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Oral History Interview with Evelyn Myers McCune, August 4, 1996

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Transcript of an interview with Evelyn Myers McCune, nurse, concerning her experiences as a civilian secretary with the State Department in Washington, D.C., before the and during World War II. McCune discusses her educational background; decision to take a position with the State Department in early 1941; adjustments in moving from a town of 2,500 people to the nation's capitol; personal observations of the activities at the Japanese embassy on December 7, 1941; wartime living conditions, rationing, and transportation adjustments; social life; comments and observations of Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Japanese ambassadors Saburo Kurusu and Kichisabura Nomura, Ambassador Joseph … continued below

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78 p. ; 28 cm.

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Marcello, Ronald E. & McCune, Evelyn Myers, 1918- August 4, 1996.

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Transcript of an interview with Evelyn Myers McCune, nurse, concerning her experiences as a civilian secretary with the State Department in Washington, D.C., before the and during World War II. McCune discusses her educational background; decision to take a position with the State Department in early 1941; adjustments in moving from a town of 2,500 people to the nation's capitol; personal observations of the activities at the Japanese embassy on December 7, 1941; wartime living conditions, rationing, and transportation adjustments; social life; comments and observations of Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Japanese ambassadors Saburo Kurusu and Kichisabura Nomura, Ambassador Joseph Grew, and Eleanor Roosevelt; working with diplomatic codes; incident involving President Roosevelt's stamp collection; and her decision to join the Cadet Nurse Corps, 1944.

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78 p. ; 28 cm.

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Interview conducted in 1996 for the Rivertown at War Oral History Project, University of North Texas.

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Marcello, Ronald E. & McCune, Evelyn Myers, 1918-. Oral History Interview with Evelyn Myers McCune, August 4, 1996, book, August 4, 1996; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857724/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.

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