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Our Home Front

Description: Bulletin describing the purpose and activities of the Parents and Wives of Fighting Americans Inc., with suggestions of homefront work and photocopies of relevant clippings.
Date: 1944
Creator: Parents and Wives of Fighting Americans Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[List of Military Personnel in Eritrea]

Description: List of people associated with Massawa and Asmara, Eritrea, organized by their affiliation with the British or U.S. militaries and contracting companies. It includes names, brief descriptions, and relationship to the author.
Date: 194X
Creator: [Bradford, Alex]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letters from Alex Bradford to C. H. W. Ruprecht - September 1940-December 1943]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to C. H. W. Ruprecht discussing personal updates. Bradford states that he is currently working in Canada within the mechanized cavalry regiment. In the second letter, Bradford encloses a newspaper clipping he mentioned on a phone call with Ruprecht, as well as the contact information for H. E. Whatson.
Date: 1940-09-28/1943-12-14
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Alex Bradford to William J. Moses - November 15, 1943]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to William J. Moses acknowledging the receipt of Mr. Moses' previous letters and apologizing for the delayed response due to the constant traveling throughout Asia and Africa. Mr. Bradford provides a brief update on his family and their locations. Finally, after giving a brief update on his current appointed position asks about Mr. Moses' life.
Date: November 15, 1943
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: The Massawa Miracle]

Description: Magazine clipping recounting the story of how an American tugboat, the "Intent," traveled from Port Arthur to Massawa during WWII to open a bottleneck for the 8th Army and save North Africa for the Allies. Some parts of the article have handwritten notes and underlining. The back of the second page has text from portions of other articles and advertisements.
Date: November 13, 1943
Creator: Dorcy, Biddle & Kiesling, Barrett C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Political Cartoon and Fishing Article]

Description: Political cartoon created by Looey Graff depicting a plump and wealthy war plant striker with an arm wrapped around the shoulder of an injured World War II veteran yelling, “Well! We Won the War! Didn’t We Kid?”. The back of the political cartoon features an article touching upon fishing and the three different types of fishing activities: hobby, sportsman, and deep-sea. Two additional cartoons are at the bottom of the article.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Watkins, Nina E. & Graff, Looey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Alex Bradford to David F. Glines - September 3, 1944]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to David F. Glines discussing the recent activities that Mr. Bradford has been encountering. These activities include visiting various fire equipment plants and laboratories to see recently created advancements since he had been overseas. Mr. Bradford mentions that he has been released from British service and is looking to enlist within the American Armed Forces as a fire-fighter. Finally, he states that he has been offered several civilian positions including a civil… more
Date: September 3, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Spain Uncensored]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing the Nazi occupation of Spanish territory. On the back of this newspaper article is an article that has been cut in half that reads, "Rusco Helps to Stock the Nation's Larder"
Date: February 22, 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Alex Bradford to Basil Brewer - July 17, 1944]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to Basil Brewer responding to an article Brewer published in the New York Times regarding the Soldier Ballot. Bradford states that other countries give their serviceman the right to vote, and references his own issues voting when he was in the service.
Date: July 17, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Alex Bradford to Basil Brewer with a Return Address - July 17, 1944]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to Basil Brewer responding to an article Brewer published in the New York Times regarding the Soldier Ballot. Bradford states that other countries give their serviceman the right to vote, and references his own issues voting when he was in the service.
Date: July 17, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from the Warner & Swasey Co. to Alex Bradford - December 21, 1943]

Description: Letter from the Warner & Swasey Company's Advertising Department to Alex Bradford thanking Mr. Bradford for his kind words on their most recent advertisement, "Are the Japs better men than we are?". The attached letter has been attached on the second page of the document.
Date: December 21, 1943
Creator: Warner & Swasey Company. Advertising Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Selected Delegates and Proposals]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing various precincts issues and the assigned delegates. Two sections of the newspaper have been highlighted with red and blue colored pencil. The first highlighted section describes a unanimously passed decision to back Roosevelt during this time of war. Delegate Alex (Tex) Bradford has been underlined in red pencil. The second highlighted passage is focused on precinct 42 & 43 and their discussion of various possible delegates.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Ray Starner to Alex Bradford - August 14, 1944]

Description: Letter from Ray Starner and Mitt to Alex Bradford discussing Mr. Bradford's recent letters and personal events. The letter details Ray and Mitt's personal disdain for the New Deal and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the family's manufacturing war efforts, and the statement that Mr. Bradford will always be welcome on their land.
Date: August 14, 1944
Creator: Starner, Ray G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

The Outpost, Letter Number 60, April 1945

Description: Newsletter discussing issues for Americans living in Great Britain, including articles about life in Britain and other related topics. An article title is underlined in red pencil on the first page, for a discussion of the American perspectives about Britain and actual experiences.
Date: April 1945
Creator: American Outpost in Great Britain
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: A Glossary for Reactionaries]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing an editorial in the form of a glossary defining words for reactionaries. The definitions reflect the author's view of American culture at the time. A cartoon labelled "X-Ray of the Nationalist Brain" is featured next to the editorial. There are headlines for other articles on the back of the clipping.
Date: July 5, 1945
Creator: Lerner, Max
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Correspondence between W. R. Bradford and Alex Bradford - April 1941-October 1943]

Description: Correspondence between W.R. Bradford and Alex Bradford over three years. The first letter from W.R. Bradford to a Quebec newspaper, asking for Alex Bradford's address. The second letter features Alex Bradford’s response to W.R. Bradford’s letter. This describes Alex’s regrets in not responding sooner as he has been aboard working throughout the Middle East, Africa, and Asia as a fire-fighting officer or as an explosives engineer. Additionally, Alex mention’s that the firm of Bradford & Wiggins … more
Date: 1941-04-26/1943-10-14
Creator: Bradford, W. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Spanish Republicans in Dire Need - UNRRA Says Its Hands Are Tied]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing the plight of the Spanish soldiers after the fall of the Spanish republic to the Nazi party in 1939. The article briefly touches upon the horrors that fell upon these captured Spanish soldiers and the possibility of escaping. Finally, the author of this clipping touches upon the Spanish resistance and the need for allied assistance.
Date: April 3, 1945
Creator: Van Devander, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Al and Ted O. Groebl to Alex Bradford - February 13, 1941]

Description: Letter from Ted O. Groebl to Alex Bradford attempting to reach out to Mr. Bradford in hopes of establishing a line of communication with their West Texan brother. Mr. Groebl mentions that the Westex Oil Company is still going strong throughout East Texas. The final half of the letter mentions that the Groebl's and East Texas prayers are behind the Allied cause.
Date: February 13, 1941
Creator: Groebl, Ted O. & Groebl, Albert P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Alex Bradford to E. N. Jay Johnson - November 4, 1940]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to E. N. Jay Johnson discussing his experiences of the London blitz by the Germans during World War II. Mr. Bradford mentions that moral is high amidst the craters made by extensive bombing. Mr. Bradford also shares his thoughts on two (2) movies depicting this high moral, “England Can Take it” and “The Foreign Correspondent”. Finally, he touches on the Royal Air Force’s pushback against the German war machine.
Date: November 4, 1940
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran
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