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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, navigation training, and other work that student pilots have to do.
Date: June 5, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a picture of her training class in a Sweetwater TX newspaper, a Chinese student pilot who got lost on a sortie, and her routine. Typed on folded stationary.
Date: June 5, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1944?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1944?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her day, getting a radio fixed, flying, and being grounded due to a tornado. Written on Hilton Hotel (Long Beach) stationary.
Date: 1944-06-25?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 18, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 18, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing picking up a P-47, being grounded by fleet-wide defective landing gear, going to a street market, and trying to get transportation from Evansville to Dallas. Written on Hotel Vendome (Evansville) stationary.
Date: June 18, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943] (open access)

[Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943]

A father's day card from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing clothing, a visit from aviator Nancy Love, the Women Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, and her future. The card features a cartoon of a girl saying "I may not be no mental whizz, but dad, I know what day this is!"
Date: June 17, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1945?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1945?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing friends, people she met, flowers, books, weather, mail, recreation, dinner with friends, and mending clothes. Typed on USO stationary.
Date: 1945-06-25?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 29, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 29, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her recent work ferrying aircraft. Written on King Colton Hotel stationary.
Date: June 29, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 11, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 11, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, most likely to her mother, discussing her time on Oahu with friends at different clubs, her friend's photography, meeting a woman from her hometown who was returning from the South Pacific, and shipping some things home. It is written on Burlington Hotel (Washington D.C.) stationary.
Date: June 11, 1945, 7:00 p.m.
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 10, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 10, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes responding to goings-on at home and discussing instrument flying with other students in flight training.
Date: June 10, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, June 22, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, June 22, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her car, a cross-country flight, accidents by student pilots, the heat, naps, and pay.
Date: June 22, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red Cross Workers in Barracks]

Photograph of seven Red Cross workers in their accommodations, with the woman in the bottom right ironing. Cornelia Yerkes lies on a lower bunk at center. There are various parts of luggage and articles of clothes scattered around the room.
Date: 1945-06~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, June 22, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing flying from Los Angeles to New York and preparing to return to Dallas. The postcard features a photo of a Royal Air Force P-51.
Date: June 22, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 24, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 24, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying a P-51. Written on Hilton Hotel stationary.
Date: June 24, 1944
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
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 15, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 15, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying a P-40 from Buffalo to Columbia, SC, delays, returning to Dallas, and recent correspondence. Written on Eastern Air Lines stationary.
Date: June 15, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 21, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 21, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing her typewriter, flying, money, needing more planes, liberty, and her schedule.
Date: June 21, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 23, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 23, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing spending several nights on American Airlines, letters, New York City, and ferrying aircraft across the country. Written on American Airlines stationary.
Date: June 23, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 7, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 7, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing staying the night in Meridian, MS, and flying to Richmond.
Date: June 7, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red Cross Workers in Barracks]

Photograph of eight Red Cross women in their quarters, most dressed for bed. One woman is lying in a sheet on a bunk, another stands to her right, and the rest are sitting around a bed in the back; Cornelia Yerkes is lying nearest the corner. Their uniforms hang on the window and wall behind them, and there are various items scattered around the room.
Date: 1945-06~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, possibly to her father, discussing a cross-country flight to finish basic flight training, schedules, advanced courses, the recipient's health, packages from home, a plane catching fire, and news about friends/family.
Date: June 25, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 28, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 28, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing selling her car, the countryside, trainer aircraft, Sweetwater locals, and recent correspondence.
Date: June 28, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: To "One of Sweetwater's Own"] (open access)

[Clipping: To "One of Sweetwater's Own"]

Newspaper clipping of a photo and caption titled "One of Sweetwater's Own" depicting a class of women pilots standing on an air strip in formation during the graduation ceremony.
Date: June 4, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 13, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 13, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, most likely to her parents, discussing stationary, gifts, finding a lamb, sleep, flight training, where she will be stationed, graduation exercises, her car and car insurance, a letter from her friend Howard Boice, and not getting any leave time. Typed on USO "Easter Greetings" stationary.
Date: June 13, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History