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Object Description
Title
[WAVES
dress
white
summer
uniform
,
circa
1942]
Date
1942
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Navy--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Navy--WAVES
Item description
WAVES
officer's
dress
white
summer
uniform
,
including
tailored
white
lightweight
blouse
with
distinctive
rounded
collar
with
WAVES
insignia
,
four
gold
buttons
, and
reserve
blue
cuff
stripes
.
Worn
with
white
shirtwaist
and
black
seaman's
tie
and
white
six-gore
skirt
with
left
side
zipper
and
button
. This
uniform
worn
by
Judith
Bullock
Nisbet
from
1942
to
1945
.
Veteran's name
Nisbet, Judith Bullock
Veteran's biography
Judith
Bullock
Nisbet
(1919-2012)
of
Red
Springs
,
North
Carolina
,
served
in the
U.S
.
Navy
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Services)
from
1942
to
1945
in the
maintenance
department
of the
Bureau
of
Aeronautics
in
Washington
,
D.C
.
Judith
Bullock
Nisbet
was
born
on
4
September
1919
in
Red
Springs
,
North
Carolina
, the
youngest
of
five
children
born
to
agronomist
George
Bullock
and his
wife
, a
Woman's
College
(now
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro)
attendee
.
Judith
spent
her
childhood
in
Puerto
Rico
,
where
her
father
worked
for
American
Tobacco
Company
, and then
returned
to
Red
Springs
where
she
attended
high
school
.
After
graduating
from
high
school
, she
spent
two
years
at
Peace
College
in
Raleigh
.
Bullock
transferred
to
Woman's
College
,
where
she
majored
in
art
and
graduated
in
1941
.
In
August
1942
,
while
taking
defense
courses
in
Raleigh
,
Nisbet
enlisted
in the
WAVES
. She was
called
up
in
December
and
attended
basic
training
in
South
Hadley
,
Massachusetts
, at
Mount
Holyoke
College
. She
completed
her
training
in
February
1943
and was
assigned
to
Public
Works
in the
maintenance
department
of the
Bureau
of
Aeronautics
in
Washington
,
D.C
. She
served
as a
messenger
for
several
months
and then
held
a
series
of
other
jobs
in the
maintenance
department
until
the
end
of the
war
.
Nisbet
was
put
on
reserve
in
November
1945
.
Nisbet
married
her
first
husband
,
Edward
"
Shorty
"
Thomson
, on
24
April
1943
.
After
the
war
they
moved
to
Charlotte
and had
three
children
.
Edward
Thomson
died
in
1987
, and
Judith
Nisbet
remarried
in the
mid-1990s
.
Nisbet
passed
away
in
January
2012
.
Type
image
Original format
textiles
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0056 Judith Bullock Nisbet Collection, 1942-1943
Collection summary
An
oral
history
interview
,
memoir
,
photographs
and
textiles
primarily
document
Nisbet's
service
during
World
War
II
. The
oral
history
interview
provides
information
about
Nisbet's
childhood
in
Red
Springs
,
N.C.
,
during
the
Depression
, her
education
at the
Woman's
College
of the
University
of
North
Carolina
, and her
service
as a
WAVE
.
Prominent
subjects
include
training
at
Mount
Holyoke
College
, her
military
jobs
in
Washington
,
D.C.
, and
Presbyterian
minister
Peter
Marshall
.
Memoir
and
photographs
also
document
Nisbet's
military
service
.
Textiles
include
a
WAVES
dress
white
summer
uniform
.
Series/grouping
4: Textiles, 1942-1943
Box
1
Folder
2: Dress White Summer Uniform Skirt
Finding aid link
http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=256
Rights statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Additional rights information
NO
COPYRIGHT
-
UNITED
STATES
. This
item
has been
determined
to be
free
of
copyright
restrictions
in the
United
States
. The
user
is
responsible
for
determining
actual
copyright
status
for any
reuse
of the
material
.
Object ID
WV0056.8.001
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 --
http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
900817280
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