Beatrice Nalser Letters

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Beatrice Nalser Letters, 1943-1945, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.02 Linear Feet
Creator:
Nalser, Beatrice
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Beatrice Nalser Letters, 1943-1945, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Letters, written between November 1943 to January 1944 and November 1944 to January 1945. Letters were written by Beatrice Nalser, who was a member of the Navy's WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) program. She was an Aviation Machinist Mate Third Class Petty Officer, later being promoted to the position of First Class Petty Officer. Her letters are written from Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, and written to her parents in East Liverpool, Ohio. Her correspondence deals with her day-to-day life, descriptions of her work, relationships she is in, and descriptions of the Hampton Roads area. Additionally, Nalser writes about Christmas, describing: presents she sent, presents she received, and her attempts to take leave from work to visit East Liverpool. Folder 1 contains all letters between November 1943 and January 1944. Folder 2 contains all letters between November 1944 and January 1945.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard