[Side View of Train Engine #2314 and Car]

Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. The number "2314" is visible on the cab. Additional tracks lay in front. Part of a building is visible in the left background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Colorado Springs, Colo. Aug. 1941 (ex T&P #555)."
Date: August 1941
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. C. Hemming to Henry Sayles, January 31, 1916] (open access)

[Letter from C. C. Hemming to Henry Sayles, January 31, 1916]

Letter from C. C. Hemming to Henry Sayles inquiring about past due unpaid taxes.
Date: January 31, 1916
Creator: Hemming, C. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Statement addressed to C. C. Hamming] (open access)

[Tax Statement addressed to C. C. Hamming]

Tax statement prepared by tax collector W. S. Parker addressed to C. C. Hamming of Colorado Springs.
Date: September 22, 1915
Creator: Parker, W. S.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Class of 44-9]

Photograph of WASP Class 44-9 posing for a group photo. There are 35 women in the photo, six of which are wearing uniforms. The two women in the center front are holding a sign reading "44-9." "Colorado Springs 1978" is written at the bottom of the image.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger Outside USAF Academy Cadet Chapel]

Photograph of Charlyne Creger and Women Airforce Service Pilot, both wearing uniforms, outside of the U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel. There are some other people in the background walking into the building.
Date: 1978~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1978 WASP Name Tag for Charlyne Creger] (open access)

[1978 WASP Name Tag for Charlyne Creger]

Name tag from 1978 W.A.S.P. Confernece in Colorado Springs that features an image of the WASP diamond wings logo at the top center. The name "Creger" is written in pen on the card.
Date: 1978
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Homer to WASP Steering Committee, September 8, 1997] (open access)

[Letter from Homer to WASP Steering Committee, September 8, 1997]

Letter from Homer to WASP Steering Committee discussing the 2000 reunion, transportation, and housing of the official WASP archives.
Date: September 8, 1997
Creator: Taylor, Homer K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
1978: The Year of the W.A.S.P. (open access)

1978: The Year of the W.A.S.P.

Program for the 1978 Reunion of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) held in Colorado Springs from September 27 to October 1.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Vi Cowden to WASP, July 7, 1997] (open access)

[Letter from Vi Cowden to WASP, July 7, 1997]

Letter from Vi Cowden to WASP discussing the upcoming WASP Memorial Dedication in Colorado Springs, Colorado and the hotel they will be staying in. The address label of Dawn Seymour can be seen in the bottom left.
Date: July 7, 1997
Creator: Cowden, Violet Thurn
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Class 43-4 at 1978 Reunion]

Photograph of class 43-4 of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) taken at the 1978 reunion held in Colorado Springs. There are three rows of women, one seated with their ankles crossed, and two standing. Some of the women are wearing their WASP uniforms.
Date: October 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1978 WASP Conference Name Tag] (open access)

[1978 WASP Conference Name Tag]

Name tag with the diamond WASP wings logo and the name of Alberta F. Head, Tower Operator, written on it from the 1978 Women Airforce Service Pilots conference in Colorado Springs.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Year of the W.A.S.P. 1978 Banquet] (open access)

[Program: Year of the W.A.S.P. 1978 Banquet]

Program for the 1978 Women Airforce Service Pilots banquet that has a short biography section on Senator Barry Goldwater and an information section about the Moods in Blue, and Air Force Academy singing group.
Date: 1978
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP member Present at Colorado Springs] (open access)

[WASP member Present at Colorado Springs]

List of multiple names written on lined notebook paper of those who were present at the Colorado Spring Women Airforce Service Pilots conference.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Presentation and Interpretation of Baptistry Painting #1] (open access)

[Presentation and Interpretation of Baptistry Painting #1]

A copy of a typewritten essay by Blanche Perry to the Colorado Springs Church of Christ entitled "Presentation and Interpretation of Baptistry Painting." Symbols noted include cross, blood, dove, Spirit, water, mountains, valley.
Date: October 1938
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Presentation and Interpretation of Baptistry Painting #4] (open access)

[Presentation and Interpretation of Baptistry Painting #4]

A copy of a typewritten essay by Blanche Perry to the Colorado Springs Church of Christ entitled "Presentation and Interpretation of Baptistry Painting." Symbols noted include cross, blood, dove, Spirit, water, mountains, valley.
Date: October 1938
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Reunion Speech] (open access)

[WASP Reunion Speech]

Speech from a Women Airforce Service Pilots reunion banquet discussing an the two receivers of the year's Fifi Award, Bee and Joe Haydu.
Date: September 30, 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Group Atop Pikes Peak]

Photograph of five individuals to the side of a parked vehicle. The man is wearing a hat and is standing to the far left of the group of women. Note on the back of photograph reads, "Just arrived on top of Pike's Peak Mrs. Lamb seems to be freezing."
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Women on Pikes Peak]

Photograph of two women in skirt suits standing next to each other with a fence behind them in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Note on the back of the Photograph reads, "On top of Pikes Peak."
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Group in Colorado Springs]

Photograph of a group of people standing on the steps leading up to an adobe-style cottage in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "Back of our cottage, Beasly (or Beverly) Hills, Colorado Springs, Col., 1946."
Date: February 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Rock Formation]

Photograph taken from the road of a rock formation in the Garden of the Gods park. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, 1946."
Date: February 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Two Women on Pikes Peak]

Photograph of two women dressed in skirt suits posed in front of Pikes Peak. Another woman can be seen in the background. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "Where our driver stopped to fix flat tire on our way to Pikes Peak."
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of J. P. Sewell at Garden of the Gods]

Photograph of J.P. Sewell at the Garden of the Gods park, shown holding his hat while leaning up against a rock formation. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1946."
Date: February 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Garden of the Gods]

Photograph of two women posed on a rocky mountain side in the Garden of the Gods park, with one of the women sitting on a large rock. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, 1946."
Date: February 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Women on Rock Formation]

Photograph of three older women and a girl lounging on a rock formation in the Garden of the Gods park. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1946."
Date: February 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History