World War, 1939-1945
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
Ruby Head scrapbook
This scrapbook was kept by Mrs. Ruby Mae Head in the summer of 1940 to document her trip from San Antonio, Texas to Baltimore, Maryland, so that her husband could report for duty at Fort Holabird. It includes postcards, newspaper clippings, printed ephemera, photographs, and written commentary.
Secretaries in the 1940s oral history collection
This oral history collection contains interviews with ten women, between 1992-1994, who worked as secretaries in the 1940s. Their places of work included the Social Security Administration, law firms, the National Art Gallery, high schools, and hospitals, among others. The narrators discuss work and life during World War II, as well as what it was like to be a woman working in male-dominated professions.
Shriver-Foster family papers
"The Salute" scrapbooks
"The Salute" is a humorous newsletter for Baltimore friends in the Armed Forces, stationed more than 50 miles from Baltimore, published every two weeks. Each book contains numerous letters to the editor by its readers, during WWII.
Treva Walkling collection
This collection consists of the diaries, photographs, correspondence, financial records, address books, and ephemera belonging to Treva Walkling (1909-1997), a Baltimore career woman.
Walter J. Feuchter papers
The Walter J. Feuchter papers contain correspondence, photographs, and ephemera collected by Walter J. Feuchter and his mother, Margaret A. Feuchter. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Walter while he was in Army training in Camp Wheeler, Georgia, 1942-1943.
Winn-Johnson letters
This collection contains letters and telegrams, primarily from Adrienne Winn Johnson of Baltimore,Maryland, to Clarence Johnson, 1937-1945.