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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Cold War; World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: WAC (Women's Army Corps); Air Force
  • Unit of Service: 4th Air Force; Air Education and Training Command (AETC); Tactical Air Command (TAC); Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC); additional units
  • Location of Service: Fort Des Moines, Iowa; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; Maryland; Texas; Ohio; Kansas; Germany; Bermuda
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/41233

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Therese Mary Baker Collection
Interview / Recording

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Therese Mary Baker Collection
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About this Item

Title

  • Therese Mary Baker Collection

Names

  • Stewart, Ruth F.
  • Baker, Therese Mary
  • Women's Overseas Service League, San Antonio Unit

Home State

  • Texas

Headings

  • -  Baker, Therese Mary
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army. Women's Army Corps.
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army. Women's Army Corps.
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Female

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: WAC (Women's Army Corps)
    • Location of Service: Fort Des Moines, Iowa; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; Maryland; Texas; Ohio; Kansas; Germany; Bermuda
    • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
    • Dates of Service: 1945-1946
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran has two biographical forms, one stating her service started in 1944 and one stating 1945.
  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: WAC (Women's Army Corps)
    • Dates of Service: 1951
    • Military Status: veteran
  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Unit of Service: 4th Air Force; Air Education and Training Command (AETC); Tactical Air Command (TAC); Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC); additional units
    • Dates of Service: 1956-1972
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2004-01-14)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2005-03-26)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2004-01-14)
  • Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [6 items] -- Photograph (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Biography [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1986)
  • Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [19 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2005-03-26)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/41233

Cite as

  • Therese Mary Baker Collection (AFC/2001/001/41233), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio

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Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Stewart, Ruth F, Therese Mary Baker, and San Antonio Unit Women'S Overseas Service League. Therese Mary Baker Collection. 1945. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.41233/.

APA citation style:

Stewart, R. F., Baker, T. M. & Women'S Overseas Service League, S. A. U. (1945) Therese Mary Baker Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.41233/.

MLA citation style:

Stewart, Ruth F, Therese Mary Baker, and San Antonio Unit Women'S Overseas Service League. Therese Mary Baker Collection. 1945. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.41233/>.