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Mary Warburton Long Collection
Newsclipping: "A WAC Writes Home" [undated].
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Photo Album - 83 pages
Letter from Laurin L. Williams to Commanding General Military District of Washington [1953] - 2 pages
Letter from Laurin L. Williams to Commanding General Military District of Washington [1953] - 2 pages
Typewritten Honorable Discharge from Women's Auxiliary Corps - 1 page
Special Orders #17 [21 May 1942] - 1 page
Movement orders - 2 pages
Special Orders #210 [2 September 1943] - 1 page
Appointment and Active Duty in the Army of the United States [1 September 1943] - 1 page
Special Orders #63 [15 March 1943] - 2 pages
Commendation [8 March 1943] - 1 page
Special Orders #53 [3 March 1943] - 1 page
Board of Officers memo [22 January 1943] - 1 page
Special Order #236 [1 September 1942] - 1 page
Order promoting Mary Long to First Officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps - 1 page
Special Orders #82 [1 October 1942] - 1 page
Movement orders [undated] - 1 page
Special Orders No. 14 [18 May 1942] - 1 page
Special Order #2 [3 January 1943] - 1 page
Special Orders # 348 [23 December 1942] - 1 page
Temporary Appointment [30 September 1943] - 1 page
Special Orders # 129 [14 August 1943] - 1 page
Memo re: Board of Officers [22 January 1943] - 1 page
Military record and report of separation [7 February 1946] - 2 pages
Certificate of retirement [18 March 1971] - 1 page
Certificate of appointment as Third Officer in the WAAC [29 August 1942] - 1 page
Certificate of appointment as First Officer in the WAAC [29 December 1942]] - 1 page
Certificate of completion of Officer Candidate Course [July-August 1942] - 1 page
Commendation [28 January 1943] - 1 page
Special Orders # 17 [21 May 1942] - 1 page
Memo: Information for Student Attending Course of Instruction at the Adjutant General's School - 1 page
Memo: Award of Military Occupational Specialties [15 October 1951] - 1 page
Memo: Second Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Training Center - 2 pages
Special Orders #85 [5 October 1942] - 1 page
Certificate of appointment to rank [18 May 1942] - 1 page
Military record - 7 pages
Note from the Canadian Armed Forces denying Long's appointment as full-time auxiliary [22 August 1941] - 2 pages
Letter requesting Long present herself for interview by a selection board at a recruiting center for the Canadian Armed Forces [30 September 1941] - 1 page
Certificate of discharge from the Canadian Armed Forces - 2 pages
Letter requesting Long present herself for enlistment in the Canadian Armed Forces - 1 page
Service record [1950-1960] - 2 pages
Memo: Retired pay for Non-Regular Service (Not on active duty) [7 April 1971] - 1 page
Temporary Appointment to Captain [1 September 1943] - 1 page
Special Orders # 14 [18 May 1942] - 1 page
Promotion to Major - 1 page
Department of the Army memo, appointment in the Officers' Reserve Corps - 2 pages
Special Orders #82 [1 October 1942] - 1 page
Letter endorsing Long for service in the Canadian Armed Forces - 1 page
Memorandum for the Adjutant General [20 January 1943] - 1 page
Memo from Major General W. D. Styer to O. C. Hobby [18 January 1943] - 1 page
Memo concerning a commendation [11 December 1944] - 1 page
Special Orders #69 [15 March 1944] - 1 page
Copy of an article about Long from the WAAC public relations office [n.d.] - 5 pages
Letter from T. Fred Noble to Mary Long [12 April 1957] - 2 pages
Letter from Laurin L. Williams to Commanding General, Military District of Washington [19 March 1953] - 1 page
Memo concerning a commendation [8 March 1943] - 1 page
Graduation program, First Officer Candidate Class of the WAAC [29 August 1942] - 5 pages
Commemorative booklet on the graduation of the First Officer Candidate Class of the WAAC [1942] - 7 pages
Letter from Mary Long to Mr. Leuci, Department of Investigation, New York, NY [12 July 1941] - 3 pages
Letter from Mary Long to Miss Ruth E. Collins [undated] - 3 pages
Letter from Mary Long to unidentified recipient [undated] - 7 pages
Letter from Mary Long To unidentified recipient [undated] - 4 pages
Telegram from Mary Long to Mrs. J. H. Long [19 May 1942] - 2 pages
Telegram from Adjutant General to Mary Long [26 May 1942] - 1 page
Letter from Mary Long to unidentified recipient [30 May 1942] - 4 pages
Letter to Mary Long from unidentified writer [20 June 1942] - 6 pages
Telegram from unknown to Mary Long [undated] - 1 page
Telegram from James L. Munson to Mary Long [8 July 1942] - 1 page
Telegram from James L. Munson to Mary Long [9 July 1942] - 1 page
Letter from Alex H. Faulkner to Mrs. John Hathaway Long [27 July 1942] - 1 page
Letter from Guy V. Henry to General Don C. Faith [1 January 1943] - 1 page
Letter from Don C. Faith to Major General Guy V. Henry [12 January 1943] - 1 page
Letter from Joan E. Joosten to Captain Mary W. Long [11 April 1943] - 2 pages
Letter from Hobart B. Brown to Mary W. Long [8 March 1943] - 1 page
Letter from Joan E. Joosten to Mary W. Long [25 April 1943] - 2 pages
Letter from Betty Bandel to Mary W. Long [7 April 1944] - 2 pages
Letter from Kathleen to Mary Long [2 August 1944] - 8 pages
Christmas card from Betty [12/1944] - 2 pages
Letter from George W. Long to his sister, Mary Long [3 February 1945] - 4 pages
Unsigned letter to "Geo and Sue." [18 May 1970] - 2 pages
Letter to Roslyn [30 October 1970] - 1 page
Letter from Doris to Mary Long [17 April 1981] - 4 pages
Correspondence regarding Mary Long's status as the first enlisted WAAC. [1997] - 4 pages
Letter from Mary Long to Mr. Mori [undated] - 1 page
Letter from J. E. Fenton to Mary Long [30 July 1942] - 2 pages
Letter to "N.C.O.asis" from unknown [n.d.] - 2 pages
Biographical information - 4 pages
Article about Mary Long from the Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes, undated. - 3 pages
Newsclipping: "The Colonel Tells His Ladies WAAC Is Not Just All Glory" [21 July 1942]. - 2 pages
Newsclipping: "A New Era Starting at Army Post." Photo of Long on page 2. [Undated] - 2 pages
Newsclipping: "Russians Retake Key Don Crossings." Article about Long on page 3. [21 July 1942] - 3 pages
Newsclipping: photos of WAAC Enlistees and Officers [27 September 1942] - 2 pages
Newsclipping: "Army's First WAC Recalls Corps' Formation" with notations and corrections by Long [undated] - 1 page
Newsclipping: "...and cast member gets nostalgic about theaters..." [undated]. - 2 pages
Newsclipping: "Rotarians Heard of Women's Auxiliary Activities" [15 January 1943]. - 1 page
Partial newsclipping: "Processing Swift For Women's Army." - 1 page
Newsclippings: "Brooklyn Woman First WAAC" [28 May 1943]. - 2 pages
Newsclipping: "Waacs Enjoy Hospitality of Civitan Group" [8 January 1943] - 1 page
Newsclipping: "First WAAC Leaders Inspect Barracks And Parade Ground" [undated]. - 1 page
Newsclipping: "Brooklyn Girl 1st Member of WAACs" [Undated] - 1 page
Newsclipping: "Native American Is N.C.O. in R.C.A.F." [21 July 1942] - 1 page
Newsclipping: "In Uniform at Last" [undated]. - 1 page
Newsclipping: "Boro Woman Swaps RCAF Rank To Be WAAC's No. 1 Candidate" [undated]. - 1 page
Newsclipping: "Old Glory Beckons And Back She Goes" [undated]. - 1 page
Newsclipping: "Rotary Club Told of Work by WAACS" [undated]. - 1 page
Newsclipping: "WAAC Training Chief Visits Center at South Post" [undated]. - 1 page
Newsclipping: "Review WAAC Parade At Fort Oglethorpe" [undated] - 1 page
Newsclipping: "Captain Long, Aid to Col. Brown, WAAC's First Officer Candidate" [10 January 1943]. - 1 page
Newsclipping: "Brooklyn Bohemians Band To Play 'Peter Flies High'" [undated]. - 1 page
Newsclipping: "First WAAC From Canadian Force" [undated]. - 1 page
Newsclipping: "Brooklyn Woman First WAAC" [undated]. - 1 page
Newsclipping: "A WAC Writes Home" [undated]. - 1 page
Newsclipping: "First WAC Every Inch a Soldier and a Woman" [2 July 1943]. - 1 page
Newsclipping: "Retired Wac Rakes a Find Look Backward" [7 January 1965]. - 1 page
Newsclipping: "College and Heights Leading Ladies" [10 November 1934]. - 1 page
Newsclipping, untitled and undated, about John Hathaway Long, M.D. - 1 page
Handwritten song lyrics, "Song of Company I 32nd Regiment." - 1 page
Typed poem, untitled. - 2 pages
Typed poem, "Tales of No. 6 "M" Depot." - 1 page
Typed poem, "CWAAF RAFF." - 1 page
Photocopy of a newsclipping, "A Real First." - 2 pages
Photocopy of a newsclipping, "First WAAC." - 2 pages
Photocopy of a newsclipping, "First WAAC That Ever Wuz." - 2 pages
Photocopy of a newsclipping, "Most Interesting Year of My Life, Says First Officer Long." - 1 page
Photocopy of a newsclipping from the Chattanooga Free Press, date unknown. - 1 page
Photocopy of a newsclipping from the Detroit News, "The Vanguard of the Women's Army Starts Training." - 1 page
Photocopy of a newsclipping - 1 page
Photocopy of two newsclippings from the Toronto Daily Star, May 20, 1942. - 2 pages
Photocopy of two newsclippings from the Toronto Daily Star, May 19, 1942. - 2 pages
Photocopy of a newsclipping, "She used to fly with the Canadian Air Force." - 1 page
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