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Nueces River and Tributaries, Texas. Profiles of Nueces River.
Map of the Nueces River and its tributaries, showing spillways, dams, proposed sites for dams, average bank lines, elevations above mean sea level datum (in feet), and U.S. Geological Survey river flow gauges. The map also includes highways and major towns located near the river banks. Scale varies.
Date:
May 1944
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: WASP Militarization Favored by Stimson]
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping of articles from the New York Times about the U.S.'s involvement in World War II, including an article about an initiative to give WASP members full military benefits. Among the articles are several small advertisements, some with illustrations. At the top of the photocopy is handwritten text identifying the newspaper and its publishing date.
Date:
May 5, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Eleven WASP and Three Men]
Photograph of eleven members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and three men standing and sitting in front of a building. The typewritten label attached to the photograph's bottom edge repeats the information written on the back of the photograph.
Date:
May 6, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Duren to Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon Edwards, May 22, 1944]
Letter from Doris Duren to Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon Edwards discussing how the U.S. Army split up she and a group of other female pilots. She mentions that they fly BT-14 planes, give instruction to flight cadets, and are supposed to be trained to fly B-26 planes soon. At the top left of the first page, there is a small, printed illustration of the WASP mascot, Fifinella
Date:
May 22, 1944
Creator:
Duren, Doris
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 15, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 6, 1944
Weekly student newspaper from McMurry College in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
May 6, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 16, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 20, 1944
Weekly student newspaper from McMurry College in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dick Foures, James Ryan, Joseph Jean, Emory Deason Standing Together]
Photograph of Dick Foures, James Ryan, Joseph Jean, Emory Deason standing together in front of a building at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Foures, Ryan, and Deason are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and garrison caps, while Jean wears a sleeveless shirt.
Date:
May 8, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Johns, Carlton Sparks, and Dan Melli Sitting Outdoors]
Photograph of Johns, Carlton Sparks, and Dan Melli sitting together outside on the grounds of O'Reilly General Hospital in Missouri. Johns is wearing a tee shirt and slacks and lies on a blanket. Sparks is wearing a U.S. Army uniform and garrison cap while sitting. Melli is shirtless and wears shorts. Two two-story buildings are visible behind them.
Date:
May 28, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Three Soldiers Sitting by Frisco Railroad Building]
Photograph of Dan Melli, Richard Johns, and R. Natopi sitting on a low stone wall with the Frisco Railroad Building visible behind them. The men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms, with Melli and Naptopi wearing garrison caps and Johns wearing a peaked cap.
Date:
May 20, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group Photo of Soldiers and Wives]
Photograph of three married couples posing together in front of a car. They are, from left to right, Elsie Hacker, Walter Hacker, Bill Bowling, Zella Bowling, Ralph Jannelli, and Anna Jannelli. A building is visible in the background.
Date:
May 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[R. Natopi, Dan Melli, and Johns Crouching Near Student Quarters at Camp Barkeley]
Photograph of men identified as R. Natopi, Dan Melli, and Johns crouching on grass in front of a student quarters on Camp Barkeley, Texas. The men are wearing lightly colored buttoned shirts and slacks. The building behind them is wooden, has four visible windows, and has a short stairway leading to the entrance on the right.
Date:
May 20, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1944
Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 18, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1944
Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 25, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 4, 1944
Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 4, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1944
Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 11, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Shackelford County Leader (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1944
Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 25, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Shackelford County Leader (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 4, 1944
Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 4, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Dan Moody, May 13, 1944 #1]
Letter from Charles A. Prince to Governor Dan Moody discussing correspondence between several Army commanders.
Date:
May 13, 1944
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe E. Plosser and Charles A. Prince to Commanding General of Central Flying Training Command, May 13, 1944 #2]
Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to the Commanding General of Central Flying Training Command, Randolph Field, Texas, discussing Plosser and Prince's request to be reinstated as "civilian operators of the training program at Avenger Field."
Date:
May 13, 1944
Creator:
Plosser, Joseph B. & Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser and Charles A.Prince to Commanding General, Central Flying Training Command, May 20, 1944]
Letter from Plosser and Prince to the Commanding General at the Central Flying Training Command in Randolph Field, Texas discussing Plosser and Prince's "application for reinstatement as civilian operators of training program, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas," as reads the subject line of the letter.
Date:
May 20, 1944
Creator:
Plosser, Joseph B. & Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe E. Plosser and Charles A. Prince to Commanding General of Central Flying Training Command, May 13, 1944 #1]
Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to the Commanding General of Central Flying Training Command, Randolph Field, Texas, discussing Plosser and Prince's request to be reinstated as "civilian operators of the training program at Avenger Field."
Date:
May 13, 1944
Creator:
Plosser, Joseph B. & Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Dan Moody, May 13, 1944 #2]
Letter from Charles A. Prince to Governor Dan Moody discussing correspondence between several Army commanders.
Date:
May 13, 1944
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Nancy Harris to State Headquarters, Selective Service System, Texas - May 19, 1944]
A letter from Nancy Harris, Clerk for the Matagora County Local Board #1 of the Selective Service System, dated May 19, 1944. Harris advises regarding a copy of a discharge order and asks Headquarters if the board has the authority to send registrant 2nd Lt. William Wellborn Stinnett in for induction or if they are to continue in his I-C classification.
Date:
May 19, 1944
Creator:
Harris, Nancy
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Senator Tom Connally to T. N. Carswell - May 4, 1944]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Tom Connally, United States Senate, dated May 4, 1944. Connally acknowledges his receipt of the letter from Carswell regarding the Montgomery-Ward Company affair and discusses the occurence advising that none of the war acts adopted by Congress intended to authorize Government seizure in such a situation. "The acts authorizing seizure were intended to cover plants manufacturing arms, munitions and equipment and in which operations were delayed or hindered by labor disturbances."
Date:
May 4, 1944
Creator:
Connally, Tom
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History