Gloria R. Wilson collection of Women in the Air Force (WAF) photographs
Overview
Snapshots and related photographs and ephemera of Women in the Air Force (WAF) collected by service member Gloria R. "Corki" Wilson.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1951-1959
Creator
- Wilson, Gloria R. (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.125 linear feet (1 box)Collection of black and white snapshots, and one color photograph, some annotated, and the bulk of them showing evidence of once having been attached in a scrapbook. Many images depict Gloria R. "Corki" Wilson in uniform with other servicemembers, family, and civilian friends in various locations across the United States. One photograph shows a WAFS baseball team (as annotated by Wilson). Also with two pen and ink cartoons ("Your just dreamin' buster", signed Priser), a pencil portrait of a woman, a manuscript letter, an informational pamphlet about the 1701st A.T. Wing at Great Falls Air Force Base, and an Armed Forces Liberty Pass for Wilson in 1951 (which is filled in "1701st WAF Squadron").
Biographical / Historical
WAF was created in 1948 as a result of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act; this gave women permanent status in the Regular and Reserve forces of the United States Air Force. The WAF program ended in 1976 when the Air Force Academy first admitted women.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the DeCuevas, Deknatel, Loring, Nordell, Rheault and Vershbow fund, 2019 October.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2019 November.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
Creator
- Wilson, Gloria R. (Collector, Person)
- Title
- Wilson, Gloria R., collector. Gloria R. Wilson collection of Women in the Air Force (WAF) photographs, circa 1951-1959 (MS Am 3343): Guide
- Status
- in_progress
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2019 November 18
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03279
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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