Judith Bullock Nisbet Collection
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Oral history interview with Judith Bullock Nisbet
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Primarily documents Judith Bullock Nisbet's early life; time at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro); and service in the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Emergency Service during World War II. Nisbet provides a brief overview of her childhood in Red Springs, North Carolina, and her education at the Woman's College in the early 1940s. She describes campus life, her social activities, and her studies. " Nisbet also describes her interest in the service and her experiences in the WAVES. Topics include the Red Springs service club and her volunteer war efforts; WAVES entrance requirements; training at Mount Holyoke; her work in Washington, D.C., delivering messenges, assigning bunks, assisting with the planning of fleet attacks, and gunning turrets for airplanes; feminism; patriotism; and the positive effects of her military service on her life. " Additional topics include Nisbet's courtship and 1943 wedding, VE and V-J Day events, and singing in the choir at Peter Marshall's Presbyterian church in Washington, D.C.
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WAVES dress white summer uniform
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WAVES officer's dress white summer uniform, including tailored white lightweight blouse with distinctive rounded collar with WAVES insignia, four gold buttons, and reserve blue cuff stripes. Worn with white shirtwaist and black seaman's tie and white six-gore skirt with left side zipper and button. This uniform worn by Judith Bullock Nisbet from 1942 to 1945.
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Wedding of Judith Bullock and Edward Thomson
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Judith Bullock Nisbet and Edward "Shorty" Thomson walk down the aisle at Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University after their wedding on April 24, 1943. Nisbet wears her Navy white dress uniform but carries the glove she removed to accept her wedding ring.
