]> Finding Aid for the Aileen D. White Letters, 1944 Processed by: Beth Carmichael; machine-readable finding aid created by: Beth Carmichael University Archives & ManuscriptsThe University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC, USA
2007 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: June 2007. Description is in English. Finding aid was prepared using DACS. Finding Aid for the Aileen D. White Letters, 1944 University Libraries, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro &hdrnguscua; Descriptive Summary The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Archives & Manuscripts. White, Aileen D. Aileen D. White Letters, 1944 WV0301 Material in English. 13 items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult University Archives & Manuscripts. Aileen D. White served in the Army Nurse Corps in Italy during World War II. Thirteen V-Mail letters from Lt. Aileen D. White of the Army Nurse Corps to her sister in Robbinsville, New Jersey. Dated from January 1944 to March 1944, the letters briefly describe living conditions and entertainment in an unknown location in Italy where White was stationed with the 17th General Hospital. White comments on the 1943 film So Proudly We Hail, noting that she met a nurse who was in Bataan. Other subjects include White's infant nephew, the weather, the restrictions places on her by censorship, and war efforts on the home front, including the need to plant a garden and recycle clothing. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Aileen D. White Letters (WV0301), Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

Purchased in 2004.

 Processing Information

Processed by Beth Carmichael, July 2004

Encoded by Beth Carmichael, June 2007

 Biographical Note

Aileen D. White served in the Army Nurse Corps in Italy during World War II. She was stationed with the 17th General Hospital from January to March 1944.

 Collection Overview

Thirteen V-Mail letters from Lt. Aileen D. White of the Army Nurse Corps to her sister in Robbinsville, New Jersey. Dated from January 1944 to March 1944, the letters briefly describe living conditions and entertainment in an unknown location in Italy where White was stationed with the 17th General Hospital. White comments on the 1943 film So Proudly We Hail, noting that she met a nurse who was in Bataan. Other subjects include White's infant nephew, the weather, the restrictions places on her by censorship, and war efforts on the home front, including the need to plant a garden and recycle clothing.

Collection Arrangement

Collection is arranged chronologically.

 Detailed Description of the Collection Letters, 1944

Thirteen V-Mail letters from Lt. Aileen D. White of the Army Nurse Corps to her sister in Robbinsville, New Jersey. Dated from January 1944 to March 1944, the letters briefly describe living conditions and entertainment in an unknown location in Italy where White was stationed with the 17th General Hospital. White comments on the 1943 film So Proudly We Hail, noting that she met a nurse who was in Bataan. Other subjects include White's infant nephew, the weather, the restrictions places on her by censorship, and war efforts on the home front, including the need to plant a garden and recycle clothing.

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Leisure. White, Aileen D. United States. Army Nurse Corps. United States. Army--Military life. V-mail Women veterans--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Italy. World War, 1939-1945--Motion pictures and the war. World War, 1939-1945--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.