Papers, 1942-1979.

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. Naval Training School, Women's Reserve (Hunter College)

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Alsmeyer, Marie Bennett

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Marie Bennett Alsmeyer enlisted in the Navy in 1943 at the age of 20. She served as a Pharmacist's Mate at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland, California. From the description of Papers, 1943-1987. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 49802495 ...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Brou, Claire E.

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Wilde, Louise Mills

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Captain, U.S. Navy. From the description of Papers, 1942-1979. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 57508239 ...

Coye, Beth F.

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Van Voris, Jacqueline

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Jacqueline Van Voris and Mildred Adams Kenyon, January 1975 Jacqueline Van Voris was born to Victor and Genevieve Naggiar in Corsicana, Texas on November 11, 1922. She grew up in Arcata, California. During World War II, she instructed pilots on instrument flying as a Link Trainer with the WAVES for the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946. Van Voris received a BA in English from the University of California at Berkeley in 1948. In 1949 she married William Hoover Van Voris. They ...

Mount Holyoke College.

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The first official publication of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was a catalogue issued in 1837 containing information about trustees, teachers, terms of admission, the course of study, the schedule for the year, Family Accommodations, and the Moral and Religious Influence at the school. Subsequent catalogues (with periodic updates) trace the growth of the institution and provide detailed information about the academic program and residential life for students at the College. These publications h...

United States. Naval reserve midshipmen's school (WR) Northampton, Mass.

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United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel

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The University of California, Berkeley, component of the Navy College Training Program V-12 during World War II. From the description of Navy V-12 program archives, University of California, Berkeley, 1943-1946. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 42409987 History The University of California, Berkeley, component of the Navy College Training Program V-12 during World War II. From the guid...