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Elaine Agnes Anderson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0191
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 13 December 2000; photographs of Elaine during her services as a WAC in Germany, 1949-1952; military payment certificates in five and ten cent denominations.

Dates: 1958-1968

Irma Jean Brooks Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0347
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 19 April 2006 oral history transcript; photograph of Irma at retirement ceremony with presentation by RADM Emmett Tidd; Textile Box contains white evening dress uniform jacket and skirt circa 1952-1973; Artifact box contains Recruitment command pins; 2 bags of naval rank pins; name tags.

Dates: 1952-1973, 2006

Mary F. Cannon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0411
Content Description

Mary F. Cannon (1921-2012) of Chicago, Illinois, was stationed in Korea while a member of the Army Nurse Corps from 1951 to 1953 and in Vietnam during her service with the Navy Nurse Corps from 1958 to 1974.

This collection includes April 2008 oral history interview transcript available for use onsite in the archives, copies of photographs.

Dates: 2008 April 24

Bernice Isabel Heath Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0195
Content Description 20 January 2001 oral history transcript; Artifact 1 box contains dogtag; insignia and discharge pins; copy of the History of the 91st Evacuation Hospital Overseas written by Ruth Schwing head nurse, 1945; War Correspondent Broadcast transcript of Iris Carpenter from the 91st Evac Hospital, undated; 91st Research News newsletter, circa 1991; typed "unofficial diary kept by an enlisted man Shorty Reese containing the history of the 91st evac hosp from 1942-45, 2001; newspaper article on...
Dates: 1948-1964

Valeria F. Hilgart Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0158
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 1 March 2000; a photograph of Hilgart's Marine Corps service, 1980.

Dates: circa 1980-2000

Julia Tamer Kerr Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0233
Content Description The collection includes an Olive Drab Hot Weather Field Uniform with matching Cap with Visor, circa 1969; VFW Auxiliary Dress and Matching Hat (medium blue, handmade), 1960-1967; VFW Auxiliary Dress, Jacket and Pillbox Hat (royal blue, handmade), early 1960s; "A.U.X." and "V.F.W." pins; Gavel (President's) Tie Tack; Ladies Auxiliary VFW President's Pin; Ladies Auxiliary VFW Twenty-fifth Anniversary Pin; United States Army Discharge Pin; VFW Auxiliary Pin. Additional military uniforms owned...
Dates: circa 1945-1968

Rebecca Ann Lloyd Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0346
Content Description

April 2006 oral history transcript; Buttons; Cap devices (2); Dog tags; Japanese pin and spoon; Nametags; National Defense medal and ribbon; Pin-on ranks: first lieutenant; major; lieutenant colonel; Plaques (oversize Box 3);Wooden box with United States Navy seal and dates of service engraved; and 1650 slides of Japan, Taipei, Thailand, and the Philippines; taken 1963-1964.

Dates: 1963-1964, 2006

Maggie V. McPherson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0123
Scope and Contents

The collection includes printed materials; including newsletters; booklets; yearbooks; and clippings especially from her time in Korea. Also, it includes 3 scrapbooks that document McPherson's Red Cross service, 1947-1959; additional scrapbook of club service at Double Five, Osan, Korea, 1959-1960.

Dates: 1943-1976

Maxine Newcom Pierce Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0348
Content Description The collection includes an oral history transcript, 8 June 2006; copy of military certificate documenting 20 years of honorable service; military history of assignments from Maxine's naval service from 1957-1963; newspaper clipping "WAVE Maxine Newcom Will Sing In Musical Show "Barnacle Belles", circa 1944; Navy portrait photographs and photographs , circa 1945-1964. Artifact Box contains military ribbons; Textile box contains "Smart Combination" Navy white and black hat; navy Mainbacher...
Dates: 1944-2006

Viola Brown Sanders Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0323
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 14 June 2005; various photographs of Viola during her service with the United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), 1943-1966; various newspaper clippings featuring Viola or military related articles, 1971, 1999-2005; letters written to Viola that honor her work and career.

Dates: 1943-2005

Mary Ellen Shugart Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0583
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 28 April 2015; 3 magazine publications, December 1993-November 2011; various scanned photographs, 1964-1970.

Dates: circa 1964-2015

Frances Bradsher Turner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0236
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 7 January 2002; various photographs of Frances' Army Nurse Corps service, 1942-1971; a resume documenting rank, awards and service in Army.

Dates: 1951-1973

Dale Augusta Van Vacter Angers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0159
Content Description

The collection includes photograph of Angers in uniform, circa 1940s; handwritten timeline of service.

Dates: circa 1942-1963

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

Women Veterans General Textiles and Artifacts Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WV 0001
Abstract Textiles and artifacts purchased by University Archives and Manuscripts on a continuing basis supplement and complement the individual veterans collections in the Women Veterans Historical Project. This collection includes full uniforms, individual uniform items, hats, shoes, and other artifacts from the Women's Army Corps, Women's Air force, WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service-Navy), Coast Guard SPARS, Women Marines, Army Nurse Corps, Navy Nurse Corps, American Red Cross,...
Dates: circa 1940-1999

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