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[Clipping: Sweetwater Club Announcements] (open access)

[Clipping: Sweetwater Club Announcements]

Photocopy with newspaper clippings and announcement cards about the Sweetwater Club's work helping the town's struggling crops.
Date: 1943
Creator: Mathews, Roy & Howard, J. Fred
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harry C. Claiborne to Joe B. Plosser, April 30, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Harry C. Claiborne to Joe B. Plosser, April 30, 1943]

Letter from Harry C. Claiborne to Joe B. Plosser offering Claiborne's assistance in helping Plosser through his trial.
Date: April 30, 1943
Creator: Claiborne, Harry C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hans A. Klagsbrunn to Charles A. Prince, July 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Hans A. Klagsbrunn to Charles A. Prince, July 20, 1943]

Letter from Hans A. Klagsbrunn to Charles A. Prince discussing the Bill of Sale for Plosser and Prince and and audit by Defense Plant Corporation's Dallas Agency.
Date: July 20, 1943
Creator: Klagsbrunn, Hans A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Change of Personnel Status for Dora G. Bevis] (open access)

[Change of Personnel Status for Dora G. Bevis]

A notice for Dora G. Bevis informing her of changes in her military status, including upgrades to her salary and list of duties, as well as a transition from student pilot to civilian pilot.
Date: September 24, 1943
Creator: Army Air Forces
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[War Savings Bond Class A Pay Reservation] (open access)

[War Savings Bond Class A Pay Reservation]

Pay reservation request form signed by Dora G. Bevis authorizing the military to withdraw $25 from her pay each month to be converted into war bonds.
Date: September 24, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1]

Special orders extract reassigning a list of Women Air Force Service Pilot members, having completed their training, to be transferred to new air base stations.
Date: September 9, 1943
Creator: 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Wasps and Wacs Enter Service] (open access)

[Clipping: Wasps and Wacs Enter Service]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Nancy Love being selected as the leader of the newly organized WACS, a group of ferrying female pilots. The WASPs are also mentioned in this article and other articles about the Ferrying Division, entertainment, and a Professor from Tokyo coming to speak are included as well.
Date: November 5, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 24, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 24, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being transported to Palm Springs, exploring the town, flight delays, orders, free time, and Air Corps personnel in California.
Date: October 24, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying orders, Christmas shopping, her car, rations and bonds, rumors about the WASPs being merged into the Army Air Force, her flight hours, Christmas leave, and talks from a safety officer about recent accidents. Typed on Santa Rita Hotel (Tucson) stationary.
Date: December 5, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 4, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 4, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing an upcoming flight, clothes, an acquaintance having a car accident, bonds, the weather, flying to an airfield on the border, and spending the night in Mexico. Typed and written on Hutson Hotels stationary.
Date: 1943-10-04?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 13, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 13, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying from Camden AK to Dallas, waiting for clearance to continue on from Dallas but being delayed, and flying open-cockpit aircraft.
Date: November 13, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 8, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 8, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying aircraft with bad weather and mechanical problems, and doing errands. Written on Friendly Hotels stationary.
Date: December 8, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 31, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 31, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing traveling to Wichita, being grounded by a snowstorm, picking up Cessnas for delivery, trying to find a Parker 51 pen, food, and recent correspondence. Written on 5th Ferrying Group stationary.
Date: December 31, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, April 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, April 27, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing graduation from primary flight training, visiting Dallas with a Phil (Kafka?), and the transition to basic flight training.
Date: April 27, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 18, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 18, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing her trip from Jacksonville to Dallas. Written on Hotel Texas (Fort Worth) stationary.
Date: 1943-08-18?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cornelia Yerkes with DC-3]

Photograph of Cornelia Yerkes standing next to the port engine of a Douglas DC-3 at Love Field. She is wearing her uniform and posing with a bag in her left hand, with her right hand raised to her head as she looks off into the distance.
Date: [1943-09..1944-12]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 11, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 11, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing delivering a plane and flying back to Dallas, chores, seeing For Whom the Bell Tolls, seeing Tito Guízar in concert, and flying to Camden, AK. Typed and written on Hutson Hotels stationary.
Date: October 11, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 24, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 24, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying over New York City and Philadelphia, a phone call, seeing a performance of Othello, and returning to Dallas. Written on Hotel Peabody (Memphis) stationary.
Date: December 24, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 26, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 26, 1943?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing Christmas gifts, traveling by train, meeting a Russian fur trapper, recent correspondence, the WASP program and pay. Typed on Hotel John Marshal (Richmond) stationary.
Date: 1943-12-26?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 7, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 7, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing being "on orders," making her first ferrying trip, being grounded by bad weather, flying a Piper Cub, an earache, chatting with an instructor pilot, and learning Spanish. Written on Braniff Airways stationary.
Date: September 7, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 20, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 20, 1943?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on Aitchison Topeka & Santa Fe stationary, discussing her trip to Wichita, visits with people in Dallas and Atlanta, traveling to Richmond, and her anxiety about having to fly over New York City.
Date: 1943-12-20?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 12, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 12, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing riding on an airliner, her divorce and related legal proceedings, including changing her name from Colby back to Yerkes, and news about friends. Written on 5th Ferrying Group stationary.
Date: August 12, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 21, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 21, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing transferring from Avenger Field to Love Field, getting uniform items, paperwork, and her car. Written on the back of a 5th Ferrying Group "photographic badge" request form.
Date: August 21, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 27, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing mail, orders to ferry a UC-78, selling her car, bonds and rations, and Christmas greetings and celebrations. Typed on Santa Rita Hotel stationary.
Date: December 27, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History