[The Woman's Wednesday Club Scrapbook, 1945-1982] (open access)

[The Woman's Wednesday Club Scrapbook, 1945-1982]

Scrapbook for the Woman's Wednesday Club in Fort Worth, Texas. The scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper articles, meeting minutes and other materials related to the club's activities.
Date: 1945/1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Western Union Telegram] (open access)

[Western Union Telegram]

Photostat of a telegram from the United States Secretary of War to Mrs. Rose H. Gilbert, expressing his condolences for the death of her son, Private Harold Gilbert.
Date: January 14, 1945
Creator: United States Secretary of War & Dunlop
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harry Goldstein] (open access)

[Letter from Harry Goldstein]

Typed letter to the family of Private Harold Gilbert from a fellow soldier named Harry Goldstein, sent from Marseilles. The letter describes the sinking of a troop transport ship, Dec. 25, 1944, in which in which Gilbert was killed.
Date: August 9, 1945
Creator: Goldstein, Harry
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Gilbert Family] (open access)

[Letter to Gilbert Family]

Photostatic copy of a typed letter from the United States Secretary of War, Henry Stimson, to Max Gilbert. The letter awards Gilbert's son, Harold Gilbert with a Purple Heart for his service, and it expresses Stimson's condolences for the death of Harold Gilbert.
Date: February 13, 1945
Creator: Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Gilbert Family] (open access)

[Letter to Gilbert Family]

Two photostat copies of a typed letter from William J. Voelker Jr. to Mrs. Max Gilbert, mother of Private Harold Gilbert. The letter describes the attack that killed Harold Gilbert, and discusses the details of Gilbert's burial in Normandy, France on on Dec. 27, 1944.
Date: April 30, 1945
Creator: Voelker, William J., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[George Marshall's Sympathy Card] (open access)

[George Marshall's Sympathy Card]

A letter from General George C. Marshall, the United States Army Chief of Staff, expressing his condolences for the death of an unidentified soldier. The text reads: "General Marshall extends his deep sympathy in your bereavement. Your son fought valiantly in a supreme hour of his country's need. His memory will live in the grateful heart of our nation."
Date: 1945
Creator: Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Ladies Cemetery Society Minutes] (open access)

[Ladies Cemetery Society Minutes]

Handwritten minutes for the Ladies Cemetery Society commenting on the death of Private Harold Gilbert, the son of the society's recording secretary, Rose Gilbert. The text notes: “The absence of the secretary ...who had the misfortune of losing her son, Harold, Dec. 25, 1944, in the European Theater of the war, made the meeting a sad one; each and every one of the members present were in tears.” On the second page of the minutes, the group’s long-time president Mrs. Becky Goldstein recalls how she and Mrs. Gilbert used to “go out to collect dues at 25 cents each. Mrs. Gilbert furnished the horse and buggy.”
Date: January 16, 1945
Creator: Mehl, Mrs. I. N.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
TXWECO, Yearbook of Texas Wesleyan College, 1945 (open access)

TXWECO, Yearbook of Texas Wesleyan College, 1945

Yearbook for Texas Wesleyan College in Fort Worth, Texas, which includes photographs of and information about the school, administration, student body, faculty, and organizations.
Date: 1945
Creator: Texas Wesleyan College
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 21, 1945 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 21, 1945

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: November 21, 1945
Creator: Hudkins, Lonnie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 19, 1945 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 19, 1945

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: September 19, 1945
Creator: Braswell, Sam M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 20, 1945 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 20, 1945

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: February 20, 1945
Creator: Braswell, Sam M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 17, 1945 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 17, 1945

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: October 17, 1945
Creator: Solomon, Cecile
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 12, 1945 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 12, 1945

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: December 12, 1945
Creator: Thurston, Norma
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 23, 1945 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 23, 1945

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: May 23, 1945
Creator: Braswell, Sam M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 214, Ed. 1 Monday, June 11, 1945 (open access)

The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 214, Ed. 1 Monday, June 11, 1945

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 11, 1945
Creator: Weaver, Don E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 228, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 27, 1945 (open access)

The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 228, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 27, 1945

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 27, 1945
Creator: Weaver, Don E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History