Manuscript Library

Welcome to the Booth Library manuscript index.

The manuscript index contains links to finding aids for the collections of the Booth Library. Each finding aid has a description of that collection along with a listing of the items within that collection. The Booth Library staff and volunteers are updating the index daily in order to make your research experience more productive.

The Manuscript Index is arranged alphabetically by collection name. To access a finding aid, please click on its name.

To search the Manuscript Index for a specific research topic, please enter the term into the Search Library Box below.

Please keep in mind that many collections have not been inventoried while others are currently in progress. If you have any questions regarding the Finding Aids or the Index, please contact the archivist at archivist@chemungvalleymuseum.org

Collection Title CL 53 Helen Booth Sprecher Collection Creator Booth Library
Processed By Katie Button
Date Completed: August 2009
Terms: Women and the military; Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women's Army Auxiliary; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945-Participation, Female
Historical: Helen Booth Sprecher- Helen Isabel Booth was born October 19, 1913 in Spangler, Pennsylvania. She attended college at the Pennsylvania State Teachers College at Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania and earned her degree in health and physical education. She later took additional continuing education courses at the University of Pennsylvania and Penn State. During World War II, she served in the Women's Army Corps from August 1942 until her discharge in January 1946 at the rank of Captain. She served with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in Fort Des Moines, Iowa and Daytona Beach, Florida and with the Army Air Corps in California and the Pacific. On August 11, 1951 she married James Sprecher of Elmira, New York. The couple stayed in Elmira where Helen worked for the Elmira City School District. She continued to serve in the Air Force Reserves.
Scope: The Helen Booth Sprecher Collection contains official documents relating to Helen's military service from 1942 to 1954; photographs, 1942-1945; personal correspondence, 1942-1944; and documents relating to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, 1992-1995.
Extent 1.5 linear feet
Date Span 1942-1995
Abstract
This collection contains material relating to Helen Booth Sprecher's military service during World War II.

Filter by:
Title Document Box Number Folder Number Location
Thank you card sent to Helen I. Booth from the girls in Wing Be, 1943. Greeting Card 01 09 14
Postcard of Morrish women near Sale from Lt. Colonel H.J. Lowery, January 15, 1943. Postcard 01 09 15
Letter to Lt. Helen I. Booth from Lt. Cynthia Warner with updates from Hamilton Field, July 28, 1943. Letter 01 09 16
Letter to Lt. Helen I. Booth from Kay White regarding her transfer, October 20, 1943. Letter 01 09 17
Letter to Lt. Helen I. Booth from Sgt. Susan J. Libby with news from Hamilton Field, California, December 9, 1943. Letter 01 09 18
Essay - On WAC Parades by Sergeant Susan J. Libby, 713th WAC Company, Hamilton Field, California. Document 01 09 19
Letter to Lt. Helen Booth from Sergeant Susan Libby concerning life at Hamilton Field, California, ca. 1943. Letter 01 09 20
WAAC-themed Christmas cards sent to Helen Booth, 1943. Greeting Card 01 09 21
Letter to Helen I. Booth from her neice and nephew, December 27, 1943. Letter 01 09 22
Valentine's Day card sent to Helen Booth, 1944. Greeting Card 01 09 23
Note with drawing from Colonel Holland, September 14, 1944. Note 01 09 24
Christmas Card sent to Helen I. Booth, 1944. Greeting Card 01 09 25
Lt. Norman Irvine's "New Zeeland Farewell Song," December 30, 1944. Note 01 09 26
Newsletter - Crossroads Electronics Crosstalk, Captain Christian L. Engleman, July 26, 1945. Newsletter 01 09 27
(3) Letters to Helen I Booth from Colonel Kendall Paul with updates from the Pacific, October 21, 22 & 27, 1945. Letter 01 09 28
Letter to Helen I. Booth from Major Jack C. Hills with updates from the Pacific, November 18, 1945. (with enclosed photo) Letter 01 09 29
Christmas card sent to Helen I. Booth from Ted Harvey, 35 Transport Squadron, Austraian Royal Air Force, 1945. Greeting Card 01 09 30
Letter to Lt. Helen I. Booth from "Col" with updates on military friends, April 20, 1946. Letter 01 09 31
Booklet - Introduction to the WAAC'S, ca. 1942. Booklet 01 10 01
Booklet - Welcome WAAC'S from the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1942. Booklet 01 10 02
Newsletter - WAAC Bulletin, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, November 2, 1942. Newsletter 01 10 03
Newsletter - WAAC-Tivities, January 1, 1943. Newsletter 01 10 04
Newsletter - WAAC-Tivities, covers December 25, 1942-April 16, 1943. Newsletter 01 10 05
Newsletter - Hamilton Field Prelude, ca. 1943. Newsletter 01 10 06
Newsletter - Hamilton Field WAC-Cent On News, June 5, 1943-March 4, 1944. Newsletter 01 10 07
<<First <<Previous Next>> Last>>

Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Collection Title	CL 53 Helen Booth Sprecher Collection	Creator	Booth Library
Processed By	Katie Button
Date Completed:	August 2009
Terms:	Women and the military; Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women's Army Auxiliary; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945-Participation, Female
Historical:	Helen Booth Sprecher- Helen Isabel Booth was born October 19, 1913 in Spangler, Pennsylvania. She attended college at the Pennsylvania State Teachers College at Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania and earned her degree in health and physical education. She later took additional continuing education courses at the University of Pennsylvania and Penn State. During World War II, she served in the Women's Army Corps from August 1942 until her discharge in January 1946 at the rank of Captain. She served with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in Fort Des Moines, Iowa and Daytona Beach, Florida and with the Army Air Corps in California and the Pacific. On August 11, 1951 she married James Sprecher of Elmira, New York. The couple stayed in Elmira where Helen worked for the Elmira City School District. She continued to serve in the Air Force Reserves.
Scope:	The Helen Booth Sprecher Collection contains official documents relating to Helen's military service from 1942 to 1954; photographs, 1942-1945; personal correspondence, 1942-1944; and documents relating to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, 1992-1995.
Extent	1.5 linear feet
Date Span	1942-1995
Abstract	This collection contains material relating to Helen Booth Sprecher's military service during World War II.

Title	Document	Box Number	Folder Number	Location

Thank you card sent to Helen I. Booth from the girls in Wing Be, 1943.	Greeting Card	01	09	14
Postcard of Morrish women near Sale from Lt. Colonel H.J. Lowery, January 15, 1943.	Postcard	01	09	15
Letter to Lt. Helen I. Booth from Lt. Cynthia Warner with updates from Hamilton Field, July 28, 1943.	Letter	01	09	16
Letter to Lt. Helen I. Booth from Kay White regarding her transfer, October 20, 1943.	Letter	01	09	17
Letter to Lt. Helen I. Booth from Sgt. Susan J. Libby with news from Hamilton Field, California, December 9, 1943.	Letter	01	09	18
Essay - On WAC Parades by Sergeant Susan J. Libby, 713th WAC Company, Hamilton Field, California.	Document	01	09	19
Letter to Lt. Helen Booth from Sergeant Susan Libby concerning life at Hamilton Field, California, ca. 1943.	Letter	01	09	20
WAAC-themed Christmas cards sent to Helen Booth, 1943.	Greeting Card	01	09	21
Letter to Helen I. Booth from her neice and nephew, December 27, 1943.	Letter	01	09	22
Valentine's Day card sent to Helen Booth, 1944.	Greeting Card	01	09	23
Note with drawing from Colonel Holland, September 14, 1944.	Note	01	09	24
Christmas Card sent to Helen I. Booth, 1944.	Greeting Card	01	09	25
Lt. Norman Irvine's "New Zeeland Farewell Song," December 30, 1944.	Note	01	09	26
Newsletter - Crossroads Electronics Crosstalk, Captain Christian L. Engleman, July 26, 1945.	Newsletter	01	09	27
(3) Letters to Helen I Booth from Colonel Kendall Paul with updates from the Pacific, October 21, 22 & 27, 1945.	Letter	01	09	28
Letter to Helen I. Booth from Major Jack C. Hills with updates from the Pacific, November 18, 1945. (with enclosed photo)	Letter	01	09	29
Christmas card sent to Helen I. Booth from Ted Harvey, 35 Transport Squadron, Austraian Royal Air Force, 1945.	Greeting Card	01	09	30
Letter to Lt. Helen I. Booth from "Col" with updates on military friends, April 20, 1946.	Letter	01	09	31
Booklet - Introduction to the WAAC'S, ca. 1942.	Booklet	01	10	01
Booklet - Welcome WAAC'S from the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1942.	Booklet	01	10	02
Newsletter - WAAC Bulletin, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, November 2, 1942.	Newsletter	01	10	03
Newsletter - WAAC-Tivities, January 1, 1943.	Newsletter	01	10	04
Newsletter - WAAC-Tivities, covers December 25, 1942-April 16, 1943.	Newsletter	01	10	05
Newsletter - Hamilton Field Prelude, ca. 1943.	Newsletter	01	10	06
Newsletter - Hamilton Field WAC-Cent On News, June 5, 1943-March 4, 1944.	Newsletter	01	10	07
<<First <<Previous Next>> Last>> Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8