Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz Collection
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- African American WAACs or WACs and soldiers at a party
- African American WAACs or WACs and soldiers dance at a party. Three couples are on the dance floor as a band plays and others watch. The man furthest to the left is a sergeant; circa 1942-1945.
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- African American WACs and soldiers dining
- African American WACs and soldiers sit at a dining table eating a meal. Irma Cayton may be third from left, looking at camera; circa 1943-1945.
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- Irma Cayton cutting into a cake
- Irma Cayton cuts into a cake as three WAACs or WACs watch. Cayton is wearing a Ninth Service Command patch, ribbon bar, and the Pallas Athene pin; circa 1942-1945.
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- Letter from Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz to her mother
- Wertz discusses Company 1907 and what she has learned while a WAC. She mentions women leaving the WACs and describes a funeral of a twenty-one year old woman. She closes by asking for a birthday present.
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- Offical United States Army Signal Corps photograph of African American WAACs marching
- Offical U.S. Signal Corps photograph of African American WAACs marching in formation while a band plays in the background. The three women in the lead are officers, as noted by the walking eagle cap devices. The photograph is titled "Parading on the Old Post, 1942;" circa 1942.
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- Offical United States Army Signal Corps photograph of two WAACs servicing an army truck
- Offical U.S. Signal Corps photograph showing two women servicing an army truck at Fort Huachuca. Ruth Wade is on the left; Lucille Mayo is to the right. Photo caption reads "Drivers on the Job;" December 1942.
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- Official United States Army Signal Corps photograph
- African American WAAC or WAC officers, a Red Cross worker, and one enlisted man pose in front of a U.S. flag. Irma Wertz is standing, first from left. The seated WAACs wear Captain pins, and the remaining WAACs are all either First or Second Lieutenants. The woman standing furthest to the right is wearing a Ninth Service Command patch; circa 1942-1945.
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- Official United States Army Signal Corps photograph of WAACs or WACs
- Offical U.S. Signal Corps photograph showing three WAACS or WACs in a room full of maps and photographs. Two stand over a diorama with the name "The Italian," while the third looks at a set of four maps on an easel. The woman in the center of the photo wears a Technician Fourth Grade patch and a Ninth Service Command patch; circa 1942-1945.
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- Photo post card depicting African American WAACs or WACs in a mess hall
- Photo post card depicting African American WAACs or WACs dining in a mess hall; circa 1942-1945.
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- Two WAACs or WACs being issued gear
- Offical U.S. Signal Corps photograph of two WAACs or WACs being issued official gear; circa 1942-1945.
