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[Letter from Mrs. Walter Caldwell to T. N. Carswell - November 14, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Walter Caldwell to T. N. Carswell - November 14, 1944]

A letter written to Mr. Carswell from Mrs. Caldwell, Clyde Texas, dated November 14, 1944. Caldwell expresses her appreciation for the letter from Carswell and for his friendship advising that she had heard Walter say many times that "there isn't any one in the world, outside my own family, that I love more than I do Tommy Carswell". She discusses Walter's death and her decision to stay in their home in order to have a place for the children to come together.
Date: November 14, 1944
Creator: Caldwell, Mrs. Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Peggy Carswell to T. N. Carswell - July 14, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Peggy Carswell to T. N. Carswell - July 14, 1944]

A letter written to Dad [T. N. Carswell] from "Baby Doll" [Peggy Carswell], Balch Hall, dated July 14, 1944. Peggy Carswell advises that she always has so much to say but never writes it down and expresses her regret that she is not able to talk to Carswell about everything such as the future, her idea of going to the Panama Canal Zone and her job for next year because he always listens to her and points out things that she has not yet thought of then discusses the matter "savily"comparing how she and her mother fight over unimportant things such as that she dropped, not failed, Shakespeare because she was taking 18 hours and needed to drop to 15 hours. She lists her responsibilities as Stage Manager of the Drama Club, requests that he not tell Mother about the job she will have at $10 a week for the summer and asks what he thinks about her working. She compliments Carswell's letters, specifically his command of language, and comments on the letter that he wrote to the President, agreeing with him regarding his opinion of a fourth term for Roosevelt. She writes that a fourth term "would be disasterous …
Date: July 14, 1944
Creator: Carswell, Peggy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain G. S. Nalle to The Chairman, Taylor County Local Board No. 1 - January 14, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain G. S. Nalle to The Chairman, Taylor County Local Board No. 1 - January 14, 1944]

A letter addressed to The Chairman, Taylor County Local Board No. 1, Abilene, Texas, from G. S. Nalle, Captain, Q. M. C., Manpower Division, State Headquarters for Selective Service, Austin, Texas dated January 14, 1944. Nalle advises the Chairman, in reference to a letter by Carswell dated January 10, that a registrant having been nominated for appointment as midshipman should be required to register and be classified IV-B.
Date: January 14, 1944
Creator: Nalle, G. S.
System: The Portal to Texas History