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[N.A.M. "E" Award Luncheon Program]

Description: Program for a luncheon honoring winners of the Army, Navy, and Maritime Commission Production Awards that took place on December 4, 1942 at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, N.Y. The program includes passages written by President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Under Secretary of War, Robert P. Patterson; and Under Secretary of the Navy, James V. Forrestal, and a list of the companies being represented and honored at the luncheon. The event was organized by the National Association of Manufacturers.
Date: December 4, 1942
Creator: Hooker, S. D.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Scouting, Volume 30, Number 11, December 1942

Description: Monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide. Index appears on page 1. An index of volume 30 begins on page 31.
Date: December 1942
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum

[Christmas Wishes from Mildred Reddy, December 2, 1942]

Description: Christmas greeting card from Mildred Reddy to Jack Vaughan, on December 2, 1942. The front shows a drawing of an American flag enclosed in a star, with a red, white, and blue musical staff in the background. She wishes him a merry Christmas, and hopes that he and the army will make it back safely.
Date: December 2, 1942
Creator: Garvin, Mildred Reddy
Partner: Arlington Public Library

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, December 22, 1942]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing an inspection of her class by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, seeing the "Army War Show," her student pilots, seeing a dentist, mail and packages, her brother Francis, and uniforms. The letter is typed on the back of two sheets from a set of training instructions for flight controls.
Date: December 22, 1942
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from J. T. Canales to Honorable W. J. Bryan, December 8, 1942]

Description: Letter from J. T. Canales to Honorable W. J. Bryan thanking him for the newspaper clipping he sent and sharing some of the memories it brought back to him. Mr. Canales also shares the details of the letter he received from their mutual friend, Mrs. Ethel Hetrick which included information about Mr. Bryan.
Date: December 8, 1942
Creator: Canales, J. T.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Albert Gaus in Fatigues]

Description: Photograph of Albert Gaus posing in fatigues with a cigarette in his mouth on the porch of a building at Camp Campbell. A face is visible in the window of the door behind Gaus.
Date: December 13, 1942
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Family Standing Outside of Ranch Cookshack]

Description: Photograph of a family gathered outside of a ranch cookshack. From left to right: Lucile Brittingham; Sallie Judd; Watt Matthews; Susette Burns; Ethel Casey; Joe Matthews; and May Blanton. They are standing in front of a red building with white trim and screened windows.
Date: December 25, 1942
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 704 - Deeds of Trust

Description: Recorded copies of deeds of trust used as mortgages or liens on real estate or improvements to real estate from April 1942 to December 1942. Shows date and place of execution; name of mortgagor; name of mortgagee; description of property involved; amount and terms of contract; signature of mortgagor; certificate of acknowledgment; and recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Also includes agreement that third party (named trustee) may in… more
Date: 1942-04/1942-12
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

[Report on Operations by Fred Harmon]

Description: Report on operations given by Fred Harmon of the Harmon Flying School at Ballinger, Texas. The report states that there are 210 students per class, 110 mechanics for 94 airplanes with 45 women who start at $65 per month. Women took night school course, 2 hours per night, 4 nights a week, while paid $1 per night, for 30 days. The women mechanics proved very steady, very capable, and efficient.
Date: December 16, 1942
Creator: Harmon, Fred
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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