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[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, August 6, 1917]

A letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family back home describing his trip through New York City, New York in 1917. Clay tells about his going to plays and staying in different places, all while having virtually no money. This also contains the envelope in which the letter was delivered in.

Date: August 6, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[148th American Squadron Album]

Album containing photographs of World War I soldiers, many in uniform and posing near camps or airplanes. Writing on the cover says "Officers, 148th American Squadron."

Date: August 1918

Creator: Clay, Henry R., Jr.

Item Type: Book

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, Fall 1917]

A letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his mother and family back home regarding his financial situation while in New York City, New York. Clay had to spend a lot of money on equipment that his lieutenant told him he must buy, later Clay spends a few pages asking his mother to be proud of him for going off to fight for a good cause.

Date: Winter 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 31, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family concerning his recent completion of hours on a Curtis plane. There is also a good chance that he will be commissioned soon; he hopes to get a few days leave to go see Ruth Coleman in Birmingham.

Date: December 31, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Mother, October 19, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his mother in Fort Worth, Texas in which he mentions that he transferred money to the bank in Fort Worth. The main part of this letter concerns the items that Clay has bought and payments he has received.

Date: October 19, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 9, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family concerning his recent first and second solo flights. Clay also says that he recently received four more letters from his mother dated from October and November.

Date: December 9, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Mother and Family, September 22, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his mother and family back home in Texas describing his studies and adventures in England. He has learned a lot about plane engines and has been to numerous locations throughout Great Britain.

Date: September 22, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[War Department Document to the A. E. F.]

This official War Department document contains orders to the named officers "of the Aviation Section, Signal Reserve Corps," the names are listed on the following pages. The men are to "participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights."

Date: July 24, 1918

Creator: McAndrew, James W.

Item Type: Text

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, Spring 1918]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family back home concerning the recent mail issues and the different types of planes that are used in training. Clay is still seeking his commission which would pay him $230 a month.

Date: Spring 1918

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter From Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, October 26, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family back home concerning his stay in Stamford, England. Currently Clay does not have an assigned room and is eating in the officers' mess; he asks for some magazines as he has plenty of time to read.

Date: October 26, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, January 6, 1918]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family back home concerning recent posting to Wye, England. Clay does not find this place to be very enjoyable, and he is upset that other pilots coming from the states are already commissioned and being sent to the front.

Date: January 6, 1918

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Sol Reinthal to Henry Clay, Sr., April 4, 1919]

Letter from Sol Reinthal to Henry Clay, Sr. regarding the death of Henry Clay, Jr. Reinthal includes a message from his son that describes the amazing qualities of Clay, Jr.

Date: April 4, 1919

Creator: Reinthal, Sol

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, November 7, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family regarding his current status in England. He did not fly this day as it was a squadron holiday, but does comment on the poor conditions of his hotel living quarters.

Date: November 7, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

Combats in the Air of 1st Lt. Henry R. Clay, A.S., USA., D. F. C.

This document contains Henry Clay, Jr.'s different combats in the air from August 16, 1918 to September 27, 1918. Each page contains technical information, result of the fight, and comments about the enemy aircraft. The result listed at the bottom of the page is either "Decisive America" or "Considered O. C. by 13th Wing, R. A. F."

Date: [1918-08-16..1918-09-27]

Creator: Newhall, M. L.

Item Type: Text

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Sister-in-Law, February 6, 1918]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his sister-in-law concerning his brother, her husband Ashton. He spends most of this letter essentially comforting her and telling her that flying is not anymore dangerous than any other branch.

Date: February 6, 1918

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Jae P. Moore to Henry Clay, Sr., April 24, 1919]

Letter to Henry Clay, Sr. from Jae P. Moore concerning Moore's sending of Henry Clay, Jr.'s combat reports. Moore says that the reports are copies made "from the original that I took for myself."

Date: August 24, 1919

Creator: Moore, Jae P.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Photograph of Henry Clay, Jr. with a Cow]

Photograph of Henry Clay, Jr. working with a cow next to a large shed. The text on the back of the photo reads: "Henry Clay with cow in Missouri."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, March 1, 1918]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr, to his family from Scotland while he takes a course on gunnery. Clay has nothing but good things to say about the picturesque landscape and nice hotel he is staying in. One of the boys in his detachment also received word that commissions are imminent.

Date: March 1, 1918

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Telegram from Lieutenant Whelihan to Henry Clay, Jr., February 4, 1919]

Telegram from Lieutenant Welihan to First Lieutenant Henry Clay, Jr. regarding his recent accepted proposal to be transferred.

Date: February 4, 1919

Creator: Whelihan

Item Type: Text

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family Back Home, January 13, 1918]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family back home regarding his daily activities in Wye, England. In his letter he talks about different types of airplanes they are around and notes that he saw a Bristol fighter land on a previous day.

Date: January 13, 1918

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Father]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his father Henry Clay, Sr. regarding his trip over to England. He was over the ocean as he was writing this letter, and asked about how things were going back home. At the end he shares the possibility of him becoming a major by the end of the war.

Date: 1917?

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Alliert Ainsworth to Henry Clay, Sr., January 28, 1918]

Letter from Alliert Ainsworth to Henry Clay, Sr. regarding the death of her son and the compassion that Henry Clay, Jr. showed their family. She goes on to describe the unfair treatment Washington has given Clay, Jr.'s detachment in England and herself by not clarifying the cause of Harold Ainsworth's death.

Date: January 28, 1918

Creator: Ainsworth, Alliert

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Photograph of the Signal Corps Pilots]

Group photograph of the Signal Corps, of which Henry Clay, Jr. was a member of. There are eight men in the picture and all of them are wearing their uniforms, Clay is fourth from the left. The text on the photo reads: "Photographic Bureau of the Signal Corps." Names of the men are listed on the back in order from left to right.

Date: [1917..1919]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter From Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, September 28]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family concerning his time spent in Oxford, England. He has visited many old buildings and churches but must prepare for his test on Vickers machine guns the next day.

Date: 1917?-09-28

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

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[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, August 6, 1917]

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[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 31, 1917]

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Mother, October 19, 1917]

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 9, 1917]

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Mother and Family, September 22, 1917]

[War Department Document to the A. E. F.]

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, Spring 1918]

[Letter From Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, October 26, 1917]

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, January 6, 1918]

[Letter from Sol Reinthal to Henry Clay, Sr., April 4, 1919]

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, November 7, 1917]

Combats in the Air of 1st Lt. Henry R. Clay, A.S., USA., D. F. C.

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Sister-in-Law, February 6, 1918]

[Letter from Jae P. Moore to Henry Clay, Sr., April 24, 1919]

[Photograph of Henry Clay, Jr. with a Cow]

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, March 1, 1918]

[Telegram from Lieutenant Whelihan to Henry Clay, Jr., February 4, 1919]

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family Back Home, January 13, 1918]

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Father]

[Letter from Alliert Ainsworth to Henry Clay, Sr., January 28, 1918]

[Photograph of the Signal Corps Pilots]

[Letter From Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, September 28]