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[Pamphlet: Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII: 50th Anniversary Historic Monument Dedication]
Pamphlet for the 50th WASP Anniversary celebrating a historic WASP memorial at Avenger Field. The pamphlet contains sketches of the statue to be built, along with the history of WASP, an inscription from a previous memorial, and information on where to send construction donations.
Date:
1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Agenda: WASP Monument Committee Meeting, March 18, 1993]
Agenda for the WASP Memorial Committee listing action items and discussion points for the March 18, 1993 meeting, followed by the meeting minutes on monument progress and reunion plans.
Date:
March 18, 1992
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes: WASP Committee Meeting, August 20, 1992]
Minutes for the WASP Committee meeting including updates on obtaining a historical marker, fundraising, and brochures and posters.
Date:
August 20, 1992
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Agenda: WASP Monument Committee Meeting, January 25, 1990]
Agenda for the WASP Monument Committee meeting listing action items and discussion points for the January 25, 1990 meeting. This is followed by the meeting minutes addressing facets of the monument project, and a mail flyer on WASP letterhead with a donation request and sample plaque paragraph.
Date:
January 25, 1990
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes: WASP Meeting, May 6, 1992]
Minutes for the WASP committee meeting including corrections from the previous meeting, details on the WASP monument, and fundraising.
Date:
May 6, 1992
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes: WASP Committee Meeting, September 17, 1992]
Minutes for the WASP committee meeting including information on fundraising, the group's planned San Antonio trip, and updates from Rig Edwards and Anne Atkeison.
Date:
September 17, 1992
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes: WASP Committee Meeting, November 19, 1992]
Minutes for the WASP Committee meeting including WASP memorial site plans discussion, fundraising efforts, a historical marker designation.
Date:
November 19, 1992
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes: WASP Committee Meeting, October 22, 1992]
Minutes for the WASP Committee meeting including estimated memorial costs, fundraising, and a proposed reunion agenda.
Date:
October 22, 1992
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Airport Data #2]
Data notes on Avenger Field airport by the engineering company, Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc.
Date:
March 9, 1990
Creator:
Parkhill, Smith, & Cooper, Inc.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Memorial Land Survey]
Engineering land survey for the area designated to have the WASP wishing well memorial built upon.
Date:
August 7, 1992
Creator:
Morris, Stanley
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Airport Data]
Data notes on the current state of of Avenger Field airport by an engineering company, Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc.
Date:
March 4, 1990
Creator:
Parkhill, Smith, & Cooper, Inc.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pharmacy Receipt Copy]
Photocopy of a pharmacy receipt from Rolling Plains Pharmacy. The receipt is addressed to First National Bank and signed as received by Kay Graham. It is part of the collection of preparation notes for the application materials sent to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for Avenger Field, Sweetwater.
Date:
March 28, 1996
Creator:
Rolling Plains Pharmacy
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary Historic Monument Dedication]
Photocopy of a brochure for the Women Airforce Service Pilots 50th anniversary reunion and monument dedication ceremony, with information about the memorial and a brief history of WASP at Avenger Field. A sketched image of the life size WASP statue at Avenger Field can be seen printed on the page.
Date:
March 5, 1993
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Plaque]
Photograph of what appears to be a historical marker plaque with a few paragraphs of the history of WASP. The plaque begins, "Women Airforce Service Pilots Jacqueline Cochran, one of the most famous women pilots of the twentieth century..." A note written on the back of the photo reads, "Sweetwater Tex 22 May 93".
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from 1998 WASP Reunion Committee to All WASP, May 7, 1996]
Letter from 1998 WASP Reunion Committee to All WASP discussing the 1998 Sweetwater WASP Reunion.
Date:
May 7, 1996
Creator:
1998 WASP Reunion Committee
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication]
Agenda for the Women Airforce Service Pilots Historic monument dedication ceremony and reunion.
Date:
1993
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Statue in Courtyard]
Photograph of a green statue of a WASP posed on a pedestal in the center of a small fountain or well. A courtyard area with trees and buildings can be seen in the background. The handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Sweetwater Tex 22 May 93".
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Statue]
Photograph of a green statue of a WASP placed on a pedestal in the center of a small outdoor fountain. The handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Sweetwater Tex 22 May 93".
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce WASP Sub-Committee Meeting
Official minutes for a Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce and WASP sub-committee meeting discussing the WASP reunion.
Date:
April 8, 1993
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dan Morales to Homer Taylor, May 28, 1993]
Letter from Dan Morales to Homer Taylor praising WASP and offering gratitude for Taylor's assistance during a visit to Sweetwater.
Date:
May 28, 1993
Creator:
Morales, Dan
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Monument Minutes, April 26, 1990]
Group meeting minutes discussing construction of the WASP historic monument. Included are an agreement between WASP sculptor, Dorothy Swain Louis and the WASP Historic Monument Committee, schedules and a registration form filled out by Lynne Carlson for the 1990 WASP Conference.
Date:
April 26, 1990
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[TSTC WASP Ceremonies Schedule]
Schedule of events for Women Airforce Service Pilots ceremonies involving Texas State Technical College.
Date:
1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP 50th Anniversary Welcome Packet]
Welcome packet for the Women Airforce Service Pilots 50th anniversary memorial dedication containing event information flyers and pamphlets, a map of Sweetwater, and a WASP ribbon. The items are contained in a an envelop with the name, Mary Jo Tilton, and her WASP class number handwritten in the top right corner.
Date:
1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Collection
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Graduate Names #2]
Photograph of a stone plaque located at Sweetwater with several WASP graduate names engraved in its surface. A handwritten note in blue pen ink on the back of the photo reads, "Sweetwater Tex 22 May 93".
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History