Biographical Note

Mary Frances Switzer of Florida served as a World War II Army nurse in France.

Scope and Contents

Papers, letters and photographs of Mary Frances Switzer of Florida who served as a WWII Army nurse in France. Letters are from friends and family, but mostly from her sometime beau, Allen Galer, who writes about the ups and downs of their relationship.

Arrangement of Materials

Letters are in chronological order. Photographs are divided by identified, unidentified, landscapes and people.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Correspondence
• Photographs

Topical Term:

• World War, 1939-1945--European Front
• World War, 1939-1945--Medical and sanitary affairs.
• World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States

Information About Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Mary Frances Switzer Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 10/21/2006.