]> Finding Aid for the Catherine "Kay" Cox Letters, 1940 - 1968(bulk 1942-1945) Processed by: Jennifer Motszko; machine-readable finding aid created by: Jennifer Motszko University Libraries, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2009 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: July, 2009.; Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS Finding Aid for the Catherine "Kay" Cox Letters, 1940 - 1968 (bulk 1942-1945) University of North Carolina at Greensboro Descriptive Summary Catherine "Kay" Cox (b. 1922) of Salem, Massachusetts, was a recruiter in the WAC (Women's Army Corps) during World War II. The collection contains approximately fifty letters written by Cox to Robert W. Curwen (1921-2008), a friend in the U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II. Catherine "Kay" Cox Letters, 1940 - 1968 (bulk 1942-1945) WV0366 Cox, Catherine (1922-) 0.21 Linear Feet, 1 Box University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Archives and Manuscripts English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Catherine "Kay" Cox (WV0366), University Archives and Manuscripts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.

 Acquisition Information

Purchased from Ebay in August 2006.

Processing Information

Processed by Jennifer Motszko, July 2009.

Encoded by Jennifer Motszko, July 2009.

Biographical Note

Catherine "Kay" Cox (b. 1922) of Salem, Massachusetts, attended Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She joined the WAC (Women's Army Corps) in August 1943, and was stationed at the Second WAC Training Center in Daytona, Florida. In early 1944, Cox was transferred to Stark General Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. Cox was assigned to Mobile, Alabama, in April 1944, where she worked as a recruiter for the WAC until the end of the war.

Collection Overview

The collection contains approximately fifty letters written by Cox to Robert W. Curwen (1921-2008), a friend in the U.S. Army Air Forces, during World War II. The letters contain information on Cox's duties in the WAC and her thoughts on the U.S. Army. Included is a copy of the 14 March 1944 Pill Pusher, the newspaper of the Stark General Army Hospitalin Charleston, South Carolina.

Collection Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material and then chronologically within each type.

Detailed Description of the Collection 1 Correspondence, 1940, 1942-1943 Correspondence, 1944 Correspondence, 1945 Newspaper Clippings, 1942-1968 Photographs, 1939, 1944, and undated Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Cox, Catherine. United States. Army. Women's Army Corps. Women Veterans--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.