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[Gayle Snell and two women standing next to WASP monument]

Photograph of Gayle Snell (right) and two other women standing next to a Texas WASP monument.
Date: 1986-09?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Veteran speaking at Nolan County Courthouse]

Photograph of a group of WASP veterans standing on at the top of the steps at Nolan County Courthouse at an event for the 1986 reunion. One of them is reading a speech into a microphone, assisted by a young man. The bottom right quarter of the photo is obscured by the top of a person's hat.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Obscured View of B-1 Bomber at Airshow (negative)]

Photograph of a B-1 Lancer's nose, cockpit and front landing gear at an airshow, surrounded by pilots and visitors as part of a tour of Dyess Air Force Base for WASP veterans at the 1986 reunion. The left third of the photo is obscured.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASPs with American and WASP Flags]

Photograph of four WASP veterans in uniform standing on a street, two of them displaying a WASP flag while one holds up an American flag behind them. A brown 1980s sedan is parked behind them to the right. Two pedestrians walk past a white and red truck and some houses in the top left.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd Watching Airshow (negative)]

Photograph of a crowd of people looking upward at an airshow. A Navy SNJ is visible in the left background. An older woman in the bottom right, facing the camera, wears a t-shirt commemorating the WASPs, as well as a photo and nametag.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eleanor McLernon Brown to Gayle Snell, October 10, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Eleanor McLernon Brown to Gayle Snell, October 10, 1986]

Letter from Eleanor "Mickey" Brown to Gayle Snell discussing the recent 1986 WASP reunion in Sweetwater and recent correspondence.
Date: October 10, 1986
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd with B-1B]

Photograph of several people standing around the front-port side of a Rockwell B-1B Lancer, with open bomb bay doors, as part of a tour of Dyess Air Force Base for WASP veterans at the 1986 reunion.
Date: September 25, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman in Cockpit (negative)]

Photograph of a woman in a white cap sitting in a World War II era cockpit at an airshow, probably a North American SNJ.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd Watching Airshow]

Photograph of a crowd of people looking upward at an airshow. A Navy SNJ is visible in the left background. An older woman in the bottom right, facing the camera, wears a t-shirt commemorating the WASPs, as well as a photo and nametag.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASPs with Flag]

Photograph of 21 WASP veterans standing outside on and in front of bleachers at the 1986 convention; two at the front are in uniform and holding a WASP flag. A note with the date and location is on the bottom.
Date: [1986-09-24..1986-09-28]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Return of the WASP: 1986 Annual Reunion (open access)

The Return of the WASP: 1986 Annual Reunion

Booklet for the 1986 WASP reunion, featuring the correspondence of the recently-deceased Leni Leoti Clark Deaton ("Dedie"), historic photos, the reunion's program/schedule, a letter from Governor Mark White and the City of Sweetwater, and some advertising.
Date: 1986-09-25~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd and WASPs on Nolan County Courthouse Steps]

Photograph of a crowd and several WASPs in uniform on the steps of the Nolan County Courthouse, at an event for the 1986 reunion.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd with B-1B]

Photograph of a crowd standing around a Rockwell B-1, as part of a tour for WASP veterans of Dyess Air Force Base.
Date: September 25, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Veteran speaking at Nolan County Courthouse (negative)]

Photo negative of a group of WASP veterans standing on at the top of the steps at Nolan County Courthouse at an event for the 1986 reunion. One of them is reading a speech into a microphone, assisted by a young man. The bottom right quarter of the photo is obscured by the top of a person's hat.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
Oral History Interview with Herschel Blackwell, April 26, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Herschel Blackwell, April 26, 1986

Interview with Herschel Blackwell regarding his experiences as a member of VP-14 a Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.
Date: April 26, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blackwell, Herschell
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. N. Swain, April 26, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with C. N. Swain, April 26, 1986

Interview with C. N. Swain, a Navy WWII veteran from Kernes, Texas. Swain discusses his experiences aboard the USS Vestal at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, as well as his entry into the service and training, life and work aboard the Vestal, operations before December 7th, being knocked overboard by a Japanese torpedo and the destruction of the USS Arizona, and service afterwards.
Date: April 26, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Swain, C. N.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library