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1. Album, Photograph - 2021.041.0010

   CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) photo album; Album cover: brown, faux wood grain covering, front cover labeled with Photo Album in gold lettering and handwritten CCC in black in abover gold lettering; Inside Cover: lined with thick paper and hole-punched and fitted into gold, metal spiral rings; Inside photo pages includes 10 thick, cardboard pages wiith faded, sticky lines for fixation or placement of photos and covered with clear, plastic shee...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Book - 2020.002.0019a

   North From Texas: Incidents in the Early Life of a Range Cowman in Texas, Dakota and Wyoming, 1852-1883

   Record Type: Library

   
3. Card, Greeting - 2019.005.0003b

   Card sent from Bess Streeter in Lubbock, Texas to O.E. Ritter in Gillette, Wyoming. The card is cream-colored with yellow flowers on the front. The original names "John and Ruth" on the personalized stationary were crossed out by the sender. Bess Streeter writes about a house in Gillette needing some work done if Ritter would not mind doing it, and that she would return in the Spring.

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Card, Holiday - 2019.001.0109b

   Holiday card sent to Vivian Sutherland in Gillette, Wyoming from Pauline "Pat" Fitch at Bryan Field, Texas. There is a handwritten message on the back of the Christmas card. Pat asks Vivian to consider joining the Women's Army Corps (WAC) after Christmas. Vivian Sutherland was the aunt of Fred Fitch, Pat's husband.

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Card, Holiday - 2019.001.0110b

   Holiday card sent to Archie D. and Verla Gay Sutherland in Gillette, Wyoming from Lieutenant Pauline "Pat" Fitch at Bryan Field, Texas. There is no personalized message, only "Love Pat" signed inside. Pat Fitch was a member of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) at the time this card was sent. Archie D. and Verla Gay Sutherland were the maternal grandparents of Pat's husband, Fred Fitch.

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Envelope - 2019.001.0109a

   Envelope for a holiday card sent from Lieutenant Pauline "Pat" Fitch at Bryan Field, Texas to Vivian Sutherland in Gillette, Wyoming. The envelope was postmarked on December 8, 1943. Pat Fitch, a member of the Women's Army Corps, was married to Vivian Sutherland's nephew, Fred Fitch.

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. Envelope - 2019.001.0110a

   Envelope that held a holiday card sent to Archie D. and Verla Gay Sutherland in Gillette, Wyoming from Lieutenant Pauline "Pat" Fitch of the Women's Army Corps at Bryan Field, Texas. Archie D. and Verla Gay Sutherland were the maternal grandparents of Fred Fitch, Pat's husband.

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Letter - 2017.066.0084

   This is a handwritten letter from Allen J. Sutherland to his parents, signed "Bud." The letter is written on Camp Polk letterhead. It was written while Bud was stationed near Shreveport, Louisiana though Bud discusses their movement to a river bank (along the Sabine River), staring across at the 77th Division--Bud in Texas, and the 77th in Louisiana. He mentions various family members, and his father's work as a plumber in Gillette.

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. Letter - 2017.066.0085

   This is a handwritten letter from Allen J. Sutherland to his parents, signed "Bud." The letter is written on plain cream-colored paper. It was written while Bud's address was given as Shreveport, Louisiana, but his military maneuvers had taken him close to Jasper, Texas. Bud mentions (as he did in previous letters) that they are dirty and he cannot wait to be done with this part of training, though he has been gaining weight. He also states that ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
10. Letter - 2017.066.0128

    This is a handwritten letter from Allen J. Sutherland to his parents, signed "Bud." The letter is written on a single sheet of plain but textured paper. It was sent from "Camp Where" in Arizona. In the letter Bud discusses training in which the men only move a little at a time and must wait for the "enemy" to withdraw. He also mentions the food, the possibility of moving back to Camp Granite in California, his hope not to return to Texas but at l...

    Record Type: Archive

    
11. Letter - 2017.066.0171

    Handwritten letter from Allen J. Sutherland to his parents, signed "Bud." Bud was stationed at Camp Barkeley in Texas when he wrote this letter, and the letter is written on Camp Barkeley letterhead. In the letter Bud discusses a trip out of camp to the town Abilene, some of the men being sent to a camp near Oklahoma, a menu of their September 5th dinner he's sending to his parents, and wanting his parents to send him the newspapers from Gillette...

    Record Type: Archive

    
12. Letter - 2017.066.0179

    Handwritten letter from Allen J. Sutherland to his parents, signed "Bud." This is written on a single sheet of Camp Barkeley letterhead that is embossed with a gold-foil eagle over a "V" emblem. In the letter Bud discusses photographs, the Gillette newspaper, training, getting sick, payment, crowded hutments, new men coming in, officers leaving for other duties, and gas rationing.

    Record Type: Archive

    
13. Map - EC1146

    Vinyl John Doe display with map. The deceased was found in 1995, though the map may date later. This was sent to the Coroner's Office to determine if the deceased, found on a coal car in Campbell County that had originated in Richmond, Texas, could be identified.

    Record Type: Archive

    
14. Photograph, Digital - 2018.030.0041

    B/W photograph on cardstock. This photograph shows Jack Nisselius and his wife, Christine Nisselius, on their wedding day.

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Photograph, Digital - 2018.030.0043

    B/W photograph of Jack Nisselius and wife Christine Nisselius at their wedding.

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Photograph, Digital - 2018.030.0046

    B/W photograph of Jack Nisselius (right) and his bride, Christine Nisselius. The photo was printed on cardstock.

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. Print, Photographic - 2017.066.0230

    B/W Photograph of Allen J. Sutherland's Company, Company C-359th Battallion. This panoramic photo was taken by National Photo & News Service of San Antonio, Texas. Allen J. Sutherland is in the top row, third man from the left.

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Print, Photographic - 2018.053.0016

    B/W photograph of Corporal Matthew J. McMenomey in an aviation uniform during World War II. The identification number of the aviator is written on a card at the bottom center of the photograph. A sheet of paper titled "Aerial Gunner Receives Wings At Harlingen, Texas, Army Air Field" dated May 1944 is attached to the back of the photograph.

    Record Type: Photo