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Jennie Green and Eunice Proffitt transcript, Date accessioned: 2001-07-09, bulk 1937-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Green, Jennie, 1909-2004
Proffitt, Eunice, 1910-2004
McCranie, Kevin
Extent:
1 folders 1 folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Jennie Green and Eunice Proffitt transcript, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-03-1940

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains an oral transcript of interviews with sisters-in-law Jennie Green and Eunice Proffitt. Green shares her experience during World War II when she served as a mess sergeant in the Women's Army Corps. Proffitt remained on the home front throughout the war and recounts working at her family's farm and as a nurse.

Biographical / historical:

Jennie Green was born on January 10, 1909 in Yancey County, North Carolina. She grew up on a farm with her grandparents and enlisted in the Women's Army Corps in 1942. She remained in the United States for the duration of her service. Green passed away on February 18, 2004 and is buried at Gibbs Cemetery in Yancey, North Carolina.

Custodial history:

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

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], Jennie Green and Eunice Proffitt transcript, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-03-1940

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