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...