Jacqueline Tankersley was a student from 1941 to 1943. She took Introductory Weaving with Anni Albers in Fall 1942. She was active in plays, noted in Le Medecin Malgre Luil (The Physician in Spite of Himself), The Highbrow Ladies, and The Imaginary Invalid.

She served in WAVES during WWII and married Louis Mattley in 1947.

Asheville Art Museum Collection

Writings about Jacqueline can be seen in digitized college bulletins on Asheville Art Museum's collection website: collection.ashevilleart.org. They can be found by searching these accession numbers:

2017.40.024 September 1943 bulletin,

"Jacqueline Tankersley, enrolled in the WAVES, is studying radio technique on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison."

2017.40.123 September 13, 1943 bulletin,

"Jackie Tankersley writes from the WAVES in Madison, Wisconsin: “I’ve been here more than a month now and feel pretty well adjusted to radio and all its complexities.. There is little time for anything but work- and wonderful week ends when one tries to forget work. I keep saying that I am going to do more reading, but as yet I haven’t been inside the excellent university library…. Well, Cynthia has done it! I’ve had two letters from her in a week, full of questions about the WAVES. She reports at Hunter in two days….. I’m so glad I picked this kind of work and was lucky enough to be sent to Madison. Next to Black Mountain it is the best place to be right now.”"

2017.40.184 December 11, 1944 bulletin,

"Jacqueline Tankersley writes from Key West, Florida: “I’ve signed up for overseas duty and probably go to Hawaii in a month or two…. The weather has been strangely cool for Florida, and we’re shivering around electric heaters in all sorts of peculiar cold weather outfits…. As far as I know, Dick Wyke is still in training at the Cadets’ Field at Newburgh, New York..”"