Finding Aid for the Carol Bell World War II/Women's Air Corps (WAC) Interviews, 1996


MS-2562

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Collection processed by: Rachel Tinker, September 13, 2005.
Finding Aid written by: Rachel Tinker, September 13, 2005.
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 21, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Carol Bell World War II/Women's Air Corps (WAC) Interviews

Date/Date Range :   1996

Extent: 1.0 linear feet

Abstract:
The Carol Bell WAC Interviews, 1996, consists of audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with 20 women who served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. The interviews, conducted by Carol Owen Bell, set out to discover the long-term effects of military experience on women who served in the war.

Call number: MS-2562

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This collection was donated to Special Collections by Carol Bell in 1996. It is the primary research of her Master's Thesis, The Long-Term Impact of Military Experience on World War II Women's Army Corps Veterans, December, 1996.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Carol Bell World War II/Women's Air Corps (WAC) Interviews, MS-2562. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of two boxes.


Biography / History

No biographical information is available.


Collection Scope and Content Note

The Carol Bell WAC Interviews, 1996, consists of audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with 20 women who served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. The interviews, conducted by Carol Owen Bell, set out to discover the long-term effects of military experience on women who actually served in the war.

Subject Terms

  • Bell, Carol.
  • United States. Army. Women's Army Corps.
  • Women soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
Terry Benton Interview and floppy disks, 1996

Box   1     Folder   2    
Jean Biddle Interview and Mary Ruth Clinton Interview, 1993-1996

Box   1     Folder   3    
June Buxkemper Interview and Margaret Salm Interview, 1993-1996

Box   1     Folder   4    
Last tape of Buxkemper and Dottie Hyatt Interview, 1993-1996

Box   1     Folder   5    
Elizabeth Chastain Interview, 1996

Box   1     Folder   6    
Elba Clevenger Interview, 1996

Box   1     Folder   7    
Geraldine Dormagen Interview and Anita Mallette Interview, 1996

Box   1     Folder   8    
Shirley Elmore Interview, 1993-1996

Box   1     Folder   9    
Betty Emerson Interview and Marian Garber Interview, 1993-1996

Box   2     Folder   1    
Ginger Frazier Interview, 1996

Box   2     Folder   2    
Elizabeth Hill Interview, 1996

Box   2     Folder   3    
Gladys McCullough, 1996

Box   2     Folder   4    
Helen Moon and Mildred Sawyer, 1996

Box   2     Folder   5    
Mary Nelson Interview, 1996

Box   2     Folder   6    
Erma Reynolds Interview, 1996