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[Robert Salisbury Drawing on a Soldier's Jacket]
Photograph of two uniformed U.S. Army soldiers standing outdoors. Robert Salisbury, left, draws the face of a woman on the back of the other soldier's jacket. The canteen of the right soldier is leaking.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers Preparing to Leave]
Photograph of soldiers preparing to leave Tennessee for maneuvers in Texas. A train is visible in the background.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Napping Soldiers]
Photograph of two soldiers, 1st Lt. Elmer Bright and 1st Lt. David Fairbairn, taking a nap in a vehicle at the end of Tennessee maneuvers.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Newsletter for the Church of Christ in Friendship, Tennessee]
Church newsletter for the Church of Christ in Friendship, Tennessee. News items include an upcoming gospel meeting led by Fred Chunn, new song books entitled "Christian Hymns," circulation of the church bulletin, and a theological piece entitled "Factors in our Salvation."
Date:
June 18, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Blanche Perry from Nashville, Tennessee]
Incomplete letter from an unknown person to Perry thanking her for the baptistry painting done for the church in Nashville, Tennessee. Mentions several comments from other church members regarding how the painting affected them. Includes personal details of author.
Date:
October 18, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nashville, Tennessee Church Bulletin]
Portion of a bulletin from a church in Nashville, Tennessee. Contains the interpretation by Blanche Perry of the baptistry painting she made for the church there. Interpretative essay mentions symbols of mountains, hills, fountain, water, sunset, light, stream, cross, dove, lamb, birds, flowers, sheep, sunbeams, shaft of light.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Perry, Myrta Blanche
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Jordan Hall to Blanche Perry]
Letter from Mrs. Jordan Hall and signed by others in her Sunday School Class to Perry thanking her for the baptistry painting for the church in Nashville, Tennessee.
Date:
October 8, 1944
Creator:
Hall, Jordan
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers in Front of Hutment]
Photograph of Charles Kozak and Charles Pugrant standing in front of a hutment at a military camp.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Line of Vehicles]
Photograph of a line of soldiers pulling wheeled carts behind them while on field maneuvers in Tennessee.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers in Doorway]
Photograph of Charles Kozak and Walter Litwinski standing in the doorway of a hutment at a military camp.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24]
Extracts of several special orders and regulations for both Women Airforce Service Pilots and male pilots ordered by Lieutenant Colonel Munson.
Date:
July 25, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Force Base
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 17, 1944]
Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents, discussing a flight from Memphis to Newark via Atlanta and her choice to ferry a P-40 or P-63. The postcard is from the Memphis Municipal Airport Red Cross Canteen and features two photos of servicemen recreating.
Date:
November 17, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 15, 1944]
Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing flying from Nashville to Newark. The postcard features a photograph of a Douglas A-20 at low level practicing "skip bombing."
Date:
August 15, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Yerkes, November 16, 1944]
Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents. The postcard is from the American Red Cross and features two photos of the Red Cross Canteen in Memphis, with several men and at least one woman in uniform enjoying drinks and billiards.
Date:
November 16, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, December 23, 1944]
Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing trying to get a flight from Memphis to New York. The postcard is from the Memphis Municipal Airport's Red Cross Canteen and features two images of servicemen recreating.
Date:
December 23, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 20, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying aircraft and trouble with weather, flying between Dallas, Wichita, Pampa, and Walnut Ridge, her friends, and food. Written on Hotel Chisca (Memphis) starionary.
Date:
January 20, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 5, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her morning and taking a train to Memphis. Written on 4th Ferrying Group Officers Club stationary.
Date:
January 5, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 23, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing Christmas, correspondence, the end of the WASP, and trying to get transportation. Written on Red Cross stationary.
Date:
December 23, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 22, 1944]
Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing recent work. The postcard is from the Medici Society's Herb Garden Series and features an image of borage and camomile, and accompanying short text.
Date:
November 22, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. L. Minkus to D. W. Kempner, November 8, 1944]
Letter from W. L. Minkus to D. W. Kempner discussing a time and place to meet up at together. The author also discusses two appointments with Mr. Scruggs and Mr. Kimbrough.
Date:
November 8, 1944
Creator:
Minkus, W. L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Jack Fulton, November 17, 1944]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Jack Fulton informing Fulton that Kempner was in Memphis but was unable to talk as Fulton's office was closed.
Date:
November 17, 1944
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner and A. H. Blackshear, Jr., 1944~]
Memorandum from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner and A. H. Blackshear, Jr. discussing Mehan's traveling schedule.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
Mehan, Ray I.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Alvin B. Weil, November 20, 1944]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Alvin B. Weil informing that he could not go to dinner with him the week before.
Date:
November 20, 1944
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Shad to D. W. Kempner, November 01, 1944]
Letter from John J. Shad to D. W. Kempner discussing the schedule for Kempner's flight and car pick up.
Date:
November 1, 1944
Creator:
Shad, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History