Eleanor Rigney Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
What's in the full collection?: Correspondence and Biographical Information, 1999; Correspondence; Military Papers, 1943-1945; United States N Rating Description, 1946; Veteran's Identification; Information and Re-adjustment Allowance Record, 1946; Women's Military Services Club ID Card, circa 1943-1945; Army Security Agency School Certificate,1951; newspaper; The Havelock, WAVES Newsletter,August/September 1944; November/December 1945; photographs, 1943-1944; Identification Tag, 1943; Good Conduct Medal,1946; Patches,1943-1946; Ribbons, 1943-1946; "Ruptured Duck" Discharge Pin, 1946.
Full biography: Eleanor Rigney (1923-2006), served in the United States Navy WAVES during World War II, and is a 1950 graduate of Woman's College.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Schools and Colleges
Branch of service: Navy -- WAVES
Conflict: World War II era (1940-1946)
Subject headings: World War, 1939-1945
United States. Navy--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Eleanor Rigney and fellow WAVE; Eleanor Rigney (left) and Esther Samuelson Derthick (right) stand beside the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, circa 1944. Both wear the dress blue WAVES uniform, Rigney with enlisted brimmed hat with blue cover, and Derthick with garrison cap.

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