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[Clipping: Second Class Graduates]
Newspaper clipping describing the maintenance process for the airplanes used by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The clipping also describes the renovations at Avenger Field's Medical Department and graduation ceremony for the class of 43-W-2.
Date:
June 28, 1943
Creator:
Buchner, Faith & Helburn, Margaret
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No.14 - The Doughboys on tour 1953 - 1955]
This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour in New Mexico and Texas in 1953 - 1955 and performing for various events including the March of Dimes in Lovington, New Mexico and a labor convention in El Paso, Texas. The film begins with band members boarding the Flagship San Antonio airplane and includes footage of Midway Airport and Carswell Air Force Base (01 min., 08 sec.); Paul Blount, Lefty Perkins, "Big Bill" Lister, Joe Bill, Johnny Hicks, Claude King, Bobby Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. Al Turner, Mr. and Mrs. George McCoy, Carol Hubbard, and Gene Bradley aboard an airplane (01 min., 30 sec.); aerial footage of Sweetwater, Texas (03 min., 03 sec.); arrival and takeoff at an airport in Midland, Texas (03 min., 30 sec.); arrival and interviews at the Lea County Airport in Hobbs, New Mexico (05 min., 17 sec.); actor Johnny "Mack" Brown (05 min., 47 sec.) and singers Tommy and Goldie Hill (06 min., 20 sec.) talking to news reporters; LCD band members and friends (Jim Boyd, Elizabeth Ann Boys, Bob Shelton, Johnny Gimble, Zany Blainy, Carol Hubbard, Paul Blount, Red Kidwell, and Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery) traveling to a labor convention in El Paso, …
Date:
1953/1955
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Profile - The Lady Was A Trained WWII Pilot]
Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP member Eleanor "Mickey" McLernon Brown completing her college degree at the University of Houston-Victoria. The article includes details of her experience with WASP, as well as a photograph of Mrs. Brown. On the back of the clipping, there is a large advertisement for jewelry.
Date:
March 9, 1981
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aviation Enterprises Limited Operations]
Large book describing the WASP training operations at Avenger Field and Aviation Enterprise's plane repair and overhaul operations at Houston Municipal Airport.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises, Ltd.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 24, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent travels, issues with government forms, and differences between Sweetwater and Houston. Typed on Blue Bonnet Hotel (Sweetwater) stationary.
Date:
February 24, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Selecting System
Patent for a telephone selecting system. This invention is designed to arrange telephones attached to the same line. Illustration included.
Date:
February 15, 1910
Creator:
Jones, David W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harry F. Snapp]
Letter from Harry F. Snapp, presumably to Helen W. Snapp, discussing possible oral interview questions that the correspondent should attempt to answer over time.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Snapp, Harry F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Hazel Pracht]
Photograph of a Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) trainee climbing into the cockpit of an airplane. The label taped to the photograph's bottom edge reads, "Hazel Pracht 43-W-4 Houston." The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor McLernon Brown Interview Notes]
Pages of notes on lined paper that appear to be answers to interview question addressed to Eleanor McLernon Brown.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Order of the Fifinella]
Paper written on the time Women Airforce Service Pilots spent in training at Avenger Field. Corrections to the writing can be seen penciled on the pages.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Gliddon, Cheryl
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Fireman Likes To Recall Training of Women Fliers]
Newspaper clipping with an article containing six stories from R. L. Summers about training WASP.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Cox, Mike
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[History of Women Airforce Service Pilots Rough Draft]
Rough draft of a brief essay on how the Women Airforce Service Pilots at Avenger Field came into existence.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASPS]
Photocopied magazine clipping about the squadron that led to the use of women in military aviation and life as a WASP.
Date:
January 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Packet Items to Paul A. Hill]
A collection of various military orders and documents pertaining to Paul A. Hill's Air Force and Air Reserve service.
Date:
1945-10-09/1958-08-12
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Women Airforce Service Pilots]
Application material submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for Avenger Field, located on the Texas State Technical College campus in Sweetwater, Texas. The page contains the inscription text of the marker with asterisks indicating various letter sizing requests.
Date:
1993
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, March 9, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing recent correspondence, visiting friends, Phil Kafka, Sweetwater, her living accommodations, flying, Jacqueline Cochran, and check flights.
Date:
March 9, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Fifinella" Statue Unveiling Schedule]
Schedule of events for the ceremonial unveiling of a Fifinella statue at Avenger Field, Texas State Technical Institute, including speeches from WASP officers, the director of NASA, and a tribute to WASP flight instructor, Rigdon Edwards, Jr.
Date:
1976
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Consideration of WASP
Report on the physical, psychological, medical, and emotional capabilities of women in aviation, formed from several studies on the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The report concludes that women can typically meet all requirements for safe flight without hindrance, and suggests that any similar future program to the WASP should be militarized.
Date:
December 20, 1944
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "National Air, 5th Annual National Air Races"]
Newspaper clipping containing as article about WASPs attending the 30th Anniversary Reunion.
Date:
June 15, 1972
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy, June 30, 1942]
Copy of telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy requesting that Texas and Pacific Railroad forward a letter to Colonel Valandt explaining an issue related to gasoline and the railway spur being constructed near the Academy.
Date:
June 30, 1942
Creator:
Echols, Oliver P.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Newsletter from Lyda Keefe to WASP, April 5, 1986]
Newsletter from Lyda Keefe to WASP about Helen Schaefer, people she met, Barbara Heinrich, the upcoming meeting in Sweetwater, and other WASP. On the front is a photograph of a group of WASP and a note about Dora Dougherty and Didi Moorman.
Date:
April 5, 1986
Creator:
Keefe, Lyda Dunham
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Paul A. Hill Air Force Documents]
A collection of various military orders and documents pertaining to Paul A. Hill's Air Force and Air Reserve service.
Date:
1929-09-18/1955-02-03
Creator:
Hill, Paul A.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Forgotten Flyers of WWII]
Photocopied clipping from the November/December 1989 issue of the Fireside Companion. It shares the story of the WASPs in celebraion of Veteran's Day.
Date:
November 1989
Creator:
King, Julie Adair
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Avenger, Volume 1, Number 1, May 11, 1943
First issue of The Avenger, a newsletter by the WASPs at Avenger Field featuring news, cartoons, essays, and photos.
Date:
May 11, 1943
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History