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Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-5
Book documenting the 44-W-5 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Announcement Gives Promise and Future of Avenger Field]
Newspaper clipping of two articles from the Nolan County News. Both articles discuss the prospect of new housing for pilots in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
August 12, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Otto Koecher, August 4, 1942]
Recommendation letter from Otto Koecher discussing Eleanor McLernon's loyalty to the United States and war effort.
Date:
August 4, 1942
Creator:
Koecher, Otto E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater, Texas and Sweetwater Club News]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about local news in Sweetwater, Texas, including a teacher winning a contest (with the winning poem she wrote included), speakers attending Sweetwater Club meetings, and the operation of the USO in West, Texas.
Date:
1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, 318th AAFFTD Class 43-W-6 and 43-W-7
Book documenting the 43-W-6 and 43-W-7 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-7
Book documenting the 44-W-7 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: New WASP Uniforms Give Women Fliers Swank]
Photocopy of a newspaper article about WASP members receiving new uniforms, and includes a description of WASP members' current duties. The article is surrounded by another article and several advertisements, including one for Mission Garden Tea. At the top of the photocopy, the date of the article and newspaper name (The New York Times) are handwritten.
Date:
November 17, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport]
Photograph of an aerial view of a large swath of land. It contains a textbox at the bottom of the photograph with four lines of text; from top to bottom, it reads: "U.S. Engineer Office--War Department--Galveston, Texas," "Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport--C.A.A.," "Grading & Paving Operations - Looking S.E.--Feb. 13, 1942," and "Bell & Braden--Contract No. W-359-eng-3545 (CCA-4090)--April 9, 1941--Photo No. 5."
Date:
February 13, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Club Recent Activity]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles, portions of articles, and announcement cards about the Sweetwater Club's various activities, including involvement with local sports teams, guest speakers at meetings, and local agriculture.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Chamberlain, L. F. & Mathews, Roy
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Girl Pilots]
Featured article in LIFE magazine about the WASP members and life at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The article includes many photographs of the women taking classes, performing tasks, and training at the flight school. On the back of one of the pages is part of an article on narcotics.
Date:
July 19, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George A. Hoffman, August 10, 1942]
Letter from George Hoffman vouching for Eleanor McLernon's "character and responsibility".
Date:
August 10, 1942
Creator:
Hoffman, George A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #1]
Speech by General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General of the Army Air Forces to the last WASP graduating class on December 7, 1944.
Date:
1944-12-07~
Creator:
Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type:
Script
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5
Book documenting the 43-W-4 and 43-W-5 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerodynamics for Pilots
Training manual on information needed for safely flying an airplane. Chapters cover topics such as physical laws, properties of air, general operation of flight, and forces that act on planes such as resistance, lift, weight, and drag.
Date:
September 1940
Creator:
Jones, Bradley
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank Falk, July 8, 1942]
Recommendation letter from Frank W. Falk discussing Eleanor McLernon's responsibility and character.
Date:
July 8, 1942
Creator:
Falk, Frank W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP comic]
Newspaper clipping of a comic depicting female plane mechanics discussing their male counterparts over lunch, next to an airplane. The caption reads, "They never try to get fresh with me. They're always too busy trying to keep up with me on the JOB."
Date:
October 26, 1942
Creator:
d'Alessio, Gregory
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Local News]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about a discussion in Sweetwater, Texas over a proposal to bring alcohol plants to West Texas, facts about the Avenger Field Air School, and articles about Leslie C. McConnell and Ken McClure speaking to the people of Sweetwater and Sweetwater Club.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women Saved from Official Fate]
Newspaper clipping of a brief article about how General Henry H. Arnold announced that the men were needed elsewhere and he needed more WASP.Congress discusses dissolving their division. On the back of the clipping, there are advertisements for Don Q rum, Durham-Enders razor kits, and a Carlton hotel.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Margaret L. Chamberlain to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, October 8, 1945]
Letter from Margaret L. Chamberlain to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing her recent travels for aviation training.
Date:
October 8, 1945
Creator:
Chamberlain, Margaret L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Duren to Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon Edwards, May 22, 1944]
Letter from Doris Duren to Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon Edwards discussing how the U.S. Army split up she and a group of other female pilots. She mentions that they fly BT-14 planes, give instruction to flight cadets, and are supposed to be trained to fly B-26 planes soon. At the top left of the first page, there is a small, printed illustration of the WASP mascot, Fifinella
Date:
May 22, 1944
Creator:
Duren, Doris
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots]
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping that includes an article about a report from the Civil Service Investigating Committee, advising the cutting of the WASP program. The grounds for this advice is to make way for excess male pilots in the Air Force. Other articles surround the article about cutting the WASP program, including some about politics and war. At the top of the photocopy, the page number of the article is handwritten.
Date:
June 6, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-4
Book documenting the 44-W-4 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Student Pilot Handbook
Handbook for student pilots, detailing procedures, maneuvers, and judgement criteria for learning how to fly planes. The book includes numerous illustrations, some humorous and others instructional, to aid the student. There are several handwritten notes on the front page from grateful students of the WASP class 44-W-3.
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
Hunt, Jack & Fahringer, Ray
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-10
Book documenting the 44-W-10 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History