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[Financial Reports: American Women's Voluntary Services Sample and Austin, Texas Unit, 1945]

Description: Sample financial report for units of the American Women's Voluntary Services to be sent to State and National Headquarters listing itemized and total income and expenses. Financial report for the Austin, Texas Unit of the A. W. V. S. for the period begun January 1, 1944, and ended January 31, 1945, listing balances at the beginning and end of the period and itemized and total receipts and disbursements throughout the period.
Date: 1945-01/1945-02~
Creator: American Women's Voluntary Services
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Alex Bradford to Olin Culberson - November 15, 1943]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to Olin Culberson discussing the current Middle Eastern oil companies that control oil production and refinement within the region. After briefly covering these companies, Mr. Bradford comments on the variety of fires present throughout the region and the tools used to fight said fires. Finally, Mr. Bradford asks for the mailing address for Jack Ashenfelder.
Date: November 15, 1945
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

Service Center at Driskill Hotel

Description: Photograph of an American soldier standing at a map covered with slips of paper. The legend on the map reads "Where are you from?" A note on the back of the photograph reads "Service Center at Driskill [Hotel]."
Date: February 24, 1945
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Library Austin, Texas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Advance Proof of Harper's Magazine Article: The Easy Chair]

Description: Article by Bernard DeVoto detailing the situation that led Dr. Homer P. Rainey to be fired from his position as President of the University of Texas, including his supposed sympathy for "communists and homosexuals" and his attempts to increase opportunities for African American students. DeVoto goes on to describe the impact this will have on higher education and freedom of speech as a whole.
Date: July 31, 1945
Creator: De Voto, Bernard, 1897-1955
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Ford Liberty Bell Fleet]

Description: Photograph of a Ford f-5 pickup truck with two service men and a woman along with model of the Liberty Bell in the back. Painted on the truck's bed rail is the motto "Save For YOUR Independence - Buy U.S. Savings Bonds." The truck is parked in front of the Texas Capitol building.
Date: [1942..1945]
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

West Sixth Street at Blanco

Description: Photograph of a man and a young child standing on the corner of the north side of the 1100 block of West Sixth Street at Blanco in Austin, Texas. Stores in picture are West Austin Drug, Cunningham's Community Stores, Typewriter Service Co., West Austin Cleaners and Capitol Floors.
Date: January 1, 1945
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.272761 -97.757147
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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