[Correspondence Concerning Militarization of the WASPs] (open access)

[Correspondence Concerning Militarization of the WASPs]

Correspondence between Eleanor Brown, Olin Teague, and Ray Roberts concerning the Women Airforce Service Pilots' (WASP) efforts to obtain veterans' status and benefits through federal legislation.
Date: June 8, 1977
Creator: Roberts, Ray
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Representative Olin E. Teague to Eleanor M. Brown, June 8, 1977] (open access)

[Letter from Representative Olin E. Teague to Eleanor M. Brown, June 8, 1977]

Letter from Representative Olin E. Teague to Eleanor M. Brown acknowledging her support of pending bills to award veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions the process that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs will follow in scheduling hearings on the legislation.
Date: June 8, 1977
Creator: Teague, Olin E., 1910-1981
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown, June 6, 1977] (open access)

[Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown, June 6, 1977]

Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown discussing legislative bill S. 247, which would award military status and veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions that the Veterans' Affairs Committee has held hearings on the bill and that he will keep her comments in mind when the Committee takes further action on the legislation.
Date: June 6, 1977
Creator: Talmadge, Herman E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Major Thomas Arbaugh, June 14, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Major Thomas Arbaugh, June 14, 1979]

Letter from Eleanor Brown to Major Thomas Arbaugh requesting that the name on her honorable discharge papers be corrected to include her middle name.
Date: June 14, 1979
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Department of the Air Force to Eleanor Brown, June 11, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from the Department of the Air Force to Eleanor Brown, June 11, 1979]

Letter from Milton R. McFarland from the Department of the Air Force to Eleanor Brown notifying her that her application for discharge has been approved.
Date: June 11, 1979
Creator: McFarland, Milton R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet] (open access)

[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet]

Newspaper clipping of an article about finding veterans' burial information on a government database. On the back of the clipping, there are engagement announcements for six couples.
Date: June 27, 2004
Creator: Jones, Martha
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History