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COLLECTION Identifier: A-128

Papers of Elizabeth Reynard, 1934-1962

Overview

Correspondence, articles, reports, etc., of Elizabeth Reynard, assistant director of the WAVES during World War II and author.

Dates

  • Creation: 1934-1962

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions:

Access. Unrestricted, except #1vo, #2vo, and #3vo are closed; use digital images.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Elizabeth Reynard as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.

Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.

Extent

5.84 linear feet ((14 file boxes) plus 3 oversize volumes, 1 folio folder)

This collection consists of the correspondence and materials re: Elizabeth Reynard's career in the WAVES, of which she was assistant director during World War II; and her writings, especially her books The Narrow Land; Folk Chronicles of Old Cape Cod (1934) and Ports of Youth: Fragments of an Autobiography (1962). There is also a small amount of material re: the women reserve groups in the Canadian and British armed forces during World War II.

BIOGRAPHY

Elizabeth Reynard (1898-1962) was assistant director of the United States Naval Reserve WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during World War II and was also an author.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession numbers: 434, 479, 774, 800, 949

The papers of Elizabeth Reynard were given to the Schlesinger Library by Virginia C. Gildersleeve and Elizabeth Markle between 1962 and 1965.

SEPARATION RECORD

The following item has been removed from the collection and added to Schlesinger Library's book collection (#812/J17/3B):

  1. Helen Hull Jacobs, By Your Leave, Sir: The Story of a WAVE

The following item has been removed from the collection and added to Schlesinger Library's book collection (#812/R39/3C):

  1. Elizabeth Reynard, Cahaba Verses

The following item has been removed from the collection and added to Schlesinger Library's book collection (#355/R82):

  1. Nancy Ross, The WAVES: The Story of the Girls in Blue

The following items have been removed from the collection and donated to Boston Public Library, July 1984:

  1. United States Navy Regulations, 1920, revisions 1942
  2. United States Navy Regulations, 1920, revisions 1943
  3. Bureau of Navy Personnel Manual, 1942

CONTAINER LIST

  1. Box 1: 1-29
  2. Box 2: 30-50, 5v
  3. Box 3: 51-71
  4. Box 4: 72-84
  5. Box 5: 85-94
  6. Box 6: 95-110
  7. Box 7: 111-122, 7v-8v
  8. Box 8: 123-140
  9. Box 9: 141-145
  10. Box 10: 9v.
  11. Box 11: 146-158
  12. Box 12: 159-165, 181-185
  13. Box 13: 177sl-180m
  14. Box 14: 4v, 6v, 10v
Title
Reynard, Elizabeth. Papers of Elizabeth Reynard, 1934-1962: A Finding Aid
Author
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Language of description
eng
EAD ID
sch00873

Repository Details

Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository

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