Oral History Interview with Jean Adams, September 17, 2017 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Jean Adams, September 17, 2017

Creator

  • Interviewee: Adams, Jean
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Fargo, John
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Cox, Floyd C.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War
    Place of Publication: Fredericksburg, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2017-09-17

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jean Adams. Adams was born in Washington, DC. Her father served in the military as well as her two brothers. She attended an all-girls school in Washington and graduated from a women’s college in Philadelphia. In 1940 she joined her brother in the Philippines but was evacuated in 1941. She joined the second class of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WACs) in 1942. She was assigned to the Office of Inspector General and tells of several investigations in which she was involved. She resigned from WACs soon after getting married in 1943.
  • Physical Description: 9 p.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Interviews
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Oral histories
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Personal narratives
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Autobiographies
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Biographies
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
  • Keyword: United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
  • Keyword: Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with Jean Adams, September 17, 2017 - ark:/67531/metapth1610583

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
    Code: NMPW
  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Rights

  • Rights License: by-nc-nd
  • Rights Statement: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Resource Type

  • Text

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH04489
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1606935
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