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[Bee Creek Boys Camp]

Photograph of the view at a boys camp on Bee Creek by Austin Damp. A couple of tents are seen and some boys are seen standing by a small boat and others are seated by a bench.
Date: July 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Activities at Blackshear School #2]

Photograph of a small group of children playing in the water at the Blackshear school in 1945.
Date: July 5, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys Camp on Bee Creek by Austin Damp]

Photograph of a few male children preparing some burgers outdoors.
Date: July 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Activities at Blackshear School #1]

Photograph of a group of children playing in the water outdoors at the Blackshear School.
Date: July 5, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys Camp on Bee Creek by Austin Dam #2]

Photograph of a boy grilling some food at a Camp on Bee Creek by Austin Dam.
Date: July 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Poster of Recreation Activities at Rosewood]

Photograph of a poster displaying the recreation activities at Rosewood Park.
Date: December 3, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys at a Camp on Bee Creek]

Photograph of a group of boys gathered at a camp on Bee Creek by Austin Dam.
Date: July 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Anderson County, Palestine, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Anderson County, Palestine, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Anderson County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 1945~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Navarro County, Corsicana, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Navarro County, Corsicana, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Navarro County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 1945?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Victory Field Yearbook, Class of 42-K (open access)

Victory Field Yearbook, Class of 42-K

Book documenting the 42-K class of pilots at Victory Field in Vernon, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date: [..1945]
Creator: Victory Field
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lake Cliff Park & Pool]

Photograph of an aerial view of the large rectangular with a permanent pavilion in the Lake Cliff pool. People line the edges of the swimming pool in various forms of relaxation enjoying the August weather. A kayak is visible in the middle of the pool paddling around. Trees obscure the edges of the pool's boundary giving shade to sprawled out pool goers. A small parking lot with 1945 era cars are visible in the bottom right of the photograph. In the background of the photograph a baseball diamond featuring spectators and players are visible.
Date: August 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Malcolm Muir to Alex Bradford, January 19, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Malcolm Muir to Alex Bradford, January 19, 1945]

Letter from Malcolm Muir to Alex Bradford discussing Bradford's way of expressing how he feels on the opinion of Mr. Moley. Both Mr. Moley and Mr. Lindley are severe critics of certain topics they are opinionated about.
Date: January 19, 1945
Creator: Muir, Malcolm
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. M. Hastings to Alex Bradford, January 12, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from D. M. Hastings to Alex Bradford, January 12, 1945]

Letter from D. M. Hastings to Alex Bradford on thanking him for sending a letter on his reaction to their program. They'll refer his letter to news executives for careful consideration.
Date: January 12, 1945
Creator: Hastings, D. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Joseph Newton Pew, Jr. and Tex Bradford - January 1945] (open access)

[Correspondence between Joseph Newton Pew, Jr. and Tex Bradford - January 1945]

Correspondence between Tex Bradford and Joseph Newton Pew Jr. discussing oil companies & Governor Dewey's political loss. In the first letter Mr. Pew Jr. speaks of Mr. Bradford's interest in Lowell Thomas, the possible treaty effects on oil companies, and the war in Greece. In the second letter, Mr. Tex Bradford cautions that Governor Dewey's statement of favoring a military alliance with only one European power cost him votes and his defeat.
Date: 1945-01-16/1945-01-22
Creator: Pew, Joseph Newton, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters Between A. W. Carsten and Tex Bradford - January, 1945] (open access)

[Letters Between A. W. Carsten and Tex Bradford - January, 1945]

The first letter from A.W. Carsten to Tex Bradford addressing the Mr. Bradford's original letter sent on January 14 and the reasoning behind Mr. Richard Mowrer's departure from Greece to Rome. The second letter is from Tex Bradford to the managing editor of the Chicago Daily News voicing his concerns of Mr. Richard Mower's treatment by British General Scobie.
Date: 1945-01-14/1945-01-22
Creator: Carsten, A. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Costas Alexiou to Alex Bradford - February 15, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Costas Alexiou to Alex Bradford - February 15, 1945]

Letter from Costas Alexiou to Alex Bradford commending previous letters that Mr. Bradford had sent earlier that month. Additionally Mr. Alexious requests the permission to publish said letters within Greek newspapers and elsewhere. Finally, a post script has been added that mentions that the Greek Unity Committee agrees with the decisions made at the Yalta Conference.
Date: February 15, 1945
Creator: Alexiou, Costas
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to S. D. Clithero - January 17, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to S. D. Clithero - January 17, 1945]

Letter from Alex Bradford to S. D. Clithero discussing the pieces of equipment and methods that are being used to extinguish fires. Discussion includes various fog equipment, pressure capacity for four (4) nozzles, fire extinguishing foam, and swing lines for said foam. The original correspondence featured multiple photographs of a quadrapod and of multiple fire hose nozzles.
Date: January 17, 1945
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from S. D. Clithero to Alex Bradford - January 12, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from S. D. Clithero to Alex Bradford - January 12, 1945]

Letter from S. D. Clithero to Alex Bradford discussing recent advancements and possibility in implementing foam applications for the purpose of fire suppression. Additionally Mr. Clithero mentions that he is no longer writing magazine articles, however he has compiled articles and papers written by others in a copy of Petroleum Administration for War Office.
Date: January 12, 1945
Creator: Clithero, S. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to S. D. Clithero - January 6, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to S. D. Clithero - January 6, 1945]

Letter from Alex Bradford to S. D. Clithero discussing Mr. Clithero's previous article and the interest in the possibility of discovering additional articles. Additionally, Mr. Bradford readily shares his history working abroad as an explosive engineer and as a fire-fighting officer.
Date: January 6, 1945
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. to Alex Bradford - January 8, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. to Alex Bradford - January 8, 1945]

Letter from Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. to Alex Bradford discussing the dimensions of two separate cases that might fit Mr. Bradford's needs and the troubles of providing exactly what Mr. Bradford would be looking for. Additionally, the Davis Emergency Equipment representative will be in Washington on January 10, 1945.
Date: January 8, 1945
Creator: Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Inc.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox - January 12 ,1945] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox - January 12 ,1945]

Letter from Alex Bradford to John Roy Fox discussing twenty (20) separate individuals with brief biographical descriptions.
Date: January 12, 1945
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Roy Fox to Alex Bradford - January 22, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from John Roy Fox to Alex Bradford - January 22, 1945]

Letter from Roy L. Fox to Alex Bradford discussing personal topics, including Geo Brandt going to the Middle East, Dr. Nice starting a surgery practice, and Roy's upcoming trip to Washington.
Date: January 22, 1945
Creator: Fox, John Roy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excerpt from Underwriers' Laboratories Report Dated March 1, 1945 on Nozzles-Portable, Spray Type "Flame Buster" (open access)

Excerpt from Underwriers' Laboratories Report Dated March 1, 1945 on Nozzles-Portable, Spray Type "Flame Buster"

Type-written copy of excerpts from a technical report about the characteristics of a firefighting nozzle called the "Flame Buster," with information about how and when it should be used.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to Westbrook Pegler - November 8, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to Westbrook Pegler - November 8, 1945]

Letter from Alex Bradford to Westbrook Pegler comparing select risks between navy men and merchant seamen during World War II.
Date: November 8, 1945
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History