Box SC1900-1949.010

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains two diaries written in 1936 and 1937 by Winifred Ruth O'Rear of Mentone, Alabama. The diaries have entries for each day listing chores done, visitors, going to church, sewing, cooking, etc.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains sixteen postcards and letters from Robert C. Fletcher of Birmingham, Alabama, to his sister Fay. Each letter starts with "My Darling Sister" and are mostly requests for more mail; he does not give much information about the fledgling Tank Corps. Fletcher's dog tags are also included.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains a copy of the first issue of The Open Post, volume 1, number 1, April 24, 1943, the news organ of the 57th College Training Detachment of the Army Air Corps, based on the University of Alabama campus during World War II. Also included is a souvenir folder of the University in 1943.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains a twelve-page typed account of Mary Elizabeth Streit Preston of her trip to Russia in August 1931, when she was part of the first group of Americans allowed to enter the U.S.S.R. after the October Revolution during the first "FIve Year Plan." There are also two undated newspaper clippings about television programs filmed in the U.S.S.R.; the envelope they were in is dated July 16, 1963.