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Helen E. Walsh Collection, 1942-2004, Date acquired: 06/14/2004, bulk 1942-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Walsh, Helen E. , 1914-2007
Extent:
2.5 boxes Gen Coll: [1] Full Box; PH Coll: (1) 1/2 box; AT Coll: [2] Full Boxes; Oversize Uniform Box 1; Gen Coll: Oversize Box 5; Uniform Rack 2
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Helen E. Walsh Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_04_0174.

Background

Scope and content:

Helen E. Walsh served in the Women's Army Corps from September 1942 to October 1945. She served as an artificer in Oran, Algeria, North Africa; Caserta, Italy; and Dijon, France. She earned three major battle stars for her service close to the front lines in three major battle areas of the European Theater, including Rome-Arno, North Apennines, and Rhineland. She was a Sergeant Major when she received an honorable medical discharge. Walsh remained active in the National Association of Women's Veterans, and kept extensive scrapbooks about her own service in the WAC, and of World War II in general.

Biographical / historical:

Helen Elizabeth Walsh was born August 10, 1914, in McGregor, Iowa. She was the youngest of five children and walked six miles to school every day in the countryside when she was a kid. She graduated high school as valedictorian in 1934 and went to Midland Linotype School in Charles City, Iowa. She worked as a linotype operator in Morning Sun, Iowa; Floyd, Iowa; and eventually in Fernandina, Florida.

Acquisition information:

Helen E. Walsh

Donated

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Processing information:

Processed February 2017; Updated June 2020

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Helen E. Walsh Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_04_0174.

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA