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Women in Military Service for America Foundation (U.S.)
Women in Military Service for American
Foundation records
1990-1996
3.5 linear feet of shelf
space
The Women in Military Service for
American Memorial Foundation was founded to promote the building of a monument
at the Arlington National Cemetery to honor all women who have served in the U.
S. military. This collection documents Montana's participation in the
foundation and includes military discharge records arranged by
county.
English
Historical Note
The Women in Military Service for American Memorial Foundation (WIMSA)
was founded to promote the building of a monument at the Arlington National
Cemetery to honor all women who have served in the U. S. military. The site at
the Ceremonial Entrance to the cemetery was approved in 1988. A design by
Marion Gail Weiss and Michael Manfredi to restore and transform the gateway was
approved in November 1989. Ground was broken in 1995 and the memorial was
opened to the public in October 1997.
In January 1990 Doris Brander, a veteran from Avon, Montana, began the
campaign for Montana participation in the work of the foundation. She got the
Governor, the seven Indian Reservations, and the 56 counties to pass
resolutions in support. She then recruited an army of volunteers to document as
many of the estimated 4800 female veterans in Montana as possible. The
volunteers copied discharge papers from county records, enlistment records from
the Adjutant General's records at the Montana Historical Society, and appealed
to friends and relatives of veterans to provide information.
Brander also encouraged Montana women veterans to submit their names
for inclusion in the records at the monument in Washington.
Records (1990-1996) of the Montana affiliate of WIMSA, consist
primarily of photocopies of military discharge papers and other records for
Montana women's service in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the
Vietnam War, and the peacetime army. In addition there are correspondence of
Doris Brander with volunteers around the state and with the national office of
WIMSA; circular letters and news releases; lists of veterans compiled by the
county volunteers; clippings; and other materials. [Enlistment cards are
available in RS 223, Montana Adjutant General's Office.
Arranged by series
Collection is open for research
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the
Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication,
and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library
before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to
all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
[item description and date]. Name of Collection. Collection Number.
[box and folder number]. Montana Historical Society Research Center. Archives.
Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
Processed in 2008. Portions of this collection were transferred from
the Doris Brander Papers (unprocessed).
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana
Historical Society Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons, or places should search under these terms.
Brander,
Doris, 1921-1995
Women in
Military Service for America Foundation (U.S.)
Women
veterans--Montana.
Veterans--Societies, etc.--Montana.
Montana--History.
Montana
Military
Women
Detailed Description of the Collection
Biographical Materials
1 / 1
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Beaverhead County, A-Y
1945-1990
1 / 2
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Big Horn County, B-W
1945-1990
1 / 3
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Blaine County, A-Z
1945-1990
1 / 4
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Broadwater County, A-W
1945-1990
1 / 5
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Carbon County, A-V
1945-1990
1 / 6
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Carter County, B-P
1945-1990
1 / 7-10
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Cascade County, A-S
1945-1990
2 / 1
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Cascade County, T-Z
1945-1990
2 / 2
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Chouteau County, B-S
1945-1990
2 / 3
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Custer County, A-Z
1945-1990
2 / 4
Extract only from county records:
Daniels County, B-V
1945-1990
2 / 5
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Dawson County, B-S
1945-1990
2 / 6
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Deer Lodge County, A-W
1945-1990
2 / 7
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Fallon County, A-W
1945-1990
2 / 8
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Fergus County, B-Y
1945-1990
2 / 9-10
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Flathead County, A-Y
1945-1990
2 / 11-12
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Gallatin County, A-Y
1945-1990
2 / 13
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Garfield County, B-P; also extracts, B-W
1945-1990
2 / 14
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Glacier County, B-P; also extracts, B-W
1945-1990
2 / 15
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Golden Valley County, F-N; also extracts, B-W
1945-1990
3 / 1
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Granite County, L-W; also extracts, A-W
1945-1990
3 / 2
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Hill County, A-W; also OVERSIZE FOLDER
1945-1990
3 / 3
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Jefferson County, B-M; also extracts, B-W
1945-1990
3 / 4
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Judith Basin County, A-R; also extracts, A-T
1945-1990
3 / 5
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Lake County, A-Z
1945-1990
3 / 6-7
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Lewis and Clark County, A-W; also extracts, A-Z
1945-1990
3 / 8
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Liberty County, C-V
1945-1990
3 / 9
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Lincoln County, A-W
1945-1990
3 / 10
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Madison County, B-R; also extracts, B-Y
1945-1990
3 / 11
Discharge papers copied from
county records: McCone County, B-W
1945-1990
3 / 12
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Meagher County, B-M; also extracts, B-W
1945-1990
3 / 13
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Mineral County, C-Z
1945-1990
3 / 14-17
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Missoula County, A-Y
1945-1990
4 / 1
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Musselshell County, A-W
1945-1990
4 / 2
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Park County, A-W
1945-1990
4 / 3
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Petroleum County, C-W
1945-1990
4 / 4
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Phillips County, A-V
1945-1990
4 / 5
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Pondera County, B-Y; also extracts, A-Y
1945-1990
4 / 6
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Powder River County, M-S; also extracts, A-V
1945-1990
4 / 7
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Powell County, A-W
1945-1990
4 / 8
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Prairie County, B-W
1945-1990
4 / 9
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Ravalli County, A-W
1945-1990
4 / 10
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Richland County, A-T; also extracts, A-Z
1945-1990
4 / 11
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Roosevelt County, A-Y
1945-1990
4 / 12
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Rosebud County, A-W
1945-1990
4 / 13
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Sanders County, A-W; also extracts, A-Z
1945-1990
4 / 14
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Sheridan County, A-Y
1945-1990
4 / 15-16
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Stillwater County, B-Y
1945-1990
5 / 1
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Sweetgrass County, A-W
1945-1990
5 / 2
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Teton County, B-W; also extracts, A-W
1945-1990
5 / 3
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Toole County, A-W
1945-1990
5 / 4
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Treasure County, D-W, also extracts, A-W
1945-1990
5 / 5
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Valley County, B-W; also extracts, A-W
1945-1990
5 / 6
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Wheatland County, B-W
1945-1990
5 / 7
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Wibaux County, B-Z; also extracts, A-Z
1945-1990
5 / 8-9
Discharge papers copied from
county records: Yellowstone County, A-Z
1945-1990
5 / 10
Pearl L. (Haugland Taylor) Bach
autobiography
1992
5 / 11
"In Tribute to Captain Octavia
Bridgewater RN," by Mary D. Munger
1992
Incoming Correspondence
5 / 12-14
Letters to Doris Brander from
volunteers, and others, chronologically arranged
1990-1995, undated
5 / 15
Letters to Doris Brander from
national office of Women in Military Service for America Memorial
Foundation
1992-1995, undated
Outgoing Correspondence
6 / 1
Doris Brander circular letters
and press releases
1990-1993, undated
Organizational Records
6 / 2
Articles of incorporation
[draft]
undated
Miscellany
6 / 3
Field representative
manual
1993
6 / 4
Lists: WIMSA field
representatives, by state
1990-1991
6 / 5
Lists of World War I women,
arranged alphabetically and by city
undated
6 / 6
Lists: Honor roll of women who
have served and women who are now serving
ca. 1990
6 / 7
List of contact people by
county
ca. 1990
6 / 8
Preliminary lists of women
veterans, s statewide
ca. 1990
6 / 9-12
Preliminary lists of women
veterans, s by county
ca. 1990
6 / 13
Preliminary lists of women
veterans, s Eastern Montana
ca. 1990
6 / 14
Preliminary lists of women
veterans, s recently discharged
ca. 1987-1992
6 / 15
Meetings: Multidisciplinary
Advisory Committee for Women Veterans
1990-1991
6 / 15
Meetings: Federal Women's
Program
1996
6 / 16
Proclamations by Governor, Indian
Tribes, Counties
1990
6 / 17
"Progress of women in the Navy,
1989"
1989
6 / 18
Registration forms
undated
6 / 19
Souvenir catalogs
undated
6 / 20
Timeline
1989-1991
7 / 1
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
Auxiliary roster
1990-1994
7 / 2
Women in Military Service for
America Memorial brochures, etc.
1990-1994
7 / 3
Women in Military Service for
America Memorial Foundation newsletters and press releases
1990-1994
7 / 4
Miscellany (includes poems,
forms, itinerary for Women in the West Tour, statistics, etc.
1990-1994
Clippings
7 / 5
Obituaries
1993-1994, undated
7 / 6
Proclamation
1990
7 / 7
Re work of WIMSA,
chronological
1990-1995
Photographs
7 / 8
Snapshots, mostly
unidentified
undated