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ARMY WIVES/SPOUSES

A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

CONTENTS General Sources…..p.1 18th to Mid-19th Century…..p.2 Trans-Mississippi Frontier…..p.3 1900-1940…..p.5 World War II…..p.5 Since 1945…..p.6 Foreign…..p.8

GENERAL SOURCES

Alt, Betty Sowers & Stone, Bonnie Domrose. Campfollowing: A History of the Military Wife. NY: Praeger, 1991. 165 p. U766.A47.

Army & Navy Journal/Army & Navy Register. Per. Includes many social bits, Civil War thru WWII.

Biank, Tanya. Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives. NY: St. Martin’s, 2006. 261 p. D766.B53.

Durand, Doris B. “The Role of the Army Wife as Perceived by Male Officers and their Wives: Is it a Commitment to the ‘Two-for-One’ Career Pattern?” PhD dss, U MD, 1995. 131 p. U766.D87.

_____. “The Role of the Senior Military Wife—Then and Now.” In The Military Family: A Practice Guide for Human Service Providers. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000. pp. 73-87. UB403.M54. And other relevant essays in this compilation.

Finlayson, Elizabeth M. "Perceptions of the Army Wife: Her Role in a Changing Society." In Soldiers and Civilians. Wash, DC: National Archives, 1987. pp. 47-52. U21.5.S554.

Gorbaty, Lisa R. “Family Reintegration of Reserve Service Members Following a Wartime Deployment: A Qualitative Exploration of Wives’ Experience.” PhD dss, MA School of Professional Psychology, 2008. 200 p. UB403.G67. Army Wives/Spouses p.2

Harrell, Margaret C. “Brass Rank and Gold Rings: Class, Race, Gender and Kinship within the Army Community.” PhD dss, U VA, 2000. 506 p. U766.H372.

Lee, Judith S. “Army Wives Tell Their Stories.” Army (Nov 2002): pp. 50-53. Per. Army Family Oral History Project, volunteer effort centered at Combat Arms Research Library, Ft. Leavenworth, KS

McGowan, Henrietta C. “The Military Experience: Perceptions from Senior Military Officers’ Wives.” PhD dss, Capella, 2008. 145 p. U766.M34.

Puskar, Kathryn R., Wilson, Gloria, & Moonis, Lisa J. “The Effect of Group Support on Relocated Corporate and Military Wives: A Secondary Analysis.” Minerva (Summer 1990): pp. 36-46. Per.

Soldiers (Jun 2008): Entire issue devoted to military marital issues. Per.

Tillery, Carolyn Q. The Military Wives’ Cookbook: 200 Years of Traditions, Recipes, and Remembrances. Nashvile, TN: Cumberland House, 2007. 333 p. TX715.T55.

Totten, Ruth Ellen Patton. "The Army Wife's Heritage." Armor (Nov/Dec 1973): pp. 39-44. Per.

Wadelton, Maggie-Owen. Gay, Wild and Free: From Captain's Wife to Colonel's Lady. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1949. 312 p. U766.W33.

Wood, Suzanne, et. al. “Waiting Wives: Separation and Reunion among Army Wives.” Armed Forces & Society (Winter 1995): pp. 217-36. Per.

18TH TO MID-19TH CENTURIES

Blumenthal, Walter Hart. Women Camp Followers of the American Revolution. NY: Arno, 1974. 104 p. E276.B55.

Kopperman, Paul E. "The British High Command and Soldiers' Wives in America, 1755-1783." Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research (Spring 1982): pp. 14-34. Per.

Letter of Martha May, an Army wife, to Col Henry Bouquet, 4 Jun 1758. In Two Hundred Years in Cumberland County. Carlisle, PA: Hamilton Library, 1951. p. 25. F157.C8.T96.

Mays, Ashley M. “’To Suffer in Silence’: Confederate Widows’ Grieving Processes after the Civil War.” MA thesis, U NC, 2010. 90 p. E628.M39.

Shearer-Shineman, Anne R. “Building a Tradition: Army Wives in the American Revolution.” MA thesis, U WY, 1984. 142 p. E276.S54

See also: -Bibliography on Mary Boykin Chestnut in Biographies. Army Wives/Spouses p.3

TRANS-MISSISSIPPI FRONTIER

Alexander, Eveline M. Cavalry Wife: The Diary of Eveline M. Alexander, 1866-1867. [Edited by Sandra L. Myers] College Station, TX: TX A&M, 1977. 162 p. E83.866.A43. See also E467.1.A3.W7.

Baldwin, Alice (Blackwood). Memoirs of the Late Frank D. Baldwin, Major General, U.S.A. Los Angeles: Wetzel, 1929. E181.B18.

_____. An Army Wife on the Frontier. [Edited by Robert C. & Eleanor R. Carriker] Salt Lake City, UT: U UT, 1975. F594.B8.A33.

Biddle, Ellen M. Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife. Phila: Lippincott, 1907. 257 p. F594.B583.

Boyd, Orsemus Bronson. Cavalry Life in Tent and Field. NY: Tait, 1894. 321 p. F594.B8.

Bradley, Ione. "Recollections of Army Life" [1868-1886]. 55 handwritten pages. Box 6, Luther Bradley Papers. Arch.

Butler, Anne M. "Military Myopia: Prostitution on the Frontier." Prologue (Winter 1981): pp. 232-50. Per.

Campbell, Robin D. “Mistresses of the Transient Hearth: American Army Officers’ Wives and Material Culture, 1840-1880.” PhD dss, SUNY-Albany, 2002. 247 p. GN406.C35.

Carrington, Frances C. My Army Life and the Fort Phil Kearny Massacre. Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries, 1910. E83.866.C375.

Carrington, Margaret Irvin. Ab-sa-ra-ka, Land of Massacre.... Phila: Lippincott, 1879. 383 p. F594.C3.

Coffman, Edward M. The Old Army: A Portrait of the American Army in Peacetime, 1784-1898. NY: Oxford, 1986. 514 p. UA25.C62. See index.

Cramton, Willa G. Women Beyond the Frontier: A Distaff View of Life at Fort Wayne. Ft Wayne, IN: Historic Ft Wayne, 1977. 36 p. UA26.W3.C7.

Custer, Elizabeth B. Boots and Saddles or Life in Dakota With General Custer. Williamstown, MA: Corner House, 1969 reprint of 1885 ed. 312 p. F655.C932.

_____. Tenting on the Plains.... NY: Webster, 1887. 702 p. F594.C961.

Eales, Anne B. Army Wives on the American Frontier: Living By the Bugles. Boulder, CO: Johnson, 1996. 210 p. U766.E25. Army Wives/Spouses p.4

Frost, Lawrence A. General Custer's Libbie. Seattle, WA: Superior, 1976. 336 p. E467.1.C995.F76.

Greene, Duane Merritt. Ladies and Officers of the United States Army: Or, American Aristocracy: A Sketch of the Social Life and Character of the Army. Chicago: Central, 1880. 222 p. U766.G74.

Grierson, Alice K. The Colonel's Lady on the Western Frontier: The Correspondence of Alice Kirk Grierson. [Edited by Shirley A. Leckie] Lincoln, NE: U NE, 1989. 255 p. F595.G765.A3.

King, Charles. An Army Wife. NY: Grossett & Dunlap, 1901. 278 p. PZ3.K58Ar2. Novel.

Knight, Oliver. Life and Manners in the Frontier Army. Norman, OK: OK U, 1978. 280 p. F593.K56.

Lane, Lydia Spencer (Blaney). I Married a Soldier: Or Old Days in the Old Army. Phila: Lippincott, 1910. F786.L3.

Laufe, Abe, editor. An Army Doctor's Wife on the Frontier. Pittsburgh, PA: U Pittsburgh, 1962. 352 p. E168.F8547.

Leckie, Shirley. Elizabeth Bacon Custer and the Making of a Myth. Norman, OK: U OK, 1993. 415 p. E467.1.C995.L42.

_____. "Reading between the Lines: Another Look at Officers' Wives in the Post-Civil War Frontier Army." Military History of the Southwest (Fall 1989): pp. 137-60. Per.

Nacy, Michele J. “Members of the Regiment: Army Officers’ Wives on the Western Frontier, 1865- 1890.” PhD dss, KS State, 1995. 241 p. U766.N32.

Nixon, Jerry L. "Women on the Kansas Military Frontier." PhD dss, Notre Dame, 1989. 239 p. F685.N58.

Roe, Frances M. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888. NY: Appleton, 1909. 387 p. F596.R68.

Ross, Nancy Wilson. Westward the Women. NY: Knopf, 1944. 195 p. F596.R67.

Shackett, Phyllis. “Brass Button Belle: Or the Life of Cynthia J. Capron, Frontier Military Wife.” MA Thesis, Northeast MO State, 1979. 220 p. F590.5.C36.S52. With 9th Infantry Regiment, 1867-87.

Smith, Sherry L. "Officers' Wives, Indians, and the Indian Wars." Order of the Indian Wars Journal (Winter 1980): pp. 35-46. Per.

Stallard, Patricia Y. Glittering Misery: Dependents of the Indian Fighting Army. San Rafael, CA: Presidio, 1978. 159 p. F594.S7.

_____. "Glittering Misery: Lives of Army Dependents in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1865-1898." MA thesis, East TN State, 1972. 161 p. F594.S7. Army Wives/Spouses p.5

Summerhayes, Martha. Vanished Arizona. Glorietta, NM: Rio Grande, 1970. 319 p. F811.S966.

Van Cleve, Charlotte. Three Score Years and Ten: Lifelong Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West. Minneapolis, MN: Harrison & Smith, 1888. 176 p. UA26.S5.V36.

Viele, Teresa (Griffin). Following the Drum: A Glimpse of Frontier Life. Lincoln, NE: U NE, 1984 reprint of 1858 edition. F391.V64.

Wooten, Mattie Lloyd, editor. Women Tell the Story of the Southwest. San Antonio, TX: Naylor, 1940. 394 p. F786.W65.

1900-1940

O'Shaughnessy, Edith. My Lorraine Journal. NY: Harper, 1918. 196 p. D640.O83. Diary of experiences touring front in WWI. See also her history of Mexico (F1234O84).

WORLD WAR II

Gorham, Ethel. So Your Husband's Gone to War! Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1942. 223 p. D810.W7.G67.

Klaw, Barbara. Camp Follower. NY: Random House, 1944. 166 p. U766.K52.

Malkin, Richard. Marriage, Morals and War. NY: Arden, 1943. 245 p. HQ1221.M34.

Marshall, Katherine T. Together: Annals of an Army Wife. NY: Tupper & Love, 1946. 308 p. E745.M37.M3. George C. Marshall's 2d wife, 1930--, relates the war years.

Montgomery, Helen. The Colonel's Lady. NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1943. 242 p. U766.M566.

Pfau, Ann. “Allotment Annies and Other Wayward Wives: Wartime Concerns about Female Disloyalty and the Problem of the Returned Veteran.” In The United States and the Second World War: New Perspectives on Diplomacy, War, and the Home Front. NY: Fordham, 2010. pp. 99-128. D769.U65.

Potts, Annette, & Strauss, Lucinda. For the Love of a Soldier. Australia: Australian Broadcasting Corp, 1987. 127 p. D810.W7.P67.

St. John, Betty Utley. Excess Baggage or Letters of an Army Wife. NY: Hastings House, 1943. 155 p. U766.S34.

Shea, Nancy. The Army Wife. NY: Harper, 1941. 298 p. U766.S51. Army Wives/Spouses p.6

Ventrone, Gen. Anyone for Tenting? [US?]: Xlibris Corp, 2000. 157 p. D811.5.V46. Personal memoir of a “camp following” wife.

Wilder, Margaret B. Since You Went Away...Letters to a Soldier From His Wife. NY: Whittlesey House, 1943. 234 p. U766.W55.

Wingo, Josette D. Mother Was a Gunner’s Mage: WWII in the Waves. 235 p. D769.597.W568.

See also: -Other bibliographies in Family Members.

SINCE 1945

Armstrong, Susie-Lane Hoyle. "A Word to the Wives." Army Information Digest (Jun 1948): pp. 26-30. Per. Brief advice from one.

Brown, Elizabeth. “Forgotten Women?: Did Americans Care about Wives of American Servicemen in Vietnam?” Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military (Spring 2000): pp. 34-49. Per.

Bryant, Ruth. "An Army Wife in Manila." Army Information Digest (Feb 1948): pp. 35-42. Per. Firsthand account of occupation.

Castaneda, Laura W., & Harrell, Margaret C. “Military Spouse Employment: A Grounded Theory Approach to Experiences and Perceptions.” Armed Forces & Society (Apr 2008): pp. 389-412. Per.

Chessani, Sally C. “Perceived Stress, Physical Complaints, and Psychological Status: A Study of Social Support and Coping Among Military Spouses Living in Korea.” PhD dss, U CA-Los Angeles, 1993. 137 p. U766.C55. Based upon 120 in-country respondents.

Crow, Janet R. “Religiosity and U.S. Army Spouses’ Perceptions of Coping With Deployment and Satisfaction with Life.” PhD dss, KS, 2005. 178 p. U766.C763.

“Company Command-Building Combat-Ready Teams: Commander-FRG Teams.” Army (Nov 2007): pp. 67-71. Per. Family Readiness Groups.

Dimiceli, Erin E.; Steinhardt, Mary A.; & Smith, Shanna E. “Stressful Experiences, Coping Strategies, and Predictors of Health-related Outcomes among Wives of Deployed Military Servicemen.” Armed Forces & Society (Jan 2010): pp. 351-73. Per. Army Wives/Spouses p.7

Enloe, Cynthia. Does Khaki Become You? The Militarisation of Women's Lives. Boston: South End, 1983. 262 p. U21.75.E55. Survey of women and the military, British & American. See Chap 3.

Erskine, Melanie. “A Descriptive Study of Coping Methods and Anxiety Levels of Relocated Military Wives.” Minerva (Fall 1987): pp. 101-09. Per.

Distaff Hall Project. Transcribed oral histories of residents at home for Army widows, 1982. Arch.

Ekvall, Eva. "China Trek." Army Information Digest (Aug 1948): pp. 49-52. Per. By wife of assistant military attaché, Nanking.

Gross, Mary P. Mrs. Lieutenant. Sausalito, CA: By the Author, 1966. 57 p. U766.G763.

_____. Mrs. NCO. Chuluota, FL: Beau Lac, 1969. 62 p. U766.G764.

_____, Fondren, Evelyn B. Mrs. Field Grade. Chuluota, FL: Beau Lac, 1970. 64 p. U766.G762.

Hames, Jacqueline M. “Married to the Army.” Soldiers (Aug 2011): pp. 14-18. Per. Contemporary perspective on relationship sustainment in a long war.

Hamrick, Tom. "Is She in the Army, Too?" Army (Sep 1970): pp. 38-41. Per.

Happan, Elizabeth. If You Marry a Soldier. NY: Vantage, 1955. 106 p. U766.H27.

Harrell, Margaret C. “Army Officers’ Spouses: Have the White Gloves Been Mothballed?” Armed Forces & Society (Fall 2001): pp. 55-75. Per. Based on studies at Ft. Drum & Ft. Benning, May, 1998-Sep 1999.

Hogan, Paul F., & Seifert, Rita Furst. “Marriage and the Military: Evidence That Those Who Serve Marry Earlier and Divorce Earlier.” Armed Forces & Society (Apr 2010): pp. 420-38. Per.

Hughes, Mary A. "Attitudes of Wives of U.S. Army Officers in the Continental U.S. toward their Educational and Employment Opportunities." EdD dss, AZ State, 1973. 191 p. U766.H84Microfilm.

Lee, Daniel B. “Military Transcultural Marriage: A Study of Marital Adjustment between American Husbands and Korean-born Spouses.” D.S.W. dss, UT, 1980. 261 p. HQ1031.L43.

Lehr, Doreen M. “Do Real Women Wear Uniforms?: Invisibility and the Consequences for the U.S. Military Wife.” Minerva (Fall/Winter 1996): pp. 29-44. Per.

Little, Roger D., & Hisnanick, John J. “The Earnings of Tied-Migrant Military Husbands.” Armed Forces & Society (Jul 2007): pp. 547-70. Per.

Mercer, Martha Jones. "British Brides, American Wives: The Immigration and Acculturation of War Brides in Mobile, Alabama, 1945-93." MA thesis, U So AL, 1993. 103 p. D810.W7.M4. Based on oral histories of 5. Army Wives/Spouses p.8

Mertel, Molli Oliver. Army Wife in Germany. NY: Exposition, 1972. 80 p. DD43.M4.

Moellering, John H. Battalion Commanders Speak Out: An Anthology on the Philosophy of Command. Carlisle Bs, PA: AWC, 1977. UB210.M7. See Chap 9, "Battalion Commander's Wife."

Pizer, Vernon, & Davis, Perry Hume. Your Assignment Overseas: A Handbook for the Serviceman and His Family. NY: Norton, 1955. 291 p. U766.P59.

Segal, David R. & Wechsler, Mary. Peacekeepers and Their Wives: American Participation in the Multinational Force and Observers. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993. 147 p. JX1981.P7.S44.

Silver, Benjamin S. & Frances A. Ride at a Gallop. Waco, TX: Davis, 1990. 404 p. #05-11.1990. By a participant in the 1963-65 creation & testing of air assault. See Chap 11 on remaining behind at Ft. Benning.

Speer, Cathy, & McElwee, Kathleen, editors. Choices & Challenges: A Guide for the Battalion Commander's Wife. Carlisle Barracks, PA: AWC, 1991. 114 p. U766.C43.

Stoddard, Ellwyn R., & Cabanillas, Claude E. "The Army Officer's Wife: Social Stresses in a Complementary Role." The Social Psychology of Military Service. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1976. pp. 151-71. U22.3.S56.

Stone, Bonnie Domrose, & Alt, Betty Sowers. Uncle Sam's Brides: The World of Military Wives. NY: Walker, 1990. 224 p. U766.S76. Distaff view of military life 1970s-80s.

Taylor, Irene (LT). "Army Wives Afloat." Army Information Digest (May 1947): pp. 15-22. Per. Transportation to Europe.

Teeters, Peg, & Brown, Thelma. This is the Army, Mrs. Jones. Charlotte, NC: McNally & Loftin, 1963. 112 p. U766.T4.

Walker, Poppy. "Wife, Mother and Good Citizen." Army (May 1973): pp. 36-37. Per. Profile of one semi-finalist for "Army Wife of the Year."

Wolf, Charlotte. Garrison Community: A Study of an Overseas American Military Colony. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1969. 324 p. U766.W64.

FOREIGN-British

Kopperman, Paul E. "The British High Command and Soldiers' Wives in America, 1755-1783." Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research (Spring 1982): pp. 14-34. Per. Role and hardships. Army Wives/Spouses p.9

May, Martha. Letter to Col Henry Bouquet, Carlisle, PA, 4 Jun 1758. Reprinted in Two Hundred Years in Cumberland County. Carlisle: Hamilton Library, 1951. p. 25. F157.C8.T96. Old soldier's wife reveals a great deal.

Williams, Noel T.S. Judy O'Grady and the Colonel's Lady: The Army Wife and Camp Follower since 1660. London: Brassey's, 1988. 269 p. UB767.S74.

FOREIGN-German

Halama, Angelika, et al. Kein Mann War je Soldatenfrau. Herford, Germany: Mittler, 1989. 112 p. UB405.G3.K44.