Papers, 1934-1962 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1934-1962 (inclusive).

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Correspondence, articles, reports, newsletters, manuals, photos, clippings, phonograph records, and other material reflect Reynard's career in the Navy, including her assignments with the WAVES at WAVES training school, the Naval Training School, and on the U.S.S. Hunter, as well as information about WAVES personnel and organization regulations, and about other units of military women in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain. Also included are manuscripts of poetry and writings on Cape Cod and New England; manuscripts of her The Narrow Land (1934) and Ports of Youth: Fragment of an Autobiography (1946-1947); a scrapbook of reviews of The Mutinous Wind (1951); and material on Armenian studies.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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