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Title
[Portrait
of
Jean
Marie
Bright
,
1944]
Date
1945
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States--Armed Forces--African Americans
American Red Cross
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Red Cross
Item description
Portrait
of
Jean
Marie
Bright
against
a
backdrop
of the
Capitol
Building
in
Washington
,
D.C.
,
probably
taken
in
Fall
of
1944
.
Bright
wears
the
American
Red
Cross
Military
Welfare
winter
uniform
with the
Military
Welfare
overseas
cap
.
Veteran's name
Bright, Jean Marie
Veteran's biography
Jean
M
.
Bright
(b
.
1915)
served
with the
American
Red
Cross
in
New
Guinea
and
Japan
from
1944
to
1946
.
Jean
Marie
Bright
was
born
on
25
September
1915
, the
daughter
of
farmers
John
and
Lollie
Bright
of
Rutherford
County
,
North
Carolina
. She
graduated
from the
Allen
Home
High
School
in
Asheville
,
North
Carolina
, in
1933
, and then
attended
North
Carolina
A&T
State
University
in
Greensboro
, from
which
she
graduated
in
1939
.
In the
late
1930s
and
early
1940s
Bright
moved
between
various
cities
in
North
Carolina
and
New
York
for
teaching
various
jobs
. In
summer
1942
she
moved
to
Washington
,
D.C.
, to
work
as a
clerk-typist
in the
adjutant
general's
office
at the
Pentagon
. The
following
year
she
returned
to
Greensboro
and
served
as
director
of
recreation
for the
Windsor
Community
Center
in
Greensboro
.
Bright
joined
the
American
Red
Cross
in
September
1944
.
After
training
in
Washington
, and at
Camp
Pickett
,
Virginia
, she was
sent
to
Camp
Pendleton
in
California
for
embarkation
to the
Pacific
in
December
1944
.
Bright
worked
in
recreational
clubs
in
Finchaven
,
New
Guinea
, for
almost
a
year
, and then in
Tokyo
,
Japan
,
until
May
1946
.
Following
her
discharge
,
Bright
worked
at
several
jobs
,
including
as a
clerical
worker
at
Macy's
in
Washington
, at the
Harvard
Coop
in
Massachusetts
, and as a
substitute
teacher
in
Louisburg
,
North
Carolina
. She
received
a
master�s
degree
in
English
from
Columbia
University
in
1953
and
returned
to
Greensboro
,
where
she
taught
at
North
Carolina
A&T
State
University
until
1978
. In
1979
, she
set
up
a
summer
camp
for
low-income
children
in
Rutherford
County
,
North
Carolina
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Formal portrait
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
WV0295 Jean M. Bright Collection, 1944-1946, 2004-2005
Collection summary
Papers
,
photographs
, an
oral
history
interview
, and
artifacts
and
textiles
document
Jean
M
.
Bright's
Red
Cross
service
in
New
Guinea
,
Japan
, and the
Philippines
during
World
War
II
.
Papers
include
five
postcards
from
New
Guinea
; a
postcard
of the
S.S
.
Lurline
, the
passenger
troop
ship
that
Bright
sailed
on; a
1945
Christmas
card
from the
Philippines
; and a
1944
immunization
register
.
Postcards
contain
brief
messages
about
an
all-African
American
church
in
New
Guinea
and
about
the
cabin
Bright
shared
with
five
other
African
American
Red
Cross
workers
on the
Lurline
.
Photographs
depict
a
Red
Cross
club
building
;
Bright
in her
Red
Cross
uniform
; the
city
of
Manila
and
locals
in the
Philippines
;
Tokyo
in
late
1945
and
after
the
war
; and the
Kamakura
Buddha
in
Japan
.
Artifacts
and
textiles
include
Bright's
Red
Cross
overseas
cap
and
skirt
as
well
as
souvenirs
from her
service
in
Japan
and the
Philippines
,
including
Japanese
and
Filipino
shoes
and a
Filipino
salacot
.
Collection
also
includes
photocopies
,
clippings
,
letters
and
other
materials
about
Bright's
non-military
life
.
Series/grouping
3: Photographs, 1944-1945
Box
1
Folder
3: Photographs, 1944-1945
Finding aid link
https://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=464
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
WV0295.6.001
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
900813051
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