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["A Medal, please, for a service man's wife"] (open access)

["A Medal, please, for a service man's wife"]

Poem, written anonymously, entitled "A Medal, please, for a service man's wife". It tells of a returning soldier who wishes to give his wife a medal for enduring life without him.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closing Lines from the Novel, "Eben Holden" (open access)

Closing Lines from the Novel, "Eben Holden"

Document with the closing lines from the book "Eben Holden" by Irving Bacheller, published in 1900. A handwritten note is at the bottom of the document with the words, "To Sam Rayburn, with deep affection--Gene Worley 10/17/49 Washington, D.C." Francis Eugene Worley was a democratic U.S. Representative from Texas who served in the House of Representatives from 1941 to 1950. Sam Rayburn "saw himself" in these closing lines from the book "Eben Holden." The text is black, printed on cream colored paper.
Date: 1941/1950
Creator: Bacheller, Irving
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Dodger (open access)

Draft Dodger

Text of a poem that derides men who avoid going to war.
Date: 1943
Creator: The State Register
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, February 11, 1946] (open access)

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, February 11, 1946]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing getting a room at the Tudor Hotel in New York City and visiting there with friends. The postcard features the painting "Festival of St. Roche" by E. Debat-Ponsan.
Date: February 11, 1946
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Poem by Dr. Chauncey D. Leake] (open access)

[A Poem by Dr. Chauncey D. Leake]

A poem on pain with annotations and corrections, handwritten by Dr. Chauncey D. Leake aboard the Southern Pacific's Sunset Limited on November 6, 1948.
Date: November 6, 1948
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regents' Meeting, University of Texas Medical Branch, December 8, 1949 (open access)

Regents' Meeting, University of Texas Medical Branch, December 8, 1949

A poem by Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to the UTMB Board of Regents.
Date: December 8, 1949
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
System: The Portal to Texas History