Letter from First Lieutenant M. H. Newton, Embarkation Hospital, Camp Stuart (Virginia), to Mrs. Drew, January 14, 1919. Notes that her son, Charles W. Drew, has arrived at the hospital from overseas and then transferred to Walter Reed General…
Telegram from Charles W. Drew, likely to his mother, January 14, 1919. Notes that he is at Walter Reed Hospital, expects to be home soon with thirty days leave.
Newspaper clipping, "Y.M.C.A. Men in Flivver Rescue Phila. Hero Flyer," from The North American (Philadelphia), January 16, 1919. Reports on Charles W. Drew's rescue by YMCA men while he was a prisoner of war in Metz (part of Germany during the war,…
Telegram from Harris to Mrs. Drew, January 21, 1919. Reports that her son, Charles W. Drew, was released from prison camp and is now in Allied territory.
Letter from First Lieutenant F. G. Haubitzer, U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, to Mrs. Drew, February 8, 1919. Encloses checks for pay from October through December 1918 related to her son's (Charles W. Drew) service. One typed page.
Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, September 10, [1919]. Written during his post-war service at Kelly Field, Texas. Describes work outfitting servicemen and aircraft, an incident with someone trying to get him grounded, and other personal…
Photograph of Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Model 5C Vega Special aircraft (tail number NR965Y) being refueled outside a hangar, circa 1920s-1930s.Inscription on verso: "All these United States Army pictures have plenty of pockets, with a hand in each,…