Audrey Knyrim Mattern Collection
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Audrey Knyrim Mattern in snow
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Audrey Knyrim Mattern stands in snow at Henderson Hall, Virginia, in January 1944, wearing winter uniform and forest green overcoat.
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Audrey Knyrim Mattern with snowman
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Audrey Knyrim Mattern poses next to a snowman wearing a United States Marines sweatshirt at Henderson Hall in Virginia following a January 1944 snow storm.
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Audrey Mattern at Henderson Hall
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Audrey Knyrim Mattern seated in front of the recreation building at Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, on February 11, 1945. She is dressed in her winter service uniform and holds a book.
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End of the war watermelon party
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Nine Women Marines dressed in pants and casual clothing eat watermelon at a party celebrating the end of the war in August 1945.
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End of the war watermelon party
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Women Marines eat watermelon at tables during a party celebrating the end of war in August 1945. The party-goers wear various types of clothing at the outdoor event, where trashcans overflow with watermelon rinds.
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Entrance of General Littleton Waller
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General Littleton W. T. Waller and his Marine Reserves attendants walk past saluting women who line the sidewalk during his visit on August 30, 1944. On the left side of the photo, an all-male Marine brass band is playing.
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Oral history interview with Audrey Knyrim Mattern
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Chiefly documents Audrey Knyrim Mattern's early life in the coal community of Hazelton, Pennsylvania, and her service in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve during World War II. Mattern discusses her family and childhood in Hazelton in the 1920s and 1930s in connection with the coal mining and floods in the area. Topics include her education; the effect of the floods on the local communities; the stock market crash in 1929; and her various jobs after high school. " Mattern explains why she joined the Marine Corps in 1943; her lengthy enlistment process; and basic training. Topics pertaining to Camp Lejeune include her arrival; the set-up and layout on the base; living conditions; the daily schedule and regulations; and her adjustment to military life. " She also recalls her assignment at Henderson Hall. Mattern describes her work in the Quartermaster Department checking orders; her supervisor and the office organizational structure; her work schedule; base regulations; the reaction to women in the Marines; hearing Eleanor Roosevelt speak; the difference between V-E Day and V-J Day for Marines; and several anecdotes. She also discusses her brother's death in July 1944 while serving with the army in Europe. " Personal topics include her adjustment to civilian life; how she met her husband in Hazelton after the war; and his son and their children.
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Review for General Littleton Waller
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Women Marines stand at parade rest while waiting for review by General Littleton W. T. Waller, Jr, on August 30, 1944. Eleven rows of Women Marines can be seen, all wearing their white summer uniforms and hats.
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Women Marines at Mt. Vernon
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Women Marines Betty Falbrecht, Jo Kasar, Betty Eichert, and Audrey Knyrim pose seated in front of Mount Vernon's plantation house in October 1943.
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Women Marines marching to work
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Women Marines march to work in their white summer uniforms, passing through the gated fence at Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, in June of 1944.
