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Oneida Miller, 1943

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
  • Service Unit/Ship: Nichols General Hospital
  • Location of Service: Louisville, Kentucky
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/4850

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"We were called 'nigger' many a time... But you just kept on going." (24:16)

Soldiers wounded in wartime might be expected to be grateful for aid and comfort from any woman in a nurse's uniform. But as Oneida Miller discovered in 1945 working the wards of Nichols General Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, some GIs didn't want her ministrations, solely because of the color of her skin. Miller grew up in Indianapolis, and her comparisons between her hometown and the city in which she served for at the end of World War II might surprise some people who assumed Jim Crow flourished only south of the Ohio River.

Oneida Miller Stuart Collection
Interview / Recording

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[ Newspaper article "First in 63 Years: Make Fine Records; Four Others Enrolled" [March 27. 1943] ]

About this Item

Title

  • Oneida Miller Stuart Collection

Names

  • Lugar, Richard
  • Stuart, Oneida Miller
  • U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar
  • Clanin, Douglas

Home State

  • Indiana

Headings

  • -  Stuart, Oneida Miller
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Nurse Corps.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Female

Race

  • Black or African American

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
    • Service Unit/Ship: Nichols General Hospital
    • Location of Service: Louisville, Kentucky
    • Dates of Service: 1945-1946
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Manuscript: Clippings [1 item] -- (collected 1943)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 1992-09-15)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/4850

Online Format

  • audio
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Highest Rank

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Gender

Race

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Interviewee

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Organization/Affiliation

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Lugar, Richard, Oneida Miller Stuart, U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar, and Douglas Clanin. Oneida Miller Stuart Collection. 1945. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.04850/.

APA citation style:

Lugar, R., Stuart, O. M., U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar & Clanin, D. (1945) Oneida Miller Stuart Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.04850/.

MLA citation style:

Lugar, Richard, et al. Oneida Miller Stuart Collection. 1945. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.04850/>.