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[Pamphlet: WASP Song Book]

Description: Booklet created by the Dayton Air Show full of songs sung by Women Airforce Service Pilots while in service. The cover features an image of the blue diamond WASP wings emblem.
Date: 2003
Creator: Vectren Dayton Air Show
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from J. D. Sandefer Jr. to H. A. Pender, E. F. Pittard, Dan Moody, Claude McAden, and Barney Carter - February 9, 1950]

Description: Letter from J. D. Sandefer Jr. to Mrs. Pender, Mrs. Pittard, Mrs. Moody, Mrs. McAden, and Mr. Carter concerning a photo he found while at his mother’s house in Abilene. He includes a limerick that he describes as “unfair to use.”
Date: February 9, 1950
Creator: Sandefer, J. D., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Bookmark from Greenbrier Pet Loss Services]

Description: Bookmark from Greenbrier Pet Loss Services that includes a butterfly adornment, meant to be planted in one's garden so wildflowers will "blossom in memory of [one's] loved one." The back of the bookmark includes information for the company and the printer, while the front includes a poem about grief.
Date: unknown
Creator: Greenbrier Pet Loss Services
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Texas

Description: A printed paper with the poem "Texas," by Edwin Brush. This item was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College (Abilene, Texas).
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: Brush, Edwin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

A Castle of Memories

Description: A poem titled "A Castle of Memories," written by T. H. Gatlin, Weatherford, Texas. Religious poem/song recounting the life, once fair, of a homeless man, found with a worn Bible in his hands gone home to "A Mansion not made with hands", a smile on his face that "seemed to whisper of God's Grace". He implores the Youth to let the Bible guide their lives. The reverse side includes a printed advertisement "Complements…Of American Beauty Flour and Your friend, Virgil O. Stamps."
Date: unknown
Creator: Gatlin, T. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

My Old Uncle

Description: A political poem/song titled "My Old Uncle," by T. H. Gatlin, Weatherford, Texas. Political poem/song displaying his gratefull allegiance to the U. S. A. touting liberty, that "Uncle" is a friend to both the wealthy and the poor and "never tries to dictate to us how we shall worship God". The lyrics proclaim "we owe a debt of gratitude" that can never be repaid, yet they are amid "ungrateful" citizens criticizing the Government such as those "Who would swap our form of Government, For One the… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Gatlin, T. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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Interview with Walt McDonald, 1985

Description: Interview with Walt McDonald, poet and professor at Texas Tech University. In the interview, McDonald discusses the importance of creative writing and teaching children to write.
Date: 1985
Duration: 30 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: McDonald, Walt & McCaleb, Gary
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
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Interview with Richard Shelton, 1985

Description: Interview with Richard Shelton, a Pulitzer Prize nominee in the area of poetry. In the interview, Shelton discusses his background in poetry and working as a writer.
Date: 1985
Duration: 30 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Shelton, Richard & McCaleb, Gary
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
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Interview with Dr. William Strafford, 1984

Description: Interview with Dr. William Strafford, nationally acclaimed poet. In the interview, Dr. Strafford discusses poetry in general and reads some of his poems.
Date: 1984
Duration: 28 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Strafford, William & McCaleb, Gary
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Letter from Wallace C. Thompson to Senator W. J. Bryan, November 8, 1945]

Description: Letter from Wallace C. Thompson to Senator W. J. Bryan showing appreciation for the poems he sent as he did enjoy reading them. He also informs Mr. Bryan about the details of his conversation with Mr. Wallace who is interested in attending the Cowboys Christmas Ball with them.
Date: November 8, 1945
Creator: Thompson, Wallace C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Poem: Rest]

Description: Poem written about rest after a hard day and published in The Southern Pharmaceutical Journal and Drug Price Review, with an advertisement for Vitalis on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cousins, Walt
Item Type: Refine your search to only Poem
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Poem: Abilene Texas...]

Description: Poem written about the city of Abilene, Texas published in The Southern Pharmaceutical Journal and Drug Price Review, with a portion of an article about frontier medicine printed on the other side.
Date: October 1936
Creator: Cousins, Walt
Item Type: Refine your search to only Poem
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[44-W-8 Poem]

Description: Poem titled, "44-W-8" that is about prefering to be a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) rather than a WAC (Women's Army Corps) or WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service).
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Poem
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

High Flight

Description: Copy of a poem by John G. Magee with a correspondence note between two unknown people typed below that briefly describes his life.
Date: unknown
Creator: Magee, John G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Poem
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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