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[Letter from Robert Baty to Rigdon Edwards, August 15, 1973]

Description: Letter from Robert Baty to Rigdon Edwards discussing a movie script about the WASP members who served in WWII, asking for Mr. Edwards's first-hand experience to help them write the script. He mentions that Mrs. Maureen Stracener referred him to Mr. Edwards for information.
Date: August 15, 1973
Creator: Baty, Robert
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Ardis Gaither to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, November 3, 1973]

Description: Letter from Ardis Gaither to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing the possibility of making a documentary about the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The letter also includes Gaither's business card for Blue Sky Productions Inc.
Date: November 3, 1973
Creator: Gaither, Ardis
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Kathy Stephan to Sterling Houston - December 3, 2001]

Description: Letter from Kathy Stephan to Sterling Houston, a prominent Texan playwright. She writes informing him of a creative project she is interested in developing- a play about Lillian Gish, a silent film actress whose life has inspired Kathy. She notes that strong racial commentary could come from the project. She has attached three pages of xeroxed newspaper clippings about the actress.
Date: December 3, 2001
Creator: Stephan, Kathy
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 3, 1943]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 3, 1943. He found out a movie about A&M is being shown in town, and plans on going. He tells his father to expect a letter from the battalion clerk explaining the mix up with the checks Willis sent home.
Date: November 3, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 1, 1943]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 1, 1943. He saw Charles Shelby recently, and went to a church service and took communion. He asks his parents to send him pecans if they can.
Date: November 1, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, February 27, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on February 27, 1944. He explains that each soldier is allotted three Cokes a week starting March 1, and realizes that he's forgotten the taste. He went to see a movie and enjoyed it, and plans on going to a church service that night.
Date: February 27, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Joan Kufrin to Helen W. Snapp, June 12, 2005]

Description: Letter from Joan Kufrin to Helen Snapp discussing Snapp's recent reading of Kufrin's script, Jackie's Girls. Kufrin thanks her for the interview and reading, and she includes a list of her primary sources.
Date: June 12, 2005
Creator: Kufrin, Joan
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Larry Leon Hamlin to Curtis King, May 20, 1993]

Description: Letter from Larry Leon Hamlin to Curtis King discussing the screening of 'Toussaint: Angel Warrior of Haiti.' This production was to be performed at the 1993 National Black Theatre Festival on August 3-4, 1993.
Date: May 20, 1993
Creator: Hamlin, Larry Leon
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from E. Douglas Norton to Dr. Reginald Holland - February 25, 1974]

Description: Letter from the North Texas State University Dean of Admissions and Records to the Chairman of the Speech, Communications, and Drama Department complimenting the promotional film created by student Henry Kaplan to be used in recruitment activities.
Date: February 25, 1974
Creator: Norton, E. Douglas
Partner: UNT Media Library

[Telegram from Jack Reed, February 27, 1953]

Description: Telegram sent to Truett Latimer from Jack Reed regarding House Bill 13 and the need for low fixed taxes on admission sales in order to promote expensive 3D entertainment.
Date: February 27, 1953
Creator: Reed, Jack
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Press Release: Gays protest media discrimination]

Description: A press release from the Dallas Gay Political Caucus (DGPC) reporting on two criminals who are self-proclaimed homosexuals do not represent homosexual groups as a whole. They argued that Fort Worth Star-Telegram mentioned the criminals' sexual orientation as a way of prejudice against homosexuals. The second document is also from the DGPC stating against the Dallas Motion Picture Review Board for having a "p" classification to rate homosexuality as a perverse rating.
Date: July 5, 1977
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Naval Reserve Bulletin No. 14, May 28, 1946]

Description: Memorandum from Arthur A. Ageton outlining an organizational visit to Galveston with meetings, a lunceon and a movie screening, extending an invitation to all men and citizens to attend and providing times and places.
Date: May 28, 1946
Creator: Ageton, Arthur A.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Eastman Kodak Company to Daniel W. Kempner, August 30, 1950]

Description: Letter from the Eastman Kodak Company to Daniel W. Kempner informing Mr. Kempner that check he had sent with his film has not been located but not to send another as the work he needs done can only be handled by the Eastman Kodak Company's Rocester location.
Date: August 30, 1950
Creator: Eastman Kodak Company
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 26, 1943?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing staying in Wichita and exploring the town, stories from a farmer, flying, seeing "Casablanca", and sights in a residential neighborhood. Written on Hotel Lassen stationary.
Date: 1943-09-26~
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 11, 1943]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing delivering a plane and flying back to Dallas, chores, seeing For Whom the Bell Tolls, seeing Tito Guízar in concert, and flying to Camden, AK. Typed and written on Hutson Hotels stationary.
Date: October 11, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Wally Akin to Jo Ann Elliott, January 31, 1955]

Description: Letter from Wally Akin to Jo Ann Elliott inviting both her and Truett Latimer to see a showing of "Barefoot Contessa" at his theatre. A handwritten note at the bottom of the page addressed to Truett Latimer reads, "Truett, Things will come out o.k. -Wally".
Date: January 31, 1955
Creator: Akin, Wally
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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