Box 1

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R.A. Lafferty's father and mother.

Studio portrait of Hugh Lafferty and Julia Lafferty [as newlyweds]

Studio portrait of Julia Lafferty in middle age. Des Moines, IA.

Julia Lafferty pictured in a hat.

Julia Lafferty as an elderly woman seated beneath a tree in Stillwater, Oklahoma, under which numerous relatives 50 years before had had their photo taken.

Studio portrait of Julia Lafferty as an elderly woman.

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Anna Lafferty as a young girl.

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Francis and Joe Lafferty, R.A. Lafferty's brothers, pictured as infants on verso of a postcard addressed to Sister Mary Xavier, Iowa.

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Group photo of Julia Lafferty and the four children. Neola, Iowa.

Group photo of Hugh Lafferty and the four children. Neola, Iowa.

Group photo of Julia Lafferty and the four children. Colorado, Aug 1922.

Studio portrait of the four Lafferty children.

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Group photo of surviving members of the 229th and their families attending annual reunion at the Fontana Village Resort in North Carolina.

Phillip Flanagan and fellow Boy Scouts. f

Billy Dumm, Mary Langston, Julia Lafferty, Bess Burke, Katy Burke, E.J. Burke pictured at a backyard picnic, summer 1951.

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New Guinea. Snap shots of featuring fellow soldiers at camp, in jeeps, trucks, in artillery fields, etc.

View of Central Park, New York City.

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Press cuttings of Ernie Pyle’s syndicated column, “The Roving Reporter” in a USO scrapbook.

Press cuttings of syndicated united feature “Up Front with Mauldin” in a USO scrapbook.

Scope and Contents Personalized stationery, unused. 4 sheets. Calligraphic illustration of the initials R.A. Lafferty. “First Confession for Children.” Leaflet. Mad Comics character featured in a photo-reproduction of an unidentified illustration. Photo-reproduction of an illustration featuring goats and ducks, and a helicopter flying upside down. Ready Reference Map of Washington DC Science Fiction and Fantasy Engagement calendar...

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Lue and [Clifford] to Lafferty. Christmas greetings in Japanese.