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[Photograph 2012.201.B0252.0484]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lieut. Comdr. Lawrence "Jap" Haskell, former University of Oklahoma Athletic director now head of the physical training department of the Jacksonville Naval station, left, chats with three other Oklahomans at a baseball game at Jacksonville."
Date: May 2, 1943
Creator: United States. Navy.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0395.0619]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Miami Beach residents and business people are elated because the Army has selected this city for an air corps officer candidate school and replacement center where approximately 30,000 cadets, officers and soldiers will be housed and trained."
Date: April 19, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Postcard from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey Eleanor, January 13, 1943]

Postcard from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon about aviation and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Date: January 12, 1943
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Andrea Kelly to Mickey McLernon, May 30, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Andrea Kelly to Mickey McLernon, May 30, 1943]

Letter from Andrea Kelly to Mickey McLernon thanking her for the photograph she sent, talking about aviation, and making conversation.
Date: May 30, 1943
Creator: Kelly, Andrea B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. L. H. Dashur to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. L. H. Dashur to Blanche Perry]

A handwritten letter and envelope from Mrs. L.H. Dashur to Blanche Perry thanking her for the baptistry painting. Mentions installation details, painting touch-ups by Nina McCarty, and several other people related to the South Miami Church congregation.
Date: April 22, 1943
Creator: Dashur, L. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Indian River in Florida]

Postcard of the Indian River in Florida, with a road running next to it. A handwritten note addressed to Clara Aten & Family from Col. Nevin E. Hermseige says "Hello Folks: I received your very nice card to-day, glad to hear from you, and hope you are all well. I am O.K. Mother said Carl had the mumps, I bet he looked sweet. Ha. I hope none of the rest got them. I haven't heard from Pappy K. lately either, the last I heard he was O.K. How does Woodie like the army by now? I guess everyone will be glad when it is over. It rained hard here all day, but is stopped just now, but it still looks like rain. Write when you can. As Ever. Nevin. Happy Easter."
Date: April 23, 1943
Creator: Hermseige, Nevin E.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Child in Toilet]

Postcard with a cartoon of a child standing in a toilet bowl and pulling the chain, with text that says "Dis shower am busted, but ah still am o.k., so ah's sendin dis 'ere card, for ah have no more to say." A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen Aten from Henry Grunen says "Well how are you I am ok still kicking an playing just as usaly. Henry."
Date: May 1943
Creator: Grunen, Henry
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Man and Alligators]

Postcard of a man kneeling and praying, while alligators approach from behind, with the text of "Darky's Prayer, Florida" included. A handwritten note addressed to Mrs. Clara Aten & Family from Nevin E. Hermsinger says "Hello all: I received your card sometime ago, sorry I didn't get out while I was home, there were a lot of places I wanted to go but didn't get there. Well, maybe we'll have Hitler where the negro on the other side is pretty soon (we hope). I had a swell time while I was home, only wish I could of stayed longer, but uncle Sam said no. Hope you are all well, as I am O.K. It's awful warm here, you should have some of this weather up there to make hay. Write when you can. Nevin."
Date: July 18, 1943
Creator: Hermsinger, Nevin E.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943] (open access)

[Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943]

A father's day card from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing clothing, a visit from aviator Nancy Love, the Women Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, and her future. The card features a cartoon of a girl saying "I may not be no mental whizz, but dad, I know what day this is!"
Date: June 17, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 30, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 30, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing an old man annoyed by women pilots, the Piper Cub, visiting New Orleans and spending time with ex-combat pilots, food, planning to visit home, correspondence, and a cheap hotel.
Date: January 30, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 18, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 18, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing her trip from Jacksonville to Dallas. Written on Hotel Texas (Fort Worth) stationary.
Date: 1943-08-18?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, July 18, 1943~]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing her arrival in Orlando for a training course. The postcard features an image of clouds through a window surrounded by curtains.
Date: 1943-07-18?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 1943?] (open access)

[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 Frances Yerkes, December 17, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 17, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent letters, ferrying a plane and her return trip, Christmas gifts, running into someone from home, uniforms, and weather. Typed on American Airlines stationary.
Date: December 17, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, possibly to her father, discussing a cross-country flight to finish basic flight training, schedules, advanced courses, the recipient's health, packages from home, a plane catching fire, and news about friends/family.
Date: June 25, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 1942] (open access)

[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, March 14, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 14, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing being stuck in sick bay with a cold, medical issues among other student pilots, a visit from a Navy dive bomber pilot, and money. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary.
Date: March 14, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her repaired typewriter, sleeping on a flight, delaying a ferrying flight because a ground crew member stepped through the wing, friends, the B-24, and a AT-6 check flight. Typed on Wells Roberts Hotel (Oklahoma City) stationary.
Date: November 5, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dryer to Cecelia McKie - June 16, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dryer to Cecelia McKie - June 16, 1943]

Letter sent from Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dryer to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message and stating their daughter, Marian Dryer Newsom, is interned with Elsie Luckman. Marian had been on her way to Manila on December 1st, 1941, and both girls were caught there by the war. Envelope addressed to Mrs. W. L. McKie, Sacramento, California from Mrs. Mabel Dryer, Wichita, Kansas.
Date: June 16, 1943
Creator: Dryer, R. L. & Dryer, Mrs. R. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps Fishing]

Photograph of WAC members fishing with poles on a small boat and from a dock in Fort Myers, Florida. On the left stand two women on the curved wooden dock with fishing poles, the first one in a white bathing suit and the other in full uniform. On the right in a small boat sits a woman in a black bathing suit and no fishing pole and to her right sit two women in uniform with fishing poles.
Date: 1943~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps Riding Bicycles]

Photograph of Four members of Women's Auxiliary Corps riding bicycles and waving to two other members of the WAC. On the left stand the two WAC members not on bikes holding their hands out in front of them in a wave, on the right are the four women on bicycles waving and behind them are large palm trees and a bridge.
Date: 1943~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps Hanging Out by a Pool]

Photograph of members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps and some male soldiers in and standing next to pool in Florida. On the right side of the image stand a cluster of 3 women in the pool, two women standing on the ladder out the pool and a woman in a swim cap crouching down outside the pool by the ladder. Behind where the pool ladder is there are two women standing in full uniform. There are several men and women milling about in the background amongst the palm trees.
Date: 1943~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps Peeling Potatoes]

Photograph of three unidentified members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps for Army Air Forces sitting on the wooden porch of a building peeling potatoes over two metal buckets at their feet.
Date: 1943~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps Moving a Boat]

Photograph of seven unidentified members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps moving a Dinghy into the water on Miami beach. There are three women on either side of the boat in swimsuits pushing the boat while a woman in full uniform standing above them pointing at the boat.
Date: 1943~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History