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The collection includes a WAC plaque, 1954; photographs of Bacon’s service with the Women's Army Corps; various military papers, 1948-1962; various newspaper clippings, 1942-1952, 1978.

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The collection includes an oral history transcript, 2 May 2001; various photograph of Shirley, 1952; official portrait photograph of the group of service members that completed dental technician training at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois, 8 December 1952.

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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.

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The collection includes an oral history transcript, 8 November 1999; various photographs of Coley's American Red Cross service and graduation from Women's College, 1940-1982; Artifact Box 1 contains American Red Cross Consignee pin.

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Margaret "June" Crowel of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, served in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve from May 1945 to 1979.

31 December 1999 oral history transcript; photographs, 1945 and 1971.

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The collection includes an oral history transcript, 9 February 2007; photographs of Blossom in United States Air Force Nurse uniform, circa 1953-1954; official discharge paperwork, 1962.

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The collection includes an oral history transcript, 20 May 1999; various photographs of Escher’s WAVES service, 1951-1953; 9 photocopies of graduation ceremony scrapbook; a Naval Training Center publication, 1941.

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The collection includes an oral history transcript, 18 December 2000; various photographs of Fisher's time in the Army, 1973-1974; a copy of a Times Herald article, 1974; handwritten speech for Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony, November 2013.

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The collection includes various military papers from Gobbell's WAVES service, 1942-1949; a photograph of Gobbell in uniform, circa 1947; various newspaper clippings, including her obituary, 1995 and undated.

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Eleanor Gurney (b. 1934), of Detroit, Michigan, served in the Women Marines from May 1953 until 1954.

The collection includes a 1999 December oral history and 2 photographs, 1 with Gurney and 1 with Gurney and friend at Parris Island, 1953.

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Annie R. Gwynn (1901-1993) served in the U.S. Women's Army Corps during World War II and the Korean War. Included in the collection are army manuals, textiles, and immunization records.

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The collection includes a raincoat, circa 1951.

Abstract African American nurse Mattie Donnell Hicks of Greensboro, N.C., served in the Army Nurse Corps from 1945 to 1966.Artifacts, an oral history interview, and textiles document her service in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II and the Korean War. Artifacts include service ribbons, cuff buttons, and shoulder insignia. The oral history interview documents Hicks's early life, her military service, and her post-war life in Greensboro, N.C. Specific subjects include basic training...

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

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The collection includes an oral history transcript, 20 December 2000; various photographs of Horton during her service and wedding, 1953-1957; newspaper clipping copies of Horton's sharpshooter abilities, 1954-1956; navy blue marine service cap; green cap; green blouse with 2 green light weight jackets; olive green neck tie; green cloth wallet; green lined hooded trench coat.

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The collection includes 3 photograph copies of Johnson in uniform during her training in Washington, D.C., circa 1952; 3 photograph copies of Johnson's husband, Gene, circa 1953; an 8 June 2001 oral history transcript.

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This collection includes April 2011 oral history transcript; a journal, Jan-Feb 1991; photocopies of travel authorizations; photocopy of Third United States Army's Central Region Area Orientation booklet; photocopy of a photograph of Jones in uniform; Red Cross-issued deck of cards; and Red Cross desert camouflage uniform (jacket, pants with belt, daisy mae hat,boots).

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This collection includes one white glove, a button, and a white scarf.

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

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The collection includes an oral history transcript, 5 April 2000.

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This collection includes Photograph album, photographs, letters.

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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.

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The collection includes an oral history transcript, 18 December 2000; various photographs of Steel's Women's Army Corps (WAC) service and retirement, 1950-1969; textiles include a uniform jacket without the brass, uniform skirt and uniform jacket, 1949-1969.

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The collection includes an oral history transcript, 20 January 1999.

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This collection includes June 2014 oral history transcript; copies of newspaper clippings; and copy of her book "The Question: Give up or Get up?"

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

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This collection includes August 2013 oral history transcript. and photographs.

Content Description This collection includes an oral history transcript, 8 September 2008; photographs of Betty during service as a Women's Army Corps (WAC) 1943-1949; copy of a letter home relaying an exciting bombing mission she was able to take part in. This was to bomb an ice jam on the Chena River to relieve a flooded area in Alaska; copy of a 3 page history of Women's Army Corps from 1942-1945; newpaper clippings circa 1978; 2006 and one undated; American Legion Magazine article on WAC 35th anniversary...

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...

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,...