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Summer 2024 Research

A.J. Boyd

Aj Boyd

I am a 3rd year PhD student and I will be heading to The National Archives in College Park, Maryland; The Library of Congress in D.C; Florida State University Special Collections in Tallahassee, Florida. My project analyzes how Black Women’s Army Corps officers in World War II navigated the tension between their access to state power and gendered Jim Crow to practice Black women’s articulations of citizenship through the U.S Army. At the Library of Congress, I hope to read the personal papers and memoir drafts of one of the then-highest ranking Black officers, Charity Adams Earley. At Florida State, I hope to read the oral history transcripts of enlisted women and access handbooks of the Women’s Army Corps.

A.J.’s tips for students new to research: “As you’re taking notes, don’t forget to write down the box/file/folder number. Enjy the ‘puzzle-solving’ of following archival trails!”

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