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[Funeral Program for Helen Marie Robinson Bell, August 25, 2012]

Description: Funeral program for Helen Marie Robinson Bell, born February 14, 1943 and died August 19, 2012. The funeral was held August 25, 2012 at Calvary Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Kevin Nelson, Pastor. Funeral arrangements were made through Collins Funeral Home and she was buried in Meadowlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: August 25, 2012
Partner: San Antonio Public Library
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Oral History Interview with W. R. Barker, April 25, 2001

Description: Interview with W. R. Barker, a veteran who served as a combat engineer with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II. It includes a conversation with Barker as he talks freely about his time in basic training at Camp Cook, when Bob Hope visited jungle training in Hawaii, and interactions between U.S. soldiers and the native islanders. He also discusses the Marines mission on Pelilu Island and meeting his brother in the Philippines.
Date: April 25, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Amador, Yacel & Barker, W. R.
Partner: Lee College

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 25, 1943]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 25, 1943. The soldiers had turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, and Willis is excited that movies are being shown closer to his camp so they don't have to go into town to see them. The mail from the U.S. is being delivered very slowly.
Date: November 25, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, September 25, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing a trip he took with her mother, giving check rides, orders, visiting the officer's club, running into old classmates and flight instructors, dismantling a Lockheed aircraft, living arrangements, schedule, a bond drive, and insignia. Typed on 5th Ferrying Group stationary.
Date: September 25, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5519

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: May the commissioners Court of Clay County make advance payments to the Tax Assessor-Collector and his deputy from the General Fund of Clay County, under the given facts?
Date: August 25, 1943
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

My Life of Eighty Years

Description: Bound autobiographical manuscript written by Mary Stanton outlining her early life in Georgia, her education, and working as a teacher and administrator in El Paso before retiring in 1925. She also briefly discusses travel and personal thoughts about teaching, with an addendum regarding the early organization of the El Paso Public Library.
Date: July 25, 1943
Creator: Stanton, Mary I.
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1943]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, possibly to her father, discussing a cross-country flight to finish basic flight training, schedules, advanced courses, the recipient's health, packages from home, a plane catching fire, and news about friends/family.
Date: June 25, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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