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International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001 (open access)

International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001

Supplementary publication outlining events and information for the 25th International Forest of Friendship celebration, which memorializes contributors to aviation and aerospace with engraved plaques in the forest. It includes portraits and biographical sketches for the 40 people to be honored in 2001.
Date: June 14, 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ora James to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from Ora James to Blanche Perry]

Handwritten letter from Ora James (Mrs. W.C. James) to Perry thanking her for the baptistry painting for the church in Friendship, Tennessee. Letter mentions Wayland James as being newly in the military service during World War II and Ora James's reaction to it. Gives details of starting the church building and congregation in Friendship. Mentions check to cover additional expenses associated with the painting.
Date: September 14, 1941
Creator: James, Ora
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 14, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 14, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her uniform and clothing, a check ride, a Red Cross canteen, vaccinations, news from home, and seeing "The More the Merrier." Typed on Hotel Andrew Johnson (Knoxville) stationary.
Date: September 14, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History