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Bonnie James Baxter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0329
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 31 August 2005; correspondence to Bonnie with UNCG Women's Veterans Archivists 2005-2006; various photographs of Baxter and friends during her United States Coast Guard SPARs service, circa 1944-1946.

Dates: 1944-1946, 2005
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Coralee "Coco" Burson Davis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0222
Abstract

Coralee "Coco" Burson Davis (1921-2016), of Pasadena, California, served in the Coast Guard SPARS from 1942-1946 and was a member of the Tars and Spars musical revue and movie cast.

Dates: 1942-1946
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Laura Avis Gibson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0327
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 19 August 2005; various photographs of Gibson during and after her Coast Guard service, circa 1944-1945, 2005.

Dates: 1944-1946, 2005
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Jenice M. Klee Diary

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0279
Dates: 1943 September 27-1945 December 20
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Helene Lawrence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0457
Scope and Contents This collection contains personal correspondence, newsletters, photographs, newspaper clippings, event programs and a graduation invitation. This collection primarily focuses on Lawrence's achievements practicing law in the Coast Guard and Navy, and as a civilian practicing Immigration Law. The photographs not only contain pictures of Lawrence, but also with her husband, with other SPARS or military personnel, and another person who is unnamed. Most of the collection consists of photographs,...
Dates: 1939-1965; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2009
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Jane G. Morey Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0114
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 3 November 1999.

Dates: 1999 November 3
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Irene Parsons Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0311
Content Description The collection includes a 2 August 2005 oral history transcript; a booklet titled "Alumni News: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro," Fall 1965; an article from the Topeka Paper titled "Luckily for 170,000 employes, she isn't typical boss-lady: North Carolina native holds highest personnel post ever held by woman," 5 September 1965; a booklet "Careers for Women...in the Veterans Administration," September 1973; a copy of Certificate for Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, 4 June...
Dates: 1945; 1965-1973
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Lucy Phillips Pugh Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0074
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 6 May 1999; various photographs of Pugh’s Coast Guard SPARS service and at SPAR’s reunions, 1944-1990; 2 postcards of SPAR Training Center, Palm Beach, undated; an article from the Reservist magazine, November 1997; "The Coast Guard & The Women's Reserve in World War II," booklet, 1992.

Dates: circa 1944-1999
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

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
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Virginia Young Van Dongen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0015
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 10 November 1999; various photographs of van Dongen’s SPAR’s service, 1944-1945.

Dates: circa 1944 - 1945
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Pearl Myrtle Wasem Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0733
Content Description

Scrapbooks, correspondence, newspapers, and photographs related to Pearl Myrtle Wasem (1920-2004). This collection spans 1941-1957 and includes 12 scrapbooks, hundreds of letters and photographs, a songbook, military papers, and newspapers.

Dates: 1941-1957
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Sherley Mae White Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0485
Abstract

Sherley Mae White (1923-2014) served in the Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard (SPARS) from 1943-1945. She served as a drum major for the SPARS marching band at the Biltmore Training Station in Palm Beach, Florida. She later transferred to the Coast Guard Base in Ketchikan, Alaska.

Dates: 1943-1945; Other: Date acquired: 05/06/2010
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

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
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

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