Pilot Instrument Certificate Application and Flight Check Form (open access)

Pilot Instrument Certificate Application and Flight Check Form

A check flight test administered to WASP Gayle Snell during training. Directions for performing the flight are on the back.
Date: September 9, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and the "Texas Ten Petitioners," September 17, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and the "Texas Ten Petitioners," September 17, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and nine other WASP veterans addressing and refuting accusations of misconduct in the the Order of Fifinella, including matters of taxation, spending, newsletter design, and other supposed issues.
Date: September 17, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and the "Texas Ten Petitioners," September 18, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and the "Texas Ten Petitioners," September 18, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Gerano and nine other WASP veterans, castigating them and a petition they circulated about the Order of Fifinella and its finances.
Date: September 18, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd of People Releasing Balloons]

Photograph of a crowd of people releasing yellow, blue, and white balloons. There is a large pavilion in the left-background, behind which are palm trees, with another building and more trees in the right-background.
Date: 1984-09?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd of People With Balloons]

Photograph of a crowd of people preparing to release yellow, blue, and white balloons. There is a large pavilion in the left-background, behind which are palm trees.
Date: 1984-09?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd of People with Balloons]

Photograph of a crowd of people holding blue, yellow, and white balloons. Behind them some palm trees and a building are visible.
Date: 1984-09?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd with Balloons in Street]

Photograph of a crowd of mostly older people standing on and near a street and carrying white, yellow, and blue balloons. Palm trees are visible behind them, and a building can be seen on the right edge of the frame.
Date: 1984-09?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and Four WASP Veterans by Pool]

Photograph of Gayle Snell (right, seated) with four other WASP veterans next to a motel pool. There are some other people in the background.
Date: 1984-09?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Released Balloons]

Photograph of white, golden, and blue balloons that have been released into the sky. There is a tree in the bottom right.
Date: 1984-09?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three WASP Veterans Sitting]

Photograph of three smiling WASP veterans sitting in folding chars. The left and middle woman are wearing name tags with WASP wings on them.
Date: 1984-09?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Women Posing next to Canal]

Photograph of one sitting and two standing women, two of them wearing WASP nametags, posing together next to a canal.
Date: 1984-09?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Women Releasing Balloons]

Photograph of three WASP veterans standing by a parked station wagon, smiling as they release three balloons together. A single story house of postwar design is visible behind them.
Date: 1984-09?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman feeding Ducks]

Photograph of a woman, probably a WASP veteran, feeding ducks.
Date: 1984-09?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four-door hatchback outside of Coffee Shop]

Photograph of a white four-door hatchback parked in front of a large building with a "Coffee Shop" sign in front. An older person walks into the frame on the left toward the street, while two more people are visible in the center entering the building.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four WASP veterans near garden tower and pavilions]

Photograph of four WASP veterans standing on a sidewalk near a tower and pavilions in a garden.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and five WASP veterans]

Photograph of Gayle Snell (sitting, left) with three standing and two other sitting WASP veterans, probably at the 1984 WASP reunion. All are wearing nametags with wings on them.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and five WASP veterans]

Photograph of Gayle Snell (sitting, left) with three standing and two other sitting WASP veterans, probably at the 1984 WASP reunion. All are wearing nametags with wings on them.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and five WASPs veterans]

Photograph of WASP veteran Gayle Snell (seated, left) and five other WASP veterans at the 1984 reunion, all wearing winged nametags posing together.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and other WASP veteran with crowd]

Photograph of Gayle Snell and another WASP veteran posing together next to a group of people in a street.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of WASP veterans at reunion event]

Photograph of a large group of WASP veterans and other people seated in a yard in front of an empty podium. The yard is lined by bushes and trees in the background, and a building is visible on the right.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of WASP veterans next to waterway]

Photograph of a group of WASP veterans at the 1984 WASP reunion in San Diego, some in uniform, standing next to a waterway with a windowed, circular building behind them, as well as various trees.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of WASP veterans next to waterway]

Photograph of a group of WASP veterans at the 1984 WASP reunion in San Diego, some in uniform, standing next to a waterway with a windowed, circular building behind them, as well as various trees.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Women Airforce Service Pilot veterans at reunion under pavilion]

Photograph of ten WASP veterans standing under an awning and conversing at a WASP reunion, two of whom are wearing uniforms. A uniformed woman in the center holds a camera as she talks to someone.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marine Corps Color Guard at WASP Reunion]

Photograph of a Marine Corps color guard at the 1984 WASP reunion in a garden with a crowd of people on either side of them. In the foreground are women sitting in WASP uniforms. Bushes and trees line the yard behind them, with a building visible beyond it.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History