[History Textbook Page Featuring WASP] (open access)

[History Textbook Page Featuring WASP]

Photocopy of a page in a school history textbook, featuring a picture and text about Women Air Force Service Pilots and text on the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps/ Women's Army Corps. A note written on the back of the page in pen reads, "Loraine High School 4-16-09 Loraine, Texas 79532" and a name written at the bottom reads, "Glencoc or McGrawhill [McDougle crossed out]".
Date: April 16, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alf Klaveness, April 16, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Alf Klaveness, April 16, 2004

Interview with Alf Klaveness, a commanding officer on the destroyer USS Benham. Klaveness begins by discussing his family history after coming here from Norway and working for John Rockefeller; he answers questions about his role in the Navy and describes being in Tokyo Bay during the surrender of Japan on the USS Missouri.
Date: April 16, 2004
Creator: Walker, Tracy & Klaveness, Alf
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with E. C. May, April 16, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with E. C. May, April 16, 2002

Interview with E. C. May, a navigator in the US Air Corps during WWII. He answers questions about his time in the military overseas and returning home.
Date: April 16, 2002
Creator: Coates, Evan & May, E. C.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arthur Oviedo, April 16, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Arthur Oviedo, April 16, 2001

Interview with Arthur Oviedo, a seaman in the US Marine Corps during the Korean War. He describes his time in the military and his experiences overseas.
Date: April 16, 2001
Creator: Flores, Jessica & Oviedo, Arthur
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order Adjusting Maximum Rent] (open access)

[Order Adjusting Maximum Rent]

Order from the Offices of Temporary Controls and Price Administration to increase the maximum rent at a location in Sweetwater, Texas from $25 per month to $35 per month.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: Wright, V. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, April 16, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, April 16, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing a recent visit to New York with her brother Francis in the days following Franklin D. Roosevelt's death (April 12, 1945). Typed on Hotel Annapolis (Washington) stationary.
Date: April 16, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 292nd week of the war, 174th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Allies squeeze Reich; Okinawa resistance stiffens. Maps: [Western Europe]; Allies squeeze Reich, U.S. forces make new landings on Tawitawi and Masbate - Japanese battleship sunk, Okinawa resistance stiffens. Back: Illustration of a young woman looking at a 10 dollar war savings bond. Caption: "It will look even bigger-- after the war!"
Date: April 16, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Instrument Flight Test Certificate] (open access)

[Instrument Flight Test Certificate]

Certificate showing that flight officer Paul A. Hill passed the instrument flight test at Long Beach Army Air Field.
Date: April 16, 1944
Creator: United States Army
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 16, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 16, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 16, 1944. He went to visit Wilbur Crawford and brought him newspapers from Waco, and he and his friend Harmon Gilbreath ordered swim suits from the service so they can go swimming soon, since it's warming up.
Date: April 16, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men In Front of Camouflage Netting]

Photograph of twenty-five men gathered in front of camouflage netting.
Date: April 16, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Troops Behind Brush]

Photograph of troops huddling behind trees and brush on the far left overlooking a field for a smoke demonstration. There is a vehicle in the center background, and patches of snow on the ground.
Date: April 16, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thomas J. Kelley to Charles A. Prince, April 19, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Thomas J. Kelley to Charles A. Prince, April 19, 1942]

Letter from Thomas J. Kelley to Charles A. Prince discussing partnerships "and the extent of nature and extent of liability for operations in the State of Texas."
Date: April 16, 1942
Creator: Kelley, Thomas J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History