Oveta Culp Hobby papers, 1941-1997

Collection Summary

Title	Oveta Culp Hobby papers, 1941-1997
Span Dates	1941-1997
Bulk Dates	(bulk 1941-1945)
ID No.	MSS26146
Creator	Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995
Extent	2,200 items
Extent	11 containers plus 2 oversize
Extent	4.4 linear feet
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82026146
Summary	Newspaper editor and publisher, director of the Women’s Army Corps, secretary of health, education, and welfare, and businesswoman. Correspondence, printed matter, and other papers relating to Hobby’s work during World War II as chief of the Women’s Interest Section of the Bureau of Public Relations in the War Department and as the first director of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.