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[Name Tag for Lyda M. Dunham 43-W-4]
Name tag for WASP trainee Lyda M. Dunham.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASPS]
Photocopied magazine clipping about the squadron that led to the use of women in military aviation and life as a WASP.
Date:
January 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jeff Davis to T. N. Carswell - March 13, 1941]
A letter written to Dr. T. N. Carswell from Jeff Davis, dated March 13, 1941. The letter discusses the House Committee voting out H. B. 373 and H. B. 565 and hoping that the bills withstand the Courts.
Date:
March 13, 1941
Creator:
Davis, Jeff
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. J. Wisdom to T. N. Carswell - June 23, 1943]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from W. J. Wisdom, Asst. Director, United Service Organizations, Inc., Houston, Texas, dated June 23, 1943. Wisdom expresses his appreciation for Carswell's "gracious" letter regarding his finding an opportunity to offer his services "to our boys" advising that he will train in N. Y. then be reassigned. Requests of Carswell to give his regards to the "old 17th".
Date:
June 23, 1943
Creator:
Wisdom, W. J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Form letter from Sam D. Forman, Jr. addressed TO ALL LEGIONNAIRES, DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS - August 3, 1944]
A form letter addressed to Buddies--TO ALL LEGIONNAIRES, DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, from Sam D. Forman, Jr., Department Commander, The American Legion, Department of Texas, Houston, Texas, dated August 3, 1944. Forman reminds the Legionnaires of the housing conditions and that things are abnormal in Fort Worth, the same as in any other city in the Nation due to the war effort, and to make all reservations with Mr. Herbert Joseph, Chairman of the Housing Committee.
Date:
August 3, 1944
Creator:
Forman, Sam D., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from McDonald Meachum to W. J. Bryan, Sept 15, 1944]
Letter from McDonald Meacham to William John Bryan discussing Bryan's recent illness and praising his character as a politician.
Date:
September 15, 1944
Creator:
Meachum, James McDonald
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Sayles & Sayles, February 14, 1940]
Letter from the Abstract Division of the Federal Land Bank of Houston, Legal Division, to Sayles & Sayles discussing abstracts relating to the estate of A. M. Betty.
Date:
February 14, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger Nursing School Scrapbook]
Scrapbook full of photographs of Charlyne Creger and her nursing school classmates and teachers. Many of the photos are taken in and around Houston, Texas.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nursing Class from Herman Hospital]
Photograph of a group women all wearing dresses and standing in five rows on the steps of a stone building. At the bottom edge of the photo is printed the caption, "In Coming Class - Herman Hospital Houston Texas - September 4, 1947". Charlyne Creger can be seen standing in the center of the bottom, foremost row.
Date:
September 4, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Herman Hospital School of Nursing Itemized Expenses
Itemized list of expenses and fees for the Herman Hospital School of Nursing Program.
Date:
February 1947
Creator:
Herman Hospital
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Second Class Graduates]
Newspaper clipping describing the maintenance process for the airplanes used by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The clipping also describes the renovations at Avenger Field's Medical Department and graduation ceremony for the class of 43-W-2.
Date:
June 28, 1943
Creator:
Buchner, Faith & Helburn, Margaret
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Class 3 Achieves First Goal]
Newspaper clipping describing the quality of the parachutes used at Avenger Field and the Link training process for the WASPs. The clipping also provides details about the graduation ceremony for the Women AIrforce Service Pilots, class of 43-W-3.
Date:
July 26, 1943
Creator:
Clements, Betty; Seip, Margaret & Baumgartner, Ann
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Clinton Simon Quin to Catherine Parker, November 9, 1945]
Letter from Bishop Clinton Simon Quin to Catherine Parker thanking her for her contributions in ending the war as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot.
Date:
November 9, 1945
Creator:
Quin, Clinton Simon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldier in Front of a Large Tent]
Photograph of a uniformed soldier standing in front of a brick house with lattice windows. The soldier, Olin Culloms, is wearing a dress uniform and a peaked cap.
Date:
December 25, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Davis by Park Bench]
Photograph of a soldier identified as Glen Davis standing in front of a park bench in Houston, Texas. Several buildings are visible in the background.
Date:
[1941..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lester Holes to Mickey McLernon, March 19, 1943]
Letter from Lester G. Holes to Mickey McLernon about aviation and a menu from the Royal Air Force of the food they will be serving.
Date:
March 10, 1943
Creator:
Holes, Lester G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WASPs Fitted For Uniforms"]
Newspaper clipping of the 10th issue of The Avenger. It includes 12 articles that update the reader about events in Avenger Field.
Date:
January 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Christenson in Plane #2]
Photograph of Dorothy Christenson in the cockpit of an airplane and looking off camera to the right. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo read, "Dorothy Christenson", "WASP School 43-W-3, Feb 1943", Houston Airport (Howard Hughes?)", "AT-6 from Ellington Field". A note on the right edge of the back possibly reads, "Alan D. Christenson 5".
Date:
February 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Consideration of WASP
Report on the physical, psychological, medical, and emotional capabilities of women in aviation, formed from several studies on the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The report concludes that women can typically meet all requirements for safe flight without hindrance, and suggests that any similar future program to the WASP should be militarized.
Date:
December 20, 1944
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Women in Front of Palm Tree]
Photograph of four women standing in front a palm tree and each holding what appears to be ice cream cones or snow cones. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo read, "Evelyn Laesch, Mabel Rawbinson, Bertha Link, me- Dorothy Christenson", "In court of Almsted, 8700, S Main Houston, Tex", "March 1943".
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Christenson in Plane]
Photograph of a woman, earlier identified as Dorothy Christenson, sitting in the cockpit of a plane and wearing a headset while looking off camera to the right. Handwriting on the back of the photo reads, "Dorothy C., Feb 14, 1943, Houston, Texas, WASP".
Date:
February 14, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Five Women Sitting in Field]
Photograph of five women sitting in a field outside several buildings. Notes written on the back read, "Bertha Link, Mabel Rawbinson, Evelyn Laesch, 43W3, March 1943, Houston".
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Women With Plane in Love Field]
Photograph of four women standing in front of a plane with a star on it. Several notes handwritten on the back read, "April 1943, Love Field, Houston, Tex", "Mabel Rawbinson, Killed in Service, 1944, Kalamazoo, Mich", "Bertha Link (Trosky) Grand Rapids, Mich", "Dorothy Christenson (Mitchell), Milwaukee, Wis", "Evelyn Laesch (Mich)", "8700 S Main Houston, Texas, Room 21 Roomates, met on train in men's room".
Date:
April 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Woman Seeks Air Ferry Job]
Newspaper clipping of an article about Dorothy Christenson training to serve with the WAFS.
Date:
December 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History