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Cecelia McKie Scrapbook Collection
112
Documenting the War Collection
38
Loran F. Smith Collection
27
Women in War Collection
24
Home Front Collection
17
Ralph Sprinkle Photograph Collection
11
Marjorie L. Jackson Collection
10
Charles Stasny Collection
8
Clifford Baird Collection
8
Beverly Taylor Collection
7
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[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - October 11, 1943]
Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing how much he hated to see her leave, passing his physical exam, writing a letter to Pat, and expecting to go on a nine mile hike the next day. A portion of text has been removed from the letter.
Date:
October 11, 1943
Creator:
Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - October 12, 1943]
Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing Catherine's trip back to Luling, looking forward to her next visit, sympathy for Mrs. Seay after her heart attack, receiving a letter from Nell, and being sore after a hike.
Date:
October 12, 1943
Creator:
Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bougainville Evacuee Letter]
Letter written by Nuns aboard USS Nautilus. The officers and crew of the USS Nautilus rescued the nuns from Bougainville on 1 January 1943.
Date:
January 3, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rhythm Review
Booklet outlining the program for a concert entitled "Rhythm Review" presented by staff and students at Manzanar Elementary School, Manzanar War Relocation Center, on April 26, 1943. The program lists the school's staff and briefly outlines the curriculum for rhythmic activities that combine both musical and physical education.
Date:
April 26, 1943
Creator:
Manzanar Education Department
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. Gun Crew Aboard the United States Coast Guard's Cutter Campbell]
Photograph and press release of U.S. gun crew about the cutter Campbell that participated in the sinking of a German submarine. The photograp shows U.S. soldiers, some operating a large gun on the ship, surrounded by other crew members, all looking in the direction the gun is firing. A large American flag is flying from a mast above them.
Date:
April 20, 1943
Creator:
United States. Coast Guard
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Press Release: Gun Crew on Coast Guard Cutter Campbell Aided in Attack That Sank Sub]
Text of press release dated April 20, 1963 listing the names of eleven service members enlisted in the United States Coast Guard who participated in an attack that resulted in the sinking of a German submarine.
Date:
April 20, 1943
Creator:
United States. Department of the Navy.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. Naval Communications from the U.S.S. Gillespie]
Cable message from the U.S.S. Gillespie giving instructions for cruisers to sink any ships present, destroyers to reserve fire, to avoid attacking submarines, and to follow up with land bombardment.
Date:
1943/1944
Creator:
U.S.S. Gillespie
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[USO Group Outside Officer Quarters]
Photograph of USO Group posing in a line outside officer quarters. From left to right: Sid Gould, Quinta Brizal, Jack Mann, Lt. Shatia, Mack Pearson, Bobbie Martin, Ray Jarvis, Warrof Jackson, Anne Prichard, and Ruth Foster.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
Herron, T. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Donna Davey and Others Knee-Deep in Water]
Photograph of Donna Davey with others posing for a group portrait in knee-deep water. Donna Davey stands on the far right and the man next to her has his arm around her waist. Two more women stand in the center with another man behind him and another couple stands on the far left with the man's hand resting on the woman's shoulder.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
Davey, Donna
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Donna Davey in Parachute with Major Tom Isley and Col. John Livingston]
Photograph of Donna Davey and Dailey (first name unknown) in full pack, parachute, and life jacket. They are standing next to Major Tom Isley and Colonel John Livingston in front of a plane's wheel.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Lieutenant Helen M. Rose in Uniform]
Photograph of Lieutenant Helen M. Rose smiling in a Navy Nurse Corps uniform with a light illuminating her face and casting her shadow onto the left side of the wall behind her.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
Rose, Helen M.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marjorie Jackson Swimming with a Rifle]
Photograph of Marjorie Jackson swimming in full uniform while holding a rifle and a pack on her back during training exercises at Marine Corps Air Station in Mojave, California.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
United States. Marine Corps
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marjorie Jackson at Attention in Line with Male Marines]
Photograph of Marjorie L. Jackson standing at attention in the front of one of the three lines of male Marines that all have their head turned towards her.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
United States. Marine Corps
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Women's Reserve Saluting]
Photograph of Marjorie Jackson and other women in Marine Crops Reserver standing and saluting in uniform. In front of the lines of women, one stands in front of them holding a trophy in one hand.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
United States. Marine Corps
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marjorie Jackson Marching in Line with Other Marines]
Photograph of Marjorie Jackson and other Marines marching. Marjorie is positioned front right, with two men marching to her left and several more rows of three marines are marching behind them. In the background buildings can be seen encompassed by a wooden fence, there is also a power line in view.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
United States. Marine Corps
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marjorie Jackson on Duty as Lifeguard]
Photograph of Marjorie Jackson sits on the right in a lifeguard station marked with a ring buoy that reads "Life Saver". She is holding a megaphone on her lap.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Marine Corps
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marjorie L. Jackson in Fatigues]
Photograph of Majorie L. Jackson sitting and smiling in fatigues. Most of her lower body cannot be seen although her propped up knee is shown just in frame to the left. Marjorie is smiling in a way that only shows her top row of teeth and her hat has her last name "Jackson" stitched into it.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
United States. Marine Corps
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marine Corps Women and Nurses]
Photograph of Marine Corps Women and Nurses posing and smiling together in two lines. Pictured from right to left is: Gladys Sturdy, Elizabeth Hebert, Lucy Burris, Betty Rogers, Esther Kauppila, Helen Katy, Margie Flautt, Mary Pratt.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marjorie Jackson with Fellow Women's Reserve Marines]
Photograph of Verna Randall, Helen Osterbay, Angie Wozniak, and Marjorie Jackson in full Women's Reserve uniforms smiling and posing for a group portrait.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marjorie L. Jackson Sitting on a Fence in Marine Corps Uniform]
Photograph of Marjorie L. Jackson sits with her legs crossed on a fence near a body of water in her Marine Corps uniform.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Laughing Women Marines with Oranges]
Photograph of five women Marines in uniform laughing while holding oranges in front of palm and orange trees. From left to right is an unknown woman, then Mary Shirk, Eloise Nowels, Kingsbury Burnett, and another unknown woman.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lorna Lose & Judy Fuller Standing in Plane Cockpit]
Photograph of Lorna Lose and Judy Fuller standing in an airplane cockpit posing for photograph in uniform.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
Mitchell, Jewel F.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Florence Thelma Kieke in Army Nurse Corps Uniform]
Photograph of Florence Kieke smiling and looking to the right in an Army Nurse Corps uniform.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lieutenant Giampetruzzi & Lieutenant E.C. Day in Front of a Plane]
Photograph of Lieutenant Nunzio Giampetruzzi & Lieutenant E. C. Day stand side by side in front of an airplane in uniform. On the right is Lt. E.C. Day smiling in her Navy Flight Nurse uniform, with a gun and holster across her body and a giant duffel bag hanging off her right shoulder. Lt. Nunzio Giampetruzzi stands smiling on the right in a pilot uniform with his hands at his sides.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
United States. Navy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History