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[Clipping: "Zoot Suits, Parachutes, and Wings of Silver, Too"]
Newspaper clipping about the 1986 WASP reunion, Avenger Field, woman aviation history, the WFTD, WAFS, the combat they participated in, what training consisted of, what they did after the war, minor and serious crashes, and the deactivation of the WASP.
Date:
September 1987
Creator:
Henderson, Sheila
Object Type:
Clipping
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: "WASPs Fitted For Uniforms"]
Newspaper clipping of the 10th issue of The Avenger. It includes 12 articles that update the reader about events in Avenger Field.
Date:
January 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: Who Were the WASP?]
Photocopied flyer with an image on the front of the Fifinella gremlin designed by Walt Disney and a quote from General H.H. "Hap" Arnold, "To the Best Women Pilots in the World". Text seen on the back contains a message from Disney granting the WASP use of the Fifinella image and notes the reception from the women to hearing said message.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Christenson in Plane #2]
Photograph of Dorothy Christenson in the cockpit of an airplane and looking off camera to the right. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo read, "Dorothy Christenson", "WASP School 43-W-3, Feb 1943", Houston Airport (Howard Hughes?)", "AT-6 from Ellington Field". A note on the right edge of the back possibly reads, "Alan D. Christenson 5".
Date:
February 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letterhead from the 319th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment]
Letterhead from the 319th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment Municipal Airport in Houston, Texas. The U. S. Army Air Force logo, a white star with golden wings inside a blue circle, can be seen at the top of the page.
Date:
unknown
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
[Women in Front of Palm Tree]
Photograph of four women standing in front a palm tree and each holding what appears to be ice cream cones or snow cones. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo read, "Evelyn Laesch, Mabel Rawbinson, Bertha Link, me- Dorothy Christenson", "In court of Almsted, 8700, S Main Houston, Tex", "March 1943".
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Christenson in Plane]
Photograph of a woman, earlier identified as Dorothy Christenson, sitting in the cockpit of a plane and wearing a headset while looking off camera to the right. Handwriting on the back of the photo reads, "Dorothy C., Feb 14, 1943, Houston, Texas, WASP".
Date:
February 14, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Five Women Sitting in Field]
Photograph of five women sitting in a field outside several buildings. Notes written on the back read, "Bertha Link, Mabel Rawbinson, Evelyn Laesch, 43W3, March 1943, Houston".
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Women With Plane in Love Field]
Photograph of four women standing in front of a plane with a star on it. Several notes handwritten on the back read, "April 1943, Love Field, Houston, Tex", "Mabel Rawbinson, Killed in Service, 1944, Kalamazoo, Mich", "Bertha Link (Trosky) Grand Rapids, Mich", "Dorothy Christenson (Mitchell), Milwaukee, Wis", "Evelyn Laesch (Mich)", "8700 S Main Houston, Texas, Room 21 Roomates, met on train in men's room".
Date:
April 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
[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
Declassified reports show Holocaust began in 1941 on Soviet soil
Newspaper article from The Houston Chronicle, discussing new evidence uncovered about the beginning of the Holocaust in 1941.
Date:
November 11, 1996
Creator:
Dobbs, Michael
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Soldier Working Printing Press]
Photograph of a soldier working with a printing press. A typed note on the back of the photo says "T/4 John L. Cozby, Goose Creek, Texas, is one of the compositors with Beachhead News and is here shown making up a type."
Date:
[1941..1945]
Creator:
Smith, Allan G., Jr.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 23, 1945]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing catching a ride in a C-47 from Sacramento to Fort Worth, travelling to Houston by bus, how her friends are doing, and plans for future travel. Typed on Edwards Hotel (Jackson) stationary.
Date:
February 23, 1945
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 22, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a trip from Houston to Dallas, new bedspreads, recent correspondence, and ferrying planes.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 13, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing issues with a medical examination and medical records.
Date:
February 13, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 22, 1944]
Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing traveling between Selma, AL, and Houston. The postcard features an image of an AT-6 in flight.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
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
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
Oral History Interview with Travis Womack, Jr., May 10, 2002
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Travis Womack Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Marshall, Texas, who served with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division. Womack discusses his family, education, basic and airborne training, deployment to Morocco and movement through North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the Battle of San Pietro, the Anzio campaign, going to England, marrying, fighting in Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge, disguised German troops, and the end of the war. In appendix is a detailed account of the Italian campaign written by Womack.
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Womack Jr., Travis
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 19, 1946?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing travelling from New Orleans to Houston and Dallas, and visiting and correspondence with friends. Written on White Plaza Hotels (Dallas) stationary.
Date:
1946-08-19?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 20, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying aircraft and trouble with weather, flying between Dallas, Wichita, Pampa, and Walnut Ridge, her friends, and food. Written on Hotel Chisca (Memphis) starionary.
Date:
January 20, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History