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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

Jessie E. Brown Collection

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Identifier: WV 0467
Content Description

The collection includes 27 letters from Brown, 1st Lieutenant Army Nurse Corps (ANC), to her Aunt Sarah E. Brown, 24 May 1946-14 December 1947T

Dates: 1946 May- 1947 December
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Ruby Ficklin Bryant Collection

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Identifier: WV 0476
Abstract

Ruby Ficklin Bryant (1908-2002) of Emmerton, Virginia, served in the United States Army Nurse Corps from 1934-1961.

The collection includes articles about Bryant; various correspondence; photographs; and a 1997 Richmond Intermediate School article "Close Ties", circa 1997.

Dates: circa 1934 to 1961
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

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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

Florence Bevins and Phyllis Jung Collection

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Identifier: WV 0671
Content Description The collection includes 15 letters addressed to Shirlie Montgomery from her friends, Bevins and Jung, who both served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II, 24 March 1943-26 April 1945. Jung's letters discuss her work and social life with the 151st WAAC Tech Company and later with WAC recruitment in Washington, D.C. Bevins letters begin with her completion of basic training at Daytona Beach, then describing WAC life, K.P. duty, being nicknamed the "Queen of the Latrine" at Camp...
Dates: 1943 March-1945 April
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

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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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