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World War, 1939-1945 -- Maine -- Brewer -- Women

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Edna K. Barbour War Ration Books

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1292-sc
Abstract

War ration books no. 2, 3 and 4 used by Edna K. Barbour of Brewer, Maine.

Dates: circa 1939-circa 1945

Jean Horne, interviewed by Grace Gregor

 Series
Abstract 1096 Jean Horne, interviewed by Grace Gregor, November 1, 1976, Orono, Maine. Horne talks about her life in the 1930s and 1940s in Brewer, Maine; radio during her childhood; her contributions to the war effort, fashions of her teenage years (1940s); shock of the attack on Pearl Harbor; patriotism involved in relationships with servicemen; the movie Gone with the Wind as a big event; witnessing the Brady Gang being shot in Bangor; and post-war spending. Text: 20 pp. incomplete transcript,...
Dates: 1974-1980