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[Photograph of Lucile Goebel]

Photograph of Lucile Goebel. She wears a shirt with a Peter Pan collar, and her hair is bobbed.

Date: March 15, 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Johnie Louise Bruyere to the Board of Trustees of Gurley School, March 15, 1934]

A letter from Johnie Louise Bruyere to the Board of Trustees of Gurley School in Waco, Texas. She asks to apply for a teaching position at Gurley School, stating that she attended the school eleven years ago. She submits five names as reference.

Date: March 15, 1934

Creator: Bruyere, Johnie Louise

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 15, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 15, 1943. He has finally received their letters from August, and asks his father to send him a lighter.

Date: November 15, 1943

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Brockenbrough and Sanders to John Todd Willis, Jr., February 15, 1951]

Letter from Brockenbrough & Sanders to John Todd Willis, Jr. on February 15, 1951. They discuss how he will be paid while working for their business.

Date: February 15, 1951

Creator: Brockenbrough & Sanders Co.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, September 15, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis Sr. on September 15, 1943. He says it's been raining a lot, and his tent leaks. He also got a haircut recently, and promises to send pictures.

Date: September 15, 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, May 15, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on May 15, 1943. He asks them to send him V-mail stationery and his old camera.

Date: May 15, 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, May 15, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on May 15, 1944. He laments celebrating another birthday overseas, and wishes he could be home for his birthday as well as Mother's Day. He got a letter from a friend in the Pacific who gets to go home when his 18 month service is up, and Willis wishes he could say the same. He expresses regret at one of his father's calves drowning when Waco got a lot of rain, and tells his mother he will buy her and his Aunt Lucile… more

Date: May 15, 1944

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr., July 2, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis Sr. on July 2, 1943. He sends foreign money, asks about finding workers for the farm, and mentions that they will be playing two baseball games for the fourth of July.

Date: May 15, 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, May 15, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis Sr. on May 15, 1943. He asks for a 35 mm camera and film for the camera he currently has, and he promises to send money home within the next week.

Date: May 15, 1943

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of the 54th Basic Flying Training Group at WAAF]

Photograph of the 54th Basic Flying Training Group at Waco Army Air Field. Adjutant 1st Lt. Byrens, Commanding Officer Major Bair, and P. T. Instructor Mickey Manojack stand on the left side of the front row. The photographer stands "somewhere in left rear."

Date: April 15, 1944

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.645467 -97.071895

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Commanding Officer and Adjutant #1]

Photograph of Commanding Officer Major Baird and Adjutant 1st Lieutenant Byrens posing in the Waco Army Airfield. Both men are in uniform, including hats. A two-story building is visible in the background.

Date: April 15, 1944

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.645467 -97.071895

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Marble Cornerstone of Fifth Street Methodist Church]

Photograph of one side of Waco's Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South marble cornerstone, which is set in an orange-brick wall. Text is inscribed within a pointed-arch shape: "Other foundation can no man lay than is laid which is Christ Jesus."

Date: January 15, 2021

Creator: Willis, T. Bradford

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.545099 -97.194519

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Marble Cornerstone for Fifth Street Methodist Church]

Photograph of one side of Waco's Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South marble cornerstone, which is set in an orange-brick wall. Text is inscribed within a raised, pointed-arch shape: "Erected A.D. 1876. W. B. Trice Chm. Build. Com. W. C. Dodson Archt."

Date: January 15, 2021

Creator: Willis, T. Bradford

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.545099 -97.194519

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - Novmeber 15, 1918]

Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke discussing his work writing discharges for a development battalion, he purchased a "Belgian Baby" from the hostess house, and the new rumors from camp. The postscript includes a rumor about being discharged in five days.

Date: November 15, 1918

Creator: Suyker, Hector

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Dave Koenig Posing Outside of Barracks]

Photograph of Dave Koenig, identified as "Dave Koenig (Pin Up Boy)," posing outside of barracks at the Waco Army Air Field. He poses shirtless on a sidewalk that runs along rows of identical, light-colored buildings.

Date: April 15, 1944

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.645467 -97.071895

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Waco Church Cornerstone]

Photograph of Waco's Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South marble cornerstone, taken from the corner so that the whole stone is visible where it is set within an orange-brick wall. Text is inscribed within raised, pointed-arch shapes on both faces, including the date of the original building and an inscription.

Date: January 15, 2021

Creator: Willis, T. Bradford

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.545099 -97.194519

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Company Street, Camp MacArthur]

Postcard of a company street at Camp MacArthur, with encampments alongside a dirt road. Two buildings are specified in pen: a bath house, a low rectangular building at center left, and a space between two camps at right, which shows where the stove is.

Date: 1918-03-15/1918-10-20

Creator: Mann, Fred

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Commanding Officer and Adjutant #2]

Date: April 15, 1944

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard from Mr. William Mole, May 15, 1918]

Postcard sent from Mr. William Mole to Maurice and Minnie picturing soldiers in a mess line at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas with a handwritten message on the back saying that his tools will be fine in their cellar.

Date: May 15, 1918

Creator: Mole, William

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

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[Photograph of Lucile Goebel]

[Letter from Johnie Louise Bruyere to the Board of Trustees of Gurley School, March 15, 1934]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 15, 1943]

[Letter from Brockenbrough and Sanders to John Todd Willis, Jr., February 15, 1951]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, September 15, 1943]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 15, 1943]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 15, 1944]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr., July 2, 1943]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 15, 1943]

[Photograph of the 54th Basic Flying Training Group at WAAF]

[Photograph of Commanding Officer and Adjutant #1]

[Marble Cornerstone of Fifth Street Methodist Church]

[Marble Cornerstone for Fifth Street Methodist Church]

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - Novmeber 15, 1918]

[Dave Koenig Posing Outside of Barracks]

[Waco Church Cornerstone]

[Company Street, Camp MacArthur]

[Photograph of Commanding Officer and Adjutant #2]

[Postcard from Mr. William Mole, May 15, 1918]