Scope and arrangement
The Harriet Pickens papers primarily contain documentation regarding her military service as a lieutenant in the WAVES (1944-1946) and her public service work. They also include biographical information such as material related to her education. Mention is also made of her classmate, fellow African-American officer Frances Wills. Pickens's community service work is represented by her notes for a course she took for the training of tuberculosis workers (1940), and a 1960 article she published concerning hospital care. Most of the material concerning her other community involvements is printed matter.
The Harriet Pickens papers are arranged in three series:
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1922-2005
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1944-1994
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1939-1968