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[Letter from Alex Bradford to Ransom Reynolds, May 16, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to Ransom Reynolds, May 16, 1945]

Letter from Alex Bradford to Ransom Reynolds asking Reynolds to send certain people his celluloid cards or tables. Has been traveling quite a bit while being in the army.
Date: May 16, 1945
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Odds on Starting a Business] (open access)

[Clipping: The Odds on Starting a Business]

Digest magazine clipping discussing various anecdotes about people who tried to start businesses and failed, or various other factors that people should consider when thinking about starting a new business. At the end of the article, there is a brief joke about a bishop in New York, followed by a one-page article discussing an interview with Pope Pius XII.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Kahm, H. S. (Harold S.)
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to A. B. Duke, May 17, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to A. B. Duke, May 17, 1945]

Letter from Alex Bradford to A. B. Duke letting him know he's back in the army. Bradford also provides updates on different Colonels that Duke might know.
Date: May 17, 1945
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Case for Military Training] (open access)

[Clipping: The Case for Military Training]

Newspaper clipping arguing that the United States government should prioritize maintaining a strong postwar army because of the consequences it faced after failing to maintain such an army after WWI.
Date: 1945-05/1945-06
Creator: Wadsworth, James W.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History