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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 20, 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on Aitchison Topeka & Santa Fe stationary, discussing her trip to Wichita, visits with people in Dallas and Atlanta, traveling to Richmond, and her anxiety about having to fly over New York City.
Date:
1943-12-20?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0104.0064]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Major Paul R. Braniff / City / U. S. Army Air Corps."
Date:
November 26, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 28, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes typed on Hotel Texas (Fort Worth) stationary, discussing finances, a rumor that the WASPs will become proper Army officers, Army instructions, and life at her new base.
Date:
1943-08-28?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 3, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing her request to be stationed in Dallas instead of Wilmington, possibilities for visiting home, graduation of her class at Avenger Field and the climate in Sweetwater, her classmates' assignments, and other related news.
Date:
August 3, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 17, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing leaving sick bay, flight training, recent correspondence, pay, her weight, and classmates.
Date:
March 17, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, February 6, 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing Instruments Flight Instructor School classes, visiting with friends, dinner with a Lt. Hawthorne, Phil Kafka's Army commission, medical examinations, pay and leave permits, and a friendly lunchlady. On the back is an image of the IFIS insignia.
Date:
1943-02-06?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Jacqueline Cochran to Cornelia Yerkes, February 5, 1943]
Telegram sent to Cornelia Yerkes from Jacqueline Cochran discussing medical forms.
Date:
February 5, 1943
Creator:
Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 1942]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing getting transportation without her car, being accepted into the Women's Flying Training Detachment, pay, and her schedule.
Date:
February 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing money, transferring bank accounts from Atlanta to Sweetwater, passing a check flight, staying in sickbay, news from home, a student pilot's poetry, practicing stalls, sending mail, and nurses.
Date:
1943-02~
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, January 30, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing a planned transfer to the Women's Flying Training Detachment, the lawsuit against a driver who hit her, errands, recent correspondence, and her future.
Date:
January 30, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 28, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing various errands, getting accepted into the Women's Flying Training Detachment, her car insurance claim, her friend Bobby being fired, getting leave, and mail.
Date:
January 28, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1310.0458]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date:
January 25, 1943
Creator:
Kaho, C. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[William S. Blackshear - Atlanta Ga.]
(back of photo) W.S.B. in Atlanta, Ga. Rainy. Just put Alf on bus to Camp Campbell so felt quite sad and lonely 1943. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library. Business signs in the background for the Paramount Theatre, showing "Phantom Lady" and the Royal Palm Dancing club.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History