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ELIZABETH C. STRAYHORN COLLECTION

ACCESSION NUMBER 264

Processed by Joellen K. BlandApril 2004

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The Elizabeth C. Strayhorn Collection

Container List

Description

Scrapbook, containing photographs and newspaper clippings concerningthe career of Elizabeth C. Strayhorn in the Women's ArmyAuxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps(WAC), 1942-1945, n.d.

Newspaper Clippings (8), 1939-1957, n.d.Speeches, Lectures, and News Releases, 1942-1945, n.d.

Notes, hand-written from a speech by Colonel Faith, September11, 1942

Speech, Opening Exercises, Officer Candidate Class, byLieutenant Colonel Frederick, February 22, 1943

Speech to the Graduating Class, by First Officer Elizabeth C.Strayhorn, March 2, 1943

Speech to O.c. [Officer Candidate] Classes, by General Faith,March 6, 1943

Speeches (2), by Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby to Officers,May 6,1943

Talks (3) by WACS returning from service overseas: LieutenantFalvey, September 24, 1943; Captain Hanson, "WACResponsibility Abroad," October 2, 1943; SergeantGertrude Lund, North Africa, October 13, 1943

Article, for Educational Leadership, October 1943Radio Address, WAC Radio Program, February 22, 1944Commencement Address by Lieutenant General Brehon

Somervell, United States Military Academy, June 6, 1944Speech, "Women Serving the Flag At Home and Overseas,"

June 14, 1944News Release, "The Women's Army Corps," background

information on the Women's Army Corps as ofFebruary 1, 1945

Lectures (4), Lecture I, "Leadership," Lecture II, "Qualities ofthe Leader," Lecture III, "Discipline," Lecture V, "TheCompany Commander," n.d.

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Citation Speech, for Pin Presentation by Lieutenant ColonelElizabeth C. Strayhorn, for Army-Navy Production AwardCeremony, Converse Bridge and Steel Company,July 3, n.d.

Speech, regarding Strayhorn replacing Colonel Brown as postcommander, n.d.

Speech, Opening Exercises by Colonel Frederick, n.d.Speech, "The Flag," n.d.Speech, "The Woman in Service," n.d.Speech, "The Civilian Woman," n.d.Speech, untitled, on WACs serving in England, n.d.Speech, "Responsibilities of Women in a Democracy," n.d.Story, "This Is The Story of Linnie," by an unidentified WAC,

n.d.Speech, untitled, on democracy, n.d.Speech, "Officers vs Leaders," n.d.Remarks, to Members of the Faculty, Officer Candidates and

Guests, by Colonel R. R. Coursey, Branch Operations,Harmony Church, n.d.

Article, untitled, by Dorothy Dunbar Bromley, New YorkHerald-Tribune, July 11, n.d.

Report, by Genevieve Forbes Herrick on "Trip to the EuropeanTheater to Observe the Work of the Women's ArmyCorps," n.d.

Photographs (5 Envelopes)Envelope 1: Photographs (43) small black and white, of Elizabeth

Strayhorn and unidentified WACS at Fort Oglethorpe,Georgia, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and other locations, n.d.

Envelope 2: Photographs (4), 8 x 10 black and white of ElizabethStrayhorn and other unidentified persons, n.d.

Envelope 3: Photographs (8), 8 x 10 black and white ofunidentified WACS and other Army officers, n.d.

Envelope 4: Photographs (12), 8 x 10 black and white ofElizabeth Strayhorn and other WACS and other Armyofficers, n.d.

Envelope 5: Photographs (6), 8 x 10 black and white of ElizabethStrayhorn and General George C. Marshall, reviewingWACS, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, n.d.

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Single Photograph, oversized, black and white, General George C.Marshall and an unidentified WAC officer examining alarge globe, with autograph, "To Liz, with warm regardsand sincere best wishes, Florence"

Newsletters and Pamphlets7 Assorted Pamphlets, 1942, 1943, n.d."World's YM.C.A. Monthly," December 1943"Squeaky Crumbs," [WAC Directory], July 10, 1947"WEEMSANA," February 16, 1959"WAACs," May 1979, featuring an article on Oveta Culp Hobby

being awarded the George Catlett Marshall Medal inNovember 1978

5 BookletsHistory of the Third WAC Training Center, Fort Oglethorpe,

Georgia, 1943-1945, with photograph"The Battle of Fort Oglethorpe, 1943-1945, Headquarters

Det. [Detachment] 3rd. WAC Training Center,"hand-written and illustrated

"The WAC Officer, A Guide to Successful Leadership,"February 1945

"Pay Guide for Commissioned Officers," June 19456 Book

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"The WAACS," by Nancy Shea, with a Foreword by ColonelHobby (Oveta Culp), Director of the Women's ArmyAuxiliary Corps, published 1943

Documents, Letters, Orders, Memorandums, relating to the service ofElizabeth C. Strayhorn in the WAAC and the WAC

1941-1947, n.d.194119421943

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Biographical Information8 Notes on a Day with Aunt Elizabeth, March 13, 1999, by Blake

StrayhornVita, Elizabeth Cherry Strayhorn Walsh, September 8, 1903-1974

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History of the WACSData By Classes, WAC-OCS [Women's Army Corps, Officer

Candidate School], Complete History, July 20, 1942 toNovember 17, 1945

Information Memorandum, First Anniversary of Women's ArmyAuxiliary Corps, n.d.

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Historical Background, n.d."History, 1st WAC TC" [Women's Army Corps Training Center],

Volumes I and II, n.d."History, 1st WAC TC" [Women's Army Corps Training Center,]

Volumes III and IV, n.d.Outlines for Basic Courses and Lectures, (WAC Training), n.d.Graduation Programs (20), First Through Twentieth Officer

Candidate Class of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps,Fort Des Moines, Iowa, from August 29, 1942 throughMarch 30, 1943

Graduation Programs for the Twenty-second and Twenty-Third,Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Officer Candidate Classes of theWomen's Army Auxiliary Corps, Fort Des Moines, Iowa,April 10 and April 17, 1943; August 18 andNovember 17, 1945

Publication, "The WAC Journal, The Only National Magazinefor Women In and Out of Service," (12 issues),December 1947 through November 1948

GEORGE C. MARSHALL FOUNDATION

SEPARATION RECORD

COLLECTION: Elizabeth C. Strayhorn

ACCESSION NUMBER: 264

The following items have been removed from the collection to the Marshall Museum.

DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS:

Silver Plate, with four names and a date engraved on the back: Marion Lichty,Barbara Rhode, Oretta Davis, Em Davis, April 1946

Khaki WAC Uniform with skirt, shirt, tie, and hatWAC tan overseas capWAC green raincoat, hood, and beltWool skirt (pink uniform)Tan skirts (2)Tan shirtTan jacketShirt (pink uniform)Tan blouseYellow and green WAC banner