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Box SC1900-1949.005

 Container

Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs, 1943

 File — Box: SC1900-1949.005, Folder: 2021.007.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of thirteen black-and-white photographs depicting a group of Black women enlisted in the Women's Army Auxilary Corp (WAAC) in Des Moines, Iowa. Also included in the collection are two identical newspaper clippings featuring Miriam Wheeler and Herlyne Leonard, and a small booklet about the WAAC created by the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce as a memento.
Dates: 1943
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / 2021-007, Photographs and Ephemera from African American Member of Women's Army Auxilary Corps (WAAC)

Newspaper Clippings, 1943

 File — Box: SC1900-1949.005, Folder: 2021.007.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of thirteen black-and-white photographs depicting a group of Black women enlisted in the Women's Army Auxilary Corp (WAAC) in Des Moines, Iowa. Also included in the collection are two identical newspaper clippings featuring Miriam Wheeler and Herlyne Leonard, and a small booklet about the WAAC created by the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce as a memento.
Dates: 1943
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / 2021-007, Photographs and Ephemera from African American Member of Women's Army Auxilary Corps (WAAC)

Women's Army Auxilary Corps (WAAC) Booklet, 1943

 Item — Box: SC1900-1949.005, Folder: 2021.007.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of thirteen black-and-white photographs depicting a group of Black women enlisted in the Women's Army Auxilary Corp (WAAC) in Des Moines, Iowa. Also included in the collection are two identical newspaper clippings featuring Miriam Wheeler and Herlyne Leonard, and a small booklet about the WAAC created by the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce as a memento.
Dates: 1943
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / 2021-007, Photographs and Ephemera from African American Member of Women's Army Auxilary Corps (WAAC)