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[Memorandum Receipt #4] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt #4]

Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing ferried a PT-13 D model aircraft to an air base in Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum]

Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry an aircraft from Grand Prairie, Texas to Newark, New Jersey with specifications on the plane model, flight order, and instructions upon arrival at her destination. The order is signed by Captain Joe K. Bailey and Ben Handler for Captain William S. Kirkpatrick.
Date: September 11, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, May 22, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, May 22, 1945]

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon apologizing for not responding, discussing how busy his life in New York has been, a recent trip to Boston to visit friends and family, another trip to Morristown, New Jersey to visit another friend, aviation, and how he got his job.
Date: May 22, 1945
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3]

Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita, Kansas to San Angelo, Texas and Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date: February 9, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Mr. Rigdon Edwards] (open access)

[Envelope Addressed to Mr. Rigdon Edwards]

Envelope addressed to Mr. Rigdon Edwards in Sweetwater, Texas, from Mr. Joseph Haydu.
Date: 1976-06-24~
Creator: Haydu, Joseph
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bee Haydu to Rigdon Edwards, June 23, 1976] (open access)

[Letter from Bee Haydu to Rigdon Edwards, June 23, 1976]

Letter from Bee Haydu to Rigdon Edwards thanking him for his hospitality in Sweetwater, Texas, and a plaque presentation ceremony in which they both participated. The letter is printed on stationery for the WASP 1976 Reunion.
Date: June 23, 1976
Creator: Haydu, Bernice Falk
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Flying Bombers in World War II: Stories my mother told me.] (open access)

[Clipping: Flying Bombers in World War II: Stories my mother told me.]

Photocopy of a magazine clipping about how Geraldine Jordan became a pilot, how Jacqueline Cochran and Nancy Love created the WASP program, and the history of the WASP.
Date: August 2010
Creator: Jordan, Melissa
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P #265 Being Hauled by Horses]

Photograph of T&P train #265 being hauled by horses. There are crowds of people in the street and buildings visible throughout. Below the photo are written "Paterson, N.J. Sept 21st 1900 - T&P #265 @ Rogers Locomotive Works [sic] This was the method of transporting new locomotives from the Rogers Works to the Erie tracks - about 1 mile. 32 horses were used and this was the last locomotive hauled by them. After this a dummy engine was employed until the works were abandoned in 1926. The building on the left is the Paterson City Hall" and "W. A. Lucas."
Date: September 21, 1900
Creator: Lucas, W. A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Division in Fort Dix, New Jersey]

Photograph of a group of soldiers standing in rows in an open field, with several buildings in the distance behind them. They are identified as the 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Division Officers Call, Fort Dix, New Jersey. The troops had been trained at Camp Bowie before eventually being transferred to Fort Dix. The sixth man from the right on the front row is identified as "Grady Leach, Capt. Motor officer, Service Company, 142 Infantry Regiment." The twelfth man from the right on the front row is identified as "Price Middleton, Capt., Ballinger, Laten Battalion Commander in 1942." The second man from the left on the second row is identified as Leonard W. Spence. The seventh man on from the right on the third row is identified as 1st Lieutenant Frank S. Kula.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Marlborough Blenheim Hotel]

Postcard of city buildings behind a small park with a fountain, and text that says "Marlborough Blenheim Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J." A handwritten note addressed to Misses Hellen & Caroline Aten says "Dear Folks: Wish you were here. Plenty of 'Doughboys.' Try and see you later in the week. Ted Lockwood."
Date: August 1942
Creator: Lockwood, Ted
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Thannhausen/Schwaben, Germany]

Postcard of Thannhausen/Schwaben, Germany, addressed to Jerry Czeiner in Wildwood, New Jersey. A handwritten message on the back of the postcard says "Dear Jerry- We still have not heard who the champs are? But if it were the Dodgers, I guess we would have heard by now. Love Mom & Pop."
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Thannhausen/Schwaben, Germany]

Postcard of Edumund-Zimmermann Straße in Thannhausen/Schwaben, Germany, addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Czeiner. A handwritten message on the back of the postcard says "Dear Mom & Pop, We visited an old friend today in Thannhausen, near Augsburg and are now in Dachau near Munich. Love, Nelly & Frank."
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of New Jersey Meeting House]

Photograph of the only meeting house in New Jersey, at 730 N. 41st Street, with a congregation of about thirty members. The meeting house is a small structure with wooden slates painted white.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Delaware, at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, from a 1787 original in the Library of Congress at Washington.

Map of the Delmarva Peninsula and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing and identifying towns, counties, rivers, creeks, inlets, bays, lighthouses, sand bars, and capes. Scale [ca. 1:622,600] (10 miles to the inch).
Date: 1937
Creator: Churchman, John
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

New Jersey

Map of New Jersey and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing counties, towns, roads, mountain ranges, bays, rivers, creeks, inlets, and harbors, with explanatory notes on certain geographic features. Map includes an astronomical observations table in the lower-right corner. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:633,600] (approximately 10 miles to the inch).
Date: 1937
Creator: Faden, William
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A Map of the Travels of George Washington

Map of the travels of George Washington in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States between 1732 and 1799, with insets of New York and the lower Hudson Valley, Mount Vernon, the tidewater region of Virginia, Philadelphia, and Boston. The map includes towns, colonial highways, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geological features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,502,720] (39.5 miles to the inch).
Date: 1931
Creator: National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Buildings of Camp Kilmer]

Photograph of buildings and open lots at Camp Kilmer in New Jersey. Two men can be seen walking between two automobiles in an open lot next to a two story building with triangular framework to the right. Buildings and a water tower can be seen in the background to the left.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 11, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1956 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 11, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1956

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: December 1956
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 11, No. 7, Ed. 1, March 1957 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 11, No. 7, Ed. 1, March 1957

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 1957 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 1957

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: April 1957
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 11, No. 3, Ed. 1, November 1956 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 11, No. 3, Ed. 1, November 1956

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: November 1956
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 10, No. 11, Ed. 1, July 1956 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 10, No. 11, Ed. 1, July 1956

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: July 1956
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 10, No. 6, Ed. 1, February 1956 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 10, No. 6, Ed. 1, February 1956

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: February 1956
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 10, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 1956 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Vol. 10, No. 8, Ed. 1, April 1956

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: April 1956
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History