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Paulette Pat Sweeney Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0553
Abstract
Paulette Pat Sweeney served in the American Red Cross from 1964-1966. During this time she spent thirteen months working in Supplemental Recreation Activities Overseas Programs throughout South Korea before spending a year working at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Dates:
1962 - 1966; Other: Date acquired: 11/10/2013
Molly Thavenet Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0429
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook contains correspondence, ephemera, photographs, newsletters, official military communications and records, and clippings primarily related to Thavenet's service in the WAAC and WAC, primarily with the Army Air Forces from 1943 to 1945.The correspondence is from Thavenet to her family describing her experiences in the service. There are also letters to Thavenet from family and friends from home and fellow WACs, as well as post-war correspondence up to 1950.
Included...
Dates:
1940-1950
Dorothy E. Wain Thompson Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WV 0431
Scope and Contents
The Dorothy Wain Thompson collection includes photographs, military and personal papers, humorous writings, military guides, newspaper clippings, ephemera from her posting to England, songbooks, and a 1945 book about the history of the Air Force Unit. Also included are artifacts such as ribbons, medals, devices, pins, and insignia and patches.
Dates:
circa 1943-1972; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/2008
Roberta Wooddell House and Nancy Wooddell Thornton Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0363
Scope and Contents
Folder one contains photographs of Roberta and Nancy as well as a few family photographs. The photographs also include publicity photographs of Roberta as a WAAC at Luke Field, Arizona and Chandler, Arizona.Folder two contains ten letters written by both Roberta and Nancy to their Mother, Aunt May and Grandmother. These letters discuss general news, such as Nancy's reaction to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's death, and updates on their lives in the military. There is also...
Dates:
1941-1946; Other: Date acquired: 08/11/2006
Shirley M. Tillson Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0302
Scope and Contents
Letters, chiefly from Port Blakely, Washington, document Tillson's daily life with the WAVES. Subjects include her dates and social activities, particularly the USO (United Service Organization), a Women's Service Club, dances, and athletics; her family; the status of the war, including the death of Franklin Roosevelt and the German surrender; WAVES uniforms and uniform regulations; and her work as a radio operator. Tillson writes in detail about the opportunities the navy provides and about...
Dates:
1945
Katharine W. Toll Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0293
Abstract
Katharine Wolcott Toll of Amherst, Massachusetts, was a journalist. She served in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during World War II.
The Katharine W. Toll Papers span from 1929 to the 1980s and primarily documents Katharine Toll's service in the WAVES during World War II.
Dates:
circa 1929-1989 and undated
Frances Stanley Trembath Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0492
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of military and miscellaneous documents from 1942-1946; there are also twenty-one photos of Trembath, her nursing colleagues, hospital buildings, and waterfalls. There is one handwritten, unsigned letter from the Western Marine Railway company, asking for a travel refund.
Dates:
1942 - 1946; Other: Date acquired: 06/02/2010
Triangle Seagals Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0601
Abstract
Unit 144 of the WAVES National Organization, the Triangle Seagals, is an organization of Women Veterans of the United States Navy, Navy Nurse Corps, Coast Guard and Marines. The majority of their members served with the Navy WAVES during World War II.As of February, 2016, this collection consists of scrapbooks and photo albums related to the activities of the Triangle Seagals. The scrapbooks contain correspondence, ephemera, photographs, and newsletters related to WAVES, Women...
Dates:
1989 - 2015; Other: Majority of material found in circa 1990-1999
Shirley Sprague Tucker Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0596
Abstract
Shirley Sprague Tucker served in the United States Women in the Air Force (WAF) from 21 November 1950 to 20 November 1954 before spending ten years working with the International Red Cross.
Dates:
1950 - 1954; Other: Date acquired: 10/08/2015
United States Enlisted Woman's World War I Service Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0344
Abstract
This photograph album contains pictures predominately of one United States enlisted woman during World War I as she travels through France. There are photographs of other enlisted members as well as a captioned photograph of a ship which they likely traveled on to Scotland.
Dates:
1917-1918; Other: Date acquired: 2010
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