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[Elsie Prevatte Picket signing document, 1962]
WAC Elsie Prevatte Pickett, seated at a desk, prepares to sign document on 14 April 1962. The desk appears to belong to Brigadier General B.E. Powell. According to the caption on the back of the photo, Prevatte, as Post Entertainment Officer and...
WV0462 Elsie Prevatte Pickett Papers
[Letter from Annie Pozyck to her parents, 1945]
Pozyck continues to hope for a letter from Louis, hopes he won't be unhappy to hear she is abroad, and continues to listen to the radio for entertainment. She notes that there are 840 patients in their 400-capacity hospital and encloses a bulletin...
WV0333 Annie Pozyck Papers
[Letter from Jamie Marshall to her husband, 1944]
Marshall, now in France, reports on her food, mail and packages, health, and entertainment, including movies and a USO show. She notes that they are evacuating patients by air quickly and worries about spending the winter there, given their living...
WV0206 Jamie Marshall Papers
Oral history interview with Caroline Morrison Garrett, 2008
Primarily documents Caroline Morrison Garret's education at Woman's College and service as a dietitian for the U.S. Army during WWII.
Garrett briefly outlines her parents' career and her early childhood, but focuses on her time at Woman's...
WV0426 Caroline Morrison Garrett Papers, 1941-1948
Oral history interview with Elizabeth C. Hickcox, 1999
Primarily documents Elizabeth C. Hickcox's early life, her Standard Oil job, and her experiences at Hunter College and Anacostia Naval Station with the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during World War...
WV0067 Elizabeth C. Hickcox Papers
Oral history interview with Elsie Prevatt Pickett, 2009
Elsie P. Pickett documents her early life, collegiate education, wide ranging military service, and later civilian career.
Pickett primarily discusses her career in the United Army Women's Army Corps [WAC] during the Cold War and Vietnam...
Oral history interview with Faith Sparks Hawkins, 2005
Primarily documents Faith Sparks Hawkins's childhood in Wilkes County, North Carolina, during the Depression; her service with the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II; and her family and nursing career after the war.
Hawkins describes her...
WV0325 Faith S. Hawkins Papers
Oral history interview with Jane Heins Escher, 1999
Interview primarily includes discussion of Jane Escher's childhood in North Carolina and her service as a cryptographer in the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during the Korean War.
Escher recalls moments...
WV0080 Jane Heins Escher Papers
Oral history interview with Laura Gibson, 2005
Primarily details Laura Avis Gibson's service with the Coast Guard during World War II, in addition to her youth on a farm and her work at Burlington Industries.
Gibson briefly recalls her childhood on a farm in Randolph County and then...
WV0327 Laura Avis Gibson Papers
Oral history interview with Lucy Phillips Pugh, 1999
Primarily documents Lucy Pugh's early life and her service with the Coast Guard SPARS (from Semper Paratus-Always Ready) during World War II.
Pugh discusses her life before the war, including her father's general store; playing...
WV0074 Lucy Phillips Pugh Papers
Oral history interview with Lucy Smith, 1999
Primarily documents Lucy M. Smith's experiences in the Women's Army Corps from 1943 to 1945, particularly her time at Camp Patrick Henry.
Smith details hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor while recovering from injuries she sustained...
WV0081 Lucy Smith Papers
Oral history interview with Marjory Johnson, 1999
Primarily documents Marjory W. Johnson's education at the Women's College of the University of North Carolina and at Walter Reed Medical Center in the early 1940s, her experiences in Europe with the army during World War II, and her post-war...
WV0111 Marjory Johnson Papers
Oral history interview with Muriel Coykendall Kiser, 1999
Documents Muriel Coykendall Kiser's childhood; her education at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) in the early 1940s; and her service in Europe with the Red Cross during...
WV0078 Muriel Coykendall Kiser Papers
Oral history interview with Ruth White, 1999
Primarily documents Ruth Matthews White's experiences at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro); her service in the Philippines and Japan with the Red Cross during World War II;...
WV0089 Ruth White Papers