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[Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943]

Description: A father's day card from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing clothing, a visit from aviator Nancy Love, the Women Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, and her future. The card features a cartoon of a girl saying "I may not be no mental whizz, but dad, I know what day this is!"
Date: June 17, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, November 17, 1944]

Description: Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, discussing a letter from Dale and that he is in good health. Powell asks about Aubrey and says he is ready to get out of the intense heat.
Date: November 17, 1944
Creator: Powell, Beal S.
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - August 17, 1944]

Description: Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including the letters she has received, breakfast with Elaine and Mammy, and playing a game of golf.
Date: August 17, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - January 17, 1945]

Description: Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including that Gale died December 27, playing bridge with friends, Joe being featured in the newspaper, and their new dog, Trailer, chewing up the coffee table.
Date: January 17, 1945
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - July 17, 1944]

Description: Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including dinner with Jenny, Judge Marion returning from the war, and walking the dog, Teddy.
Date: July 17, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - June 17, 1944]

Description: Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe advising him not to lose too much money in poker, as well as discussing news from home, including updates on their pets, and Joe's mother-in-law's pride in him.
Date: June 17, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - November 17, 1944]

Description: Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including her plans to send Joe more packages, drinking whiskey with Pat, and the weather.
Date: November 17, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - October 17, 1944]

Description: Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe expressing her pride at his being promoted to sergeant. Catherine also discusses news from home, including Mr. Tom Burris's death by heart attack, a plan for a phone call with Mother, and Marjorie's trip to Washington.
Date: October 17, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Catherine Parker, November 17, 1950]

Description: Letter from Catherine Parker to the United States Air Force discussing the details of her application for appointment in the United States Air Force Reserve along with supporting evidence that she served as a Women Airforce Service Pilot.
Date: November 17, 1950
Creator: Parker, Catherine
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 17, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying from Spartanburg, SC, to Newark, visiting New York City, preparing to pick up a P-47 in Evansville, IN, and Father's Day.
Date: June 17, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 17, 1945?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, possibly to her mother, discussing receiving her driver's license with help from the recipient, driving across Oahu, work and related events, lack of free time, finding a particular book in the library, amenities at an officer's club, and taking a boat around Pearl Harbor. Written and typed on Red Cross stationary.
Date: 1945-06-17?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 17, 1943]

Description: 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
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 17, 1945?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing being awoken to take over a midnight shift at the Red Cross canteen, typing reports, meeting a friend on Guam, events in China, a pay raise, Red Cross resignations, and getting a raft from some Marines. Written on Red Cross stationary.
Date: 1945-11-17?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 17, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent letters, ferrying a plane and her return trip, Christmas gifts, running into someone from home, uniforms, and weather. Typed on American Airlines stationary.
Date: December 17, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, April 17, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents Fred and Frances discussing military and civilian check flights, drilling to prepare for a visit from newsreel cameras, needing a new car, friends and correspondence, and starting basic flight training. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary.
Date: April 17, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, May 17, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents Fred and Frances discussing issues with supplies of P-51s for graduating fighter pilots, skipping ground school classes, gifts, her mother's health, her friend Bobby, marriages, applying to join the British ferry command, and rumors about cancellation of the WASP program. Typed on Hotel John Marshall (Richmond) stationary.
Date: May 17, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, September 17, 1945]

Description: Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on September 17, 1945. He discusses his family back home, and mentions making a pair of shower shoes for himself to keep from getting athlete's foot.
Date: September 17, 1945
Creator: Fielder, Park B.
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Letter from Cynthia J. Beeman to Homer Taylor, May 17, 1993]

Description: Letter from Cynthia J. Beeman to Homer Taylor discussing activities at a WASP event, the placing of a Texas Historical Marker, and an article clipping physically attached about WASP in WWII.
Date: May 17, 1993
Creator: Beeman, Cynthia J.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from I.H. to Cecile Kempner, August 17, 1941]

Description: Letter to Cecile from her father discussing friends coming to visit from afar. He also writes about the Japanese attack on the US Navy and that he wishes that Russia would "seek peace" with Germany so that Germany would have "no need" for "Japan's Army or Navy or diplomacy".
Date: August 17, 1941
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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