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Title: Lorraine Hurdle papers
Dates: 1922-2014
Collection Number: 2018-12
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Extent: 2 manuscript boxes
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Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection contains photographs, personal papers, memorabilia, correspondence, and other materials relating to the life
of Lorraine Hurdle (1922-2014), a Black lesbian woman. Hurdle served in the United States Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in Germany
during World War II, and most of the contents in this collection document her career in the service during the war and after.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Lorraine Hurdle papers. Collection Number: 2018-12. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Elisabeth Cornu, June 2018.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains photographs, personal papers, memorabilia, correspondence, and other materials relating to the life
of Lorraine Hurdle (1922-2014), a Black lesbian woman. Hurdle served in the United States Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in Germany
during World War II, and most of the contents in this collection document her career in the service during the war and after.
GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001601; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_006371;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003728; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007675; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001039;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008536; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_005822
Lesbians
Black people
People of color
Veterans
World War, 1939-1945
African Americans