The papers of Dorothy Dannies Alexander are divided into four series, Military Service, WAC Veterans Association, Alice Watson, and Photographs.
Military Service (1942-1944) includes correspondence, Alexander's Officer Qualification Record, personnel rosters for units that Alexander commanded, a script that she used as a WAC officer trainer, WAC song booklets and the program for a musical production held at Camp Grant. The five scrapbooks have significant material about Alexander's military service and about the WAC. The scrapbooks are comprised mainly of newspaper clippings about Alexander, life at the bases at which she was stationed and the larger world of the WAC in World War II. They also include correspondence, social invitations and programs, the script for a 1943 radio program about the WAC, and other memorabilia related to her military service.
WAC Veterans Association (1947-1980) primarily consists of material related to the WAC Veterans Association national conventions organized by year with one folder for general material related to the WAC Veterans Association. The series includes newspaper clippings, brochures and convention schedules and a small amount of material
relating to the operation of the association. The 1949 convention, which as held in Milwaukee, includes correspondence and material on the finances of the convention. The 1965 convention, which was also held in Milwaukee and was chaired by Alexander, has the most extensive coverage, including convention minutes, correspondence and the speech given at the traditional Pallas Athene luncheon. The series is arranged by convention year, with one folder for general material related to the WAC Veterans Association.
Alice Watson (1943-1972) contains a scrapbook, consisting of photographs and memorabilia from WAC Veterans Association functions, some World War II-era photographs, and thirty-five letters to Watson from former comrades in the WAC including one letter from Alexander. The provenance of this series is unclear, but at some point Alexander must have obtained possession of these materials from this former WAC subordinate who died in 1972.
The Photographs in the Alexander papers are organized into three sub-series, Military Service, WAC Veterans Association, and Personal.
The Military Service sub-series (1943-1949) contains the bulk of the photographs, and includes numerous photographs of WAC activities during World War II. The series is organized by the name of the base where Alexander was assigned. It also includes photographs documenting a 1944 WAC field services event in Wausau, Wisconsin, additional WAC activities, and other World War II-era photographs.
The WAC Veterans Association sub-series (1948-1965) consists exclusively of photographs taken at WAC Veterans Association conventions. Most of the photographs are of posed groups, but some convention activities such as a variety show are also pictured. The Personal sub-series (1947-1950) includes a small number of post-war photographs of Alexander and family members.
