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Westray Battle Boyce Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0472
Abstract
Westray Battle Boyce (1901 - 1972), of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, served as part of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corp (WAAC) and Women's Army Corp (WAC) from 1942 to 1947. She served under General Eisenhower in North Africa and is the first woman to have received the Legion of Merit medal. In 1945, she succeeded Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby as director of the WAC and served as its second director until her retirement from military service in 1947.Collection contains copies of letters to...
Dates:
1943 - 1975; Other: Date acquired: 2009
Nancy E. Carter Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0322
Abstract
Nancy E. Carter of Charlottesville, Virginia, served as a sergeant in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II and remained in the army at least until the 1960s.
Correspondence written chiefly by Nancy E. Carter and various members of the Carter family document Carter's military service and the lives of her family members in California and Ohio from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Correspondence written chiefly by Nancy E. Carter and various members of the Carter family document Carter's military service and the lives of her family members in California and Ohio from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Dates:
1942 - 1992
Marcelle Fischer Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0253
Abstract
Marcelle K. Fischer served in the WAC from 1942-1945.
The Marcelle Fischer Papers (bulk 1942-1946) contains artifacts, correspondence, instructional materials, military papers, newspaper clippings, and photographs which primarily document Fischer's military service.
The Marcelle Fischer Papers (bulk 1942-1946) contains artifacts, correspondence, instructional materials, military papers, newspaper clippings, and photographs which primarily document Fischer's military service.
Dates:
1935-1961, 1990; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1961
Anne Elisabeth Heyer Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0320
Abstract
Sergeant Anne Elisabeth "Betty" Heyer served as a photography repair technician in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from November 1942 until she was discharged in November 1945. Between December 1944 and October 1945 Heyer was stationed in the Philippines and New Guinea.Correspondence written by Anne Elisabeth "Betty" Heyer, primarily addressed to her sister, contains information regarding Heyer's experiences in the WAAC and WAC between 1942...
Dates:
1942-1946 and undated
Evelyn E. Horton Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0381
Abstract
Evelyn E. Horton of Eastondale, Massachusetts, was a technician third grade in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II. She was stationed in Cairo, Egypt, with the Middle East Service Command from May 1944 through 1945.
The collection consists of correspondence, military papers, photographs, and writings by Evelyn Horton.
The collection consists of correspondence, military papers, photographs, and writings by Evelyn Horton.
Dates:
1925 - 1948
Roberta Wooddell House and Nancy Wooddell Thornton Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0363
Abstract
Roberta Woodell House (1915-?) and Nancy Wooddell Thornton (1916-2002) were sisters who served in the United States Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)/Women's Army Corps (WAC) and in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Roberta enlisted with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) on 24 July 1942, and ended her career as a WAC captain with the Army Corps of Engineers. Nancy was a nurse with the rank of 1st Lieutenant who joined in 1941; her approximate discharge year is 1944....
Dates:
1941 - 1946; Other: Date acquired: 08/11/2006
Adeline Sears LaPlante Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0395
Abstract
Adeline Sears LaPlante (1919-2006) of Easton, Pennsylvania, served as a recruiter and as a public relations officer in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942-1945.
This collection includes letters, postcards and Christmas cards from LaPlante to her parents about her career in the WAAC and the WAC from 1943-1944. The collection also contains a photograph album, and news clippings from LaPlante's time in the service.
This collection includes letters, postcards and Christmas cards from LaPlante to her parents about her career in the WAAC and the WAC from 1943-1944. The collection also contains a photograph album, and news clippings from LaPlante's time in the service.
Dates:
1942 - 1945
Thelma L. Meyer Petty Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0375
Abstract
Thelma L. Meyer Petty (1900 - 2000) served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) from around March 1943 to September 1943 when she enlisted in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) and served as part of the motor pool in Fort Myer, Virginia until September 1945.
The Thelma L. Meyer Petty Papers contain a diary, correspondence, artifacts and miscellaneous ephemera.
The Thelma L. Meyer Petty Papers contain a diary, correspondence, artifacts and miscellaneous ephemera.
Dates:
1942 - 1948; Other: Majority of material found within 1942 - 1945
Lauretta Webster Wilkin Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0307
Abstract
Lauretta Webster Wilkin served in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II.Letters to her family in West Covington, Kentucky, and several photographs document Wilkin's military service. Subjects include basic training; uniforms and equipment; her work in the army's drafting department; the transition from the WAAC to the WAC in 1943; war news; family affairs; and social life and recreation. Photographs are of individual and groups...
Dates:
1943 - 1946
Women Veterans General Printed Materials and Video Recordings Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0002
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...
Dates:
1864, 1918-2018; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1949
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