Map of the Caddo Lake State Park outlining hiking trails and highlighting activities, facilities, and other features such as bathrooms, lodgings, water/electric, etc. It also contains general information for the park and for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying from Shreveport to Love Field, applying for pursuit training, flying basic trainers, mechanical issues, and recent correspondence. Written on Delta Air Lines stationary.

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing waiting for good weather in Shreveport, getting dinner, flying in bad weather and delivering a plane to Jackson MS, and waiting for a return flight.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Judge John H. Tucker, Jr., discussing a gift and travel plans.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Judge John H. Tucker, Jr., discussing summer travel plans.

Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara regarding the order from Captain Weir stating that the men are to report to their captains in their respective counties. He writes of his plans to return home. He also gives an update on his health.

Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Charlyne Creger and other WASPs, friends, and family, announcing her decision to not undergo further medical treatment and to place herself in hospice care. Francie Park's obituary is photocopied onto the back of the letter, which was written before her death and mailed out a few days afterward by Jonnie G. Bernard.

Letter from Judge John H. Tucker, Jr., to D. W. Kempner discussing travel plans and Christmas gifts.

Letter from Judge John H. Tucker, Jr., to D. W. Kempner discussing summer travel plans.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a former police officer who was trying to rob a bank to get money to feed his son.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a former police officer who fell of hard times and is being held on bond for trying to rob a bank in Shreveport, Louisiana

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

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the president of a group called "The Truck Drivers of America" who called for a complete work stoppage by independent truckers.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 50 independent truckers from Texas who met in Shreveport and Bill Corpier recommend they join a 60-day strike moratorium.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Art Shiver of KSLA, Shreveport who whittles everything from small cats to giant totem poles.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood City, California for further training. Assigned to LCT(5)-62, he describes the size, propulsion, crew compliment and purpose of the craft. Day tells of breaking the LCT into sections that were put aboard an AKA and sailing to New Caledonia arriving in December 1942. On a trip to Guadalcanal he witnessed a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the USS De Haven (DD-469). He recalls a night trip to New Georgia when he saw St. Elmo’s fire on the railing of his ship. At Tulagi on 7 April 1943, Day personally shot down an attacking Japanese plane. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and tells of being on the USS Estes (ACG-12) and describes an intense …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood City, California for further training. Assigned to LCT(5)-62, he describes the size, propulsion, crew compliment and purpose of the craft. Day tells of breaking the LCT into sections that were put aboard an AKA and sailing to New Caledonia arriving in December 1942. On a trip to Guadalcanal he witnessed a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the USS De Haven (DD-469). He recalls a night trip to New Georgia when he saw St. Elmo’s fire on the railing of his ship. At Tulagi on 7 April 1943, Day personally shot down an attacking Japanese plane. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and tells of being on the USS Estes (ACG-12) and describes an intense …

Patent for an oxygen generator that refills as it is emptied.

Photograph of T&P train #330 moving south of Belcher, Louisiana. There is a large plume of light smoke rising from the engine. Written underneath the image are "[sic] T&P #330 with the T&P - TS&N Local #49 south of Belcher, La. Feb 20th 1939" and "A. E. Brown Photo / Louis Saillard Collection."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bishop and mrs. W. Angie Smith, have as their houseguests their son and daughter in law, Lieut. and mrs. Shelby Lee Smith and their children, Shelby Lee jr., 1 1 / 2, and William Harrison Smith, 4 months."

Patent for improvements to pipe wrenches to a more simple design.

Transcript of a letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara regarding the order from Captain Weir stating that the men are to report to their captains in their respective counties. He writes of his plans to return home. He also gives an update on his health.