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Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion (open access)

Letter to James D. Miles from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion

Letter regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. Letter includes messages from Minimic, Heap of Birds, Bear Shields, and Romeo to their family and friends. The letter mentions the activities of the prisoners and mentions the possibility of making a police force within the agency from the people living there.
Date: January 3, 1876
Creator: Pratt, R.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Florida Evangelist (Jacksonville, Fla.), Vol. 4, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 20, 1900 (open access)

The Florida Evangelist (Jacksonville, Fla.), Vol. 4, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 20, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Jacksonville, Florida that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 20, 1900
Creator: Waldron, J. Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Florida Sentinel (Pensacola, Fla.), Vol. 13, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1900 (open access)

The Florida Sentinel (Pensacola, Fla.), Vol. 13, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Pensacola, Florida that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 26, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

N. A. Nichols and E. S. Bronson

Photograph taken outside during daylight of N.A. Nichols and E.S. Bronson with fishing equipment and fish on a dock by a lake in Tampa, Florida. Nichols (left) is smoking a cigar and is holding a fishing rod and a fish on a string; Bronson (right) has a net over his right shoulder and is smoking a pipe. Handwritten text at the top of the image says "Fishing Jan. 31, 1914 Tampa, Fla."
Date: January 31, 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Postcard from Cora Robertson to Linnet White, January 24, 1916]

Postcard to Linnet White from Cora Robertson The front depicts a picture of the garden of Tampa Bay. On the back Cora writes about how she is enjoying her time in Florida and will write Linnet a real letter soon.
Date: January 24, 1916
Creator: Robertson, Cora
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey Eleanor, January 13, 1943]

Postcard from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon about aviation and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Date: January 12, 1943
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 30, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 30, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing an old man annoyed by women pilots, the Piper Cub, visiting New Orleans and spending time with ex-combat pilots, food, planning to visit home, correspondence, and a cheap hotel.
Date: January 30, 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, January 2, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, January 2, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing the weather, food, trying to travel with friends, bonds and finance, recent correspondence about her brother Francis, requirements for becoming a WASP and reflections on what it is like to be one, flying the UC-78, and her friend Marion.
Date: January 2, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Messrs. J. T. Swann & Company, January 7, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Messrs. J. T. Swann & Company, January 7, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Messrs. J. T. Swann & Company discussing an enclosed check covering cigars Kempner purchased for Mr. Woodul and Mr. Phillips for Christmas.
Date: January 7, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Royal Palm Nurseries, January 10, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Royal Palm Nurseries, January 10, 1944]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Royal Palm Nurseries asking them to identify a plant and asking if they have that plant for sale.
Date: January 10, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company, January 10, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company, January 10, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company sending a plant Kempner wants to know the name of.
Date: January 10, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. P. Vance to I. H. Kempner, January 12, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from W. P. Vance to I. H. Kempner, January 12, 1944]

Letter from W. P. Vance to I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner's check for cigars he purchased for Mr. Woodul and Mr. Phillips and informing Kempner the cigars won't be delivered before the holiday due to the congested mail that year.
Date: January 12, 1944
Creator: Vance, W. P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 27, 1944?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 27, 1944?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing travelling from Pensacola to New Orleans, a scarcity of hotel rooms, seeing "the" sea plane, meeting a friend, and getting certain flying ratings. Included is an address and number for her hotel.
Date: 1944-01-27?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, January 4, 1945]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing recent correspondence and getting a job with the Red Cross. The postcard features an image of clouds from an airliner window, flanked by curtains.
Date: January 4, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 8, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 8, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing arranging a meeting with Jackie Cochran, visiting home, and living with the Willis family.
Date: January 8, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cornelia Yerkes commercial pilot license] (open access)

[Cornelia Yerkes commercial pilot license]

Commercial pilot's license for Cornelia Yerkes issued in 1945.
Date: January 16, 1945
Creator: United States. Department of Commerce. Civil Aviation Administration
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cornelia Yerkes medical certificate] (open access)

[Cornelia Yerkes medical certificate]

CAA medical certificate for Cornelia Yerkes signed by A. J. Herbolsheimer.
Date: January 16, 1945
Creator: United States. Department of Commerce. Civil Aviation Administration
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, January 1-4, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, January 1-4, 1946]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her father Fred's passing.
Date: 1946-01-01/1946-01-04
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 9, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 9, 1946]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes (probably to her mother) discussing recent correspondence, a Christmas package, money, letters from friends, getting leave to come home, seeking a transfer to China, picking up food around Guam, and flying with bomber crews. Typed on American Red Cross stationary.
Date: January 9, 1946
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cornelia Yerkes commercial airman medical certificate, 1947] (open access)

[Cornelia Yerkes commercial airman medical certificate, 1947]

A medical certificate issued to Cornelia Yerkes as a commercial airman.
Date: January 29, 1947
Creator: United States. Department of Commerce. Civil Aviation Administration
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eugene J. Schwabach to I. H. Kempner, January 14, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Eugene J. Schwabach to I. H. Kempner, January 14, 1948]

Letter from Eugene J. Schwabach to I. H. Kempner thanking Kempner for sending the Schwabach family a basket of fruit and wishing Kempner a happy new year.
Date: January 14, 1948
Creator: Schwabach, Eugene J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to J. L. Kauffman (Reggie), January 28, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to J. L. Kauffman (Reggie), January 28, 1948]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to J. L. Kauffman (Reggie) discussing how Kempner was happy to receive a letter from Reggie, and Kempner discusses what is going on in his life at the moment.
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. Ralph Taylor, Jr. of Royal Palm Nurseries to D. W. Kempner, January 11, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from T. Ralph Taylor, Jr. of Royal Palm Nurseries to D. W. Kempner, January 11, 1950]

Letter from T. Ralph Taylor, Jr. of Royal Palm Nurseries to D. W. Kempner providing a response to Kempner's inquiry on the availability of Monstera deliciosa and including a wholesale price list of their supply.
Date: January 11, 1950
Creator: Taylor, T. Ralph, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Royal Palm Nurseries, January 18, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Royal Palm Nurseries, January 18, 1950]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Royal Palm Nurseries enclosing a check for $4.00 in exchange for a Monstera deliciosa.
Date: January 18, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History