Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Audio Recording Janice M. Yeoman Collection
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Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Location of Service: Rhode Island; Massachusetts
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/5510
At the age of 3, Janice Bickerstaff began dancing, and by 13, she was talented enough to be a teacher and to join the only volunteer USO troupe in the country. Working from her hometown of Pawtucket, Bickerstaff performed with the Teens and Twenties, a group of young performers who traveled to bases in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, once even performing on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Essex. At the time, her focus was on the show; only now does she fully understand what a service she was performing.
Janice M. Yeoman Collection
Interview / Recording
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About this Item
Title
- Janice M. Yeoman Collection
Names
- Yeoman, Janice M.
- Figi, Matt
- Highland Historical Society
- Govert, Julie K.
Home State
- Illinois
Headings
- - Yeoman, Janice M.
- - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
- - United Service Organizations (USO) -- Personal Narratives
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Female
Status
- civilian
Service History
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Location of Service: Rhode Island; Massachusetts
- Dates of Service: 1963-1968
- Military Status: civilian
Materials
- Manuscript: Correspondence [1 item] -- Handwritten document (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Other Manuscript Material [2 items] -- (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Clippings [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
- Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-11-29)
- Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [6 items] -- Photograph (collected 1966-2002)
- Audio: CD [ item] -- Reference copy (collected 2002-11-29; 2005-03-17)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/5510
Cite as
- Janice M. Yeoman Collection (AFC/2001/001/5510), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- audio
- image