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[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Lament For A Pin-Up Pip!]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a sheer black backless dress paired with the verse "Lament for a Pin-Up Pip!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Red Grange: Houdini of the Gridiron" by Rico Lebrun especially for the November edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts Hall of Fame Chicago Bears running back "Red" Grange mid-play.
Date: November 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Lebrun, Rico
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Esquire Magazine Illustrations of Varga Cowgirl and Firefighter]

Description: A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl cowgirl wearing a denim bodysuit with matching, boots, spurs, belt, gloves, and hat paired with the verse Pistol Packin' Mama by Phil Stack. On the following side is a reproduction print of the painting Keeper of the Faith by John Falter done especially for Esquire Magazine March 1944. The painting depicts a firefighting soldier battling a blaze in the battered hull of a ship out of which can be seen two ships fight… more
Date: March 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Hurrell Photograph: Dinah Shore]

Description: A single page from Esquire magazine featuring color Kodachrome photographs of women and descriptive text. This page features top-charting female artist of the 1940s, African American big band singer Dinah Shore [1916-1994].
Date: 1944
Creator: Hurrell, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: "WASPs Fitted For Uniforms"]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the 10th issue of The Avenger. It includes 12 articles that update the reader about events in Avenger Field.
Date: January 7, 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Rainbow Banquet]

Description: Clipping describing a banquet held by members of the Paragould Assembly of the Order of Rainbow for Girls. The clipping lists the menu for the event and order of programs.
Date: 1944
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Regents on the Pan]

Description: Clipping describing the rift between President Homer Rainey and the board of regents, for various reasons discussed.
Date: 1944
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: The Invisible Colonel]

Description: Magazine clipping describing the influence of Colonel McCormick and the extent of his control through the use of the Chicago Tribune. The pages include parts of other articles, advertisements, and cartoons. The last page has the lower right portion cut out.
Date: March 25, 1944
Creator: Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: What Russia Wants]

Description: Reader's Digest version of an editorial by the former Under Secretary of State, discussing how the United States could establish friendship with Soviet Russia in the post-war era. There are handwritten notes around a quotation at the bottom of the last page.
Date: November 1944
Creator: Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: How Good Are Out Officers & The Unfit]

Description: Newspaper clipping of two (2) separate articles suggesting that poor leadership is the major cause for the army’s weakness as written by commentator Hanson Baldwin within the New York Times. Mr. Baldwin comments that there are too many young officers that are yes-men that lack any initiative. The cause behind this is suggested to be the aggressive expansion of the army. The second article analyzes Hanson Baldwin’s thesis.
Date: March 27, 1944
Creator: New York Daily News
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clippings Related to 1944 Democratic National Convention]

Description: Card with printed text "Bawl hell out of Dan Moody and Clint Small" attached to two newspaper clippings related to Texas delegates opposing support for the New Deal and F. D. Roosevelt being elected for a fourth presidential term. Names are underlined in red pencil on the card and in the clippings, and "Write Clint Small" is typewritten at the top of the text in the first clipping. Partial articles on the backs of the clipping describe news about World War II, in Guam and Hungary.
Date: 1944-07~
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: How to Get Along with People You Love]

Description: Clipping of an article "Condensed from The Kiwanis Magazine" providing anecdotes and suggestions from minister Ziegler about how to respect others and get along. The final page is the start of another article, which has been marked out with red pencil.
Date: November 1944
Creator: Ziegler, Edward W.
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Advertisement for the Book "The Making of Modern China"]

Description: Newspaper clipping advertising the publication of a new book about "modern China" written by a political advisor and his wife. There are ads on the back of the page for two other books for sale with images of covers, quotations, and prices.
Date: 1944
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Books of the Times]

Description: Newspaper clipping reviewing George S. Perry's book "Hackberry Cavalier", its main protagonist Edgar Selfridge, and his relationship to the town of Hackberry, Texas. On the backside, the author speculates the next moves of General MacArthur in WWII.
Date: February 17, 1944
Creator: Chamberlain, John
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Impressive Victory]

Description: Clipping from the Galveston Daily News describing a vote from the University of Texas board of regents to retain the Medical Branch permanently in Galveston.
Date: October 2, 1944
Creator: The Galveston Daily News
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: To Check Rainey Plan]

Description: Clipping from the McAllen Monitor describing the appointment of State Senator Karl Lovelady to a committee determining whether factual education or economic grounds support recommendations of Dr. Homer P. Rainey to remove the medical center institutions from Galveston and Houston.
Date: September 24, 1944
Creator: McAllen Monitor
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Morale Builder]

Description: Clipping describing a proposal that would improve the appearance of Galveston while providing employment postwar.
Date: September 16, 1944
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping:The Future of Texas State Supported Schools]

Description: Clipping from Austin State Observer describing proposals for the future development of the University of Texas by Doctor Homer P. Rainey.
Date: October 2, 1944
Creator: Austin State Observer
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Catholic Campaign]

Description: Newspaper clipping covering the September 11 story of a Roman Catholic priest pleading guilty to drunk driving in Medera, California and the backlash of the roman-catholic community against the publishing newspaper, Scripps-Howard's San Francisco News. On the back of the article are two advertisements for Burberrys of London and Myers Jamaican Rum.
Date: October 23, 1944
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Remember the Votes of the Men Who Vote Against You]

Description: Newspaper clipping of assorted articles by various authors covering information on seven (7) elected congressmen and their personal politics. A chart is provided on the second page that details these congressmen’s voting patterns regarding American interests. In addition to covering these seven (7) congressmen who voted against American interests and covers five (5) congressmen that have supported American interests.
Date: April 2, 1944
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Farewell to the WASP - Job Well Done]

Description: Newspaper clipping discussing the end of the WASP program, featuring a photo of Nancy Love in front of an A-20. Included as well are book reviews and are advertisements for Barnes Manley Laundry & Dry Cleaners and Hills Business University.
Date: 1944-12-17~
Creator: Mason, Paul B.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: News of Women in Service]

Description: Newspaper clipping profiling WASP Gayle Snell. On the back is part of an advertisement for flowers.
Date: 1944~
Creator: MacLachlan, Frances
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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