WAVES on Campus Photographs

The WAVES photos displayed in this collection show the trainees engaged in a variety of activities, including marching on campus, getting a haircut, eating in the "mess hall", and shopping.

Material of the type found in this collection can also be found in print format in Special Collections & University Archives. For more information, see the finding aid for this specific collection.

This collection is a subset of the larger WAVES on Campus collection.

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Cover girl

1942; 1943; 1944; 1945

Photographs of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa).
Edith Gentry saluting

1942; 1943; 1944; 1945

Photographs of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa).
E. E. Potter

1942; 1943; 1944; 1945

Photographs of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa).
Marching on campus

1942; 1943; 1944; 1945

Photographs of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa).
M. L. Rader gets Navy haircut

1942; 1943; 1944; 1945

Photographs of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa).
Student group

1942; 1943; 1944; 1945

Photographs of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa).
WAVES at Berg Corner Drug 1943

1942; 1943; 1944; 1945

Photographs of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa).
WAVES staff

1942; 1943; 1944; 1945

Photographs of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa).
WAVES walking through snow

1942; 1943; 1944; 1945

Photographs of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa).
Enlisted women's mess -- official U. S. Navy photo

1942; 1943; 1944; 1945

Photographs of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa).
Training--official U.S. Navy photo

1942; 1943; 1944; 1945

Photographs of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa).
Yeoman Training School--offical U.S. Navy photograph

1942; 1943; 1944; 1945

Photographs of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa).