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[Photograph of Fayette County Court House, August 29, 1944]

Postcard with a photograph of the Fayette County Court House in La Grange, Texas and a handwritten message on the back from "Pastor" to Mr. H. E. Hill saying that he will see him when he gets back.

Date: August 29, 1944

Creator: Fox Company

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr.]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. He sits down on the sidewalk, leaning against a fence which has been strung up with the fish he has caught. He holds a wooden fishing pole in front of him.

Date: 1940~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[John Todd Willis, Jr. at Fort Dix]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. standing in the snow at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in his army uniform. Trees and houses are visible behind him.

Date: [1942-12..1943-01]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr.]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. in his army uniform.

Date: November 4, 1942

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr.]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. He is visible from the chest up, with his arms crossed in front of him. He grins at the camera, and his hair is slicked back. He wears a suit and tie.

Date: 1940~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of John, Todd, and Clara E. Willis]

Photograph of Todd Willis and his parents. He stands between them, with John T. Willis, Sr. to the left, and Clara E. Willis to the right. Todd Willis has a hand on the back of his parents' necks. Clara Evans Willis has a purse over her arm and a handkerchief in her hand. They stand in front of a large bush.

Date: [1940..1950]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of John and Todd Willis]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr., left, and John T. Willis, Sr., right. They stand in front of their home at 2025 Colcord Avenue in Waco, Texas. Both men wear slacks, a belt, and a button-up shirt.

Date: [1940..1950]

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.555839009752756 -97.15748299999996

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Todd Willis and Friend]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr., left, and a friend, possibly Bill Clark, sitting at a table in a garden. Steps lead off somewhere to the left, and trees grow in the background.

Date: 1940~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Hester Mae Beck]

Photograph of Hester Mae Beck, smiling. She wears pearls and a white sweater.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Hester Beck at Her College Graduation]

Photograph of Hester Mae Beck in her cap and robe at her college graduation at Baylor University in 1945. She is holding her diploma in front of her, and smiles at the camera.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Hester Beck Outside Theater]

Photograph of Hester Beck outside what appears to be a movie theater. She holds something in her hands, and smiles at the camera.

Date: [1940..1950]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photographs of Hester Beck]

Photographs of Hester Beck pasted to a strip of black construction paper. In the photographs on the side labeled with her name, she is wearing a white collared shirt and a bow in her hair. On the other side, she wears a black shirt and necklace.

Date: [1940..1950]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr., August 12, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr. on August 12, 1944, asking his father if he knows a man named Marvin George who used to work at First National Bank in Waco. George sends on his regards to a Miss Todd who used to work at the bank. Willis wishes he could be home to help his father with fishing, and goes on to say he had a letter from Robert [Evans] Jr. and they hope to see each other soon.

Date: August 12, 1944

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, June 20, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on June 20, 1944. Churchill recently said that victory was getting closer, and Willis hopes that he will be home this year or the next spring. A boy from a ranch in Texas spent the night with Willis. He also received a long letter from a friend, Joe S. Lattimore, who said that medical school was difficult.

Date: June 20, 1944

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, October 12, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on October 12, 1943. He is glad his grandmother is visiting, but wishes he could be there to see her. He talks about going swimming, and mentions that the Waco papers he gets overseas are usually a month old, and he wishes he could get more recent ones to read about the football games.

Date: October 12, 1943

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, January 19, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on January 19, 1944. He talks about his day in town where he saw a Red Cross show, and explains how he made himself a spring bed.

Date: January 19, 1944

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 18, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on May 18, 1944. He is glad they decided not to sell the house, and offers to help fixing it up when he gets back. He tells of meeting up with a friend, and getting a letter from his aunt asking about the Red Cross.

Date: May 18, 1944

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 6, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 6, 1944. He had a get together with Wilbur Crawford and some soldiers from his outfit, and he comments on the weather.

Date: April 6, 1944

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Clara Evans Willis, May 7, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Clara Evans Willis, on May 7, 1944. He tells her to get the very best care during and after her operation, and to ask his father to write him every day to tell him how his mother is.

Date: May 7, 1944

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 16, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 16, 1944. He went to visit Wilbur Crawford and brought him newspapers from Waco, and he and his friend Harmon Gilbreath ordered swim suits from the service so they can go swimming soon, since it's warming up.

Date: April 16, 1944

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Receipt from R.T. Dennis & Co. Inc.]

Receipt from R.T. Dennis & Co. Inc. Furniture and Carpets for the sale of goods to E.W. Whitfield.

Date: March 1, 1940

Item Type: Text

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from the American Red Cross to Clara Willis, October 25, 1945]

Letter from the American Red Cross to Clara Willis, thanking her for her contribution to the success of the Red Cross Program at the Waco Army Air Field.

Date: October 25, 1945

Creator: American Red Cross

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Soldiers at McCloskey General Hospital]

Photograph of a group of soldiers posing together outside of McCloskey General Hospital in Temple, Texas. The soldiers are identified as (left to right): sitting: Cpl. Kenneth V. Bottolf of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 2/5 Arthur A. Reichel of Chicago, Illinois, Pfc. Mitchell W. Butler of Iron City, Tennessee, 2/5 Norman H. Kauffman of Texarkana, Texas, Pfc. Anthony J. Nadalin of Columbus, Ohio, Cpl. Reginald F. Rounsfull of Golf, Illinois, Cpl. Rohl A Couran of Texarkana, Texas, and 2/5 Carlos S. Ol… more

Date: 1944

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Dr. James Arch Coleman as an Intern]

Photograph of Dr. James Arch Coleman taken when he was an intern at Scott and White Hospital. He wears a light-colored lab coat over a similarly-colored turtleneck.

Date: 1946

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

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[Photograph of Fayette County Court House, August 29, 1944]

[Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr.]

[John Todd Willis, Jr. at Fort Dix]

[Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr.]

[Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr.]

[Photograph of John, Todd, and Clara E. Willis]

[Photograph of John and Todd Willis]

[Todd Willis and Friend]

[Photograph of Hester Mae Beck]

[Hester Beck at Her College Graduation]

[Hester Beck Outside Theater]

[Photographs of Hester Beck]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr., August 12, 1944]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, June 20, 1944]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, October 12, 1943]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, January 19, 1944]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 18, 1944]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 6, 1944]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Clara Evans Willis, May 7, 1944]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 16, 1944]

[Receipt from R.T. Dennis & Co. Inc.]

[Letter from the American Red Cross to Clara Willis, October 25, 1945]

[Photograph of Soldiers at McCloskey General Hospital]

[Dr. James Arch Coleman as an Intern]