklets, and newspapers from VJ Day. The collection also contains several WAVES uniforms and accessories, in addition to some correspondence, photographs, and personal materials from West's time in the service.

Dates: 1944 - 1945
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / WV 0059, Mary Ellen West Collection / Papers, Printed Material, and Photographs

Military Papers, 1943-1948, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: WV 0059- Series 2- File Folder 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Mary Ellen West Papers primarily contain printed materials collected by West while serving in WAVES in WWII. This includes a variety of base newsletters, military brochures and booklets, and newspapers from VJ Day. The collection also contains several WAVES uniforms and accessories, in addition to some correspondence, photographs, and personal materials from West's time in the service.

Dates: 1943-1948, undated
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / WV 0059, Mary Ellen West Collection / Papers, Printed Material, and Photographs

All Hands, 1946 March

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: WV 0059- Series 2- File Folder 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Mary Ellen West Papers primarily contain printed materials collected by West while serving in WAVES in WWII. This includes a variety of base newsletters, military brochures and booklets, and newspapers from VJ Day. The collection also contains several WAVES uniforms and accessories, in addition to some correspondence, photographs, and personal materials from West's time in the service.

Dates: 1946 March
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / WV 0059, Mary Ellen West Collection / Papers, Printed Material, and Photographs

Back to Civvies, circa 1945-1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: WV 0059- File Folder 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Mary Ellen West Papers primarily contain printed materials collected by West while serving in WAVES in WWII. This includes a variety of base newsletters, military brochures and booklets, and newspapers from VJ Day. The collection also contains several WAVES uniforms and accessories, in addition to some correspondence, photographs, and personal materials from West's time in the service.

Dates: circa 1945-1946
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / WV 0059, Mary Ellen West Collection

Brochures, programs for plays, tourist sites literature, and other materials, 1941-1946, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: WV 0059- File Folder 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Mary Ellen West Papers primarily contain printed materials collected by West while serving in WAVES in WWII. This includes a variety of base newsletters, military brochures and booklets, and newspapers from VJ Day. The collection also contains several WAVES uniforms and accessories, in addition to some correspondence, photographs, and personal materials from West's time in the service.

Dates: 1941-1946, undated
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / WV 0059, Mary Ellen West Collection

Carrier War, 1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: WV 0059- File Folder 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Mary Ellen West Papers primarily contain printed materials collected by West while serving in WAVES in WWII. This includes a variety of base newsletters, military brochures and booklets, and newspapers from VJ Day. The collection also contains several WAVES uniforms and accessories, in addition to some correspondence, photographs, and personal materials from West's time in the service.

Dates: 1945
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / WV 0059, Mary Ellen West Collection

Financial booklets, 1943, 1945, 1948, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: WV 0059- File Folder 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Mary Ellen West Papers primarily contain printed materials collected by West while serving in WAVES in WWII. This includes a variety of base newsletters, military brochures and booklets, and newspapers from VJ Day. The collection also contains several WAVES uniforms and accessories, in addition to some correspondence, photographs, and personal materials from West's time in the service.

Dates: 1943, 1945, 1948, undated
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / WV 0059, Mary Ellen West Collection

Flying, 1944 October

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: WV 0059- File Folder 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Mary Ellen West Papers primarily contain printed materials collected by West while serving in WAVES in WWII. This includes a variety of base newsletters, military brochures and booklets, and newspapers from VJ Day. The collection also contains several WAVES uniforms and accessories, in addition to some correspondence, photographs, and personal materials from West's time in the service.

Dates: 1944 October
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / WV 0059, Mary Ellen West Collection

Flyleaf, 1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: WV 0059- File Folder 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Mary Ellen West Papers primarily contain printed materials collected by West while serving in WAVES in WWII. This includes a variety of base newsletters, military brochures and booklets, and newspapers from VJ Day. The collection also contains several WAVES uniforms and accessories, in addition to some correspondence, photographs, and personal materials from West's time in the service.

Dates: 1945
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / WV 0059, Mary Ellen West Collection

Front and Center uniform grooming booklet, circa 1941-1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: WV 0059- File Folder 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Mary Ellen West Papers primarily contain printed materials collected by West while serving in WAVES in WWII. This includes a variety of base newsletters, military brochures and booklets, and newspapers from VJ Day. The collection also contains several WAVES uniforms and accessories, in addition to some correspondence, photographs, and personal materials from West's time in the service.

Dates: circa 1941-1945
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / WV 0059, Mary Ellen West Collection

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