Box 1
Container
Contains 11 Results:
Correspondence, 1942 - 1945
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Phyllis Peirce Worled War II collection documents the military career of Phyllis Peirce who served in World War II in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to 1945. Within the collection are handwritten letters Phyllis wrote to her family about her experiences, a line a day diary that covers 1943 and some of 1944, commemorative stamps, her discharge papers, and an obituary. There are loose photographs depicting family members and military friends and two scrapbooks with photographs...
Dates:1942 - 1945
Fitchburg High School commencement program; Marlborough School certificate, 1936 - 1937
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Phyllis Peirce Worled War II collection documents the military career of Phyllis Peirce who served in World War II in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to 1945. Within the collection are handwritten letters Phyllis wrote to her family about her experiences, a line a day diary that covers 1943 and some of 1944, commemorative stamps, her discharge papers, and an obituary. There are loose photographs depicting family members and military friends and two scrapbooks with photographs...
Dates:1936 - 1937
World War II Commemorative stamps, 1992 August 17
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Phyllis Peirce Worled War II collection documents the military career of Phyllis Peirce who served in World War II in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to 1945. Within the collection are handwritten letters Phyllis wrote to her family about her experiences, a line a day diary that covers 1943 and some of 1944, commemorative stamps, her discharge papers, and an obituary. There are loose photographs depicting family members and military friends and two scrapbooks with photographs...
Dates:1992 August 17
Legal documents – birth and death, 1978 - 2000
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Phyllis Peirce Worled War II collection documents the military career of Phyllis Peirce who served in World War II in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to 1945. Within the collection are handwritten letters Phyllis wrote to her family about her experiences, a line a day diary that covers 1943 and some of 1944, commemorative stamps, her discharge papers, and an obituary. There are loose photographs depicting family members and military friends and two scrapbooks with photographs...
Dates:1978 - 2000
Photo album (disassembled in original order), circa 1940s - 1990s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Phyllis Peirce Worled War II collection documents the military career of Phyllis Peirce who served in World War II in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to 1945. Within the collection are handwritten letters Phyllis wrote to her family about her experiences, a line a day diary that covers 1943 and some of 1944, commemorative stamps, her discharge papers, and an obituary. There are loose photographs depicting family members and military friends and two scrapbooks with photographs...
Dates:circa 1940s - 1990s
“Snaps and Scraps: My Life in the Army” scrapbook containing photographs from the Southwest Pacific, 1942 - 1995
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Phyllis Peirce Worled War II collection documents the military career of Phyllis Peirce who served in World War II in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to 1945. Within the collection are handwritten letters Phyllis wrote to her family about her experiences, a line a day diary that covers 1943 and some of 1944, commemorative stamps, her discharge papers, and an obituary. There are loose photographs depicting family members and military friends and two scrapbooks with photographs...
Dates:1942 - 1995
Phyllis Peirce letter to family, 1945 June 29
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Phyllis Peirce stationed in Luzon to her family in Massachusetts. She discusses traveling to Manila and on the way seeing bamboo huts, women doing laundry and men working in rice fields. She describes a plane that swooped down over them as they traveled. At Manila she met with other WACs who were stationed at an old college, went by Intramuros, and then did some shopping and listed the prices of many items. She also describes eating in a restaurant, walking through...
Dates:1945 June 29
Phyllis Peirce letter to family, 1945 March 31
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Typewritten letter from Phyllis Peirce to her family in Massachusetts. She discusses visiting a village in New Guinea, and the packages she has sent and received.
Dates:1945 March 31
Phyllis Peirce letter to family, 1945 August 6
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Phyllis Peirce stationed in Luzon to her family in Massachusetts. The main subjects of the letter is that of socializing and attending a wedding.
Dates:1945 August 6
Phyllis Peirce letter to family, 1945 June 19
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Phyllis Peirce stationed in Luzon to her family in Massachusetts. She discusses traveling from New Guinea to Peleliu and then on to Leyte and then Manila in the Phlippines. She describes the trip and breaks taken along the way, including seeing destruction of Manila from the plane, seeing the carabao drawn carts, railroad tracks, and once landed getting to tour American and Japanese aircraft at the airport. She describes her new quarters, how local women were helping...
Dates:1945 June 19
