Lorraine Hurdle papers

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Lorraine Hurdle papers

Dates: 1922-2014

Collection Number: 2018-12

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 2 manuscript boxes

Online items available

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

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Lorraine Hurdle papers. Collection Number: 2018-12. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

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

Indexing Terms

Lesbians

Black people

People of color

Veterans

World War, 1939-1945

African Americans