Papers and photographs, 1940-1946 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Abstract:The papers and photographs of Carolyn G. Lovell, a first lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Collection consists almost entirely of the letters Lovell received from five different men during World War II. The majority of the letters are from Harold Tubbs, who served in the Army Air Force in Germany following the war. They are love letters in which Tubbs expressed his strong feelings for Lovell while also describing his daily activities in military service. In a January 11 letter, he described having a nightmare about the fighting at Guadalcanal. In other letters he described the weather, food, recreational activities, and his hopes to go home and be with Lovell. Three letters that Lovell wrote to Tubbs are also in the collection and are filled with her declarations of love for him. Russell Burkman, who received stateside training as a navigator in the Army Air Force, seems to have been a serious boyfriend of Lovell's before Tubbs. His letters describe his intense training at San Antonio, the stringent requirements for the navigator program, and his feelings for Lovell. Additional correspondants include Robert Mueller (Navy) and Albert Wettstein (Merchant Marines). Other materials in this series include some recruitment materials from the Navy Nurse Corps, a letter from the War Manpower Commission informing Lovell that her job as a nurse was classified as essential, and some military paperwork, mostly requisition forms, that Tubbs filled out as love letters to Lovell. Photographs include three unidentified negatives of a woman in a nurse's uniform, possibly Lovell and two of a man in military uniform, possibly Tubbs