Box 4

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This is a 10 page letter, in ink, addressed from Barksdale, Texas, and with an envelope.

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This is an 11 page letter, in ink, addressed from Barksdale, Texas, and with an envelope.

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This is a 7 page letter, in ink, addressed from Rock Springs, Texas, with photos and an envelope.

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This is a photograph of a woman who is presumably Leila Claribel Owens.

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This is a photograph. The back caption reads: "Julia Sellman, the girl who went home with me from school. These were made a day or two before I left Baylor."

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This is a photograph. Two women are standing and one is sitting; the caption reads "Princess Jessie" Owens and I were almost inseparable this summer--pals you might say. In her last letter she told me to please introduce her to you. We are not related."

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This is a photograph. The front is labeled Owens and Field with arrows pointing to two of the women. The back caption reads: "Jessie Owens or 'Princess Jessie' and my and your chapterone, Miss Field. She was my roommate you know. If the wind just wouldn't blow at the wrong time!"

Scope and Contents This is a photograph. The front is captioned: "This boy didn't know how to put his trousers on!" The back of the photo is captioned: "On top of the dormitory roof. I came very near to falling off backwards about the time this was snapped and was trying to regain my balance; hence the position. The soldier [underlined] is a Waco girl. She might be embarrassed if I told her name. No, they wouldn't let soldiers hang around much; So we made one as best we could. Every night he [underlined] came...