Myrtle Louise Davis WAC collection, 1943-1951

Summary

Creator:
Davis, Myrtle Louise
Date:
1943-1951
Extent:
0.75 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Myrtle Louise Davis WAC collection, ms3097, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of photographs and correspondence of Myrtle Louise Davis while training and serving for the Women's Army Corps, from 1944-1946. Davis writes from Third WAC Training Center in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; Halloran General Hospital, Staten Island, New York; Plattsburgh Barracks, Plattsburgh, New York; Greensboro and Fort Braggs, North Carolina. Correspondence regards basic training, inspections, staging, girls in her platoon; classes for becoming a registered Occupational Therapist, patients, activities in the barracks; WAC events, her job in the Medical Library, music classes, duties at the AAF Convalescent Hospital, and army life. Photographs (circa 1944-1946) depict Louise and WAC officers posing at different locations, including A.A.F. Convalescent Hospital and Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. The collection also includes Davis's personnel records, postcards collected by Davis (with images of Grand Central Station Serviceman's Lounge, WAAC images, WAAC Military Band, Camp MacDonough, Plattsburg, and Albany), training schedules, and standard "How to" procedures. Loose issues of Army Talk (published by the War Department); The Barracks Bag and The Sentry (both published by AAF Convalescent Hospital at Plattsburg Barracks, N.Y.) are also included.

Custodial history:

Gift of Joyce Davis Nichols.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Myrtle Louise Davis WAC collection, ms3097, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.