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[Letter from Alex Bradford to Deputy Chief Joseph J. Davis - March 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to Deputy Chief Joseph J. Davis - March 27, 1944]

Letter from Alex Bradford to Deputy Chief Joseph J. Davis discussing various topics related to the development of fire fighting technologies and techniques. Topics included within this correspondence include various fire fighting explosives, high pressure water pumps, and air plane fire suppression. Finally Mr. Bradford mentions testing that is to be conducted in Elmira, New York under the supervision of George Booth, chief engineer of underwriters in New York.
Date: March 27, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Chuancey D. Leake, March 10, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Chuancey D. Leake, March 10, 1942]

Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to several friends discussing his recent travels to Chicago and California and his encounters there. Attached is a list of the names and addresses for various medical practitioners.
Date: March 10, 1943
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Otis Estes to Gayle Snell, March 8, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Otis Estes to Gayle Snell, March 8, 1945]

Letter from 1st Lt. Otis Estes to Gayle Snell enclosing a copy of her flight records.
Date: March 8, 1945
Creator: Estes, Otis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Gayle Snell, March 8, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Gayle Snell, March 8, 1944]

Letter from Jackie Cochran to Gayle Snell discussing her entrance into a WASP training class and the need to defer her to a later one. There are several doodles penciled on the paper.
Date: March 8, 1944
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 22, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 22, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing problems with bad weather and flying, seeing a friend, recent correspondence, and where she had recently flown. Written on United Air Lines stationary.
Date: March 22, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence Between Ed Salaun to Alex Bradford - March-April 1944] (open access)

[Correspondence Between Ed Salaun to Alex Bradford - March-April 1944]

Correspondence between Alex Bradford and E. D. Salaun discussing a variety of factors affecting both men. In the March 29 letter, Mr. Bradford mentions that he has been overseas in Asia and Africa. As such he would no longer need to have his name attached to the A. M. Lockett & Company files. The April 4 letter from Ed Salaun to Alex Bradford states he has just returned from Corpus Christi and to reach out to him when he is back in Houston, Texas.
Date: 1944-03-29/1944-04-04
Creator: Salaun, E. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Donald Day to D. W. Kempner, March 22, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Donald Day to D. W. Kempner, March 22, 1948]

Letter from Donald Day from The Reader's Digest to D. W. Kempner regarding how they do not know what has happened to Kempner's Scrapbook and that they will be continuing to look for it.
Date: March 22, 1948
Creator: The Reader's Digest
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Clover Publishing Company, March 11, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Clover Publishing Company, March 11, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Clover Publishing Company enclosing his contribution to the upcoming news article and requesting business references.
Date: March 11, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Savoy Hotel, March 29, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Savoy Hotel, March 29, 1945]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Savoy Hotel asking the hotel to forward any mail addressed to Doctor and Mrs. E. R. Thompson to the Mission Inn in Riverside, California.
Date: March 29, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Bogart Rogers, March 22, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Bogart Rogers, March 22, 1949]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Bogart Rogers informing that the he has not made the transfer.
Date: March 22, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Army Specialized Training Program Certificate] (open access)

[Army Specialized Training Program Certificate]

A certificate of completion for the Army Specialized Training Program European Area & Language Curriculum No. 71 for Elmer A. Curry at Pomona College.
Date: March 4, 1944
Creator: United States. Army.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Graduation Program for the Army Specialized Training Unit, March 3, 1944] (open access)

[Graduation Program for the Army Specialized Training Unit, March 3, 1944]

Program for the Graduation Exercises of the Army Specialized Training Unit at Pomona College in Claremont, California held on Friday, March 3, 1944. The program contains the schedule for the ceremony, a roster of graduates, and lyrics to "Your Land and My Land" to be sung during the ceremony.
Date: March 3, 1944
Creator: Army Specialized Training Unit
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History