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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...
Dates:
1943 - 1975; Other: Date acquired: 2009
Deborah Elizabeth Branson Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0617
Scope and Contents
The Deborah Elizabeth Branson Papers date from 1970-2016, with the bulk from 1990-1993. The majority of items in the collection are related to issues about concerning the 1991 Tailhook sexual assault scandal, sexual harassment in the military, and women's positions in the military. The collection includes, transcripts, official military reports, training guides, military magazines, military advertisements, military comics, newspaper articles, envelope hat, and VHS videotapes.
Dates:
1970-2016
Jean M. Bright Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0295
Scope and Contents
Papers, photographs, an oral history interview, and artifacts and textiles document Jean M. Bright's Red Cross service in New Guinea, Japan, and the Philippines during World War II. Papers include five postcards from New Guinea; a postcard of the S.S. Lurline, the passenger troop ship that Bright sailed on; a 1945 Christmas card from the Philippines; and a 1944 immunization register. Postcards contain brief messages about an all-African American church in New Guinea and about the cabin...
Dates:
1944-1946, 2004-2005
Jane Gail Brister Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0115
Scope and Contents
The Brister Papers contains a significant amount of of printed materials and photos, primarily from her time stationed in Germany in 1945-1946, 1951-1954, and 1959-1961. These document her tours in the European Theater Intelligence School, the Intelligence Center at Camp King, the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (HQ SHAEF), and the Soviet intelligence training school. Her experiences at Fort Oglethorpe; the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York; Army...
Dates:
1943-1999
Nicolle M. Brossard Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0535
Abstract
Nicolle M. Brossard (b. 1983), of Portland, Oregon, has served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves since 2001. She was a mental health specialist, drug and alcohol counselor, and a master resiliency trainer. She was at Fort Hood, Texas during the shooting incident on 5 November, 2009 and helped with the casualties. From late 2009 through 2010 she was deployed to Afghanistan.The collection includes articles of military clothing, medical kit, military papers and handbooks, personal...
Dates:
2000-2014; Other: Majority of material found in 2009-2010; Other: Date acquired: 05/31/2012
Grace I. Brown Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0299
Abstract
Grace I. Brown served in the Army Nurse Corps in England during World War I.
Three letters from 1918 to 1919 describe some of Brown's experiences during the war. Subjects include the conditions and entertainment on her ship across the Atlantic; living conditions in camp; and food supplies and rations in England.
Dates:
1918-1919
Rachel Ann Brune Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0580
Abstract
Rachel Ann Brune (b. 1978), of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, served as a journalist and an officer in the Military Police (MP) in the United States Army from 2001-2014 and joined the United States Army Reserves in 2015.Collection contains copies of many articles written by Brune for various military publications and civilian newspapers during her deployments to Iraq from 2003 - 2006. Collection also includes personal correspondence from 2002-2010, publications in which her articles...
Dates:
2002 - 2010
Ellen V. Carter Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0421
Scope and Contents
The collection includes "My Life in the Service" diary/autograph book, 1942-1943; 15 photographs of Carter's time with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and Women's Army Corps (WAC), 1942-1945.
Dates:
1942-1945
Nancy E. Carter Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0322
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to and from Nancy E. Carter beginning in 1942. Letters written by Carter between 1942 and 1943 describe her recruiting experience in the WAAC, basic training at Daytona Beach, her daily routine, and social activities. Lengthy letters from France between 1944 and 1945 include information about her daily life, accommodations, and entertainment activities. Specific subjects include attending ballets, operas, and USO shows, as well as shopping and sightseeing in Paris. A few...
Dates:
1942 - 1992
Violet K. Caudle Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0066
Content Description
The collection includes various photograph copies of Caudle's service with the Women's Army Corps (WAC), 1945-1948; 2 copies of Honorable Discharge certificate, 9 July 1949; an oral history transcript, 20 April 1999.
Dates:
1945-1999
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