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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 5, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 5, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing news about her uncle's health, her busy schedule, pursuit school, exercise, getting ready to fly the P-47, recent correspondence, future plans, and food. Typed on Hotel Frances (Monroe, LA) stationary.
Date: April 5, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her repaired typewriter, sleeping on a flight, delaying a ferrying flight because a ground crew member stepped through the wing, friends, the B-24, and a AT-6 check flight. Typed on Wells Roberts Hotel (Oklahoma City) stationary.
Date: November 5, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Royal Palm Nurseries to D. W. Kempner, October 5, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Royal Palm Nurseries to D. W. Kempner, October 5, 1942]

Letter from Royal Palm Nurseries to D. W. Kempner regarding how much they would be able to fulfill of his recent order, as well as replacement plants for a shipment gone wrong.
Date: October 5, 1942
Creator: Royal Palm Nurseries
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Royal Palm Nurseries to D. W. Kempner, October 05, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Royal Palm Nurseries to D. W. Kempner, October 05, 1948]

Letter from Royal Palm Nurseries to D. W. Kempner discussing the price of Ficus pots and how they cannot guarantee the plants living through delivery.
Date: October 5, 1948
Creator: Royal Palm Nurseries
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: New Deal In Ground School Calls For Six Day Week] (open access)

[Clipping: New Deal In Ground School Calls For Six Day Week]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the three phases of the new training program recently adopted for the female pilots.
Date: May 5, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History