The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 31, 1897 (open access)

The Gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.), Vol. 9, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 31, 1897

Weekly African-American newspaper from Raleigh, North Carolina that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 31, 1897
Creator: Young, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History