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[Letter from J. C. Peckarsky to Eleanor Brown, October 21, 1977] (open access)

[Letter from J. C. Peckarsky to Eleanor Brown, October 21, 1977]

Letter from J. C. Peckarsky to Eleanor Brown in reply to Brown's letter to the President concerning veterans' benefits for members of the WASPs. He states that the Department of Defense alone has the authority to determine active duty status. He notes that if the WASPs' are ever awarded veterans' status, the Veterans Administration "will immediately carry out the provisions of the law."
Date: October 21, 1977
Creator: Peckarsky, J. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Volume 101, Number 42, October 20, 1977 (open access)

The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Volume 101, Number 42, October 20, 1977

National weekly newspaper from dedicated to covering news of interest to US veterans. Patricia Collins Hughes' column "Were WASPs First Combat Women?" can be found on page three.
Date: October 20, 1977
Creator: Smith, John Lewis, III
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Volume 100, Number 40, October 6, 1977 (open access)

The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Volume 100, Number 40, October 6, 1977

National weekly newspaper dedicated to covering news of interest to US veterans. This issue includes a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing President Carter's lack of support for granting veterans' status to the WASP on page 3.
Date: October 6, 1977
Creator: Smith, John Lewis, III
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 19, 1977 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 19, 1977

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 19, 1977
Creator: Lucas, Donnie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 26, 1977 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 26, 1977

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 26, 1977
Creator: Lucas, Donnie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 5, 1977 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 5, 1977

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 5, 1977
Creator: Lucas, Donnie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Honorable Mention Photo AFT Contest] (open access)

[Honorable Mention Photo AFT Contest]

2 clippings of a photo of T&P train #610 and The Freedom Train Photo Contest logo. Some white steam is rising from the engine. Written underneath the clipping are "- Railfan pg 32 - Photo taken at Austin, Texas Feb 17th 1976 using a 6x7 Pentax; Photo took honorable mention in AFT photo contest." and "Tom Kelcec."
Date: October 1977
Creator: Kelcec, Tom
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Colleen Smith from My Fair Lady, 1977 #4]

Production photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle) poses in a long sleeve dress. She is wearing a hat with flowers on it and has her left hand on her hip.
Date: 1977-10~
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Actors from My Fair Lady, 1977]

Photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set outside Higgins' house on Wimpole Street. The four actors on stage are, from left to right: John Verlin (Constable), Don Piper (Freddy Eynsford-Hill), Ev Fowler (Mrs. Pearce), and Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle).
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 1, Scene 10 of My Fair Lady, 1977 #5]

Photograph from act 1, scene 10 of "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set at the Embassy Ball. Twenty couples dance or stand around the ballroom.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph from My Fair Lady, 1977 #3]

Photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set in Henry Higgins' study. Four maids and two butlers are in the spotlight on the left side of the stage. Two unidentified characters are in the shadows at the center of the stage. The maids and butlers are (in alphabetical order, not as pictured): Dave Durham, Shelley Fare, Dezarae Gaines, Debbie Jay, Larry McDaniel, and Susan Root.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Actors from My Fair Lady, 1977 #2]

Photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set in Henry Higgins' study. The actors are from left to right: Mike Dennis (Henry Higgins), an unidentified woman, Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle), and Nelson Wilson (Colonel Pickering).
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph from My Fair Lady, 1977 #4]

Photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set in Henry Higgins' study. Mike Dennis (Henry Higgins, left) and Nelson Wilson (Colonel Pickering, right) look at A. C. Hester (Alfred P. Doolittle) who stands in the middle with his hat in his hand and his arms extended.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Colleen Smith from My Fair Lady, 1977 #3]

Production photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle) poses in an ornate white dress. She is wearing long gloves and a tiara.
Date: 1977-10~
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 1, Scene 3 of My Fair Lady, 1977]

Group photograph from act 1, scene 3 of "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set at the tenement section at Tottenham Court Road. There is a group of around thirty people on stage.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph from My Fair Lady, 1977 #2]

Photograph of maids and butlers from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set in Henry Higgins' study. The actors are in the spotlight on the left side of the stage and are holding mops, dusters, and other cleaning equipment. The maids and butlers are (in alphabetical order, not as pictured): Dave Durham, Shelley Fare, Dezarae Gaines, Debbie Jay, Larry McDaniel, and Susan Root.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 1, Scene 1 of My Fair Lady, 1977 #4]

Photograph from act 1, scene 1 of "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set outside the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle) is smiling and singing with four costermongers. From left to right is: Larry McDaniel (Costermonger), Norman Spivy (Costermonger), Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle), Donald Booker (Costermonger), and Dave Durham (Costermonger).
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 1, Scene 1 of My Fair Lady, 1977 #2]

Photograph from act 1, scene 1 of "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set outside the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle) is smiling and singing with four costermongers. From left to right is: Larry McDaniel (Costermonger), Norman Spivy (Costermonger), Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle), Donald Booker (Costermonger), and Dave Durham (Costermonger).
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 1, Scene 6 of My Fair Lady, 1977 #2]

Photograph from act 1, scene 6 of "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set at a race meeting at Ascot. Twenty-two people are on the stage and are standing around in groups talking to each other.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Six Actors from My Fair Lady, 1977]

Photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. Two women stand in the spotlight on the stairs at the center of the stage. The men on either side of the stage are looking at the women on the stairs. The six actors pictured are from left to right: Dave Durham (Butler), Nelson Wilson (Colonel Pickering), unidentified woman, Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle), Mike Dennis (Henry Higgins), and Don Piper (Freddy Eynsford-Hill).
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph from My Fair Lady, 1977]

Photograph of maids and butlers from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set in Henry Higgins' study. The actors are in the spotlight on the left side of the stage. The maids and butlers are (in alphabetical order, not as pictured): Dave Durham, Shelley Fare, Dezarae Gaines, Debbie Jay, Larry McDaniel, and Susan Root.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 1, Scene 1 of My Fair Lady, 1977]

Photograph from act 1, scene 1 of "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set outside the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle) is smiling and singing with four costermongers. From left to right is: Norman Spivy (costermonger), Donald Booker (costermonger, standing), Larry McDaniel (costermonger, sitting), Colleen Smith (Eliza Doolittle), and Dave Durham (costermonger).
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Act 2, Scene 3 of My Fair Lady, 1977 #4]

Group photograph that appears to be from act 2, scene 3 from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set in Covent Garden. There are five men on stage. The second actor from the right is A. C. Hester (Alfred P. Doolittle) who is holding a top hat in his hand.
Date: [1977-10-13..1977-10-16]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sharon Phillips from My Fair Lady, 1977]

Production photograph from "My Fair Lady," the 1977 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. Sharon Phillips (Mrs. Higgins) poses in a long sleeved dark dress with light detailing. She is wearing a dark hat with a flower on it.
Date: 1977-10~
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History