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[Letter from Nettie D. More to Margaret and Paul, February 9, 1982]
Letter from Nettie D. More to Margaret and Paul discussing newspaper articles about WASP members, one written by More about Ziggy Hunter, a female flight instructor at Avenger Field.
Date:
February 9, 1982
Creator:
More, Nettie D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Careers fly high for B&PW guests]
Newspaper clipping of an article about former aviator Eleanor "Mickey" McLernon Brown meeting Lt. Liz Steinecker, at a meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Luncheon Club. The article includes a photograph of Brown and Steinecker standing together. There are wedding announcements and local event news on the back of the clipping.
Date:
October 23, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine A. Murphy to All WASP Instructors and Staff Personnel, November 15, 1985]
Letter from Catherine A. Murphy to WASP instructors and staff personnel discussing the WASP association's identification cards, dues, and an upcoming WASP reunion. The letter also includes a form for association nominations.
Date:
November 15, 1985
Creator:
Murphy, Catherine A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Sweetwater is all abuzz with WASPs]
Newspaper clippings of an article about an air-show in Sweetwater, Texas. The article also includes information on the history of the WASP program, quotes from several WASP, and a photograph of a navy parachuter at the air-show.
Date:
September 28, 1986
Creator:
Lazorko, Catherine
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Mrs. and Mrs. Edwards, August 11, 1980]
Letter from WASP Elaine Harmon to Mrs. and Mrs. Edwards discussing the weather, and receiving a genealogy of her husband's grandmother that mentioned someone from Sweetwater, Texas named Bess Laverne. She asks them if they know anything about this woman. She also discusses communicating with a Robin Cannon and his wife, and the health concerns of several mutual friends. The letter is written on WASP stationary.
Date:
August 11, 1980
Creator:
Harmon, Elaine D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Curley's Studio, August 16, 1985]
Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Curley's Studio requesting a price for prints of her WASP flight school graduation photograph. There are handwritten notes on the back of the letter, also from Francie, but addressed to Rigdon Edwards. Also included is an envelope addressed to Curley's Studio, which has a "return to sender" stamp on it.
Date:
August 16, 1985
Creator:
Park, Francie Meisner
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Rigdon Edwards]
Envelope addressed to Rigdon Edwards in Sweetwater, Texas, from Jeanette Jenkins.
Date:
March 18, 1982
Creator:
Jenkins, Jeanette J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Rigdon Edwards]
Envelope addressed to Rigdon Edwards in Sweetwater, Texas, from Rexroat in Skyview Acres in New Mexico.
Date:
December 11, 1982
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Memorial Remarks by Dora Dougherty Strother]
Remarks for a WASP Memorial service in Sweetwater, Texas by Dora Dougherty Strother.
Date:
September 26, 1986
Creator:
Strother, Dora Dougherty
Object Type:
Script
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Next to Fifi Statue]
Photograph of a WASP in uniform posing next to the Fifi statue in the Nolan County Courthouse.
Date:
1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Posing by a Plane]
Photograph of WASP posing for a picture next to an AT-6. One woman is standing on the wing and another is kneeling in front. Written on the back of the photo is "AT-6 and group, The Crazy Ladies of 44-W-10, 1986."
Date:
1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Next to Fifi Statue #2]
Photograph of a WASP in uniform posing next to the Fifi statue in the Nolan County Courthouse during a WASP reunion. Her hand is on one of the statue's wings and she is looking off to the right.
Date:
1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Main Street Cafe in Sweetwater, Texas]
Photograph of two WASP standing outside the Main Street Cafe in the R. A. Ragland building during the WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
November 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Four WASP Around Fifi Statue]
Photograph of four WASP huddled around a "Fifi" statue inside the Nolan County Courthouse during the WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
November 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Six WASP in Front of a WASP Memorial]
Photograph of six WASP sitting in front of a WASP memorial monument outside the Nolan County Courthouse during the WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
November 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sara P. Hayden to Dr. Herb Robbins, October 12, 1986]
Letter from Sara P. Hayden to Dr. Herb Robbins thanking him for bringing together the Women Airforce Service Pilots at the WASP Reunion in 1986.
Date:
October 12, 1986
Creator:
Hayden, Sara P.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas - Ft Worth Sectional Aeronautical Chart, 27th Edition
Aeronautical map of the Oklahoma and Texas regions surrounding the Dallas/Fort Worth area that shows cities, topographical features, flight training areas, and various aeronautical symbols for flight navigation. Scale 1:500,000.
Date:
January 21, 1982
Creator:
United States. Department of Commerce.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Charlyne Creger: An Oral History
Transcript of and oral history interview of Charlyne Creger conducted by interviewer, Dawn Letson. They discuss Creger's family history, her life growing up in Oklahoma, and her life and career after entering and graduating the Women Airforce Service Pilots. An index of subjects discussed is listed at the end of the interview.
Date:
May 26, 1988
Creator:
Letson, Dawn & Creger, Charlyne
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lone Star: A Television History of Texas
Pamphlet for an eight-part television series on the history of Texas, based on a book of the same title by T.R. Fehrenbach.
Date:
1985~
Creator:
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Remarks for WASP Memorial
Pamphlet from a WASP memorial event with a composition written by Dora Dougherty Strother about the Women Airforce Service Pilots and the bond they share.
Date:
September 26, 1986
Creator:
Strother, Dora Dougherty
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas - Ft Worth Sectional Aeronautical Chart, 25th Edition
Aeronautical map of the Oklahoma and Texas regions surrounding the Dallas/Fort Worth area that shows cities, topographical features, flight training areas, and various aeronautical symbols for flight navigation. Scale 1:500,000.
Date:
January 22, 1981
Creator:
United States. Department of Commerce.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: WASP WWII Guidons]
Pamphlet covering some of the historic research on whether the Women Airforce Service Pilots used military guidons and Avenger Field.
Date:
1986
Creator:
Reynolds, F. G. Shutsy
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lucile Wise to Mr. & Mrs. Frances, June 24, 1989]
Letter from Lucile Wise to Mr. and Mrs. Frances thanking them for the invitation to hold their 50th birthday reunion in Sweetwater, Texas in 1992 and potentially building a memorial wall for WASP. Included are other papers that give information about the history of WASP and specific members.
Date:
June 24, 1989
Creator:
Wise, Lucile
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Deaton introduced WASPs to Sweetwater]
Newspaper clipping with an article about Leoti Deaton, her involvement with Red Cross, the WASP, and the Order of Fifinella.
Date:
September 25, 1986
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History