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to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated August 31, 1944. This letter has been cut and fragmented due to censorship.

GLC10047.01.398

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated September 11, 1944.

GLC10047.01.405

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated September 13, 1944.

GLC10047.01.408

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one receipt sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated September 18, 1944.

GLC10047.01.412

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated September 21, 1944.

GLC10047.01.414

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and nine newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated September 25, 1944.

GLC10047.01.419

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated October 8, 1944. This letter has been cut and fragmented due to censorship.

GLC10047.01.430

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by from Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated November 10, 1944.

GLC10047.01.459

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated November 21, 1944.

GLC10047.01.468

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated January 30, 1945.

GLC10047.01.512

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated February 4, 1945.

GLC10047.01.516

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and two newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated February 12, 1945.

GLC10047.01.523

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one tax form sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated February 23, 1945.

GLC10047.01.535

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and one newspaper clipping sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated March 20, 1945.

GLC10047.01.560

to Omer H. Kelpe

One letter and two newspaper clippings sent by Virginia Heidt Kelpe to Omer H. Kelpe dated April 29, 1945.

GLC10047.01.582

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

One letter and two newspaper clippings sent by Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated May 20, 1945.

GLC10047.01.602

to Omer H. Kelpe

One greeting card and one letter sent by Kit Phelps to Omer H. Kelpe dated May 22, 1945.

GLC10047.01.606

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

Two letters, one from Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated June 1, 1945. The second letter is from Dick Kelpe to Omer H. Kelpe dated May 29, 1945.

GLC10047.01.618

to Omer H. Kelpe

One letter and a book of stamps sent by Virginia Heidt Kelpe to Omer H. Kelpe dated May 31, 1945.

GLC10047.01.619

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

Two letters, one from Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated June 15, 1945. The second letter is from Dick Kelpe to Omer H. Kelpe dated June 11, 1945.

GLC10047.01.629

What You Should Really Know About Sex

Three pamphlets a postcard and an envelope circa 1942-1945. All the items are part of a mailing advertisment for educational books about sex.

GLC10047.01.642

to Dexter E. Kelpe

Two advertising brochures sent to Dexter E. Kelpe in an envelope dated October 26, 1933. Advertisements are for a traveling salesman.

GLC10047.01.651

to Dexter E. Kelpe

One business card, a postcard and six photgraphs included in an envelope postmarked December 29, 1934.

GLC10047.01.658

to Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe

Two letters, one letter from Omer H. Kelpe to Virginia Heidt Kelpe dated December 13, 1942. The second letter is from Kit Phelps to Omer H. Kelpe dated December 9, 1942.

GLC10047.01.664

to Dexter E. Kelpe

Three receipts, one check and one promotion notice all in a envelope dated March 6, 1946.

GLC10047.01.679

[Stamps]

Six sets of stamps that were likely originally attached to envelopes in this collection.

GLC10047.01.698

Prudential Life Insurance Advertisement

One advertisement for Prudential Life Insurance circa 1942-1945. A folded paper enclosure with gauze on the inside.

GLC10047.03.301

[Clown and woman postcard]

One blank postcard circa 1942-1945. Postcard features a woman with her foot on a step adjusting her hose behind her a clown is watching. The bottom of the postcard reads, "The Bank May be Busted, But I Wish I Owned he Buildin'!"

GLC10047.03.302

[Kodak Film Advertisement]

One advertisement for Kodak film circa 1942-1945. Advertisement reads, "New Kodak Film Makes Snapshots at Night Easier Than Ever." It explains how to light nighttime photos and about their new Super-xx film.

GLC10047.03.303

[Pur-O-Ray Advertisement]

One advertisement for Pur-O-Ray sunglasses circa 1942-1945. A Certificate of quality that extols the virtues of Pur-O-Ray sunglass lenses.

GLC10047.03.304

Navy, Look Ahead

One navy recruitment document circa 1942-1945. Features an aircraft carrier and a sailor looking through binoculars.

GLC10047.03.305

Menu

One menu for a restaurant circa 1942-1945. Features five pages of tipped in specials and two pages of standard fare.

GLC10047.03.306

American Red Cross Service Clubs In Great Britain

One document entitled American Red Cross Service Clubs In Great Britain dated 1942-1945. Lists the city, address, phone number and availably of sleeping accommodations for the Red Cross service clubs in Great Britain.

GLC10047.03.307

London Arc Light

One newsletter entitled London Arc Light dated 1942-1945. Explains all the resources available through the ARC, also known as the American Red Cross.

GLC10047.03.308

Sight-See On Your Own

One document entitled Sight-See On Your Own dated 1942-1945. Details tourist sites in London and bus routes to get there. Also includes a map on the lower half of the first page with the locations mentioned numbered on the map.

GLC10047.03.309

The Army Officer's Notebook, Dexter E. Kelpe

One Army Officer's Notebook, written in by Dexter E. Kelpe dated 1942-1945. Includes an informational section of sixty-four pages followed by notes made by Dexter. Notes primarily have to do with ship movements and crew.

GLC10047.03.310

What The Soldier Thinks

One pamphlet entitled What The Soldier Thinks dated January 1944. Includes articles:
Soldiers Who Have Seen Battle Realize the Toughness of the Job Ahead
Confidence in Combat Officers
Who goes AWOL- and Why?
Esprit De Corps In Air Force Ground Crews...

GLC10047.03.311

to Mom, Dad, Grandma

One v-mail addressed to Eva and Morris Schwartz and Sarah Friedman from Warren Schwartz dated September 16, 1942. Pertains to working and living on the base.

GLC09662.332.02

A Plain Political Catechism Intended For the Use of Schools, in the United States of America: Wherein the Great Principles of Liberty, and of the Federal Government...

One book entitled A Plain Political Catechism Intended For the Use of Schools, in the United States of America: Wherein the Great Principles of Liberty, and of the Federal Government are laid down and explained, in the way of Question and Answer, by...

GLC10103

What The Soldier Thinks

One pamphlet entitled What The Soldier Thinks dated June 1944. Includes articles:
If I were the CO
Some Attitudes of Puerto Rican GI's
Attitudes Toward Silver Star Awards
Keep Your Men Informed
Hatred of the Enemy
Attitude Towards News in DBI
What...

GLC10047.03.312

Guide to the Use of Information Materials

One pamphlet entitled Guide to the Use of Information Materials dated September 1944.

GLC10047.03.313

War Department Technical Manual

One pamphlet entitled War Department Technical Manual dated September 1944.

GLC10047.03.314

The United Nations Charter What was Done at San Francisco

One pamphlet entitled The United Nations Charter What was Done at San Francisco dated July 1945.

GLC10047.03.315

USAFI Information Bulletin

One pamphlet entitled USAFI Information Bulletin dated June 1945.

GLC10047.03.316

USAFI Information Bulletin

One pamphlet entitled USAFI Information Bulletin dated September 1945.

GLC10047.03.317

I&E Digest (Vol. 2 No 12 [October 1945])

One pamphlet entitled I&E Digest dated October 1945.

GLC10047.03.318

America's Vocational Schools

One pamphlet entitled America's Vocational Schools dated 1945.

GLC10047.03.319

Veterans Outlook

One pamphlet entitled Veterans Outlook dated 1945.

GLC10047.03.320

Employer's Tax Guide

One pamphlet entitled Employer's Tax Guide dated January 1954.

GLC10047.03.321.01

Federal Depository Receipt

One receipt entitled Federal Depository Receipt dated January 1954. Receipt made out for the Veterans Service Office Omer H. Kelpe, Treasurer, Jefferson City, Missouri. Was tucked into a pamphlet of tax instructions.

GLC10047.03.321.02

Notice of Employer's Identification Number

One document entitled Notice of Employer's Identification Number dated January 1954. Receipt made out for the Veterans Service Office Omer H. Kelpe, Treasurer, Jefferson City, Missouri. Was tucked into a pamphlet of tax instructions.

GLC10047.03.321.03

Destination Berlin!

One pamphlet entitled Destination Berlin! undated but likely circa 1942-1946.

GLC10047.03.322

Notary Public Certificate

One document certifying Omer H. Kelpe as a Notary Public dated December 19, 1938.

GLC10047.03.323

The Stars and Stripes (Vol. 1 No. 34 (May 8, 1945))

One issue of Stars and Stripes dated May 8, 1945. Headline reads, "Nazis Quit!"

GLC10047.03.324

High School Diploma

One High School Diploma for Dexter Elmer Kelpe dated May 20, 1921. Dexter graduated from the Ernst Simonsen High School of Jefferson City, Missouri. Includes a cardboard tube in which the document was stored.

GLC10047.03.325

[Metal tag holder]

One metal tag holder circa 1942-1945.A green piece of metal holding a tag. The tag includes Name, Rank, Serial Number, Squadron Number, Wall Locker Number, and Section. It is filled out for Omer H. Kelpe.

GLC10047.03.326

[Army service forces training center shoulder-sleeve insignia]

One Army service forces training center shoulder-sleeve insignia circa 1942-1945. A patch with a blue star inside a white flower shape, surrounded by blue.

GLC10047.03.327

[Matchbook]

One Red Cross matchbook circa 1942-1945. Features an advertisement for Red Cross cough drops for 5 cents. Two matches remain in the book.

GLC10047.03.328

[Plastic case]

One plastic case circa 1942-1945. A long case possible for a tooth brush.

GLC10047.03.329

[Worn coin]

One worn coin circa 1942-1945. A coin with a hole in the center. The coin is very damaged and worn so other identifying marks are gone.

GLC10047.03.330

[Alpern Nail Creme]

One container of Alpern Nail Creme circa 1942-1945. A small metal container of nail creme.

GLC10047.03.331

[pin]

One dented pin possibly denoting military rank circa 1942-1945.

GLC10047.03.332

[Shoe lace]

One Leg N Braces shoe lace in olive green circa 1942-1945. The wrapper notes them as Regulation Legging Laces.

GLC10047.03.333

[Black crayon]

One black crayon circa 1942-1945. The wrapper notes it as a USMC crayon to be used for all kinds of marking and checking purposes.

GLC10047.03.334

[Black crayon]

One black crayon circa 1942-1945. The wrapper notes it as a USMC crayon to be used for all kinds of marking and checking purposes. Wrapper is very faded.

GLC10047.03.335

"I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine!" Sticker

One round sticker wtih the text, "I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine!" printed in yellow and white font on a blue background. Printed by the New York City Health Department.

GLC10071.01

"What You Need to Know After You Get Your COVID-19 Vaccine!"

One pamphlet entitled, "What You Need to Know After You Get Your COVID-19 Vaccine!" Cover is a white outline of the Statue of Liberty with a rainbow behind her. Describes side effects of the vaccine and when the second dose should be inoculated.

GLC10071.02

"I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine!"

One button with the text, "I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine!" printed in yellow and white font on a blue background. Printed by the New York City Health Department. The Statue of Liberty is illustrated as flexing.

GLC10071.03

[Face mask used during COVID-19]

One handmade face mask used during the quarantine of the COVID-19 pandemic.

GLC10071.04

Men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima

One photograph of the U.S. servicemen who raised the flag at Iwo Jima - Ira Hayes, Rene Gagnon, and John Bradley. Photo taken on May 11, 1945 in New York.

GLC10104

Jackie Robinson in his Kansas City Monarchs Uniform

One photograph of Jackie Robinson in his Kansas City Monarchs Negro League baseball uniform. That season, he played 47 games for the Monarchs at shortstop.

GLC10105

Satchel Paige in his Cleveland Indians Uniform

One photograph circa 1948 of Satchel Paige in his Cleveland Indians baseball uniform.

GLC10106

Cuban X-Giants

One photograph of the Cuban X Giants Negro league baseball team circa 1900. A group photo with twelve men. The Cuban X-Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1896 to 1906. They were one of the most powerful independent...

GLC10107

Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson

One photograph of Satchel Paige of the Kansas City Monarchs and Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays at the 1942 Negro League World Series.

GLC10108

Bessie Coleman

One photograph of Bessie Coleman with her airplane dated 1922. Bessie Coleman was born to a family of sharecroppers, picking cotton as a child. She became the first African-American woman (and first Native American) to hold a pilot license by earning...

GLC10109

Jesse Brown

One photograph of Midshipman Jesse L. Brown, US Navy dated October 1948. Photographed at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, while serving as a Naval Aviation Cadet. Brown was the first African American to complete Navy flight training. Jesse...

GLC10110

Kansas City Monarchs

One photograph of 1945 photograph of the Kansas City Monarchs Negro League baseball team.

GLC10111

Tulsa Race Riot

One photograph showing ruins of buildings, including a Black church, destroyed during the Tulsa Race Riot dated 1921.

GLC10112

Hilldale Athletic Club

One photograph of the Hilldale Athletic Club (informally known as Darby Daisies), a professional Negro League baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania. The team would eventually become a powerhouse Negro League baseball team over time. 1921...

GLC10113

Four prisoners in a chain gang

One photograph of four Black men in a prison chain gang in Georgia dated 1905

GLC10114

Oscar Charleston

One photograph of Oscar Charleston in his Cuban Winter League Almendares baseball uniform dated 1925. Charleston hit .361 lifetime during his 9 years playing baseball in Cuba. He was elected into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.

GLC10115

Louis Santop

One photograph of Louis Santop, one of the first major stars in the Negro Leagues. He played for Philadelphia Hilldale.

GLC10116

Josh Gibson

One photograph of Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays, considered one of the best catchers and power hitters in the history of the Negro Leagues. Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Known as the "Black Babe Ruth."

GLC10117

American Fighting Men Speak Out

One pamphlet entitled American Fighting Men Speak Out published by the Committee on American Principles and Fair Play dated February 15, 1944. Contains numerous excerpts and letters pertaining to the issue of the treatment of Japanese-Americans...

GLC10118

South Dakota Eighth Grade Examination Question Book

One booklet entitled "South Dakota Eighth Grade Examination Question Book" compiled by Sam C. Stephenson dated 1925. A book that comprises a complete list of questions issued for the Eighth Grade Examinations by the State Superintendents of Public...

GLC10119

The Colored Alabamian [vol 8. No. 7 (April 11, 1914)]

One issue of the newspaper "The Colored Alabamian." Volume VIII. Number 7. dated April 11, 1914 . Published in Montgomery, Alabama by the Colored Alabamian Co. The Colored Alabamian was published weekly in Montgomery from 1907 to 1916. This issue has...

GLC10120

The Colored Alabamian

One issue of the newspaper "The Colored Alabamian." Volume IV. Number 25. dated August 13, 1910. Published in Montgomery, Alabama by the Colored Alabamian Co. This issue has a report from S.R.W. Smith, the dean of Selma University's literary...

GLC10121

Mercy From the Skies

one poster entitled Mercy From The Skies published by the Betsy Ross Corps of licensed women pilots and students circa 1940. Poster is advertising for the Betsy Ross Air Corps, the first of several paramilitary women's aviation organizations that...

GLC10122

The Oflag 64 Item [no. 12 (October 1, 1944)]

One newspaper entitled The Oflag 64 Item no. 12 dated October 1, 1944, by Frank Diggs as editor. The newspaper was published in Szubin, Poland by American officers temporarily detained in Offizierslager 64. A monthly American prisoner of war camp...

GLC10123

What President Wilson Says

One pamphlet entitled What President Wilson Says by the New York State Woman Suffrage Party, dated 1917. This is a promotional for New York's successful 1917 referendum on woman's suffrage. Its focus was on President Wilson's statements in support of...

GLC10124

An Appeal To The Christian People of the South

One pamphlet entitled An Appeal To The Christian People of the South dated 1920. This is an early publication by a group known as the Commission on Interracial Cooperation (“CIC”). According to the Georgia Encyclopedia online, the CIC was made up of...

GLC10125

You 'N' Rights

Two copies of an issue of the newspaper entitled "You 'N' Rights." Volume III Issue 1 dated February 1980. Published in Los Angeles, California by the You 'N' Rights Coalition. This issue appears to be the first under the group's new name and is...

GLC10126

GPU News (March 1972)

One issue of the newspaper GPU News dated March 1972 and published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Many articles on activism efforts and the National Gay conference on Politics that took place in February on the 11-13 in Chicago 1972. There are also many...

GLC10127

Statements regarding Andrew Jackson

One document detailing statements regarding Andrew Jackson dates circa 1828. The statements are from two men - "William Rogers" and "W.B." - claiming that Andrew Jackson was the illegitimate son of a prostitute - Fanny Jennings - and an enslaved man...

GLC10128

to Carlos Martinez de Yrujo

One letter from Timothy Pickering to Carlos Martinez de Yrujo, Spanish Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, dated February 24, 1797. Pickering wrote in his role as Secretary of State, in a matter related to ships and a treaty between Spain...

GLC10129

to Mother and Dad

One letter addressed to Eva and Morris Schwartz from Warren Schwartz dated May 30, 1942. Pertains to life on the base. Mentions an order that prevents military servicemen from taking public transportation that weekend.

GLC09662.267.02

Stephenson's Iowa State Eighth Grade Examination Question Book

One booklet entitled "Stephenson's Iowa State Eighth Grade Examination Question Book" compiled by Sam C. Stephenson dated 1925. A book that comprises a complete list of questions issued for the Eighth Grade Examinations by the State Superintendents...

GLC10130

You 'N' Rights

One issue of the newspaper entitled "You 'N' Rights." Volume III Issue 1 dated February 1980. Published in Los Angeles, California by the You 'N' Rights Coalition. A newsletter from a little known Southern California LGBTQ+ organization, originally...

GLC10126.01

You 'N' Rights

One issue of the newspaper entitled "You 'N' Rights." Volume III Issue 1 dated February 1980. Published in Los Angeles, California by the You 'N' Rights Coalition. A newsletter from a little known Southern California LGBTQ+ organization, originally...

GLC10126.02

[Check belonging to Warren Schwartz]

One check paid out to Warren Schwartz for five dollars from S. Friedman dated May 27, 1944.

GLC09662.711