Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. H. B. Dowell, Tulsa, and her husband pause by the brightly-colored flowers near the bank of the St. John's River in Jacksonville ."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "H. B. Dowell, pointing in the photo on the left, made the trip from Oklahoma to Jacksonville, Fla., to see his son Charles play in the Gator Bowl."

Weekly African-American newspaper from Jacksonville, Florida that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jacksonville is spilt in half by the St. James River where Dr. and Mrs. Don RObinson are standing."

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, a pilot during World War II. He describes growing up on a farm in Georgia, going to college at Berry, and working for Sears, Roebuck, and the Royal Typewriter Company before joining the U. S. Navy. He tells an anecdote about joining the navy so he could go to New York to see the World's Fair, since he had heard the Atlanta Reserve would be making a trip to the Fair. He began flight training in Florida in December 1940, finished the next September, then drove cross-country to San Francisco after the Pearl Harbor attack. He eventually joined the USS Enterprise in April 1942 and saw the B-25 bombers in the Doolittle Raid take off. He was part of Bombing Squadron Six and trained under Commander Best to learn how to do scouting flights, navigation, and dive bombing. He then describes his participation in the Battle of Midway, the hours before take-off, his first view of the Japanese fleet, and his bombing mission. He was later assigned to the USS Hornet and had to fly off to a little island so that planes from the USS Wasp could land on the Hornet after their ship …

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Gator Bowl football game in Jacksonville, Florida, between Auburn University and Texas Tech University. Texas Tech wins the game 35-13.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her father Fred's passing.

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing recent correspondence and getting a job with the Red Cross. The postcard features an image of clouds from an airliner window, flanked by curtains.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes (probably to her mother) discussing recent correspondence, a Christmas package, money, letters from friends, getting leave to come home, seeking a transfer to China, picking up food around Guam, and flying with bomber crews. Typed on American Red Cross stationary.

CAA medical certificate for Cornelia Yerkes signed by A. J. Herbolsheimer.

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

A medical certificate issued to Cornelia Yerkes as a commercial airman.

Commercial pilot's license for Cornelia Yerkes issued in 1945.

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing the weather, food, trying to travel with friends, bonds and finance, recent correspondence about her brother Francis, requirements for becoming a WASP and reflections on what it is like to be one, flying the UC-78, and her friend Marion.