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Title
[Winona
Franklin
Walker
,
circa
1945]
Date
1945
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Army--WAAC
Item description
Winona
Franklin
Walker
poses
on an
army
base
,
circa
1945
. She
wears
the
Army
Special
Services
light
blue
dress
uniform
and
cap
with
half-moon
Army
Hostess
and
Librarian
service
patch
.
Veteran's name
Walker, Winona Franklin
Veteran's biography
Winona
Franklin
Walker
(b
.
1908)
of
South
Boston
,
Virginia
,
worked
as a
librarian
in the
U.S
.
Army
Special
Services
from
1945
to
1946
. She also
worked
as a
school
librarian
in
various
cities
,
including
Shelby
,
North
Carolina
(1935-1943)
and
Greensboro
,
North
Carolina
(ca
.
1948-1973)
Winona
Franklin
Walker
was
born
in
South
Boston
,
Virginia
, on
9
August
1908
, the
oldest
of
seven
children
.
After
graduating
from
Harrisonburg
State
Teachers
College
, she
taught
English
and
history
for
three
years
.
Walker
then
attended
library
school
at the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Chapel
Hill
and
graduated
in
1935
.
Walker
worked
as a
librarian
at a
high
school
in
Shelby
,
North
Carolina
, for
eight
years
. In
1943
, she
took
a
civilian
job
at the
post
hospital
library
at
Fort
Bragg
,
North
Carolina
.
Two
years
later
, she was
approached
by the
Army
Special
Services
for an
overseas
librarian
assignment
,
which
she
accepted
. On
18
August
1945
,
Walker
left
New
York
City
for
Europe
.
After
arriving
in
Paris
,
France
, for a
week
of
training
, she
went
to
Oberammergau
,
Germany
, for an
additional
week's
training
.
Walker
first
served
in the
Bremen
Enclave
as
command
librarian
where
she was
responsible
for the
setting
up
,
staffing
, and
supervising
of
several
libraries
in the
enclave
, as
well
as a
bookmobile
. She also
traveled
extensively
to
Denmark
,
Sweden
, and
Switzerland
.
Walker
returned
to the
United
States
in
October
1946
and
worked
briefly
in
Kecoughtan
,
Virginia
;
Greenwood
,
South
Carolina
; and
High
Point
,
North
Carolina
. She was then
hired
by the
Greensboro
,
North
Carolina
,
school
district
and
worked
at
four
school
libraries
throughout
the
city
until
retiring
in
1973
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
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
WV0284 Winona Franklin Walker Collection, 1945-1964, 2003
Collection summary
This
Winona
Franklin
Walker
Papers
contains
three
scrapbooks
, an
oral
history
interview
, and
textiles
and
artifacts
. The
scrapbooks
include
a
number
of
photographs
,
postcards
of
historical
sites
,
travel
brochures
, and
correspondence
.
One
scrapbook
contains
pictures
primarily
of
Bremen
and
Germany
, the
second
scrapbook
contains
pictures
and
postcards
from
Miss
Walker's
travels
to
Denmark
and
Switzerland
and the
third
contains
more
personal
pictures
and
photographs/memorabilia
from her
stay
in
Bremen
. The
correspondence
found
in the
scrapbooks
has been
removed
for
preservation
purposes
. The
correspondence
consists
of
letters
to
Miss
Walker's
mother
and
other
members
of her
extensive
family
with
only
a
few
letters
that she in
turn
received
from her
family
.
Box
1
Folder
15: Photographs, 1945-1946
Finding aid link
https://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=462
Rights statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information
IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0284.6.003
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
900812409
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