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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Allegrone Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0062
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 12 April 1999; various photographs of Allegrone's Navy WAVES service, 1943-1945.

Dates: circa 1943-1999

Ann Holder Andavall Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0444
Abstract

Ann Holder Andavall (b. 1921), of Ashland, Oregon, served in the United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) as an aerial gunnery instructor during World War II.

The collection includes a 2008 December oral history transcript, 2 photographs, and a United States Pensacola Naval Station Specialist School Diploma.

Dates: circa 1944 to 1945; 2008 December

Beverly Barksdale Sheppe Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0103
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 17 July 1999; 2 photographs of Sheppe during her American Red Cross service, circa 1945.

Dates: circa 1945-1999

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

Alice C. Boehret Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0166
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 15 May 2000; an Army Nurse Corps memoir, 1942-1946; various military papers; a photo album; personal papers, including copy of dissertation, 1972; various newspaper clippings; 3rd Service Command patch; herring bone twill (HBT) work uniform; wool liner for jacket and pants; scarf; boots.

Dates: 1942-2000

Mary H. Bratt Service Diary

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0522
Content Description

This collection includes "Service Diary U.S. Army, Daytona Beach, Florida" is printed on the cover. Bratt added her name and "2nd W.A.A.C. T.C." Entries begin on 27 March 1943. The diary includes pages for general identification, listing "My Buddies" while in the service, "Officers you have met," and many other subjects related to time in basic training.

Dates: 1943

Blanche Berrier Brinkley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0384
Content Description

Typed memior of service in the Medical Corps Naval Reserve from 1943-1946; various photographs of Blanche; others while serving in Okinawa and also photographs of Hawaii

Dates: circa 1943-1989

Meredith Campbell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0397
Content Description

The collection includes 2007 oral history and copies of photographs.

Dates: 2007

Mary Markarian Charpentier Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0528
Content Description

The collection contains photographs; honorable discharge papers; correspondence from Charpentier to her children in Nashua, New Hampshire; and copies of correspondence and photographs.

Dates: circa 1940s

Dorothy Coley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0117
Content Description

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.

Dates: circa 1940-1999

Julia "Judy" Houk Cooley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0452
Content Description

The collection includes digitized photographs of Cooley in uniform, circa 1944-1947; Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) garrison cap insignia and collar insignia; a 12 March 2009 oral history transcript.

Dates: circa 1944-1947

Geneva Spratt Craig Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0505
Content Description

Geneva Spratt Craig (b. 1919), of Dysartsville, North Carolina, served in the United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) from 1943 to 1946.

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 18 November 2010; various scanned photographs.

Dates: 2010 November 18

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

Patricia Keegan Delaney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0209
Content Description 1 May 2001 oral hIstory transcript; Navy WAVES Newsletter "Sounding Off" dated June 22, 1943; photocopy of Booklet "How to serve your county in the WAVES of SPARS" (not dated) Patricia is photographed in this publication; Marching to Victory Booklet of songs and hymns for enlisted Navy WAVES servicemembers; various newspaper clippings 1943-1945; photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt with Navy Captian during WAVES review,1942; photograph of Patricia in front of the Northampton Tavern while...
Dates: 1942-1945

F. Dewitt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0245
Content Description

In the diary, Dewitt discusses training and preparations for her departure to Casablanca; her voyage sailing overseas on the ship the Louis Pasteur; living conditions in Casablanca and the Mateur Airfield in Tunisia; her experiences in the military hospitals there; her interactions with German and Italian prisoners of war; and her social activities.

Dates: 1943 April-1944 January

Jean Downer Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0386
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 21 February 2007.

Dates: 2007 February 21

Mary Gage Dunham Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0143
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 16 January 2000.

Dates: 2000 January 16

Marilyn Roberts (Bobbi) Earp Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0174
Content Description

The collection includes a 2000 June oral history transcript; Newspaper article photocopy from Whiteville, NC, 1989; portrait photograph of Marilyn in her Navy WAVES uniform; photographs of Marilyn and her husband during their service, 1945.

Dates: circa 1944-1949

Maxine Virginia Easter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0108
Content Description The collection includes a 1999 October oral history, names tags, ribbons, and insignia from service in the Navy as Chief Nurse from tour in Philippines, and a bronze dish with the Army Nurse Corps branch insignia in Artifact Box 1; Oversize Box stores Raleigh News and Observer 1945 August 15 article announcing Japanese surrender; local newspaper clippings from 1963 to 1980 highlighting Easter's career with the Navy Nurse Corps in Port Hueneme, CA, and photographs from nursing career...
Dates: circa 1942-1970

Marjorie Randolph Suggs Edwards Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0177
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 25 June 2000; various military papers from Edwards Women's Army Corps service, 1943-1945; various photographs of Edwards Army Special Services work, 1943-1945.

Dates: 1943-2000

M. Jean Moore Fasse Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0390
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 13 March 2007; scans of photographs; copy of 1958 memoir "My trip behind the Iron Curtain"; copy of American Red Cross Overseas Service Certificate, 1946. The majority of this collection is digital materials.

Dates: 1946, 1958, 2007

Carolyn Newby Finger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0057
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 22 March 1999; various photographs of Finger's Navy WAVES service, 1942-1944; a book, USS Tulagi (GVE-72), 1943-1946; cartoon print; various WAVES song sheets, undated; a company newsletter from Vick's Chemical Company, Vol. VI, No. 1, 1 July 1943; a cap device; 10 military patches; a plain gold ensign collar device; cap device on blue wool; a small plastic box containing label for Edward Legum Furniture Co.; a Navy wool cap.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1942-1999

Josephine Martin Flynn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0212
Content Description The collection includes an oral history transcript, 5 May 2001; Postcard with photograph of WAAC training, 1942; Military paperwork 1946,1967; The Alumni Review publication from 1944; various newspaper article clippings 1942-1944; book of United States Defense Savings Bonds; Original War Department ID; Official WAC portrait photographs of Josephine Flynn 1942-1946. OS Box 2 Newspaper and Magazine Articles 1942-1943; Look Magazine, 1942; The New York Times, 1942; The Charlotte Observer,...
Dates: 1942-2001

Thelma Foster Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0445
Abstract

Thelma Houpe Foster (1917-2010) served in the United States Women's Army Corps during World War II.

The collection includes a 2009 January 16 oral history transcript.

Dates: 2009 January 16

Janet Froome Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0120
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 9 November 1999; various correspondence, 1942-1944; various diary entries, 1942-1945; various military papers, 1941-1983; Memories of World War II, Froome interview with George L. McDermott; various photographs of Froome's Army Nurse Corps service, 1942-1945.

Dates: circa 1941-1999

Ruth Lillian Gaddy Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0216
Abstract

Ruth Gaddy (1918-2014) of Charlotte, North Carolina, served in the United States WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) and WAC (Women's Army Corps) during WWII. She was part of the all African-American 6888th Central Postal Battalion.

The collection includes a 2001 May oral history transcript.

Dates: 2001 May 23

Ruth King Garrett Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0392
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 10 April 2007; various scans of photographs, along with a letter, 1945.

Dates: circa 1945, 2007

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

Katherine Faye Giles Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0215
Content Description The collection includes an oral history transcript, 15 May 2001; OS Box 1 contains portrait photograph of graduating class of sergeant school 1st class c 1944; newspaper clipping of Katherine's wedding while in service in Marine Corps in Cherry Point, SC, not dated; photocopy of Katherine in page of a National Geographic 1943 article "Bound fpr Boot Camp"; Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point SC pictoral booklet of base; Booklets "Meet Molly Marine" and This is it Cherry Point", circa 1945;...
Dates: 1943-1945, 2001

Margaret Greene Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0099
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 25 June 1999; poem written by Walter Mathau, dedicated to Red Cross workers; various photographs of Greene's Red Cross service, 1943-1944.

Dates: circa 1943-1999

Ruth M. Gregg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0252
Content Description

The collection includes various photographs of Gregg's during her Army Nurse Corps service, circa 1943-1945; various correspondence with a Dr. Rossi, circa 1943-1944; various papers, including her engagement announcement, circa 1946; Oversize box 2: The Stars and Stripes magazine, 7 June 1944.

Dates: 1943-1945

Vera Keen Griffin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0238
Scope and Contents

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 9 January 2002; various copies of correspondence, 16 May 1943 and 28 May 1943; 2 photograph copies of Griffin marching with her regiment, undated; a photograph of Griffin with friends and family on her wedding day, undated; a photograph copy of Griffin's mother marching in Ewell Veterans parade, circa 1967-1968.

Dates: 1941-1967

Dorothy Mae Griffin Rice Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0112
Content Description

The collection includes 1999 October 31 oral history transcript; photograph of Dorothy with Marine Recruiting Office staff in Denver, Colorado,1944; photograph of Dorothy flight clearance staff at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, California,1945 and a Marine Corps Shoulder Bag.

Dates: circa 1944-1999

Julia Hill Gunn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0060
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 6 April 1999; various letters of correspondence, October 1945-October 1947; various photographs of Gunn's Navy WAVES service, circa 1945.

Dates: circa 1945-1999

Blanche Woolard Haggard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0040
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 18 February 1999; various photographs of Haggard's service with the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), 1943-1944; various military publications, including materials on the ship USS Tulagi, 1942-1943; various textiles; 10 patches and 2 cap devices.

Dates: circa 1942-1999

Nellie May Hammond Diary

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0223
Content Description

The collection includes a "My Life in the Service" Diary.

Dates: 1943 March 29-June 5

Mary Kathryn Hampton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0335
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 21 November 2005; Memoirs written by Mary Kathryn: "Experiences in the 44th Evacuation Hospital, World War II", undated, 31 pages; photographs of Mary visiting the WWII memorial with nurses that served with her during the war in Normandy; portrait photograph of Mary Kay Hampton, circa 1944; in the ANC blue service uniform with matching garrison cap.

Dates: 1944-2005

Myrtle Otto Hanke Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0147
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 11 February 2000; various correspondence, 1941-1945; various newspaper clippings, 1942-1946; photographs and 16 artist color renderings of Coolangatta, Queensland/Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia.

Dates: circa 1941-2000

Sarah Clapp Haworth Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0509
Content Description

Sarah Clapp Haworth (1920-2011), of Swannanoa, North Carolina, served in the United States Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) from 1942 to 1943.

This collection includes 18 March 2011 oral history transcript.

Dates: 2011 March 18

Mary Ann Henning Moore Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0102
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 11 July 1999; various Navy military papers, 1944-1946; a portrait photograph of Moore in Navy WAVES uniform, circa 1945; a transcription from "Virginia Society Dames in the Military," 1991.

Dates: circa 1944-1999

Evelyn Henson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0214
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 13 May 2001; portrait photograph of Evelyn; Army Nurse Corps service uniform and garrison cap, circa 1945.

Dates: 1945, 2001

Lillie M. Henson Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0068
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 24 April 1999.

Dates: 1999 April 24

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

Dorothy Hoover Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0170
Content Description This collection includes 5 June 2000 oral history transcript; Newspaper articles circa 1940's and 1977; copy of Basic Training Squadron 2 Flights A and B Class 1944; official national aeronautic associaton publication- airplane specs, 1949; original WASP songbook; original fundamentals of air fighting booklet; photographs of Dorothy posing in and on airplanes in her WASP uniform circa 1943; Federal Aviation Regulations booklets, 1963; Basic Flying Manual, undated; Flight Instructors Manual,...
Dates: 1940-1976

Grace Illman Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0338
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 17 January 2006.

Dates: 2006 January 17

Paula Silverman Isenberg Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0507
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 2 February 2011.

Dates: 2011 February 2