]> Finding Aid for the Janet Muriel Mead Letters, 1940 - 1955 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 Janet Muriel Mead Letters, 1940 - 1955 University of North Carolina at Greensboro Descriptive Summary Janet Muriel Mead (1923-2009) of Sand Creek, Michigan, served as a radioman 3rd class in the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during World War II. The collection contains letters written by Mead to her parents throughout her military career, as well as during the mid-1950s. Janet Muriel Mead Letters, 1940 - 1955 WV0389 Mead, Janet Muriel (1923-2009) 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], Janet Muriel Mead Letters (WV0389), Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.

 Acquisition Information

Purchased from Ebay in March 2007.

Processing Information

Processed by Jennifer Motszko, July 2009

Encoded by Jennifer Motszko, July 2009

 Biographical Note

Janet Muriel Mead (1923-2009) of Sand Creek, Michigan, joined the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in August 1944. Following basic training at Hunter College in Bronx, New York, Mead attended radio school at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In February 1945, Mead was stationed at the Naval Air Station Seattle (Sand Point). She was discharged from the WAVES in August 1946, shortly after her marriage to Jack Helm.

Collection Overview

The collection contains letters written by Mead to her parents throughout her military career, as well as during the mid-1950s. Photographs in the collection include images of Meade, her friends in the WAVES and U.S. Navy, and Naval Air Station Seattle.

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, 1942-1944 Correspondence, 1945-1946, 1948 Correspondence, 1951, 1953-1955 Miscellaneous Materials, undated Photographs, 1944-1945 and undated Online Catalog Headings

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

Mead, Janet Muriel. United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve. Women Veterans--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.