Interview with Ed Rowan, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Gadsden, Alabama. Rowan discusses his family background, education, work, purchasing an airplane, flying over the the wreck of the Hindenburg, joining the National Guard and flying coastal patrols, becoming a bomber pilot, his B-17 crew, the various missions they flew in the European Theater, fighters, flak, equipment, tactics, leaving the service, and working as an airline pilot. In appendix is a photo of Rowan's civilian plane, his Distinguished Flying Cross citation, his appointment to the Reserves, a list of missions, flight logs, and a fact sheet about the 381st Bomb Group,

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bill Wilkinson, Imperal Wizard of the KKK, arrived in Gadsden, Ala. to help direct the activity of the local klan are in attendance at the trial of Tommy Lee Hines. Hines is acused of raping two white women in Decatur."

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Oak Lodge Motor Hotel informing that he would like to reserve a double room and a bath.

A transcript of a 1963 oral history with Martha Elizabeth Anglin (née Gibson), recalling her childhood in Alabama, her family's move to Texas in 1895, and her marriage and life on a farm in Commerce, Texas. Footnotes are provided to add context to the narrative.