Series I - Textual materials
Title
Series I - Textual materials
Description
Textual materials
Identifier
2014-06-04, Series I
Collection Organization
- Wilbur D. Kennedy Collection
- Series I - Textual materials
- Box: 1, Folder: 1 - Diary, 1914
- Box: 1, Folder: 10 - Identification cards, circa 1917-1919
- Box: 1, Folder: 11-12 - Military service papers, 1917-1919
- Box: 1, Folder: 2-9 - Correspondence
- Box: 2, Folder: 13-15 - Military orders and memos, 1917-1919
- Box: 2, Folder: 16 - Financial documents, 1917-1925
- Box: 2, Folder: 17 - Ephemera, circa 1917-1920
- Box: 2, Folder: 18 - Souvenir postcards, circa 1918
- Box: 2, Folder: 19 - Publications, 1911-1918
- Box: 2, Folder: 20 - Clippings, 1917-1919
- Box: 2, Folder: 21 - Veteran's Administration papers, 1944
- Series I - Textual materials
Collection Items
[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, June 5, 1918]
![[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, June 5, 1918]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/a0fd062655bdf99a7489b66659367874.jpg "[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, June 5, 1918]")
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, June 5, 1918. Notes he has been promoted to Flight Commander and advises to get a copy of "Collier's Weekly," dated April 6, 1918, to see an image of the type of plane he is flying.…
[Letter to Carmelite Kennedy from the Veterans Administration, May 19, 1944]
![[Letter to Carmelite Kennedy from the Veterans Administration, May 19, 1944]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/043710e7b57ca239b59d7945e7bc2f13.jpg "[Letter to Carmelite Kennedy from the Veterans Administration, May 19, 1944]")
Letter to Carmelite Kennedy from the Veterans Administration, May 19, 1944. Acknowledges receipt of request for Wilbur D. Kennedy's discharge certificate and advises it has been sent via registered mail. One typed page with envelope.
[Letter to Carmelite Kennedy from Veterans Administration, January 14, 1944]
![[Letter to Carmelite Kennedy from Veterans Administration, January 14, 1944]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/94959b0423de509ad21fb14eebbe9bee.jpg "[Letter to Carmelite Kennedy from Veterans Administration, January 14, 1944]")
Letter to Carmelite Kennedy from the Veterans Administration, January 14, 1944. Notes that claim for burial allowance has been forwarded to the VA. One typed page.
[Letter to Carmelite Kennedy from Veterans Administration, January 14, 1944]
![[Letter to Carmelite Kennedy from Veterans Administration, January 14, 1944]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/e0dd425b42c939b934fd45febb9e6bec.jpg "[Letter to Carmelite Kennedy from Veterans Administration, January 14, 1944]")
Letter to Carmelite Kennedy from the Veterans Administration, January 14, 1944. Details how to apply for pension of the deceased veteran, Wilbur D. Kennedy (XC-412, 035) and expresses regret at his passing. One typed page.
So this is Paris! [Clipping, March 28, 1919]
![So this is Paris! [Clipping, March 28, 1919]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/274cb9a5f15ea7aca3988dae9ad8c9b9.jpg "So this is Paris! [Clipping, March 28, 1919]")
Clipping, "So this is Paris!," from Stars and Stripes, March 28, 1919. Features a comic depicting a busy city street in Paris. Partial articles on reverse: "Franc buys most amid snowy peaks on edge of Spain," "How Boche guns were spotted by range…
Mail badly tangled: Kennedy only drew a Saturday Evening Post [Clipping, circa July 1918]
![Mail badly tangled: Kennedy only drew a Saturday Evening Post [Clipping, circa July 1918]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/7d725a6e047860b0902d33406c4b2be4.jpg "Mail badly tangled: Kennedy only drew a Saturday Evening Post [Clipping, circa July 1918]")
Clipping, "Mail badly tangled: Kennedy only drew a Saturday Evening Post," from an unidentified publication, circa July 1918. Reports that Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kennedy had not received any mail from their son, Wilbur, in a month and then received seven…
Iowa, first in everything [Clipping, circa 1918]
![Iowa, first in everything [Clipping, circa 1918]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/2f67eb7cfb3a41e20a7fe578c5149212.jpg "Iowa, first in everything [Clipping, circa 1918]")
Clipping, "Iowa, first in everything" by Hattie Belle Burrell, from an unidentified publication, circa 1918. Originally included with correspondence dated May 18, 1918.
Flyer known by local men brings down two Boches [Clipping, circa 1918]
![Flyer known by local men brings down two Boches [Clipping, circa 1918]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/2c6b53812cd231bfd466cb528d134295.jpg "Flyer known by local men brings down two Boches [Clipping, circa 1918]")
Clipping, "Flyer known by local men brings down two Boches," from an unidentified publication, circa 1918. Reports on Lieutenant Douglas Campbell shooting down two German planes. Originally included with correspondence dated May 18, 1918.
Flags made by women of France are presented to America's aviators in thrilling Paris ceremony [Clipping, 1919]
![Flags made by women of France are presented to America's aviators in thrilling Paris ceremony [Clipping, 1919]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/486c84c22469c53644f294f38fb2f54d.jpg "Flags made by women of France are presented to America's aviators in thrilling Paris ceremony [Clipping, 1919]")
Clipping, "Flags made by women of France are presented to America's aviators in thrilling Paris ceremony," from Stars and Stripes, March 28, 1919. Partial article on reverse: "Anxious friends inquire after boys in the A.E.F."
Aviation students of Company B at Wright Field [Clipping, August 1917]
![Aviation students of Company B at Wright Field [Clipping, August 1917]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/ef65e5a98f83251eb024f01c8519b534.jpg "Aviation students of Company B at Wright Field [Clipping, August 1917]")
Clipping, "Aviation students of Company B at Wright Field," from an unidentified publication, circa August 1917. Features a group portrait of the students. Originally included with correspondence dated September 2, 1917.