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[Blank Record of Leave Slip] (open access)

[Blank Record of Leave Slip]

Blank military form for recording leaves taken by officers.
Date: 1946~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger Aeronautics Exam Result] (open access)

[Charlyne Creger Aeronautics Exam Result]

Results for Charlyne Creger's Fundamentals of Instructing Exam.
Date: September 11, 1946
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger Aeronautics Exam Result #2] (open access)

[Charlyne Creger Aeronautics Exam Result #2]

Results for Charlyne Creger's Ground Instructor navigation examination.
Date: September 11, 1946
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Herald Tribune Sends Its Plane to Air Races] (open access)

[Clipping: Herald Tribune Sends Its Plane to Air Races]

Newspaper clipping with articles about the New York Herald Tribune participating in air races, the death of Jack Woolams, Senator Carl Hatch's opposition to bomb tests, and more.
Date: August 31, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Paul Mantz Wins Bendix Race at 435 M.P.H. for New Mark] (open access)

[Clipping: Paul Mantz Wins Bendix Race at 435 M.P.H. for New Mark]

Newspaper clipping of the front page of the New York Herald Tribune, including articles about about international relations, local politics, Nazi trials, and more. Of particular note is the article about the Bendix Trophy race where Jacqueline Cochran took third place.
Date: August 31, 1946
Creator: Allen, C. B.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pilot's Paper Has Story Of Local Flying Service] (open access)

[Clipping: Pilot's Paper Has Story Of Local Flying Service]

Newspaper clipping from the Artesia Advocate with a story (front page, bottom right) about Artesia pilots including Herman Fuchs being featured in the Cross Country News. Several other stories and advertisements are included in the clipping.
Date: November 7, 1946
Creator: The Artesia Advocate
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Two Women in Bendix Race] (open access)

[Clipping: Two Women in Bendix Race]

Newspaper clipping featuring an article about the National Air Races and the annual convention of the Ninety-Nines. A photograph of Emma Coulter Ware and former WASP Clara Jo Marsh standing next to a small airplane accompanies the article.
Date: August 30, 1946
Creator: Mountsier, Robert
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deaf Smith County Water Analysis] (open access)

[Deaf Smith County Water Analysis]

Water survey report from Deaf Smith County in 1946 listing records of all "wells, drillers' logs, water analyses, and map showing locations of wells".
Date: October 1946
Creator: Clark, C. S.; Spence, E. V. & Pritchett, John W.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Clara Jo Marsh to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, January, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Clara Jo Marsh to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, January, 1946]

Letter from Clara Jo Marsh to the Women Airforce Service Pilots discussing the suggestion of purchasing a gift for General Arnold who supported them during their Air Forces Program.
Date: January 1946
Creator: Marsh, Clara Jo
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, 1946~] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, 1946~]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing her health and filing for her divorce. Typed on Neil House (Columbus, OH) stationary.
Date: 1946~
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 19, 1946?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 19, 1946?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing travelling from New Orleans to Houston and Dallas, and visiting and correspondence with friends. Written on White Plaza Hotels (Dallas) stationary.
Date: 1946-08-19?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 29, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 29, 1946]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing traveling to New York City, seeing shows, and plans. Written on Hotel Sutton stationary.
Date: August 29, 1946
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 16, 1946?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 16, 1946?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing her return to the United States from Guam. Written on Franciscan Hotel (San Francisco) stationary.
Date: 1946-02-16?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 9, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 9, 1946]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes (probably to her mother) discussing recent correspondence, a Christmas package, money, letters from friends, getting leave to come home, seeking a transfer to China, picking up food around Guam, and flying with bomber crews. Typed on American Red Cross stationary.
Date: January 9, 1946
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 15, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 15, 1946]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing news from home, taxes, a visit with her friend Phyllis, Red Cross assignments across Asia, resignations, seeing a reef, getting a logbook, recent letters, and trying to decide of she should resign. Typed on Edwards Hotel (Jackson, MS) stationary.
Date: January 15, 1946
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 26, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 26, 1946]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing preparations for her return trip to the United States from Guam.
Date: January 26, 1946
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 1, 1946?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 1, 1946?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on Hotel Monteleone (New Orleans) stationary discussing visiting a friend in New Orleans.
Date: 1946-03-01?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, April 11, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, April 11, 1946]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing a visit to New York City and news about friends. Written on Winslow Hotel stationary; envelope included.
Date: April 11, 1946
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, January 1-4, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, January 1-4, 1946]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her father Fred's passing.
Date: 1946-01-01/1946-01-04
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 14, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 14, 1946]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her friend Bobby's new baby, seeing Harvey, and news from friends. Written on Windsor Hotel stationary. Envelope included, with "AIR MAIL" written on it.
Date: November 14, 1946
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, October 29, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, October 29, 1946]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing a package of tea, finding a place to stay, the theatre, and other arrangements for her stay in New York City. Written on Hotel Winslow stationary. Envelope included.
Date: October 29, 1946
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Order of Fifinella to Suzette Van Daell Douglas, July 25, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from the Order of Fifinella to Suzette Van Daell Douglas, July 25, 1946]

Letter from the Order of Fifinella's WASP Reunion Committee to Suzette Van Daell Douglas inviting her to attend the first National WASP reunion and includes an enclosed questionnaire for her to complete and send back. It also includes two envelopes, one the letter was originally enclosed in, addressed to Suzette Van Dael Douglas, and the other addressed to WASP.
Date: July 25, 1946
Creator: Order of Fifinella
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Medical Examination of Cornelia Yerkes, January 16, 1946] (open access)

[Medical Examination of Cornelia Yerkes, January 16, 1946]

Letter from flight surgeon Cmdr. D. G. Seebach to the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics certifying a medical examination for WASP Cornelia Yerkes.
Date: January 16, 1946
Creator: Seebach, D. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order of Fifinella Membership Card] (open access)

[Order of Fifinella Membership Card]

1946 membership card for the Order of Fifinella belonging to Eleanor McLernon. The WASP Fifinella logo designed by Walt Disney can be seen illustrated at the the top.
Date: 1946
Creator: Order of Fifinella
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History