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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing receiving a pack of cigarettes, flying a fighter from Jackson, MS, to Raleigh and Newark, seeing a show and getting dinner, flying on an airliner at night, picking up a plane from Long Beach, news about her friend Marion, flying in a B-24, and happening to meet an Air Corps private who knew of her through a mutual acquaintance.
Date: October 31, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 12, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 12, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying with poor weather from Louisville to Newark, seeing a play, riding an airliner, getting a hotel room, her dental health, and people she met. Written on Hotel Frances (Monroe, LA) stationary.
Date: October 12, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 29, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 29, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing a her recent work and travels. Written on Jackson Army Air Base Officers' Club stationary.
Date: October 29, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to J. F. Anderson, October 11, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to J. F. Anderson, October 11, 1948]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to J. F. Anderson asking for an assortment of fifty ferns and promising to order more if they are satisfactory. A reply from the company at the bottom of the letter indicates that an order memorandum is returned along with a check.
Date: October 11, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to J. F. Anderson, October 11, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to J. F. Anderson, October 11, 1948]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to J. F. Anderson discussing how Kempner has enclosed a check and asking to be sent an assortment of Ferns.
Date: October 11, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
System: The Portal to Texas History