Laura Boddie Jones Bowers papers, 1906-1990 (bulk 1931-1955).

United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve

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The United States entered WWII in 1941 and soon faced a serious shortage of manpower in the military. Congress, along with public interest and advocacy from various national organizations, forced the Department of the Navy (over considerable internal resistance) to start accepting women into their service to augment the many thousands of men already active in the war effort. On June 24, 1942, Congress passed an act to create a women's reserve as a branch of the Naval reserve; to be governed by ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Louisiana State Normal College.

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United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Department of Military Science was established at the University of Oregon in 1919. The school had sponsored military training through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program before the creation of a Military Science department. In January 1916, then University of Oregon, (UO) president Prince Lucien Cambell, established a ROTC curriculum led by LTC John Leader, a retired British officer. Over 100 students participated in the first drill in March 1916, le...

United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Bowers, Laura Boddie Jones, 1915-2003

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Laura Boddie Jones Bowers graduated from Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in 1936 and Louisiana State University in 1940. She worked as a librarian in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Natchitoches, La. Bowers was also a special services librarian in the United States Army during World War II. From the description of Laura Boddie Jones Bowers papers, 1906-1990 (bulk 1931-1955). (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 276174506 ...

Tulane University.

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Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). School of Library and Information Science

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Louisiana State University began offering summer courses in library science in 1926 and the Board of Supervisors established the Graduate School of Library Science in 1931. The name was changed to the School of Library & Information Science (SLIS) in 1981. Through 1958, the Bachelor of Science in Library Science degree was awarded to 725 students. The Master of Science program began in 1951, the Master of Library Science in 1973, and the Master of Library and Information Science in the fall ...

Newcomb College

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