Sarah Clapp Haworth 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?: Most of this collection has been digitized. Some items have not beed digitized due to copyright or other logistical issues.
Where can I find more information?: https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/1176
What's in the full collection?: 18 March 2011 oral history transcript and scanned photographs.
Full biography: Sarah Clapp Haworth (1920-2011) served in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) and worked with the The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. Sarah Clapp Haworth was born in Swannanoa, North Carolina in 1920. She finished high school in 1937, attending college at Asheville Normal and Teacher's College. Upon completing her college degree, she took a teaching job in Rockwell, North Carolina, where she was when Pearl Harbor was attacked in December of 1941. The following summer of 1942, Haworth went to Fort Bragg, North Carolina to enlist, then two months later, traveled to Fort Des Moines in Iowa for basic training. She was then stationed in Washington D.C. at the Pentagon, in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which was the predecessor of the CIA. When the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was converted into the Women's Army Corps in 1943, Haworth had the choice to continue in the service or to receive discharge. She chose to be discharged and took a teaching job in Gastonia, North Carolina. Haworth died in 2011.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Branch of service: Army -- WAAC
Conflict: World War II era (1940-1946)
Subject headings: World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Oral history interview with Sarah Clapp Haworth; Sarah Clapp Haworth speaks of her early life, military service, and life after her service. Haworth discusses her experiences during the service, her time in Washington D.C., her teaching career, and her husband, Byron Haworth, who was a Quaker and conscientious objector from World War II onward.

: Portrait of Sarah Haworth; Portrait of Sarah Haworth, circa 1942. She wears the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps winter service uniform and cap, with Washington, DC, military district shoulder sleeve insignia. The photo was taken at Rembrandt Studios, Washington, DC.

: WAAC Company 177, 3rd Regiment; Portrait of WAAC Company 177, 3rd Regiment, 1st WAAC Training Center, at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1942. The company was led by Captain Henry Daughters, Tactical Officer, and 3rd Officer Vonda Keith, Acting Company Commander, both pictured. The WAACs pictured wear the utility coat and service cap.

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