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Finch, Florence Ebersole Smith, 1915-. Florence Ebersole Smith Finch oral history interview, 2007-2008.

Title: Florence Ebersole Smith Finch oral history interview, 2007-2008.

Oral history interview of Florence E. Finch, of Ithaca, N.Y, including descriptions of her working at Fort Santiago, Manila, Philippines, under Maj. E. Carl Engelhart, U.S. Army Intelligence (G-2), Hg. Philippine Dept., U.S. Army; her work assisting Filipino resistance and U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war; her capture by Japanese soldiers, interrogations and torture by the Kempei tai (Japanese secret police), and imprisonment at Bilibid and then the women's prison at Mandaluyong; her memories of American spy and author, Claire Phillips, who was also imprisoned at Bilibid and Mandaluyong; Finch's training, activities, and military life during her service in the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS); and life after SPARS disbanded and being presented with the U.S. Medal of Freedom.

ArchivalResource: 1 transcript.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/325223321 View

Marshall, Alice Kahler,. Paper doll cut-outs booklets, 1941-1943.

Title: Paper doll cut-outs booklets, 1941-1943.

This portion of the collection contains Stage door canteen paper dolls no. 2468 (Akron, OH: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1943) with WAAC and WAVE uniforms, nurses' aide, canteen hostess's apron, AWVS, SPAR, dresses, gown, and man's uniform; and Gloria Jean paper doll cut-outs no. 1666 (Akron, OH: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1941) with four figures, dresses, hats, coats, and play outfits.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47144742 View

Smith, Donna Ione, 1922-. Donna Ione Smith oral history interview, 2005 Sept. 28.

Title: Donna Ione Smith oral history interview, 2005 Sept. 28.

Oral history interview of USCG SPAR veteran Donna Ione Smith, including descriptions of her activities as her marriage with USCG World War II veteran Robert Smith (23 Apr. 1943), making them the first U.S. Coast Guard marriage; and reminiscences of the end of World War II.

ArchivalResource: 1 sound cassette.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/404032180 View

Morin, Ruth,. Oral history interview, 1982.

Title: Oral history interview, 1982.

Summary of unrecorded interview with Ruth and Virginia Morin, at East Millinocket, Me., about their work in SPARS, the women's branch of the Coast Guard, during W.W. II.

ArchivalResource: 5 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70964643 View

Hatcher, Jean Elizabeth Sheppard, 1924-. Oral history interview with Alvin O. Berg, 2008 December 11.

Title: Oral history interview with Alvin O. Berg, 2008 December 11.

Interview with Jean Elizabeth Sheppard Hatcher, a Coast Guard Women's Reserves veteran (or SPARS), concerning her childhood and education in Edwardsville,Virden, and Girard, Ill.; father's experience in World War I; waitressing and clerical work following high school graduation; memories of Pearl Harbor attack; decision to enlist in Coast Guard SPAR program in June 1944; clerical training at Palm Beach, Fla.; meeting future husband, Bill Hatcher, at USO Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.; assignment to USCG headquarters in Washington, D.C.; courtship; contraction of fibromyalgia and discharge from service; 1946 wedding; family history; involvement in Ridglea United Methodist Church in Fort Worth.

ArchivalResource: 79 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/672465766 View