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Letter re: prisoner of war
No full textLetter from Bessie (Mrs. Richard H.) Torrence to Amon Carter regarding the death of her son, Capt. Richard H. Torrence, Jr.Waco, Texas. Aug. 2, 1944 Mr. Amon Carter Ft Worth, Texas. Dear Mr. Carter: About a month or six weeks ago I mailed you three letters from Oflag 64 in Germany telling us about the death of our boy. Mr. Carter, I am not sure I asked you to return the letter when I sent them but if I didn't I should have as our youngest boy has not yet read them, then too there is a copy of personal things which have been mailed to us so will need that. If you have read the letters will you please mail them back? I would appreciate it. I believe Mrs. Barron was the last to here any word. I hope you have had recent news from your son and that he is well. Sincerely Mrs. R.H. Torrence 2211 Barnard Waco, Texas
Letter re: prisoner of war
No full textLetter from Bessie (Mrs. Richard H.) Torrence to Katrine Deakins, secretary to Amon Carter, regarding the death of Capt. Richard H. Torrence, Jr.Waco, Texas Oct. 5, 1944. K. Deakins, Sec. to A. Carter Ft. Worth, Texas. Dear Miss Deakins: I hope I can express in the few lines how much I appreciate you making the pictures of our sons funeral to us. If Mr. Carter would not mind I would like to keep them a few days longer until all the family has seen them. I will take very good care of them and return them within the next few days. how could Mrs. Cond who lives here go about getting a copy of these pictures? Her husband is in most of them also Capt. Ferguson. It was very nice of Lt. Meadows to get these pictures back and I know Mr. Carter was glad to get this information about his son. Mr. Carter certainly has the administration of a good many Texas families. The kind of help he has given us all helps so much at this time. I hope he has had a recent letter from Amon jr by now Of I am not able to contact Lt. Meadows by writing to Opp. Would you mind sending me his address if you have it, he must have seen Dick shortly before his death and I would like very much to hear from him. Thank you again for your consideration. Sincerely, Mrs. R.H. Torrenc
Letter re: prisoner of war
No full textLetter from Bessie (Mrs. Richard H.) Torrence to Katrine Deakins, secretary to Amon Carter, regarding the death of Capt. Richard H. Torrence, Jr.Waco, Texas. Nov. 12, 1944. K. Deakins Ft. Worth Star Telegram. Ft. Worth, Texas. Dear Mr. Deakins: I am writing again to thank you for the picture of our boys funeral. Since I received your last letter we have had quite a few more pictures made from them. Enough for the family to all have some. I gave your last letter and the two groups of pictures to Francis Bond, Capt. Bond's wife. I am sure that you have heard from her. She was delighted that you had them. I have written to Lt. Meadows, Opp Ala but have not relieved any answer. It was nice i am sure to have relieved the information about Amon Jr. From someone who had seen him. We have receleived some enlargements of the pictures from Mr. John J Jones, Rice Hotel, Houston. I wondered if he is a fronther of Col. Jones, the little man with the moustache in the front of the group picture of Texas men. I am sure these pictures were all taken at or after the funderal as Dick was not in any of them and I suppose that Amon Jr. must have taken them. I hope you are stil able to get letters from him and that he is hearing from you and MR. Carter and the others that mean so much to them. I don not believe that Dick got any of our letters, even if they did not come back. Give our best regards to Mr. Carter if he is in town. Sincerely, Mrs. R.H. Torrence
Letter re: prisoner of war
No full textTelegram from Bessie (Mrs. Richard H.) Torrence to Amon Carter regarding the death of her son, Capt. Richard H. Torrence, Jr. and enclosing the letter from James A. Ulio, United States Adjutant General, to Richard H. Torrence, Sr. reporting the death of his son.Waco, Texas. Feb. 7, 1943. Mr. Amon Carter Ft Worth Texas. Dear Sir: I am enclosing a copy of the letter we received from the government about our boy. As you can see tree is no more information than we had in the telegram. Mr. Carter we deeply appreciate you telegram and your efforts to help us get information about the death of our boy. Our hearts are broken but I feel that it might help if we could know the date and the true cause of his death. No one here has heard from their boys yet in that camps. I hope and pray that the rest of the boys are safe and that you will hear soon. Sincerely, Mrs. R.H. Torrence. 2211 Barnard Ave Wac
Letter re: prisoner of war
No full textLetter from Richard H. and Bessie Torrence Sr. to Amon Carter regarding the death of their son, prisoner of war Capt. Richard H. Torrence, Jr. Also enclosed are letter from Charles H. "Hal" Jones, Jr. and Col. Thomas D. Drake to the Torrences about the death of their son.Waco, Texas. July 8, 1944. Mr. Amon Carter. Ft. Worth, Texas. Dear Mr. Carter: I have been intending to mail you these letters concerning the death of our son Capt. Richard Torrence but we have been so hurt I am a little late in doing these things. I'm sure you will understand. We sincerely appreciate your help and sympathy and feel that all we can do is to accept these letters as the whole truth but back in our hearts there will be a doubt until we can see and talk to some of the boys there. Our other boy has received the purple heart which he mailed home. He is now on a limited service, due to a permanent knee injury somewhere in Italy. I sincerely hope your boy is well and that your hearing from him regularly. Best wishes from Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Torrence 2211 Barnard Waco Texas
Author headings for the official publications of the State of Kansas
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (page x).This list of author headings covers all official agencies as found in the laws of the territory and the laws of the state of Kansas from May 30, 1854 through July 1955; also agencies created by Executive Order, and administrative divisions, or boards, created within a department of the state. Agencies included are:
1. All departments, bureaus, divisions, commissions, courts, legislative bodies and special committees created by the laws or joint resolutions of the territory or state of Kansas, or by Executive Order*
2. Subdivisions of the respective departments, bureaus, commissions and committees even though not expressly created by acts of the legislature, but which are included in the official reports of the agencies*
3. Legislative bodies and their committees, if created by law, or if their reports were published.
4. Societies supported wholly, or in part, by the state.
5. All state and territorial institutions (including educational, charitable, correctional and penal)
"A Symbol of the New African": Drum magazine, popular culture and the formation of black urban subjectivity in 1950s South Africa.
No full textPhDThis thesis examines the emergence of black urban subjectivity in South Africa
during the 1950s, focussing on the ways in which popular American genres were
utilised in the construction of black urban identities that served as a means of
resistance to apartheid. At the centre of this process was Drum magazine:
founded in South Africa in 1951 , it became the largest selling magazine on the
African continent in 1956. Drum's success was due to the way in which it
enabled the relocation of black identity from the "traditional" towards the
"modern'. The 1940s gave rise to widespread migration of black South Africans
from rural to urban areas and this newly urbanised community was seeking
models of black urban identity. Yet the Nationalist government was attempting
to curtail the emergence of a black urban proletariat, which posed a threat to
white political supremacy. Through apartheid legislation black identity was
constructed as essentially tribal and rural. As a means of resisting this, urbanised
black South Africans turned to, and appropriated, readily available forms of
American culture. Drum published Americanised images and stories: gangsters,
black detectives, black comic heroes, and pulp romances. This popular material
appeared alongside some of the finest investigative journalism ever published.
While Drum magazine is widely acknowledged as having provided a platform
for the emergence of black South African writing in English, its popular content
has been dismissed by critics as apolitical escapism, imitation and capitulation to
American culture. This thesis challenges the dismissal of the popular that has
dominated analyses of Drum since the 1960s, arguing that such a position denies
the agency of local writers and audiences. My analysis reveals that American
forms were adopted in critically discerning ways and chosen for their ability to
convey local meaning and create positions from which to resist aparthei
Letter re: prisoner of war
No full textLetter from the secretary to Amon Carter to Bessie (Mrs. Richard H.) Torrence regarding the death of her son, Capt. Richard H. Torrence, Jr
Letter re: prisoner of war
No full textLetter from the secretary to Amon Carter to Bessie (Mrs. Richard H.) Torrence regarding the death of her son, Capt. Richard H. Torrence, Jr
Letter re: prisoner of war
No full textLetter from Amon Carter to Bessie (Mrs. Richard H.) Torrence regarding the death of her son, Capt. Richard H. Torrence, Jr
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