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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 12, 1949]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing coming to Jacksonville, a dentist appointment, and recent correspondence. Written on Casa Bonita Hotel stationary.
Date: October 12, 1949
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, Spring 1943?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a newspaper report on the Women's Flying Training Detachment, buying boots, going to a rodeo, her car, and recent letters.
Date: 1943-21~
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 6, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing waiting on modifications to her plane during a ferrying trip, a future visit to Orlando, clothes and mailing personal items, and orders. Written on the back of Hotel Continental (Kansas City) stationary.
Date: July 6, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 29, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing legislation to make the WASPs part of the Army Air Corps, WASPs getting Air Medals, advantages of officially being in the Army, leaving for Brownsville, getting shots, mailing clothes home, and a friend expecting a baby.
Date: March 29, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 6, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent flying, being grounded in Long Beach by bad weather, borrowing a typewriter, mud, a large batch of fighters to be ferried to South America, dreams, and beds.
Date: September 6, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 8, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her family, discussing getting to talk with the recipient(s), flying, mechanical problems, a cough, and other news. Written on Hotel John Marshall (Richmond) stationary.
Date: May 8, 1944
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 and Phil Kafka to Frances Yerkes, October 27, 1949]

Description: Letter from Phil and Cornelia Yerkes Kafka to Cornelia's mother discussing a recent flight, visiting with various people, leaving Tampa for Okeechobee and Fort Lauderdale, fishing, and a cat. Typed on Hotel Annapolis (Washington DC) stationary.
Date: October 27, 1949
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes & Kafka, Phillip Eric
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 2, 1942]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing a recent letter, lecturer selection in her flight class, living arrangements, information about the Women's Flying Training Detachment from Jackie Cochran, hanging out with a man from her hometown, mail, and how much she has enjoyed flight classes.
Date: November 2, 1942
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, Spring 1943]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing bonds, rumors about Army commissions, a check flight, and her car. At the top right of page one and the lower-back of page two are handwritten notes about finances. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary.
Date: Spring 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 14, 1944?]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her recent experiences ferrying aircraft. Typed on Hotel Frances (Monroe, LA) stationary.
Date: 1944-10-14?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, November 21, 1942]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing a box of knives from him, her husband Dick and taxes, getting brunch, taking an intelligence test, a football game, and uniforms.
Date: November 21, 1942
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 4, 1943?]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing an upcoming flight, clothes, an acquaintance having a car accident, bonds, the weather, flying to an airfield on the border, and spending the night in Mexico. Typed and written on Hutson Hotels stationary.
Date: 1943-10-04?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 6, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being in an airliner's emergency landing, and divorce settlements. Typed on Hotel Sheraton stationary.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 15, 1943]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing check rides, radio classes, her friend Bobby's flying, uniforms, and recent correspondence.
Date: September 15, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 22, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing waiting for Red Cross assignments on Hawaii, work, pineapples, recent correspondence, V-E Day, and waiting for some of her luggage. Written on USO stationary.
Date: May 22, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 7, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing remaining with the Red Cross on Guam, stories from an indigenous woman about the Japanese occupation, going to a dance, talking with aviators, life on Guam, photos, and Red Cross staffing.
Date: August 7, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, April 13, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing getting letters and packages, her assignment to the Red Cross canteen in Washington DC for a week, a uniform inspection and a cancelled graduation ceremony, getting a fountain pen fixed, getting cigarettes, recent correspondence, and her reaction to the president's death. Typed on Hotel Frances (Monroe, LA) stationary.
Date: April 13, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes & Yerkes, Frances
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 5, 1944]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent work ferrying aircraft. Written on Delta Air Lines stationary.
Date: February 5, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 18, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing picking up a P-47, being grounded by fleet-wide defective landing gear, going to a street market, and trying to get transportation from Evansville to Dallas. Written on Hotel Vendome (Evansville) stationary.
Date: June 18, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[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 Cornelia Yerkes, October 25-26, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, a road trip across the southwest, visiting Los Angeles, reuniting with her friend Bobby, and waiting for orders. Written on American Airlines stationary.
Date: 1944-10-25/1944-10-26
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 20, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying and the coming end of the WASP program. Written on Neil House (Columbus, OH) stationary.
Date: November 20, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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