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United States Air Force - Women

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Gail Adams Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0434
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 30 October 2008.

Dates: 2008 October 30

Cheryl Bernhardt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0529
Content Description

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 10 March 2012; various scanned photographs, circa 1971-1973.

Dates: 1972-2012

Shirley D. Brantley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0211
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1952-1954

Charlotte Holder Clinger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0230
Content Description The collection includes a 8 August 2006 oral history transcript; an original and copy of invitation to the "CIA Salutes Its Military Women and WIMSA," 16 October 1997; a newspaper clipping copy with Clinger featured in picture leaving Reynolds Hall, circa 1963-1964; a copy of Special Orders at Lackland Air Force Base, TX, 27 October 1967; a personnel action request, 13 July 1968; 2 copies of Permanent Change of Station Request, 23 July 1968; a certificate copy of Air Intelligence Officer...
Dates: circa 1968-1997

Aimee (Sarris) Corning Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0451
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 20 February 2010.

Dates: 2010 February

Mildred D. Dalrymple Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0336
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 28 December 2005; various newspaper clippings, September-December 1944 and September 2002; various photographs, circa 1944.

Dates: circa 1944-2005

Carolyn F. Dominik Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0531
Abstract

Carolyn F. Dominik (b. 1950),of Queens, New York served in the United States Air Force Nurse Corps from 1973 to 1993. She retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

The collection includes a 2012 April oral history transcript.

Dates: 2012 April 13

Blossom Ellis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0382
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1954-2007

Reva Ingram Fortune Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0034
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 8 February 1999; various photographs of Fotrune’s Women’s Army Corps service as an Army Air Force Service Pilot, 1943-1947; various copies of letters, 1943; various newspaper articles from UNCG Campus Weekly and Greensboro News & Record, 1991-1997; a “Sky High Experience” article located in Oversized Box 1, 1997.

Dates: circa 1943-1999

Lena Burch Gallitano Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0646
Content Description

This collection includes May 2019 oral history transcript; photographs; clippings; certificates; John L. Hennessy Trophy Awards booklet.

Dates: 1967-1971, 2018

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

Renee L. Gurley Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0532
Abstract

Renee L. Gurley (1952-2012), of High Point, North Carolina, served in the United States Air Force from 1975 to 1995.

The collection includes a 2012 May oral history transcript.

Dates: 2012 May 7

Elaine Danforth Harmon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0359
Content Description

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 9 August 2006; WASP songbook; portrait photograph of Elaine Harmon in 1944 in WASP A2 leather jacket with Fifinella patch and a flight helmet with goggles.

Dates: 1944, 2006

Betty Pegg Hemphill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0235
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 4 January 2002; various photographs of Hemphill during her Women's Air Force service, circa 1950-1951.

Dates: 1949-1951

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

Yardley Nelson Hunter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0503
Content Description

Dr. Yardley Nelson Hunter (b. 1953), of Buffalo, New York, served as an officer in public relations in the United States Air Force and the Air National Guard from 1975 through 1997. Hunter was one of the first female officers to enter the Air Force Academy.

This collection includes October 2010 oral history transcript; a name tag from the Air Force Academy.

Dates: circa 1970s - 2010

Anna Kalar Textiles

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0437
Content Description

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

Dates: circa 1953-1954

Barbara A. Kucharczyk Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0277
Abstract

Barbara A. Wolfe Kucharczyk of Florida served in the U.S. Air Force from 1976 to 1998.

The Kucharczyk Papers primarily date 1977 to 1998 and cincludes March 2003 and April 2019 oral history transcripts, photographs and photograph albums, military papers and records, clippings, programs, writings, yearbooks, awards, artifacts, uniform and uniform accessories, insignia, ribbons, badges, and medals, which document her career in the U.S. Air Force.

Dates: 1977-2003, 2019

Sue Lamm-Gurley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0722
Content Description

The collection includes an August 2022 oral history transcript; photographs; newspaper clipping; uniform and nurse's cap; family genealogy book.

Dates: 1970-1972

Lunary Love Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0162
Content Description

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

Dates: 2000 April 5

Bridgid Kathleen MacSeoin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0605
Scope and Contents

Included in this collection are military handbooks, artifacts, and uniforms.

Dates: 1981-2006

Nancy Mayes Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0169
Abstract

Nancy Mayes (1921-2016) served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and the American Red Cross (ARC) during World War II, and in the Air Force Reserves for over twenty-five years. She was a charter member of the Women Military Pilots Association, Inc. (now Women Military Aviators).

The collection includes an oral history transcript, Women Air Force Service Pilots Memorial Papers, and Women Air Force Service Pilots Mixed Materials.

Dates: circa 1944 and 1996

Fannie Griffin McClendon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0659
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 24 July 2019; scanned photographs of McClendon's time in the Women's Army Corps, 1942-1951.

Dates: 1942-1951

Cherise Miller-March Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0622
Content Description

This collection includes CD with Photographs, August 2016 oral history transcript, and scans of photographs.

Dates: 1985-2000, 2016

Luvenia Griffin Mitchell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0200
Content Description

The collection includes a 9 February 2001 oral history transcript; a photograph negative of Mitchell with Air Force Supply School class at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, circa 1952.

Dates: circa 1952-2001

Kimberly Dawn Mozingo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0545
Content Description

This collection includes 19 March 2013 Oral History Transcript -restricted until 2038, and scanned photographs.

Dates: 1987-1998, 2013

Lenora I. Nagel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0201
Abstract

Leonora I. Nagel (b. 1930) of Lawton, North Dakota, served with the Women in the Air Force from 1953 to 1956. She later spent almost thirty years teaching overseas as a civilian with the Department of Defense.

The collection includes an oral history transcript, letters, photographs, and textiles.

Dates: circa 1953-1956

Cheryl Jester Poteat Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0494
Content Description

Cheryl Jester Poteat (b. 1950) of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as an imagery interpreter specialist in the United States Air Force WAF (Women in the Air Force) and the Air Force from 1973 to 1977.

This collection contains a June 2010 oral history transcript and originals and copies of military papers and photographs.

Dates: 1974 January 15- 2010 June 30

Therese Robinson Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0439
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 14 November 2008.

Dates: 2008 November 14

Ingrid Ruffin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0400
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 8 May 2007; various photograph copies of Ruffin's while stationed in Iraq completing duties, hanging out with fellow soldiers, and exploring the landscape, 2003.

Dates: circa 2003, 2007

Cheryl L. Sizer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0543
Abstract

Cheryl Sizer (b. 1964), of Morgantown, West Virginia, served in the United States Air Force Band from 1990 until 2010.

The collection includes an oral history transcript, photographs, compact discs, and a DVD.

Dates: 1990-2010

Therese Strohmer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0441
Abstract Therese Strohmer (b. 1962) of West Branch, Michigan, served in the United States Air Force from 1980-1986 as a Russian Cryptologic Linguist, performance evaluator, and instructor for a classified National Security Agency system. This collection includes January 2009 oral history transcript; photographs; letters; autographed photograph of WASPS; Copies of military records; Goodfellow Air Gorce Base Unofficial Directory and Guide, 1981; The Airmen of Lackland Airforce Base Basic...
Dates: 1977-2009

June Thomas Swearengin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0565
Content Description

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

Dates: 2013-2014

Shirley Sprague Tucker Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0596
Abstract

Shirley Sprague Tucker served in the United States Women in the Air Force (WAF) from 21 November 1950 to 20 November 1954 before spending ten years working with the International Red Cross.

Dates: 1950-1954; Other: Date acquired: 10/08/2015

Mary L. Turner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0254
Content Description

The collection includes various photographs of Turner's travels and her family, circa 1952-1999; various newspaper articles written by Tuner for Kernersville News, circa 1992-2002; an article titled "Dr. and Mrs. James Turner mixed Military and Medical Careers," Fifty Plus News, November 1991.

Dates: circa 1952-1999

JoAnn Sesher Webb Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0548
Content Description

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

Dates: circa 1950s- 2013

Betty Etten Wiker Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0428
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...
Dates: 1942-1949, 1952, 1977-1978, 2008

Katherine Elizabeth Raup Wilson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0690
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 20 April 2021; various photographs of Wilson's Air Force service, 1977-1981; various certificates of training, 22 September 1977-25 April 1980.

Dates: 1977-1981