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The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 48, July 1944 - April, 1945

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 607.

Date: 1945

Creator: Texas State Historical Association

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[Crowd Outside Military Gift Shop]

Photograph of a crowd of soldiers, women, and children standing outside the U.S. Military Gift Shop. A perambulator is visible on the sidewalk to the right, and a Jeep is visible to the left.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Crowd Outside Shop]

Photograph of a large crowd of adults and children standing outside a U.S. Military gift shop.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, June 21, 1945]

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing the weather, past travels, Mickey's job, and briefly mentioning his own.

Date: June 21, 1945

Creator: Drew, Edward Allen

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Christmas Tidings]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. The front page of the spread features a blonde Varga girl dressed in white and gold smiling and kneeling over a telegraph from her soldier paired with a two stanza verse by Phil Stack. On the following page is a reproductive print of the painting "The Ordeal of John Paul Jones" by Anton Otto Fischer done especially for Esquire Magazine. The painting celebrates prominent Scottish-born Naval commander John Paul … more

Date: December 1945

Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Fischer, Anton Otto

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Capt. Charles W. Roland, September 26, 1945]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Capt. Charles W. Roland discussing Kempner's discussion with F. T. O'Brien and discussing President Truman and military conscription.

Date: September 26, 1945

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from David Cohen to I. H. Kempner, March 11, 1945]

Letter from David Cohen to I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner's son, Harris Kempner, being promoted to Lieutenant Commander and Kempner writing recommendation letters.

Date: March 11, 1945

Creator: Cohen, David

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Colonel Myron G. Blalock, December 20, 1945]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Colonel Myron G. Blalock thanking Blalock for his Christmas cards and expressing hope that the world would enter an era of peace and prosperity.

Date: December 20, 1945

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: People Who Read and Write]

Newspaper clipping of an article about how Reader's Digest versions of books are affecting sales of the full versions, as well as book reviews for several titles such as The Far Shore by Max Miller, Robinson Crusoe by Blake Clark, and Faces in a Dusty Picture by Gerard Kersh.

Date: April 22, 1945

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Postcard of Group in Military Uniforms]

Postcard of a group wearing military uniform in seven rows. One of the men in the top row holds a flag that has the number 81B on it. Handwritten note on the back of the postcard reads, "Fulder, Ger. -- June 1945."

Date: June 1945

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Deck of the USS Missouri on the day of Japan's surrender]

Photograph relating to the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Army and Navy officials watch on as dignitaries leave the deck.

Date: September 2, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Peace Treaty in Japanese]

Photograph relating to a Peace Treaty in Japan.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[U.S. and Japanese officers during surrender negotiations]

Photograph relating to some type of surrender negotiations with the Japanese. U.S. and Japanese officers sit around a table on a navy ship.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[U.S. and Japanese officers during surrender negotiations]

Photograph relating to some type of surrender negotiations with the Japanese. U.S. and Japanese officers sit around a table on a navy ship.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

The Marine, Volume 1, Number 2, February 3, 1945

Monthly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Fifth Regiment stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.

Date: February 3, 1945

Creator: Marine Corps Air Station-Cherry Point. North Carolina.

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Fort Worth Aviation Museum

[Military Float at the San Antonio Parade]

Photograph of a military float at the San Antonio Parade. Soldiers carrying firearms on their shoulders, walk on either side of the float. The float contains planet Earth, two palm trees, a tank and the words "armed division." Individuals watch from the audience on each side of the float.

Date: 1945~

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections