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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

Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Helen Louise Cowgill Collection

Collection

Identifier: WV 0475

Abstract

Helen Louise Cowgill (1919-2008) of Syracuse, New York, was a segeant in the U.S. Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1945 until 1948.

This collection contains correspondence 1945-1948 by Helen Cowgill, one newspaper clipping, and a letter from Cowgill's brother William.

Dates: 1945-1948; Other: Date acquired: 12/20/2009

Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Beatrice L. Crisler Letter

Collection

Identifier: WV 0365

Content Description

This collection includes a letter dated 27 November 1943. Crisler describes her living conditions at her posting in India.

Dates: 1943 November 27

Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Mary Alwida Reamer Croninger Collection

Collection

Identifier: WV 0732

Dates: 1943-1945

Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Madge P. Selstead Inman and Marvin R. Inman Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: WV 0367

Dates: 1945 March-June, 1958 June, 1965 June

Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Adeline Sears LaPlante Collection

Collection

Identifier: WV 0395

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1942-1945

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

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Westray Battle Boyce Collection

Helen Louise Cowgill Collection

Beatrice L. Crisler Letter

Mary Alwida Reamer Croninger Collection

Madge P. Selstead Inman and Marvin R. Inman Correspondence

Adeline Sears LaPlante Collection

Triangle Seagals Collection

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