Title: Virginia Georgieff Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1942-1951

Creator:

• Georgieff, Virginia

Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 406

Quantity:

• 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes)
• 1 oversize folder

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Virginia Georgieff, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, served as a member of Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVE) in the US Navy from 1944 to 1946. This collection spans the years 1942–1951 and contains materials acquired during her time in various Navy training and service with the WAVE in New York, Washington, Iowa and Idaho.

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Language: English

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Virginia Georgieff was born 29 March 1917 to Peter T. and Zaharia Georgieff; her parents were from Yugoslavia. Her father was a restaurant proprietor who immigrated to the US in 1907. Her mother came to the US in 1915. Both Virginia Georgieff and her sister, Violet, attended Bay View High School.

Virginia worked for several years as a legal secretary before serving in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVE) of the US Navy from 1944 to 1946. She attended college on the GI Bill and worked intermittently for the Milwaukee Public Library while going to school. She began as a library aide, became a librarian in 1951 and then the manager of the Solomon Juneau and Llewellyn branch libraries. In 1966 she returned to Milwaukee Public Library's Central branch and remained there until she retired in 1982. Virginia Georgieff passed away 6 July 2013 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The collection spans the years 1942–1951 and contains personal artifacts, books, pamphlets, newsletters, photographs and papers acquired during Virginia Georgieff’s time in various training and service as a WAVE in the Navy in New York, Washington, Iowa and Idaho.

The subjects are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within each folder.

Georgieff, Virginia, Papers, 1942-1951, Collection 406. Local History Manuscript Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view Local History Manuscript Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated in 2013 by Kathleen Ulbricht, Virginia Georgieff’s niece. Materials were accessioned as Local History Manuscripts.

Processing Information

Processed by Arlene Espinoza, Archives Volunteer, 2016. Edited and arranged by Casey Lapworth, 2019.

Box   1 Folder   1	4th Annual WAVE Reunion, 1950
Box   1 Folder   2	Activities, 1944-1945
Box   1 Folder   3	Church Service Programs, 1942-1945
Box   3 Folder	Desk Name Plate, undated
Box   1 Folder   4	Hall, Bart, 1942-1951
Box   1 Folder   5	Military Records, 1944-1946
Box   1 Folder   6	Miscellaneous, undated
Box   1 Folder   7-8	Miscellaneous - Publications, 1940-1950
Box   1 Folder   9	Navy Day, 1945
Box   1 Folder   10	Notebooks (2), undated
Box   1 Folder   11	Office/Work Instructions, undated
Box   1 Folder   12	Patches, Pins and Cards, 1946, undated
Box   2 Folder   1	Photographs, undated
Oversize Folder   1	Photographs - Panoramic (2), undated
Box   2 Folder   2	Policy- House Rules and Uniforms, undated
Box   2 Folder   3	Seattle, Washington, 1945-1946
	U.S. Dept. of the Navy
Box   2 Folder   4	Bedside Examiner, 1945
Box   2 Folder   5	The Bull Rail, 1946
Box   2 Folder   6	Correspondence, 1943-1946
Box   3 Folder   1	Farragut News, 1946
Box   2 Folder   7	Naval Training Center- Farragut, ID, 1945
Box   3 Folder   2	Naval Training Center- Farragut, ID, 1945
Box   2 Folder   8	Naval Training School (WR)- Bronx, NY, 1944
Box   2 Folder   9	Naval Training School- Cedar Rapids, IA, 1944
Box   2 Folder   10	Naval Yard- Bremerton, WA, 1946
Box   2 Folder   11-13	Publications, 1943-1945, undated
Box   2 Folder   14	Steady As You Go, 1945-1946