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International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001

Supplementary publication outlining events and information for the 25th International Forest of Friendship celebration, which memorializes contributors to aviation and aerospace with engraved plaques in the forest. It includes portraits and biographical sketches for the 40 people to be honored in 2001.

Date: June 14, 2001

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 6, 1944]

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

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying out of Kansas City, news about the invasion of Normandy, her friend Nancy Nesbitt, recent correspondence, flying P-51s at high altitude, books, physical examinations, and her friend Bobby's marriage. Typed on the back of official memo cards.

Date: June 6, 1944, 1:00 p.m.

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, June 2, 1945?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing letters, ferrying a P-51, catching up with a fellow WASP from Brownsville, being the first WASP to deliver a P-51 to Kansas City, a check she mailed, and other work and family related items. Written on Braniff Airways stationary.

Date: 1945-06-02?

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Curley's Studio, August 16, 1985]

Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Curley's Studio requesting a price for prints of her WASP flight school graduation photograph. There are handwritten notes on the back of the letter, also from Francie, but addressed to Rigdon Edwards. Also included is an envelope addressed to Curley's Studio, which has a "return to sender" stamp on it.

Date: August 16, 1985

Creator: Park, Francie Meisner

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, October 4, 1985]

Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing her donations to a WASP museum and a WASP ceremony she attended in 1972.

Date: October 4, 1985

Creator: Park, Francie Meisner

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Paul E. Cannon to Gayle M. Snell, December 22, 1944]

Letter from CAA inspector Paul E. Cannon to Gayle Snell regarding retaking her instrument rating flight test. Envelope is included.

Date: December 22, 1944

Creator: Cannon, Paul E.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from R. C. Oberdahn to Gayle Snell, March 1, 1945]

Letter from R. C. Oberdahn to Gayle Snell inviting her to apply for a position at Trans World Airlines.

Date: March 1, 1945

Creator: Oberdahn, R. C.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Transcontinental and Western Air Incorporated to Suzette Van Daell, March 1, 1945]

Letter from Director R. C. Oberdaun of the Industrial Relations division of Transcontinental and Westtern Air, Inc to Suzette Van Daell offering her a job at the company.

Date: March 1, 1945

Creator: Oberdahn, R. C.

Item Type: Letter

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, July 4, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents Fred and Frances discussing flying to Kansas City to ferry a P-51. The postcard features a color drawing of the Hotel Continental in Kansas City, MO.

Date: July 4, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Postcard

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 25, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing trying to get out of Kansas City. The postcard features an image of the Sky View Dining Room at the Hotel Lenox in Buffalo.

Date: November 25, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Postcard

[War Savings Bond Class A Pay Reservation]

Pay reservation request form signed by Dora G. Bevis authorizing the military to withdraw $25 from her pay each month to be converted into war bonds.

Date: September 24, 1943

Item Type: Text

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International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 6, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, June 2, 1945?]

[Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Curley's Studio, August 16, 1985]

[Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, October 4, 1985]

[Letter from Paul E. Cannon to Gayle M. Snell, December 22, 1944]

[Letter from R. C. Oberdahn to Gayle Snell, March 1, 1945]

[Letter from Transcontinental and Western Air Incorporated to Suzette Van Daell, March 1, 1945]

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, July 4, 1944]

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 25, 1944]

[War Savings Bond Class A Pay Reservation]