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PERSONAL

 Series
Identifier: 1

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Kathy Ormond papers date from 1966 to 2007 (bulk 1968-1970) and measure 12.25 linear inches. The papers are arranged in five series: Personal, Correspondence, Informational materials, Photographs, and Artifacts.

The Personal series (1968-2001) includes biographical materials, such as newspaper clippings about Ormond regarding her tour in Vietnam along with her passport and other identification cards. The biographical folder also includes a printout from a website that hosts a radio interview with Ormond from 1968. Some of the materials she used and prepared for her programs are also included in this series.

The Correspondence series (1968-1993) consists of letters Ormond wrote to her mother and brother while serving in Vietnam as well as many she received from friends and soldiers she met during her fifteen-month tour.

The Informational materials series (1967-1979) contains orientation instructions, news releases, newsletters, memos, regulations and orders, reports and brochures. Most of the materials were produced by the Red Cross.

The Photographs series (1968-2005) contains Ormond's photographs, in the form of prints and slides of her daily life, the men serving in Vietnam, the countryside, and the Vietnamese people and their villages. Many of the photographs and slides have been identified by Ormond. The series includes a DVD, "A.K.A. Donut Dollies," a slide show of photographs from 1966 to 1972 created for the 2005 Dollies reunion in Albuquerque. Ormond's patches and pins from the bases where she served are contained within the Artifacts series.

Dates

  • Creation: 1966-2007

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The papers are open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 12.25 linear inches

From the Collection: 2 DVDs [d0038 and d0054]; Artifacts in box 4; Photographs scattered throughout. boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Iowa Women's Archives Repository

Contact:
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