Dorothy Anderson Whiteford Collection
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- "Flight Line Gals"
- Dorothy Anderson Whiteford (on left) along with two other Navy WAVES who worked on the flight line at the Naval Air Station in Ottumwa, Iowa, circa 1945.
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- Dorothy Anderson Whiteford
- Dorothy Anderson Whiteford. A WAVES barracks is in the background. Probably Naval Air Station Ottumwa, Iowa, 1944.
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- Dorothy Anderson Whiteford and fellow WAVE standing in front of a waterfall
- Caption reads "Off Base didn't need ties"
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- Dorothy Anderson Whiteford and three other servicewomen on leave in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Dorothy Anderson Whiteford (second from left), meeting with high school friends who were also in the service, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Caption: "A meeting with the girls 1 Marine 3 Navy Minneapolis"
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- Dorothy Anderson Whiteford wearing a trenchcoat
- Dorothy Anderson Whiteford wears a trenchcoat and pants. A WAVES barracks is in the background. Probably Naval Air Station Ottumwa, Iowa, 1944.
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- Dorothy Anderson Whiteford wearing the WAVEs summer seersucker uniform
- Dorothy Anderson Whiteford posing while wearing the WAVES summer seersucker uniform and enlisted brimmed hat, circa 1944.
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- Entrance of the US Naval Air Base Ottumwa, Iowa
- Entrance of the US Naval Air Base Ottumwa, Iowa, 27 June, 1944
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- Group of Navy WAVES at Hunter College for boot camp
- Group of Navy WAVES enlistees and officers at boot camp. Hunter College, New York. Dorothy Anderson Whiteford is in the fifth row, first from left. May 1944.
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- Group of Navy WAVES in the "logging department" at US Naval Air Base Ottumwa, Iowa
- Group of Navy WAVES in the "logging department" at US Naval Air Base Ottumwa, Iowa. Dorothy Anderson Whiteford is 3rd from right in the back row. May 1945.
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- Oral history interview with Dorothy Whiteford
- Dorothy Whiteford primarily documents her time in the WAVES during World War II. She goes into detail about her job working at a defense plant and then her time in the Navy WAVES working on the flight line at the Naval Air Station in Ottumwa, Iowa. She also talks about the things she did in her free time, on and off the base while in Ottumwa. Whiteford discusses how woman were viewed during World War II, how the men on base treated her, and how women’s mindset changed after the war ended. She also touches on her mother’s medical history who was sick from cancer and survived. Whiteford also talks on other issues like women in combat and patriotism.
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- Personnel of the US Naval Air Base Ottumwa, Iowa
- Flight Instructors and other personnel of the US Naval Air Base Ottumwa, Iowa. Dorothy Anderson Whiteford is squatting in the front row, seventh from the right, flanked by two other WAVES who also worked on the flight line, circa 1945.
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- Portrait of Dorothy Anderson Whiteford
- Portrait of Dorothy Anderson Whiteford wearing her service blue WAVES uniform and garrsion cap, circa 1944
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- Portrait of Dorothy Anderson Whiteford in flight line gear
- Portrait of Dorothy Anderson Whiteford with the sheepskin and leather jacket she wore while working on the flight line at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Ottumwa, Iowa, circa 1945.
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- Ruthie and Dorothy Anderson Whiteford in their WAVES service uniform
- Ruthie (on left) and Dorothy Anderson Whiteford pose in the U.S. Navy WAVES dress service uniform while stationed at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Ottumwa, Iowa, 1945.
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- Ruthie wearing her flight gear
- Portrait of Dorothy Anderson Whiteford's best friend Ruthie wearing her flight line gear at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Ottumwa, Iowa, circa 1945.
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- Unknown WAVE medical technician
- Unknown Navy WAVE medical technician, wearing the enlisted white summer uniform, Bethesda Naval Hospital, circa 1945.
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- Vicky and Dorothy on leave in Denver, Colorado
- Vicki (on left) and Dorothy Anderson Whiteford (on right), dressed in their enlisted service blue WAVES uniforms, sit on their suitcases on a sidewalk in Denver. Colorado where they went on a week's leave from duty, 1945.
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- WAVES "wishing for a fur coat in Ottumwa, Iowa, September 1944"
- Five WAVES:Vicky, Dorothy, Ruthie, Iggie and Moe stand in front of a store's display window in downtown Ottumwa, Iowa, in September, 1945.
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- WAVES visit Solar Des Moines plant newsletter clipping
- Navy WAVES Seamen 1st class Audrey Jane Smith (on left) and Dorothy Anderson Whiteford (on right) visit Smith's father, who worked as the Navy Inspector at the Solar Aircraft Plant in Des Moines, Iowa, circa 1945.
