Luvenia Mitchell 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?: This collection has been digitized in its entirety.
Where can I find more information?: https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/1002
What's in the full collection?: 9 February 2001 oral history transcript; negative of photograph of Luvenia Griffin Mitchell with her Air Force Supply School class at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, circa 1952.
Full biography: Luvenia Griffin Mitchell (b. 1932) of Tampa, Florida, worked in supply and inventory control with the Women in the Air Force from 1952 to1955. Luvenia Griffin Mitchell was born in Tampa, Florida, on December 28, 1932 and was raised primarily by her grandmother in Tampa. After graduating from Middleton Senior High School in 1952 she decided to join the Women in the Air Force (WAF). Mitchell was sworn into the WAF on 12 August 1952 at Jacksonville, Florida. She attended basic training at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas, and then was stationed at Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for three months of supply school. She returned to Lackland in 1953, where she worked in the PX (post exchange) doing inventory control. Mitchell was discharged in 1955. She used the GI Bill to study nursing at the Hampton Institute in Virginia for two years, and then married and raised a family. Later she attended Gibbs Junior College in St. Petersburg, Florida, where she studied business. Mitchell worked with Urban League and then in the early 1960s began work in juvenile detention, which she continued until her retirement.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Branch of service: Air Force -- WAF
Conflict: Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Subject headings: Korean War, 1950-1953
United States. Air Force
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Oral history interview with Luvenia Griffin Mitchell; Documents Luvenia Griffin Mitchell's early life; her service with the Women in the Air Force (WAF) in the early 1950s; and her life after the military. Mitchell briefly describes her decision to join the air force; the negative image of women in the military; and her basic training at Lackland Air Force Base. She also discusses supply school at Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and her work at Lackland in inventory control, issuing uniforms, handling alterations, and working with civilians. Mitchell also speaks about integration within the military; segregation outside of the military; and difficulties caused by racial attitudes. " Personal topics include Mitchell's decision not to re-enlist; getting married and raising a family; leaving the air force to pursue a nursing education at the Hampton Institute; and her work with the Urban League and in juvenile detention.

: Supply School unit at Warren Air Force Base; Luvenia Griffin Mitchell (far left) with her Air Force Supply School class at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, circa 1952.

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