[Clipping: WASPS remember when] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPS remember when]

Newspaper clipping "Women flying on a wing and a prayer in West Texas" an article about WASP Eleanor Brown and Betty Shipley, The article includes details of the history of WASP, and a photograph of Brown and Shipley. There is an advertisement for a car and an article on bat-inspired myths on the back of the clipping.
Date: October 31, 1999
Creator: Wolff, Henry, Jr.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Winged Woman of Forgotten Past] (open access)

[Clipping: Winged Woman of Forgotten Past]

Newspaper clippings of an article about Eleanor "Mickey" McLernon Brown, WASP. Includes two photographs of Mrs. Brown in her uniform and current photo.. On the back of the clipping are wedding and engagement announcements, as well as advertisements for catering companies.
Date: October 31, 1976
Creator: Broughton, Jamie
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing receiving a pack of cigarettes, flying a fighter from Jackson, MS, to Raleigh and Newark, seeing a show and getting dinner, flying on an airliner at night, picking up a plane from Long Beach, news about her friend Marion, flying in a B-24, and happening to meet an Air Corps private who knew of her through a mutual acquaintance.
Date: October 31, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing getting orders, flying to and staying in Jackson, MS, and recent correspondence.
Date: October 31, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History