Scrapbook
Scope and Contents
Volume 1 contains articles and photographs for several other events. On the first page of the volume is an 8" x 10" black and white photograph of Col. Albert Price and Lt. Col. Thomas M. Childs. Several articles and 21 snapshots describe the organization and opening of the school. Seven photographs of the first graduation are included. Volume 1 also contains several large WAC recruiting newspaper ads and a large HOUSTON POST newspaper article called... "WAAC's Capture Entire East Texas" dated March 28, 1943, with six black and white glossy photographs that were used in the write-up. Two black and white pictures of WAC's that were not used in the article were also included at that point. Nineteen scattered snapshots of WAC'S and officers at the school and two larger pictures of Headquarters Company are also contained in the scrapbook. Volume 1 includes articles and snapshots of WAC's marching in parades at Beaumont (6 snapshots); Houston (article); and Timpson (article). Six snapshots of WAC's attending a Memorial Service in Timpson, Texas are included. Articles about the death of Capt. Hiram Joseph Clark, Quartermaster at WAC Branch No. 1 on May 23, 1943, as well as two 8" x 10" photographs of the loading of the casket on a train at Nacogdoches, and two snapshots of Capt. Clark are included. Near the end of Volume 1 are 8" x 10" black and white group pictures of Classes 1 through 6, the HQ Company (July 20, 1943) and of the Staff and Faculty (July 20, 1943). Also near the end of Volume 1 are nine snapshots of a trip to A & M College.
See moreDates
- Creation: 1943-1944
Extent
From the Collection: 3.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the East Texas Research Center Repository