Clippings from the Texas Press Clipping Bureau describing news of the plan to move the University of Texas Medical Branch from Galveston to Austin by Homer P. Rainey.

Clipping from the Galveston Daily News describing a vote from the University of Texas board of regents to retain the Medical Branch permanently in Galveston.

Clipping from the Galveston Daily News describing the meeting between FDR and AFL and CIO leaders on wage controls, and other news.

Clipping from the Houston Post describing headlines on September 30, 1944 including World War 2 news.

Newspaper clipping discusses Governor Dewey's inability to confront the U.S.S.R's communist regime in his speech. The back page features part of an article on modern technology.

Newspaper clipping giving a complete overview of American efforts in WWII up until 1944.

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a paper dolly Varga Girl wearing a shiny white one-piece body suit. The reverse of this spread is blank. This clipping is from an edition of Esquire Magazine printed in 1944.

Page from Esquire magazine featuring Varga Girl illustrations for the December issue 1944. Illustrations are previews for the upcoming 1945 Varga Girl calendar.

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a redhead Varga Girl wearing a short black satin dress with black stocking paired with the verse "Some Pumpkins!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting "Tommy Hitchcock: Ten Goal American" by Tony Palazzo used especially for the October edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts American polo star Tommy Hitchcock [1900-1944] mid-swing scoring a goal.

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a laughing blonde Varga Girl wearing a red, white and blue one-piece swimsuit while surfing paired with the verse "Sitting Pretty!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Dempsey & Firpo by George Bellows from the Whitney Museum of American Arts' collection used especially for the August edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts the dramatic moment when Argentinian Luis Firpo knocked American Jack Dempsey out of the ring into the crowd during their 1923 match. Dempsey would go to win the fight. Bellows gave himself a cameo as the balding man seen to the bottom left edge of the oil painting.

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl cowgirl wearing a denim bodysuit with matching, boots, spurs, belt, gloves, and hat paired with the verse Pistol Packin' Mama by Phil Stack. On the following side is a reproduction print of the painting Keeper of the Faith by John Falter done especially for Esquire Magazine March 1944. The painting depicts a firefighting soldier battling a blaze in the battered hull of a ship out of which can be seen two ships fighting in the distance.

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl in a pink and white patterned swimsuit paired with the verse "Beached for the Duration" by Phil Stack. On the following side is a spread of a reproduction print of the painting "The Pilot Who Wouldn't Bail Out" by John Falterdone especially for Esquire Magazine May 1944. The painting celebrates Airforce Captain Bob Hartzell, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. A small tear can be seen near the model's right foot. On the backside, it is tapped.

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl styled as a bride with a short white off-the-shoulder dress and veil accented with gardenias paired with the verse "Matrimony Prefered" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "The Giant Killer" by John Falter used especially for the June edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts a lone soldier silhouetted against the sky gunning down a tank on a hill overlooking a river on a clouded night.

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a singing blonde Varga Girl wearing a floor-length black dress leaned against a piano paired with the verse "Torch Singer" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "The Mission to Port Lyautey" by John Falter used especially for the February edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts a military jeep carrying 3 soldiers into oncoming weapons fire and explosions. Two soldiers sit in the vehicle flying both the American and French flags while the third is hanging on the outside and waving a white flag.

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl sitting under a spring of mistletoe wearing a black dress and gold shoes paired with the verse "Merry Christmas and How!" by Phil Stack. On the following side is a reproduction print of the painting "Roberston Comes Through" by Peter Helck done especially for the December edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting shows a large crowd of men gathered around the muddy and tight homestretch turn of Long Island Motor Parkway racetrack where two automobiles, number 16, Locomobile driven by 23-year-old George Roberston is in the lead followed by car number 6, an Isotta, driven by Herbert "Herb" Lytle.

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a sheer black backless dress paired with the verse "Lament for a Pin-Up Pip!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Red Grange: Houdini of the Gridiron" by Rico Lebrun especially for the November edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts Hall of Fame Chicago Bears running back "Red" Grange mid-play.

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a low-back blue and white floral bodysuit paired with the verse "Song for a Lonely Girl" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Bayonet Fighter with Wings" by Alexander Leydenfrost especially for the July edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts a squad of nine soldiers unloading from a fighter plane that has landed in a field, carrying with them various weapons and ammunition while planes fly low overhead.

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl posing wearing a modified baseball uniform and cleats paired with the verse "All-American Babe!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the 1940 painting "Out at Home" by Fletcher Martin used especially for the September edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts a scene of a baseball player sliding into home plate surrounded by the referee and catcher.

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a redhead Varga Girl wearing a short black satin dress with black stocking paired with the verse "Some Pumpkins!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Tommy Hitchcock: Ten Goal American" by Tony Palazzo used especially for the October edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts American polo star Tommy Hitchcock [1900-1944] mid-swing scoring a goal.

Newspaper clipping criticizing General Franco's expression of friendship with the Allied Powers and aid to the German and Italian war efforts as "the most brazen attempt at double-dealing in the whole history of international politics."

Reader's Digest version of an editorial by the former Under Secretary of State, discussing how the United States could establish friendship with Soviet Russia in the post-war era. There are handwritten notes around a quotation at the bottom of the last page.

Newspaper clipping of column written by Gill Robb Wilson against the demobilization of the WASP program. Wilson argues that the United States is no position to lose two hundred experienced pilots and that training men to replace them will involve considerable effort and expense.

Clipping of an article "Condensed from The Kiwanis Magazine" providing anecdotes and suggestions from minister Ziegler about how to respect others and get along. The final page is the start of another article, which has been marked out with red pencil.

List of casualties from August 15 to September 15, 1944, listed by state.