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Kafka Collection
500
Prince Collection
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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 30, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying to Atlanta, trying to call her ex-husband, a party, flying to Dallas, problems with her radio, grounded airliners, and Dutch student pilots at Jackson Army Air Field. Written on Delta Air Lines stationary.
Date:
January 30, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 3, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent orders for ferrying aircraft, different types of aircraft, and not being able to get a check ride. Typed on Kemp Hotel (Wichita) stationary.
Date:
March 3, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing getting orders, flying to and staying in Jackson, MS, and recent correspondence.
Date:
October 31, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, February 8, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing their recent trip, check flights, further training and pursuit school (for flying fighters), and recent flying. Written on Hotel Heidelberg stationary.
Date:
February 8, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, January 2, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing the weather, food, trying to travel with friends, bonds and finance, recent correspondence about her brother Francis, requirements for becoming a WASP and reflections on what it is like to be one, flying the UC-78, and her friend Marion.
Date:
January 2, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 11, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing delivering aircraft to Avenger Field in Sweetwater, TX, travelling back to Jackson, MS, correspondence, changes in Army regulation and command, getting her car serviced, and asking for a ration book and copies of the New Yorker from the recipient. Typed on Hotel Heidelberg (Jackson) stationary.
Date:
1943-11-11?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 29, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing a her recent work and travels. Written on Jackson Army Air Base Officers' Club stationary.
Date:
October 29, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 3, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being stuck with a faulty plane in Jackson, MS. Written on American Red Cross stationary.
Date:
1944-11-03?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 8, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her father, discussing recent letters, money, a watch, poor weather, flying planes to Sweetwater, being buzzed by a P-40, Southerners, and her coat. Written on Hotel Heidelberg (Jackson) stationary.
Date:
November 8, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 3, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a Navy pilot who crashed in a river, the Mississippi River and flying over Vicksburg, waiting with 29 ferrying pilots at a municipal airport, and getting dinner and a bath at a hotel while waiting for a flight. Written on Hotel Heidelberg (Jackson) stationary.
Date:
November 4, 1943, 12:00 a.m.
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP on AT-6C]
Photograph of a smiling WASP standing in a flight suit on the port wing of a AT-6C trainer.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bobby Wilson and WASP with Vultee BT-13]
Photograph of WASP Bobby Wilson (left) and another WASP standing on the starboard side of a Vultee BT-13 in their service uniforms.
Date:
[1943..1944]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cornelia Yerkes and Three WASPs with Vultee BT-13]
Photograph of (from left to right) Cornelia Yerkes, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich and Bobby Willis standing in front of a Vultee BT-13.
Date:
Summer 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cornelia Yerkes, Three WASPs and Instructor with Vultee BT-13]
Photograph of (from left to right) Cornelia Yerkes, Elizabeth Mitchell, Don Clifford, Betty Heinrich and Bobby Willis standing in front of a Vultee BT-13.
Date:
Summer 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cornelia Yerkes, Three WASPs, and Instructor with Vultee BT-13]
Photograph of (from left to right) Cornelia Yerkes, Elizabeth Mitchell, Don Clifford, Betty Heinrich and Bobby Willis standing in front of a North American Vultee BT-13. Two more people can be seen walking on the right side behind the wing.
Date:
Summer 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Field Souvenir Album]
Booklet containing captioned photographs taken in the 1940s depicting people and events at Avenger Field, and the text of a poem "Avenger Field." The first page contains an illustration of holly branches and the text "Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Air Force Academy Packet]
An Air Force Academy folder with several brochures inside promoting the school, admission steps, and cadet life. Included is a notice about alcohol on the premises of the Antlers Plaza Hotel.
Date:
1977~
Creator:
United States Air Force Academy.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP at Landmark]
Photograph of a WASP in uniform standing near a fence overlooking what appears to be some sort of monument or landmark. A domed building and a scene of hills and mountains can be seen in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 2, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent work ferrying aircraft. There is significant bleedthrough from the ink, making it difficult to read.
Date:
1943-12-02?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, October 7, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing flying into Palm Springs, dinner there, visits with friends, buying a gift for her father in Juarez, future work ferrying Steerman aircraft, and an Army captain who took photographs of her and others on a flight from Phoenix.
Date:
1943-10-07?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Intelligence Bulletin, Volume 3, Number 1, September 1944
Bulletin made for the United States Army containing descriptions of U.S. methods of attack and defense against Japanese and German military weapons and soldiers.
Date:
September 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History