Portrait of Erma Hughes Kirkpatrick, circa 1946.

Erma Hughes Kirkpatrick (right, in WAVES dress blues) poses with Marg, Nan, her mother, and Barb, circa 1945.

Erma Hughes Kirkpatrick, in dress blue uniform, poses beside a sign identifying a department "Of Religion," circa 1945. The sign appears to contain some of the 1937 quote[...]

Erma Hughes Kirkpatrick stands outdoors wearing the WAVES dress white uniform, circa 1945.

Four WAVES, including Erma Hughes Kirkpatrick (second from left) and two sailors, all in overcoats, pose outside in the snow, circa 1945.

Erma Hughes Kirkpatrick and three sailors pose in the snow, circa 1945

Erma Hughes Kirkpatrick and an unnamed civilian man walk on a sidewalk, circa 1946.

Primarily documents Kirkpatrick's work in naval intelligence as both a civilian and an officer in the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) dur[...]