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[Women at Camp Barkeley]
Photograph of Bonnie L. Church and Rebecca Tittle posing on the porch steps of the station hospital at Camp Barkeley. A handwritten note on the photo reads: "Bonnie L. Church Rebecca Tittle March 1943. C.B.T."
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oneda Baleur at Station Hospital]
Photograph of Oneda Baleur standing on the porch of the Station Hospital eye clinic at Camp Barkeley. A handwritten note on the photo reads: "Oneda Baleur Station Hosp. CBT (Eye Clinic) March 1943."
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Wanda Sanford]
Photograph of Wanda Sanford standing on the porch steps of the station hospital at Camp Barkeley. A handwritten note on the photo reads: "Wanda Sanford Sta. Hosp. CBT March 1943."
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 20, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 20, 1943. He reports his arrival in Africa, as well as the delivery of 35 of his parents' letters. He expresses his wish that his friends still in the U.S. would wait as long as they could to join the army, including his cousin Jimmie Kendrick.
Date:
March 20, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 3, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 3, 1943. He tells them he's fine, and mentions that he and some friends went fishing.
Date:
March 3, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr., in March 1943, asking for film to take pictures of the places he goes, and asking how everyone is back home. He also mentions that he's somewhere in North Africa.
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Landon E. McConnell, March 15, 1943]
Letter to Major Landon E. McConnell discussing the request for additional facilities at the Academy in Sweetwater, Texas. Specifically, the need for an underwater gasoline storage tank, a concrete washrack, and a new asphalt paved road.
Date:
March 15, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Preliminary Cost Estimate for an Expansion of Plosser-Prince Air Academy]
Preliminary cost estimate for an expansion of Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas. There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the page explaining how the estimate was based on a revised barracks plan.
Date:
March 16, 1943
Creator:
Harvey, Carl
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to Landon E. McConnell, March 1, 1943]
Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to Major Landon E. McConnell discussing a request to expand the Academy at Avenger Field.
Date:
March 1, 1943
Creator:
Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Elimination, March 1943]
Text certifying that three women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) in March 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person.
Date:
March 25, 1943
Creator:
McConnell, Landon E.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Blue Bonnet Hotel Receipt]
A receipt from the Blue Bonnet Hotel in Sweetwater, Texas, totaling at $2.50 for a room.
Date:
March 22, 1943
Creator:
Blue Bonnet Hotel
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Women in Front of Palm Tree]
Photograph of four women standing in front a palm tree and each holding what appears to be ice cream cones or snow cones. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo read, "Evelyn Laesch, Mabel Rawbinson, Bertha Link, me- Dorothy Christenson", "In court of Almsted, 8700, S Main Houston, Tex", "March 1943".
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Five Women Sitting in Field]
Photograph of five women sitting in a field outside several buildings. Notes written on the back read, "Bertha Link, Mabel Rawbinson, Evelyn Laesch, 43W3, March 1943, Houston".
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Consolidated Eagle, Volume 1, Number 46, Thursday, March 18, 1943
Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date:
March 14, 1943
Creator:
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, March 18, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent letters, the weather and flying, ground school, being able to fly solo, taking a trip to San Angelo, missing socks, maintaining her car, a new class of trainees, pictures from her dad, problems with dry skin, and her next phase of training.
Date:
March 18, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 20, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father thanking him for recent packages and discussing a solo flight, a check ride, taxiing at Avenger Field, calisthenics, weather, menial work, and money.
Date:
March 20, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, March 10, 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing increasing confidence in her flying abilities, the weather, and her weight.
Date:
1943-03-10?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, March 21, 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing getting out of sick bay, being in charge of other student pilots, liberty, a visit from Phil Kafka(?), and wash-outs.
Date:
1943-03-21?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 25, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing color photos of herself, a case of measles among her flight class and quarantining, the weather, chandelle maneuvers, advancing from primary to basic flight training, and check flights. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary.
Date:
March 25, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 2, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing insurance, packages, weather, censorship, news from Jackie Cochran, and the Women's Flying Training Detachment program. Typed on Hotel Edison (Beaumont) stationary.
Date:
March 2, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gosport Gossip, Volume 1, Number 3, March 20, 1943
Avenger Field newspaper discussing recent news about pilot training, in particular the arrival of Women Flying Training Detachment trainees, as well as pieces of entertainment and art.
Date:
March 20, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 17, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing leaving sick bay, flight training, recent correspondence, pay, her weight, and classmates.
Date:
March 17, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, March 6, 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing food, weather, flight training, ground school, and fellow students.
Date:
1943-03-06?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 14, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing being stuck in sick bay with a cold, medical issues among other student pilots, a visit from a Navy dive bomber pilot, and money. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary.
Date:
March 14, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History