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[Brown Blanche Perry Scrapbook] (open access)

[Brown Blanche Perry Scrapbook]

Scrapbook containing photographs, church bulletins, newspaper and magazine clippings, baptistry painting interpretations, etc. related to the various churches and individuals with whom Perry was associated.
Date: 1940/1966
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interpretation for 7th Avenue Church of Christ] (open access)

[Interpretation for 7th Avenue Church of Christ]

A typewritten essay "Interpretation of the picture in the auditorium of the 7th Ave. Church of Christ, Miami, Fla., a creation of Mrs. Blanche G. Perry of Denver, Colorado." Symbols mentioned include palm trees, sand, flowers and birds, reeds, rocks, dove, cross, sun's rays, sunset, water. Includes handwritten edits. Note at top reads "One of my first interpretations. Written in 1940."
Date: 1940
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pvt. John S. Hofnagle Address Card] (open access)

[Pvt. John S. Hofnagle Address Card]

Card with the address of Pvt. John S. Hofnagle typed on it: "575 Technical School Squadron, A.A.F.T.T.C., Replacement Training Center, Miami Beach, Florida."
Date: [1941..1943]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Hotel at Miami Beach]

Postcard of a hotel surrounded with palm trees, with text that says "Looking North on Collins Ave., Miami Beach, Fla." A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen Aten from Pvt. John S. Hofnagle says "This sure is a beautiful place, but you would not like it, it is too hot here for you. One block from the ocean. It looks larger than Atlantic City. J.S.H."
Date: August 30, 1942
Creator: Hofnagle, John S.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Miami Poem]

Postcard with a photo of a woman pouring sand out of her shoe, entitled "Sand In My Shoes", along with a poem about Miami by Letha Madden. A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen Aten from John Hofnagle says "Dear Moptop- I had a swell ride on a sight-seeing boat on Sunday 3 1/2 hrs 43 min. I'm leaving Miami soon. John."
Date: September 1942
Creator: Hofnagle, John
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Authorization for Allotment of Pay] (open access)

[Authorization for Allotment of Pay]

Card belonging to Justin L. Bible authorizing allotment of pay to support a wife, child, or dependent relative.
Date: November 4, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement Signed by Justin L. Bible] (open access)

[Statement Signed by Justin L. Bible]

Statement signed by Justin L. Bible. It reads: "I, the undersigned, hereby state that my dependent(s) will not accompany me to school. This is in compliance with AG 220.428-31, dated June 26, 1942."
Date: December 18, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps Moving a Boat]

Photograph of seven unidentified members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps moving a Dinghy into the water on Miami beach. There are three women on either side of the boat in swimsuits pushing the boat while a woman in full uniform standing above them pointing at the boat.
Date: 1943~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps Riding Bicycles]

Photograph of Four members of Women's Auxiliary Corps riding bicycles and waving to two other members of the WAC. On the left stand the two WAC members not on bikes holding their hands out in front of them in a wave, on the right are the four women on bicycles waving and behind them are large palm trees and a bridge.
Date: 1943~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0395.0619]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Miami Beach residents and business people are elated because the Army has selected this city for an air corps officer candidate school and replacement center where approximately 30,000 cadets, officers and soldiers will be housed and trained."
Date: April 19, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Mrs. L. H. Dashur to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. L. H. Dashur to Blanche Perry]

A handwritten letter and envelope from Mrs. L.H. Dashur to Blanche Perry thanking her for the baptistry painting. Mentions installation details, painting touch-ups by Nina McCarty, and several other people related to the South Miami Church congregation.
Date: April 22, 1943
Creator: Dashur, L. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Letter from Sara K. Weston to I. H. Kempner] (open access)

[Handwritten Letter from Sara K. Weston to I. H. Kempner]

Handwritten Letter from Sara K. Weston to I. H. Kempner requesting to transfer shares to Harris as a birthday gift.
Date: 1944
Creator: Weston, Sara Elizabeth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Sgt. Harris K. Weston, February 3, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Sgt. Harris K. Weston, February 3, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Sgt. Harris K. Weston discussing changes to Kempner's Trust Agreement regarding selling stock in association with the Trust Agreement of H. Kempner.
Date: February 3, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to General Ralph H. Wooten, March 10, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to General Ralph H. Wooten, March 10, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to General Ralph H. Wooten discussing Kempner's nephew, Harris Kempner Weston, and his achievements at Harvard and the Air Corps in order to introduce him to Wooten.
Date: March 10, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to General Ralph H. Wooten, March 10, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to General Ralph H. Wooten, March 10, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to General Ralph H. Wooten discussing Kempner's nephew, Harris Kempner Weston, and his achievements at Harvard and the Air Corps in order to introduce him to Wooten.
Date: March 10, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. David F. Weston, March 10, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. David F. Weston, March 10, 1944]

Letter (Air Mail) from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. David F. Weston informing about enclosing Harris's letter of introduction and suggestions to gain more influence.
Date: March 10, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Cecile Kempner, March 30, 1944] (open access)

[Letter to Cecile Kempner, March 30, 1944]

Letter to Cecile Kempner discussing news of mutual acquaintances, family members, and Kempner's trip to Buenas Aires.
Date: March 30, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to David F. Weston, April 1, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to David F. Weston, April 1, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to David F. Weston discussing about meeting a newly appointed Captain, Eddie Marcus.
Date: April 1, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Study of the History and Educational Development of the Schools in Dade County, Florida, to 1945 (open access)

A Study of the History and Educational Development of the Schools in Dade County, Florida, to 1945

The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent Dade county has kept its educational program abreast with the rapid development of the community and thereby met the educational needs of the children in this section of the country.
Date: 1945
Creator: Perkins, Ulyssa Jo
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, July 23, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, July 23, 1945]

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing his recent stay in a hospital, US Army presence in Germany, discussions with Air Force officers, and aviation.
Date: July 23, 1945
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Daniel Schlanger, December 1, 1945] (open access)

[Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Daniel Schlanger, December 1, 1945]

Letter from William M. Nathan to Daniel Schlanger discussing the Hillel program and the specific facts regarding the new Hillel building at The University of Texas at Austin. He encloses a book of facts about Hillel and also various Hillel publications that demonstrate what the program is accomplishing.
Date: December 1, 1945
Creator: Nathan, William M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0425B.0439]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Shoes

Shoes of brown snakeskin and green reptile. Designed with a very slightly pointed toe, the peep-toe toe-box is made of two pieces, the inner piece of brown snakeskin, the outer piece of green reptile, both edged with plaited border of two leathers, the snakeskin overlapping the reptile, forming a point. The toe with thick platform, the sides of which with three horizontal bands of leathers, green lower reptile, center band of plaited leathers, the upper of brown reptile. Open sides, the sling back formed with openwork interlaced leathers, secured with small gilt metal rectangular buckle. The set-in French high heel is covered in brown snakeskin, with vertical plaited band of colored reptile leather running vertically along back edge. Stamped in both shoes: "ce qui se porte" / Gainsbourough / 1128 Lincoln Road / Miami Beach, FLA.
Date: 1946
Creator: Gainsborough Ltd.
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0395.0617]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This picture of the adjoining Columbus and McAllister hotels in Miami, where the Association Press Managing Editor's meeting is to be held January 10, 11 and 12, is serviced informatively at the suggestion of Managing Editor Lee Hills of the Miami herald."
Date: January 23, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History