The Museum is open today! This memo, handwritten by Julia Child explaining her “forced resignation” from a previous job, is currently on display as part of Making Their Mark: Stories Through Signatures. Come see the exhibit before it closes on January 5: go.usa.gov/6VdQ Before she was a well-known TV personality and cookbook author, Julia Child worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), precursor to the CIA, during World War II. Known then as Julia McWilliams, she began as a typist, but because of her experience and education was eventually promoted to research assistant. Not only did she play a role in communications between U.S. government officials and intelligence officers, often having access to top secret documents, but she was able to travel the world on different assignments. In 1945, while on assignment in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), she met fellow OSS employee and future husband Paul Child. Her application for the position in the OSS, which is in her handwriting, includes this memo in which she explains her “forced resignation” from a previous job. Julia McWilliams’s OSS application, June 12, 1942. National Archives, Records of the Office of Strategic Services You can also see the exhibit online: https://google/culturalinstitute/exhibit/making-their-mark/AQfHLZNj #JuliaChild #MAkingTheirMark #signatures #foodhistory #DYK #OSS #WWII
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:10:01 +0000
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