Major Eleanor M. Roberts Papers - Accession 834

The Major Eleanor M. Roberts Papers consist of records related to Major Eleanor M. Roberts who was a 1938 graduate of Winthrop and a 25 year veteran of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and Women\u27s Army Corps (WAC).These papers, which consist of correspondence, scrapbooks, photocopies, orders, and military papers, document not only her career but also her and her family’s participation in World War II including brothers, Harold O. Roberts, James William Roberts, Herbert N. Roberts, sister, Lily Roberts Allen, and brother-in-law, Robert D. Allen. There is also information on World War I, Italy, Winthrop College and York, South Carolina.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2129/thumbnail.jp