Inventory of the Mary Margaret Salm Papers, 1920-2004

Collection Number 4257

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Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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block Online Catalog Headings
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block Collection Overview
plus Detailed Description of the Collection
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Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Salm, Mary Margaret, 1921- .
Title
Mary Margaret Salm Papers, 1920-2004
Call Number
4257
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 4,200 items
Linear Feet: 8.0
Abstract
Mary Margaret Salm (1921- ) served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Salm's name when she served in the Army was Mary Margaret Schisler.
The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed materials, and other items of Mary Margaret Salm. The materials chiefly relate to Salm's service in the Women's Army Corps during World War II, to her numerous volunteer projects, and to her interest in family genealogy.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
This collection has restrictions to access. Please see details below or contact the Manuscripts Department for more information.
Usage Restrictions
Use of audiotape, film, or video materials may require production of listening or viewing copies.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Mary Margaret Salm of Nashville, Tennessee, in 1981-2004.
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff, 1998-2004
Encoded by: Lynn Holdzkom, March 2004
Revisions: Finding aid updated in November 2005 by Nancy Kaiser.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Mary Margaret Salm Papers #4257, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Salm, Mary Margaret, 1921- .
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps.
Women soldiers--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Women.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
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Biographical Note

Mary Margaret Salm (1921- ) served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Salm's name when she served in the Army was Mary Margaret Schisler.

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Collection Overview

The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed materials, and other items of Mary Margaret Salm. The materials chiefly relate to Salm's service in the Women's Army Corps during World War II, to her numerous volunteer projects, and to her interest in family  genealogy.

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Arrangement of Collection

1. Papers
2. Photographs
Additions July 2001-March 2004
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Items Separated

Oversize papers (OP-4257), chiefly WAC posters and drawings by Salm
Photographs (P-4257/1-75)
Photograph album (PA-4257/1)
Video tapes (VT-4257/1-5)
Cassette tape (C-4257/1)
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Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Papers, 1920-2004.

About 1,800 items.
Arrangement: chronological, then alphabetical by subject.
The papers include correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed materials, and other items of Mary Margaret Salm. The materials chiefly relate to Salm's service in the Women's Army Corps during World War II, to her numerous volunteer projects, and to her interest in family genealogy.
Folder 1
1920s-1930s
Folder 2-3
1940-1944
Folder 4
1950s
Folder 5
1960s
Folder 6
1970s
Folder 7
1980-1986
Folder 8
1987-1988
Folder 9-11
1989
Folder 12
1982-1990: Letters to the Editor
Folder 13-16
1990
Folder 17-19
1991
Folder 20-31
1992
Folder 32-42
1993
Folder 43-52
1994
Folder 53-63
1995
Folder 64-76
1996
Folder 77-84
1997
Folder 85-88
1998
Folder 89-91
1999
Folder 92-93
2000
Folder 94
2001
Folder 95
2003
Folder 96
2004
Folder 97-98
Correspondence: Undated
Folder 99
1945: Victory At Last
Folder 100
Address book
Folder 101
Adoption papers
Folder 102-104
Articles
Folder 105
Attwell, Mabe Lucie
Folder 106
Army Records: John Salm and Mary Salm
Folder 107
Awards and certificates
Folder 108-109
Byrns, Harold
Folder 110
Church Guide: Operating Instructions
Folder 111
Diary, 1945
Folder 112
Europe postcards and other pictures, 1940s
Folder 113
Familien-Chronik
Folder 114
Family records and biographical Materials
Folder 115
Fort Oglethorpe 50th Anniversary
Folder 116
Fort Oglethorpe postcards
Folder 117
Freund, Louis and Elsie Freund
Folder 118
Immigration and Naturalization: John Salm
Folder 119
Hartford YMCA
Folder 120
Hendrix College
Folder 121-122
Lake Junaluska
Folder 123
Military Coffin
Folder 124
Nashville, Tenn.
Folder 125
Newspaper clippings, 1940s
Folder 126
Newspaper clippings: Ronald Reagan
Folder 127
Passports
Folder 128
Peabody Demonstration School
Folder 129
Peabody Demonstration School: Yearbook, 1937
Folder 130
Phelps, Johnnie and Ruth Helbig
Folder 131
Pied Piper
Folder 132
Polk genealogy
Folder 133
Recipes, exhibits, Christmas cards
Folder 134
Salm, Uri
Folder 135
School records
Folder 136
Sexual harrassment (Navy)
Folder 137-138
Tennessee State Library and Archives
Folder 139
Twin Props Newspaper, 1943-1944
Folder 140
United States Armed Forces printed material
Folder 141
Veteran's clippings
Folder 142
WACS & WINGS
Folder 143-144
Women in Military Service for America (WIMSA)
Folder 145-146
Women's Army Corps (WAC)
Folder 147
Women's Army Corps: 50th Anniversary
Folder 148
Women's Army Corps: Postal stamp
Folder 149-150
Women's Army Corps: "Winnie the WAC"
Includes notecards by Vic Herman
Folder 151
World War II: Army orders
Folder 152
World War II: Postcards
Folder 153-154
World War II: Printed material
Folder 155
World War II: Miscellaneous
Folder 156
Miscellaneous printed material
Folder 157-159
Miscellaneous
Folder 160
Miscellaneous (duplicates)

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2. Photographs, 1920s-1990s.

About 2,000 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical, then chronological.
The photographs chiefly relate to Mary Margaret Salm, Salm and Schisler family and friends, her service in the Women's Army Corps during World War II, and travel.
Image Folder P-4251/1
Brooks, Howard, 1941
Image Folder P-4257/2
Kienzel family
Image Folder P-4257/3
Land's Chulkein Boarding School, Holzminder Gernamy, 1931-1932
Image Folder P-4257/4
Salm, Ernest
Image Folder P-4257/5
Salm, Helen and Harold Byrns (Hans Bernstein), 1930s-1960s
Image Folder P-4257/6
Salm, John (Hans-Jochen Salm), 1915-1937
Image Folder P-4257/7
Salm, John, 1937-1938
Image Folder P-4257/8
Salm, John, 1940s-1980s
Image Folder P-4257/9
Salm, John: girlfriends, 1935-1951
Image Folder P-4257/10
Salm, John and Margaret Salm
Image Folder P-4257/11-12
Salm, Mary Margaret Schisler, 1920s
Image Folder P-4257/13
Salm, Mary Margaret Schisler, 1930s
Image Folder P-4257/14
Salm, Mary Margaret Schisler: school, 1930s
Image Folder P-4257/15
Salm, Mary Margaret Schisler, 1941-1945
Image Folder P-4257/16
Salm, Mary Margaret Schisler, 1940s
Image Folder P-4257/17
Salm, Mary Margaret Schisler, 1950s
Image Folder P-4257/18
Salm, Mary Margaret Schisler, 1960s
Image Folder P-4257/19
Salm, Mary Margaret Schisler, 1970s
Image Folder P-4257/20
Salm, Mary Margaret Schisler, 1980s-1990s
Image Folder P-4257/21
Salm, Peter, 1935-1958
Image Folder P-4257/22
Salm family, 1920s-1944
Image Folder P-4257/23
Salm family, 1950-1994
Image Folder P-4257/24
Salm family: pets, 1937
Image Folder P-4257/25-26
Schisler family
Image Folder P-4257/27
1930s
Image Folder P-4257/28
1930: Egypt
Image Folder P-4257/29
1930s-1950s: Germany
Image Folder P-4257/30
1930s-1940s: travel
Image Folder P-4257/31
1940s
Image Folder P-4257/32
1950s: travel
Image Folder P-4257/33
1960
Image Folder P-4257/34
1961-1962
Image Folder P-4257/35
1963-1964
Image Folder P-4257/36
1965
Image Folder P-4257/37
1966-1967
Image Folder P-4257/38
1967: Europe
Image Folder P-4257/39
1968-1969
Image Folder P-4257/40
1969: Germany
Image Folder P-4257/41
1970-1974
Image Folder P-4257/42
1971: Europe
Image Folder P-4257/43
1973: Europe
Image Folder P-4257/44
1975-1976
Image Folder P-4257/45
1975: Europe
Image Folder P-4257/46
1976: travel
Image Folder P-4257/47
1977
Image Folder P-4257/48
Spring 1977: travel
Image Folder P-4257/49
Summer 1977-Fall 1977: travel
Image Folder P-4257/50
1978
Image Folder P-4257/51
1978: Europe
Image Folder P-4257/52
1979
Image Folder P-4257/53
1981: Europe
Image Folder P-4257/54
1981: travel
Image Folder P-4257/55
1982: travel
Image Folder P-4257/56
1982: Europe
Image Folder P-4257/57
1983: travel
Image Folder P-4257/58
1984: travel
Image Folder P-4257/59-60
1984: Europe
Image Folder P-4257/61
1985: travel
Image Folder P-4257/62-63
1985: Europe
Image Folder P-4257/64
1988-1989: travel
Image Folder P-4257/65
1988
Image Folder P-4257/66
1989: United States
Image Folder P-4257/67
1991: Desert Storm Celebration, Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee
Image Folder P-4257/68
Dolls made by Margaret Salm
Image Folder P-4257/69
Women's Army Corps and other women veterans reunion WIMSA
Image Folder P-4257/70
Miscellaneous (identified)
Image Folder P-4257/71
Miscellaneous

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Additions July 2001-March 2004.

Note that while these additions have not been integrated into the original deposit, they have been arranged according to the organization scheme of the previously deposited materials.
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Addition of July 2001 (Acc. 99021), 1944, 2001.
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1. Papers, 1944, 2001.
6 items.
Materials relating to the 131st AACS (Army Airways Communications System).
Folder 161
131st AACS Squadron, 1944, 2001
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Addition of August 2001 (Acc. 99058), 2001.
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1. Papers, 2001.
1 item.
Video tape highlighting the people, places, and culture of Tennessee (taped 5 April 2001).
Folder 162
Tennessee Crossroads
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Addition of September 2001 (Acc. 99077), 1935-2001.
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1. Papers, 2000-2001, and undated.
About 100 items.
The papers include correspondence, clippings, printed materials, and other items relating to Mary Margaret Salm, her family and friends, the Women's Army Corps, and women's military service during World War II.
Folder 163
Papers, 2000-2001 and undated
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2. Photographs, 1935-1997.
About 50 items.
Photographs relating to Mary Margaret Salm, her family and friends, travel, the Women's Army Corps, and women's military service during World War II.
Image Folder P-4257/72-73
Photographs, 1935-1997
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Addition of October 2001 (Acc. 99088), 1944, 2001.
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1. Papers, 1944, 2001.
10 items.
Materials relating to the 60th Troop Carrier Group, especially the 12th Troop Carrier Squadron.
Folder 164
60th Troop Carrier Group, 1944, 2001
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Addition of January 2003 (Acc. 99409), 1995-2002.
About 250 items.
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1. Papers, 1995-2002.
About 200 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
The papers include correspondence, clippings, printed materials, and other items relating to Mary Margaret Salm, her family and friends, the Women's Army Corps, and women's military service during World War II.
Folder 165-170
Papers, 1995-2002
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2. Photographs, 1988-2002.
About 50 items.
Photographs relating to Mary Margaret Salm, the Women's Army Corps, and women's military service during World War II.
Image Folder P-4257/74
Photographs, 1988-2002
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Addition of October 2003 (Acc. 99646), Undated.
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1. Papers, Undated.
1 item.
Photocopy of 12th Troop Carrier Squadron: History in Cartoons, 1940-1945.
Folder 171
12th Troop Carrier Squadron: History in Cartoons, 1940-1945
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Addition of February 2004 (Acc. 99711), 1921-2003.
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1. Papers, 1921-2003.
About 40 items.
The papers include correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed materials, and other items relating to Mary Margaret Salm, her family and friends, the Women's Army Corps, and women's military service during World War II.
Folder 172
Papers, 1921-2003
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2. Photographs, 1945, 1953, 1990-2003.
10 items.
Photographs relating to Mary Margaret Salm, her family and friends, the Women's Army Corps, and women's military service during World War II.
Image Folder P-4257/75
Photographs, 1945, 1953, 1990-2003
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Addition of March 2004 (Acc. 99776), 1940s, 1998-1999.
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1. Papers, 1940s, 1998-1999.
About 25 items.
The papers include correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed materials, and other items relating to Mary Margaret Salm, her family and friends, the Women's Army Corps, and women's military service during World War II.
Folder 173-174
Papers, 1940s, 1998-1999

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