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[Identification of item], in the Lucy Elliot Spigel Scrapbook #5476-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from Bernard Herman in April 2010 (Acc. 101351).

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• Naval Base Norfolk (Va.)
• Navy-yards and naval stations--Virginia--Norfolk.
• Norfolk (Va.)--History.
• Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs.
• Sailors--United States--Social life and customs.
• Spigel, Lucy Elliot.
• United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.
• United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945.
• United States. Navy--Military life.
• Women and war--Virginia.
• Women--Virginia--History--20th century.
• Women--Virginia--Social life and customs.
• World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects.
• World War, 1939-1945--Virginia--Norfolk.
• World War, 1939-1945--Women.

Lucy Elliot Spigel grew up in Norfolk, Va., and, during World War II, was involved with a number of United States Navy servicemen stationed at the Norfolk naval base.

The scrapbook contains items, 1942-1946, documenting the life of a young southern woman on the home front during World War II. Items chiefly relate to her relationships with servicemen stationed in Norfolk, Va. Included are greeting cards, postcards, a few letters, clippings, fragments of envelopes with dates and names, invitations, foreign currency, certificates, souvenirs, a war record of the U.S.S. Soley, a program of ceremonies for the U.S.S. Canisteo, photographs, and other items.