[American Airlines Thanksgiving Menu, 1943] (open access)

[American Airlines Thanksgiving Menu, 1943]

An in-flight menu from American Airlines for Thanksgiving, 1943. The cover features a drawing of various military aircraft flying over a pastoral scene with the words "For This We are Thankful."
Date: 1943-11-25~
Creator: American Airlines
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lessons That Live as Told by A.A.F. Pilots (open access)

Lessons That Live as Told by A.A.F. Pilots

Booklet containing stories from United States Army Air Forces pilots about times they nearly died due to preventable mistakes they had made. The booklet contains a forward from General Arnold and Colonel Harris.
Date: 1943~
Creator: Woolhiser, Harvey; Arnold, Henry Harley; Harris, S. R.; Olive, J. D. & Magee, John Gillespie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attitude (open access)

Attitude

Pamphlet published by the Airlines War Training Institute to help flight crew members how to work together efficiently and safely, and the proper behavioral response to various emergency situations.
Date: 1943
Creator: Airlines War Training Institute; Lederer, Jerome & Damon, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Coronation of the Victory Commander] (open access)

[Program: Coronation of the Victory Commander]

Program of events for the Coronation of the Victory Commander that took place in the Sweetwater, Texas, Municipal Auditorium on May 1, 1943. On the third page Jacqueline Cochran's name is crossed out and Mary Wiggins' name is written in pencil above.
Date: Spring 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying: Air Traffic Rules (open access)

Flying: Air Traffic Rules

Military text describing the rules of air traffic and instrument flight.
Date: May 25, 1943
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: Parachute Sense] (open access)

[Pamphlet: Parachute Sense]

Booklet created by the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics discussing parachute safety, such as when and how to bail out, procedure during descent, and landing technique.
Date: May 1943
Creator: Bureau of Aeronautics
System: The Portal to Texas History
Student's Workbook Elementary Weather (open access)

Student's Workbook Elementary Weather

Student workbook for elementary weather, belonging to Suzette Van Daell. Most of the workbook is completed in pencil.
Date: March 1, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: "Pan, on a Summer Day", 1943] (open access)

[Program: "Pan, on a Summer Day", 1943]

Program for the production of "Pan, on a Summer Day" by McMurry College Departments of Music and Physical Education, performed May 26, 1943, at 8:30 p.m., in the Radford Memorial Auditorium.
Date: May 1943
Creator: McMurry College
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Choral Concert, 1943] (open access)

[Program: Choral Concert, 1943]

Program for a concert held at McMurry College on July 6, 1943, listing the songs and composers with the performers.
Date: July 1943
Creator: McMury College
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hardin-Simmons University Building and Endowment Campaign (open access)

Hardin-Simmons University Building and Endowment Campaign

Brochure about how the appropriated funds from the Baptist General Convention of Texas, amounting to $500,000, will be used to create and make improvements to buildings on the Hardin-Simmons University campus. The brochure asks that readers mail monetary donations in order that the university be ready to construct new buildings and meet the needs of an increased enrollment total after the end of World War II.
Date: 1943?
Creator: Hardin-Simmons University
System: The Portal to Texas History