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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 23, 1945?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing going to a square dance, living accommodations, a B-25 pilot who survived ditching in the ocean, seeing performances of the "Marine show," the postal service, a pineapple festival, magazines, and dances. Typed on Burlington Hotel (Washington) stationary.
Date:
1945-07-23?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, July 11, 1945]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing taking her friend Phyl to develop some photos and visit with Marines, seeing a concert, letters and new from home, and pictures. Typed on the back of Hotel Lenox (Buffalo) stationary.
Date:
July 11, 1945
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, July 16, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent correspondence and packages, a description of the pictures in the Life Magazine piece on the Women Flying Training Detachment, flying, and a plane crash.
Date:
July 16, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: American Red Cross Receives Letters From Overseas Workers]
Newspaper clipping of the article, "American Red Cross Receives Letters from Overseas Workers," and three photos of Cornelia Yerkes, Hope Mills-Price, and Florence Goldrick. The article briefly profiles each pictured woman and provides information on how to work with the Red Cross.
Date:
July 11, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, July 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing her aunt's passing, her birthday, being grounded by weather, getting a tire on her car fixed, her flying hours, a wrist injury, uniforms, incorporating the WASP into the Army, and letting a flight instructor's son drive her car.
Date:
July 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Biplane Taking Off from Dirt Strip]
Photograph of a biplane taking off from a dirt strip, with its left wing and landing gear off the ground.
Date:
July 15, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 30, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing preparations for her shipment from Hawaii to a location in the Pacific (Guam), visiting an officers club, visiting Ford Island, recent letters, money, and news from home. Typed on Hotel Annapolis (Washington) stationary.
Date:
July 30, 1945
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 14, 1945]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing money, a bracelet from her friend Phyllis made from aircraft steel, meeting her friend Marion's brother, working with a Red Cross Clubmobile, preparing to leave Hawaii for a location in the South Pacific (Guam), and some photos.
Date:
July 14, 1945
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stearman Biplane on Take Off]
Photograph of a Stearman biplane flying close to the ground after takeoff. A line with small flags on it blows in the wind in the background.
Date:
July 15, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Three Women and Herman Fuchs]
Photograph of three women in different style dresses standing with instructor pilot Herman F. Fuchs, who is wearing his service uniform. There is a row of trees and a telephone pole in the background. The back is stamped "JUL 15 1944."
Date:
July 15, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Check receipt for Robert Schaefer and Gayle Snell]
Receipt for a check of $25 paid to Robert Schaefer and Gayle Snell, who owned a aerial photography business, by the California State Board of Equalization.
Date:
July 25, 1950
Creator:
State Board of Equalization
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, July 31, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing the remainder of her flight training, a dentist visit, barracks living, watching planes at night, waiting to hear where she will transfer to, her breakfast, correspondence, and her mother's health.
Date:
July 31, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 23, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing available time for her family to visit her in Orlando, flight classes, time spent with her friends, transportation for her parents, and clothes. Typed on Hotel Cleveland (Spartanburg, SC) stationary.
Date:
1944-07-23?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 21, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing finishing flight classes on engines and meteorology, transitioning from the T-6 to the AT-17, Jackie Cochran and merging the WAFS with WFTD (which would eventually happen and form WASP), a photographer, and receiving a "Pilots Information File."
Date:
July 21, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Four Women]
Photograph of four women in different dresses posing together.
Date:
July 15, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Trainee with Stearman Cockpit]
Photograph of a WASP trainee of class W-44-7 standing on the wing of a Stearman trainer by the cockpit. She is wearing her flight cap with goggles and a parachute.
Date:
July 15, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 2, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing weather and flight training, problems with landing gear tires, basing after graduation, fishing, her Sunday, her car, a local Mexican restaurant, and uniforms.
Date:
July 2, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Milton R. McFarland to Cornelia Yerkes Kafka, July 30, 1979]
Letter from Maj. Milton R. McFarland of the USAF Directorate of Personnel Data Systems to former WASP Cornelia Yerkes Kafka introducing forms for her discharge from the US Air Force and discussing entitlement to veteran benefits.
Date:
July 30, 1979
Creator:
McFarland, Milton R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, July 12, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing some pictures, finishing ground school and preparing to make cross-country trips, the AT-17, summer weather, and future basing.
Date:
July 12, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History