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Photo, Print, Drawing NAACP photographs of African American women in the military services during World War II

About this Item

Title

  • NAACP photographs of African American women in the military services during World War II

Summary

  • Emphasis is on activities of the Army Nurse Corps and the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), later called Women's Army Corps (WAC), at bases in Australia, England, France, and the United States. Activities include training, recruitment, clerical work, and recreation, such as Army nurses playing cards and knitting, and a WAAC band in a parade. Includes portraits of officers and new recruits. Prominent people depicted include: Mary McLeod Bethune at a National Civilian Advisory Committee luncheon, Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Joe Louis welcoming a group of new WAAC enlistees; Walter White visiting the WAAC training center at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. One photo of tennis instructor of the 3510 WAF Squadron, Randolph Air Force Base.

Created / Published

  • 1943-1951, bulk 1943-1945.

Headings

  • -  White, Walter,--1893-1955
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--United States
  • -  African Americans--Military service--1940-1960
  • -  United States.--Naval Reserve.--Women's Reserve--People--1940-1960
  • -  United States.--Army Nurse Corps--People--1940-1960
  • -  United States.--Army.--Women's Auxiliary Corps--People--1940-1960
  • -  United States.--Army.--Women's Army Corps--People--1940-1960
  • -  Women--Military service--1940-1960

Headings

  • Gelatin silver prints--1940-1960.
  • Group portraits--1940-1960.
  • Portrait photographs--1940-1960.

Genre

  • Portrait photographs--1940-1960
  • Group portraits--1940-1960
  • Gelatin silver prints--1940-1960

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Organized into five subject categories: Army Nurse Corps; Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) and Women's Army Corps (WACs); Women's Air Force (WAFs); Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES); Miscellaneous, Atlanta Army Services Forces Department.
  • -  Collection finding aid available.
  • -  Images available on microfilm (including finding aid). Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
  • -  Most images bear original handwritten or typed identifications.
  • -  Many images cropped or otherwise marked for publication.
  • -  Lot title devised.
  • -  Forms part of: Visual materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records (Library of Congress).

Medium

  • 76 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13103 (F) USE MICROFILM [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Visual materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 95517837

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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  • Call Number: LOT 13103 (F) USE MICROFILM [P&P]
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Chicago citation style:

NAACP photographs of African American women in the military services during World War II. United States, 1943. to 1951, Bulk to 1945. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/95517837/.

APA citation style:

(1943) NAACP photographs of African American women in the military services during World War II. United States, 1943. to 1951, Bulk to 1945. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/95517837/.

MLA citation style:

NAACP photographs of African American women in the military services during World War II. to 1951, Bulk to 1945. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/95517837/>.