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[Letter regarding WASP Pictorial Directories] (open access)

[Letter regarding WASP Pictorial Directories]

Letter from "Dedie," an organizer of a WASP reunion, announcing the creation of a pictorial directory featuring all reunion participants' pictures and contact information, as well as photos of the event. Instructions on how to sign up to participate in the directory are given.
Date: 1986-09?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and Peter Showers]

Photograph of Gayle Snell, right, smiling and on the phone while WASP veteran Peter Showers sits to the left. A small painting hangs on the wall behind them.
Date: May 1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plaque of Class 44-W-9 Graduates and Trainees]

Photograph of a plaque listing graduates of WASP training class 44-W-9. Four women and a man are visible in the marble's reflection taking pictures.
Date: [1990..2000]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[General Hap Arnold Address in Sweetwater, Texas, December 7, 1944] (open access)

[General Hap Arnold Address in Sweetwater, Texas, December 7, 1944]

Text of a speech given by General Hap Arnold to the WASP at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, just days before their deactivation. Arnold thanks and commends the women pilots for their service and offers encouragement for their futures.
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley (Hap)
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transfer and promotion for Gayle Snell] (open access)

[Transfer and promotion for Gayle Snell]

USAAF order indicating Gayle Snell's promotion from trainee to pilot, raising her pay, and rebasing her from Avenger Field to Independence Field.
Date: November 7, 1944
Creator: Taylor, C. O.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and child on warbird wing (negative)]

Out-of-focus photograph of a boy sitting and Gayle Snell standing on the port wing of a vintage silver aircraft, probably a North American SNJ Texan. The boy wears a light-blue shirt; Snell is in a dark-blue shirt and black pants. More people stand in the background behind the plane.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Class Photo]

Photograph of a class of WASPs, featuring 53 uniformed women standing and sitting. Possibly class 44-W-9.
Date: 1944~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[D&RGW 168 Boiler]

Photograph of the mid-section of Denver and Rio Grande Western 168, on display in Antlers Park in Colorado Springs.
Date: [1984..1999]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[F-104 and Marching Cadets at Air Force Academy]

Photograph of a F-104 Starfighter on display at the US Air Force Academy, taken from the Chapel Overlook looking southeast. Several formations of cadets are marching in formation on the pavement.
Date: 1978~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Gayle Snell]

Photograph portrait of Women Airforce Service Pilot Gaye Snell, smiling in her flying cap and jacket. In the bottom write is an autograph reading: "Lots of luck[,] Gayle"
Date: June 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman with WASP Statue at Air Force Academy]

Photograph of a woman posing with the WASP statue at the US Air Force Academy. Printing information is stamped on the back.
Date: [1997..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fifinella envelope] (open access)

[Fifinella envelope]

A small note envelope with a stamp of Fifinella on the front and back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #4] (open access)

[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #4]

An incomplete individual flight record for Gayle Snell.
Date: March 8, 1945
Creator: Estes, Otis
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[C-130 (Negative)]

Photo negative of a C-130 belonging to the 463rd Tactical Airlift Wing, apparently taken through a window.
Date: 1986-09-25?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial view of horse track]

Aerial photograph of a horse track with a large grandstand and parking lot, in which are a significant number of cars. Large stables are visible in the top right. Some houses are visible among trees at the bottom. A road lined by trees wraps around from the left side to the stables.
Date: 1950~/1959~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial view of large wooded estate]

Aerial photograph of a large estate in a wooded area. A mansion stands in the left center, with a large cloistered building to the right. A road winds from the bottom right to the mansion. A grove is visible in the upper center, with some neighboring houses above it.
Date: 1950~/1959~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP with Puppy]

Photograph of a WASP trainee in civilian clothes holding a puppy. She is standing between barracks at Avenger Field.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Reserve Forces Policy Board address slip] (open access)

[Reserve Forces Policy Board address slip]

A slip with the address for the Department of Defense Reserve Forces Policy Board on it.
Date: unknown
Creator: Reserve Forces Policy Board
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell earnings statement] (open access)

[Gayle Snell earnings statement]

Statement of earnings and deduction for WASP Gayle Snell for the pay period ending November 30, 1944.
Date: November 30, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Women Airforce Service Pilots]

Photograph of five WASPs in uniform, standing in front of a building with a unit headquarters sign in the right background. Two men stand obscured in the left background.
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP on AT-6C]

Photograph of a smiling WASP standing in a flight suit on the port wing of a AT-6C trainer.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History