Catherine A. Byram, Supervisor
Quick Facts
- Alternate Name: Catherine A. Kortepeter
- Unit: Seven
- Deployed: She did an interview with the Hartford Courant Newspaper. Lieut. Ralph E. Kortepeter, E. 1914, and Miss Catherine A. Byram were married at Waverly, New York, September 21, 1918. (Purdue Alumnus, Volume VI, Number 2, 1 December 1918)
- Repatriated:
- Hometown at Time of Enlistment: Cleveland, Ohio
- Original Hometown (if Known): Asbury Park, New Jersey
- Education: Purdue University
- Occupation at Enlistment:
- Lifespan:
Articles and Documents on GG Archives
"Hello Girls" Documents & Reference Materials
Application for Membership in the Signal Corps Telephone Unit (1918)
How the Army recruited and screened bilingual operators for service in France. Features Exhibit B with Adele L. Hoppock’s questionnaire—language attestations, medical fitness, instruction pledge, and wartime commitment.
Photographs
![She's Putting Her "War Hello Girl" Brigade in Trim to Beat [the Germans]. Introducing Miss Catherine Byram, Supervisor of the Brigade of Telephone Signal Girls Training in Hartford.](../../../CVimages/MIL/HelloGirls/Newspapers/HartfordCourant/1918-08-18/20c-MissCatherineByramSupervisorOfTelelphoneSignalGirlsBrigadeInHartford-500.jpg "GGA Image ID # 2374bc4ad8")
She's Putting Her "War Hello Girl" Brigade in Trim to Beat [the Germans]. Introducing Miss Catherine Byram, Supervisor of the Brigade of Telephone Signal Girls Training in Hartford. When Miss Byram Has Completed Her Work of Supervision, She is Going Across the Atlantic With Her Command. The Hartford Currant, 18 August 1918. | GGA Image ID # 2374bc4ad8
External Resources
French Speaking Members of Unit Seven of the US Army Signal Corps Telephone Operators Pose in Front of the Highland Court Hotel in Hartford, Connecticut, Where They Were Staying While Training to Be Operators circa October 1918. Top Row (L-R) Sophie T. Lefebvre, Gilda Couleru, Gabrielle Toby, and Helene Toby. Front Row (L-R): Jeanne Bourquin, Elizabeth F. Thorne, Mathilde Ferrie, Ruth Clarke, Catherine A. Byram, Helene Champrigand, Marguerite De Saulles, and Aurelie C. Asten. Connecticut State Library, State Archives, Dudley Photograph Collection of Hartford During World War I, 1917-1919. | GGA Image ID # 237fc838e9. Click to View a Larger Image.
Repository Information
The Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives (GG Archives) is cataloged with the Library of Congress under MARC Org Code: WiMfGGA and ISIL: US-wimfgga.
Current location:
N91W16562 Pershing Ave, #1
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 53051-2170, USA
Note: Historic addresses listed in earlier MARC records include Marietta, GA and Woodstock, GA. These appear in authority files but are no longer active.
