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[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum]
Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry an aircraft from Grand Prairie, Texas to Newark, New Jersey with specifications on the plane model, flight order, and instructions upon arrival at her destination. The order is signed by Captain Joe K. Bailey and Ben Handler for Captain William S. Kirkpatrick.
Date:
September 11, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Cissy Houston: Sweet Inspirations" taped film]
Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a Dave Davidson film on the vocal career of Cissy Houston. The footage features interviews with other famous black women performers singers such as Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick speaking on Cissy Houston. The tape also features footage of Cissy working in rehearsal with other singers.
Date:
[1981..1991]
Creator:
Davidson, Dave & Houston, Cissy
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from C. Lamar Wallis to Mr. I. H. Kempner, August 1, 1949]
Letter from C. Lamar Wallis to Mr. I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner's gifts of "Point of No Return" and "Preliminary Report No. 6 of the Commission on Navy Yards and Naval Stations" to the Rosenberg Library.
Date:
August 1, 1949
Creator:
Wallis, C. Lamar
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cheng, Tsung-o to Mr. H. Kempner, April 23, 1954]
Letter from Cheng Tsung-O to H. Kempner requesting a check for medical journal subscriptions and expressing gratitude toward the help he has received.
Date:
April 23, 1954
Creator:
Tsung-O, Cheng
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cheng, Tsung-O to Mr. H. Kempner, January 4, 1951]
Letter from Cheng Tsung-O to H. Kempner requesting a New York Bank check covering tuition for a postgraduate course.
Date:
January 4, 1951
Creator:
Hospital of Saint Barnabas and for Women and Children
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 4, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing mechanical difficulties with an airplane, dinner with an Air Corps lieutenant, typing reports, flying to and from Newark, more mechanical problems, and waiting to travel to New York and Dallas.
Date:
December 4, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 7, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing going to Long Beach to pick up a P-51, her friends Bobby and Marion, shipping and packages, and plans for after the WASP are disbanded. Written on American Red Cross stationary.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 21, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, mailed courtesy of Mrs. C. C. Willis, discussing her last flight as a WASP and the end of the program, packages, Christmas, and changing her name back to Yerkes from Colby with the Civil Service.
Date:
December 21, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 9, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on American Airlines stationary discussing her visit to Newark and a trip to Dallas via Buffalo and Chicago.
Date:
May 9, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 23, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent letters, ferrying a P-51 to Newark, being grounded by poor weather, politics affecting the WASP, and the possibility of Army Air Force commissions. Written on Mayo Hotel (Tulsa) stationary.
Date:
May 23, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 12, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying with poor weather from Louisville to Newark, seeing a play, riding an airliner, getting a hotel room, her dental health, and people she met. Written on Hotel Frances (Monroe, LA) stationary.
Date:
October 12, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 29, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing a her recent work and travels. Written on Jackson Army Air Base Officers' Club stationary.
Date:
October 29, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing receiving a pack of cigarettes, flying a fighter from Jackson, MS, to Raleigh and Newark, seeing a show and getting dinner, flying on an airliner at night, picking up a plane from Long Beach, news about her friend Marion, flying in a B-24, and happening to meet an Air Corps private who knew of her through a mutual acquaintance.
Date:
October 31, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 1, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent work ferrying aircraft. Written on Hotel Belleville stationary.
Date:
1944-09-01?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, May 12-14, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing picking up a new plane, being grounded by weather, the possibility of visiting, her father's health, a problem with her wrist, flying to Dallas, a colonel, and buying her friend a wedding gift. Typed (on May 12) and written (on May 14) on Hotel John Marshall (Richmond) stationary.
Date:
1944-05-12/1944-05-14
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, May 17, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents Fred and Frances discussing issues with supplies of P-51s for graduating fighter pilots, skipping ground school classes, gifts, her mother's health, her friend Bobby, marriages, applying to join the British ferry command, and rumors about cancellation of the WASP program. Typed on Hotel John Marshall (Richmond) stationary.
Date:
May 17, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, September 4, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing burning her hand, flying across the country at night, the P-51, news from home, her divorce, rumors about the future of the WASPs, the book Bombers Across, flying to the Pacific Northwest, and a rough flight on an airliner.
Date:
September 4, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to J. F. Anderson, October 11, 1948]
Letter from D. W. Kempner to J. F. Anderson discussing how Kempner has enclosed a check and asking to be sent an assortment of Ferns.
Date:
October 11, 1948
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to T. L. James, February 11, 1950]
Letter from D. W. Kempner to Thos. L. James discussing costs due to and by Mary Jean Kempner related to flights with Braniff Airways and Eastern Airlines.
Date:
February 11, 1950
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to J. F. Anderson, October 11, 1948]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to J. F. Anderson asking for an assortment of fifty ferns and promising to order more if they are satisfactory. A reply from the company at the bottom of the letter indicates that an order memorandum is returned along with a check.
Date:
October 11, 1948
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the Postmaster, February 21, 1951]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the Galveston Postmaster asking to help locate a package he sent but was never received.
Date:
February 21, 1951
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Fred F. Hunter, May 8, 1952]
Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Fred F. Hunter requesting Fred to order him the so-called replacement card set of Unit #S from the Bates Manufacturing Company of Orange, New Jersey. He also mentioned that they mentioned that he order through a dealer.
Date:
May 8, 1952
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Donald E. Bedard to Mr. H. L. Kempner, April 8, 1955]
Letter from Donald E. Bedard to Harris L. Kempner discussing a talk with Professor Levy and enclosing an itemized expense account and requesting it be given to an office manager.
Date:
April 8, 1955
Creator:
Bedard, Donald E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from F. Anderson Oechler to Daniel W. Kempner, January 24, 1956]
Letter from F. Anderson Oechler to Daniel W. Kempner enclosing a form letter in regards to Daniel Kempner's letter requesting ferns and informing him of availability of a certain fern.
Date:
January 24, 1956
Creator:
Oechler, F. Anderson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History