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United States. Marine Corps--Women

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Jenny Barker Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0417
Content Description

This collection includes Dress Blue Jacket; White Dress Shirt; Collar Tie; Dress Blue Skirts; Sweater "Wooly Pully" white dress uniform peaked cap; summer garrison cap; winter olive green garrison cap; shirt tabs; wool scarf; blue dress uniform jacket; pair of black dress shoes. photograph of "Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island SC Platoon 6A and 6B.

Dates: 1977-1988

Lynn Bechard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0011
Content Description

The collection includes 4 copies of photographs.

Dates: circa 1944

Elizabeth "Betsy" Blee Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0538
Abstract

Elizabeth "Betsy" Summer Blee (b. 1951) served in Ground Supply and as a Mess Officer in the Marine Corps from 1975-1981, and in the Marine Corps Reserves from 1981-1997. Included are her papers, artifacts and pictures from her time in the military, largely focusing on the 1970s.

Dates: 1960-1993; Majority of material found within 1975-1993; Other: Date acquired: 2012 September 21

Tavia Brightwell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0540
Abstract

Tavia I. Brightwell (b. 1985), of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served in the United States Marine Corps from 2006 until 2010 after which she joined the United States Marine Corps Reserve.

The collection includes an oral history transcript, various photographs, and a copy of GI Jobs paperwork.

Dates: 2006-2010

Margaret Helen "June" Crowel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0137
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1945 to 1971

Mary C. Dickson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0465
Scope and Contents This collection contains paperwork detailing standard regulations of the United States Marines Women's Reserve (USMCWR), personal and official correspondence, newsletters, song lyrics, personnel sheets, an ID card, a bumper sticker, and a photograph. The personal letters written by Dickson to her family talk about her travel experiences and life in the Marines; however most of the collection consists of official correspondence. There is one photograph of her sitting at her desk with her...
Dates: 1943-1946; Other: Date acquired: 05/00/2009

Jeannine Marie Franz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0612
Content Description

This collection includes May 2016 oral history transcript; copies of photographs; Series 4030 1996 Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina yearbook; Women Marine Association Iraqi Lioness Chapter challenge coin.

Dates: 1996-2016

Sydney Gallegos Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0716
Abstract

Sydney Gallegos (b. 1997), of Fort Smith, Arkansas, served in the United States Marine Corps from 2015-2021.

The collection includes a 2022 February oral history transcript, hat device, copies of certificates, military papers, Parris boot camp yearbook, and USMC 2015.

Dates: 2015-2022

Kate I. Germano Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0626
Content Description

This collection includes November 2016 oral history transcript; digital photographs. Germano's 2018 book Fight Like a Girl: The Truth Behind How Females Are Trained, co-written with Kelly Kennedy and published by Prometheus Books has been catalogued separately as part of the WVHP monograph reference collection.

Dates: 1996-2016, 2018

Barbara E. Gove Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0152
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 17 December 2000; various photographs; various certificates; various personal papers, including biographical; a male Marine Corps dress uniform, 2000s.

Dates: 1954-2000

Adele A. Graham Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0470
Abstract

Adele A. Graham (b. 1937), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served in the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve and United States Marines Corps Reserve from 1959-1990.

The collection includes a 2009 July 29 oral history transcript.

Dates: 2009 July 29

Eleanor Steinhebel Gurney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0131
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1953 to 1954

Helen Hammond Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0654
Content Description This scrapbook is a photograph album documenting her experiences as a cornet player with the Women Marines Reserve Band from 1944-1945 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The scrapbook contains 189 photographs, plus related ephemera as well as 17 souvenir photos. The photographs document family in Seattle and Los Angeles area from 1941-1944 and her service with the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve Band, in 1944 and 1945, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The images depict band members marching and...
Dates: 1939-1946

Dolores Angel Hamrick Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0513
Scope and Contents This collection includes an oral history transcript, 11 April 2011; photographs (circa 1955, Women Marine Baseball Practice, 2nd MC Camp's Basketball 1954-55, 11th NavDist Softball Champs 1955, Camp Del Mar, The Pala Mission Gang '55, Camp Pendleton All Marine Corps Women Champion Basketball team, Platoon 16-A Woman Recruit Battalion Parris Island SC 1954, Shoe Repair Shop, Miss Carlsbad 1955); Newspaper clippings (Camp Pendleton Basketball Champions); military papers; and a basic training...
Dates: 1954-1957, 2011

Helen Boileau Hester Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0128
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 6 December 1999; original mess hall pass, 1945; copies of various military papers, 1943-1945; United States Marine Corps song booklet, circa 1940s; photograph of Hester and husband in uniform; Textile Box 1: forest green service hat, forest green jacket, herringbone garrison cap, spruce green garrison cap, green cloth bag cover, and buffalo hide purse.

Dates: circa 1943-1999

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

Gail S. Enter Horn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0514
Content Description

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 11 April 2011; "Diamond in the Ruff" class 4029 flag circa 1993-1994; graduation invitation; photographs; cd of photographs.

Dates: 1994-2011

Joan R. Kammer Horton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0155
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1953-2000

M.V. Ginger Jacocks Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0518
Content Description

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 6 May 2011; various scanned photographs, circa 1990-1997.

Dates: 1990-2011

Shirley F. John Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0248
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 1 February 2002; various photographs of John's in her forest green Marines uniform, circa 1954-1955.

Dates: 1954-2002

Marie Kevensky Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0113
Content Description

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

Dates: 1999 November 3

Jo Anne Kilday Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0520
Content Description

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 7 May 2011; 5 scanned photographs that include her time as a Marine and even as a member of the Camp Lejeune Women Marines basketball team, circa 1960.

Dates: 1960-2011

Linda Cates Lacy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0515
Content Description

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 12 April 2011; histories of Women Marines in World War I and United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve Band compiled by Lacy; a scrapbook page; photographs; DVD-R audio slide show of a history of women serving in the United States Marines Corps; a CD-R of the song March of the Women Marines; 2008 Women Marines Association calendar; 2010 Women's Memorial service women calendar.

Dates: 1970s-2010s

Heather L. McKay Mallory Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0563
Content Description

This collection includes May 2014 oral history transcript; photographs; a Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1)sticker; a copy of January-March 2009 Marines magazine; and a Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform.

Dates: 2008-2009, 2014

Naomi Peers Malone Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0519
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 7 May 2011; various scanned photographs, circa 1953 and 1957.

Dates: 1953-1954; 2011

Audrey Knyrim Mattern Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0043
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 21 December 1999; various photographs of Mattern's Marine Corps Women's Reserve service, 1943-1945.

Dates: circa 1943-1999

Marian Murphy Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0711
Content Description The 1944 scrapbook includes photographs of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve Band at their home base of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina or on tour at Parris Island, South Carolina, Washington DC, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. These include images of concerts, rehearsals, the band on parade, the band’s tour bus, band members relaxing, a photo of the Women’s Reserve Dance Band (a swing band), photos of band director Charlotte Plummer, and more. Other items include six mimeographed concert programs for...
Dates: 1944

Rosie Grosshans Noel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0516
Content Description

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 12 April 2011; various scanned photographs, circa 2005.

Dates: 2005-2011

Lucille Ingram Pauquette Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0037
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 15 February 1999; portrait photograph of Pauquette in uniform, October 1945.

Dates: 1945-1999

Jessica Rambo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0653
Content Description The collection includes a 20 March 2019 oral history transcript; a woodland camouflage maternity uniform pants with long sleeve shirt; 2 green short sleeve tee shirts; khaki dress short sleeve shirt with rank patches on arms; 2 khaki dress short sleeve shirt without rank patches; 2 khaki dress long sleeve shirt with rank patches on arms; maternity dark green pressed pants; 2 dark green pressed pants; grey Eisenhower style jacket; a desert maternity uniform with pants and a long sleeve shirt;...
Dates: circa 2006-2016

Barbara Finamore Robertson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0657
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 2 May 2019; photograph copies of Robertson's service with the United States Marine Corps, 2011-2014; copies of Certificates from the Marine Corps, 1 November 2011-13 April 2017.

Dates: 2011-2019

Mary Amanda Sabourin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0100
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 25 June 1999; a green and white pinstriped summer uniform, including dress, jacket, white gloves, and garrison cap for Marine Corps Women's Reserve, 1952.

Dates: 1952-1999

C.J. Gray Grafton Scarlet Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0590
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 27 July 2015; various photographs of Scarlet's Marine Corps service, 1981-1984.

Dates: 2015 July 27

Margaret Marian Smith Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV0036
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 11 February 1999; a spruce green uniform with white seersucker shirt, along with jacket and skirt; a spruce green bell crown hat with USMC device; a photograph of Smith in uniform, circa 1945-1946.

Dates: circa 1945-1999

Phyllis Hinton Snyder Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0146
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 10 February 2000; various photographs 1943-1944.

Dates: 1943-2000

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

Stephanie Weber Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0658
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 18 June 2019; photographs of Weber's service with the United States Marine Corps, 2011.

Dates: 2011-2019

Nina Johnson Wiglesworth Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0132
Content Description

The collection includes a 1999 December 8 oral history transcript; a personal letter to Wiglesworth from a captain, 1944 October 25; photographs of Wiglesworth at Camp Lejeune and in Washington D.C. in uniform, circa 1943 to 1945.

Dates: circa 1943-1999