[Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Curley's Studio, August 16, 1985] (open access)

[Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Curley's Studio, August 16, 1985]

Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Curley's Studio requesting a price for prints of her WASP flight school graduation photograph. There are handwritten notes on the back of the letter, also from Francie, but addressed to Rigdon Edwards. Also included is an envelope addressed to Curley's Studio, which has a "return to sender" stamp on it.
Date: August 16, 1985
Creator: Park, Francie Meisner
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[War Savings Bond Class A Pay Reservation] (open access)

[War Savings Bond Class A Pay Reservation]

Pay reservation request form signed by Dora G. Bevis authorizing the military to withdraw $25 from her pay each month to be converted into war bonds.
Date: September 24, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between Vernon Law Book Company and John Sayles] (open access)

[Contract Between Vernon Law Book Company and John Sayles]

Contract between the Vernon Law Book Company and John Sayles regarding Sayles' submissions to a treatise, "Encyclopedia of Pleading and Practice for Texas," published by West Publishing Company. The contract ends mid-sentence and is unsigned.
Date: December 1932
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between Vernon Law Book Company and John Sayles] (open access)

[Contract Between Vernon Law Book Company and John Sayles]

Contract between the Vernon Law Book Company and John Sayles regarding Sayles' submissions to a law book published by West Publishing. There are several notes and annotations written on the contract and it was signed only by J. E. Pearson.
Date: December 1932
Creator: Pearson, J. E.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edward F. Lyle to R. B. and T. D. Wiggins, July 26, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from Edward F. Lyle to R. B. and T. D. Wiggins, July 26, 1939]

Letter from Edward F. Lyle to R. B. and T. D. Wiggins discussing an offer made to Darrell by Lyle regarding a payment plan for the delinquent taxes. The agreement states that Lyle will allow deductions on the note in order to pay delinquent taxes if the Wiggins do not receive funds from a suit against the Santa Fe Railway Company.
Date: July 26, 1939
Creator: Lyle, Edward Frank
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between Vernon Law Book Company and John Sayles] (open access)

[Contract Between Vernon Law Book Company and John Sayles]

Contract between the Vernon Law Book Company and John Sayles regarding Sayles' submissions to a law book published by West Publishing. The contract is signed only by J. E. Pearson.
Date: December 1932
Creator: Pearson, J. E.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between Vernon Law Book Company and John Sayles] (open access)

[Contract Between Vernon Law Book Company and John Sayles]

Contract between the Vernon Law Book Company and John Sayles regarding Sayles' submissions to a treatise, "Encyclopedia of Pleading and Practice for Texas," published by West Publishing Company. The contract ends mid-sentence, is unsigned, and has several annotations and notes made on the text.
Date: December 1932
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, June 2, 1945?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, June 2, 1945?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing letters, ferrying a P-51, catching up with a fellow WASP from Brownsville, being the first WASP to deliver a P-51 to Kansas City, a check she mailed, and other work and family related items. Written on Braniff Airways stationary.
Date: 1945-06-02?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying out of Kansas City, news about the invasion of Normandy, her friend Nancy Nesbitt, recent correspondence, flying P-51s at high altitude, books, physical examinations, and her friend Bobby's marriage. Typed on the back of official memo cards.
Date: June 6, 1944, 1:00 p.m.
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History