Marion Baxter lived in Binghamton, N.Y., during World War II. This collection consists of a war bond (with Disney characters), certificates, and citations regarding war bonds.

Vivian M. (Okerfelt) Gammons lived in Quincy, Massachusetts, and joined the Women's Army Corp (WAC) in 1943. She served in France and was promoted to sergeant. The collection consists of a wooden WAC box with Okerfelt's name and identification number stenciled on it; letters to her, mostly from her boyfriend Joseph Wisnowski, a soldier stationed in the Pacific; one letter to her parents; photographs; Army documents; maps and pamphlets; a song sheet, “Jumpin' to the Jukebox”; a small flag; and other personal materials.

This collection includes World War II ration books along with other memorabilia regarding household management.

A lawyer, government official, consumer affairs advocate, and Republican Party activist, Eunice Perry (Simm) Howe joined the Massachusetts Attorney General Robert T. Bushnell's office as a law clerk, and in 1942 she was appointed Assistant Attorney General. She served in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1944 to 1946 and returned to the Attorney General's office in 1948, remaining there until 1949. The collection includes correspondence; speeches; photographs; and tangible materials from Howe's time in the Naval Reserve, including dog tags, identification cards, and her request to wear civilian clothing on her wedding day.

Harriet R. Hulett lived in Orlando, Florida, where she worked as a clerk in a tuberculosis sanatorium and with the Community Chest. In 1942 she joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and was sent to Des Moines, Iowa, and Nacogdoches, Texas, for training. This collection consists of a (disassembled) scrapbook documenting Hulett's experience in the WAAC. It includes WAAC brochures and memoranda, programs, photographs, postcards, and clippings.

Marjorie Y. (MacNair) Ingram was from Houlton, Maine, and was living in Washington, D.C., when she enlisted in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during World War II. She received her basic training at Hunter College in New York City. This collection consists of one photograph album containing photographs of Ingram, friends, colleagues, and family in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Georgia. Also included are postcards from New York City; Washington, D.C.; Northampton, Massachusetts; and other locations.

• Katherine Mildred Keene enlisted in the U.S. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in December 1942, and in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in August 1943. From September 1943 to May 1945, she was stationed in London, England, working for the secret intelligence and research and analysis branches of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Following Victory in Europe Day, Keene became secretary to the head of the OSS Research and Analysis Branch in the European Theatre of Operations and served in briefly in Paris, France, before being stationed in Germany. She was demobilized in October 1945 and returned home to Seattle. This collection contains correspondence, diaries, photographs, a WAC uniform, and ephemera documenting Keene's service.

While much of the material in this collection predates World War II, Series III includes a scrapbook of World War II news clippings in both English and German.

Ora E. Bragg McBride was an African American woman who served in the Women's Army Corps, retiring in 1964 as a Sergeant First Class. For part of her time she was stationed in Japan, probably at Camp Zama. This collection consists of a photograph album documenting McBride and her friends and colleagues, often in informal settings in Japan.

A psychiatric nurse, educator and author, Hildegard Peplau served in the U.S. Army Nurses Corps (1943-1945) before becoming a faculty member of the College of Nursing at Rutgers University (1954-1974). This collection includes material pertaining to the American Nurses Association, the International Council of Nurses, the U.S. Air Force, the Veterans' Administration, and the World Health Organization. This collection contains uniforms, pins, and other memorabilia from Peplau's time in the Army Nurse Corps.

Beatrice Sadowsky was a Russian-Jewish immigrant to New York City who became a transportation executive. This collection includes World War II ration books and pamphlets.

Born in Boston, Mass., Gretchen Schuyler was a member of the American Red Cross Clubmobile Service during World War II, receiving a Bronze Star from President Truman for her bravery during the Battle of Bastogne. The collection includes letters from Schuyler to family and friends (1943-1945); issues of The Sinker, published for American Red Cross Clubmobilers; photographs of Clubmobilers and soldiers; and a uniform.

Medical anthropologist Hazel Marie Hitson Weidman joined the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) in 1943; she attended boot camp at the U.S. Naval Training School at Hunter College, Bronx, New York. After taking aptitude tests during boot camp, Weidman was sent to the Atlanta Naval Air Station to learn to instruct pilots in celestial navigation, which encompassed instrumental flight and radio navigation. During the war she served at several naval air bases including the New Orleans Naval Air Station and the Alameda and Livermore Naval Air Stations in California. The collection largely documents her personal life and contains correspondence, photographs, biographical material, family genealogies, and World War II memorabilia. Included in the collection is her WAVES uniform.

This collection contains pamphlets pertaining to women and service, both at home and abroad, during World War II. See a sample of this collection in this Flickr album.