Oleda Christides papers, 1975-1979.

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Oleda Christides papers, 1975-1979.

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Christides was one of 223 telephone switchboard operators who served in the U. S. Signal Corps in Chaumont, France. The bulk of the papers are letters and new clippings pertaining to the fight for veteran status by the switchboard operators in 1974-1975, which ended successfully in 1979.

10 folders.

Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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Christides, Oleda, 1897-

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Native of Marine City, Michigan. Served in the Signal Corps during World War I as a telephone switchboard operator. From the description of Oleda Christides papers, 1975-1979. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 60693935 ...

Chaumont, France.

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