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Margarette S. Miller was the cousin of trumpeter Phyllis Widener, who played in Freddie Shaffer's Victory Sweetheart's All-Girl Band, which played for military bases and hospitals as part of the United Service Organization's camp shows during World War II. This scrapbook includes postcards, photographs, correspondence, newspapers advertisements and other memorabilia.

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...

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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.