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[Paul A. Hill Air Force Documents] (open access)

[Paul A. Hill Air Force Documents]

A collection of various military orders and documents pertaining to Paul A. Hill's Air Force and Air Reserve service.
Date: 1929-09-18/1955-02-03
Creator: Hill, Paul A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 6, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 6, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent flying, being grounded in Long Beach by bad weather, borrowing a typewriter, mud, a large batch of fighters to be ferried to South America, dreams, and beds.
Date: September 6, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 7, 1944?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 7, 1944?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing treating a bad tooth ache, ferrying aircraft, and a pilot friend getting an award.
Date: 1944-09-07?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, September 8, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing picking up a plane in Long Beach. The postcard features an image of a silver DC-3 with red trim in flight.
Date: September 8, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Air Reserve Orders Number E-9250] (open access)

[Air Reserve Orders Number E-9250]

Reserve orders for Captain Marjorie Wakeham promoting her to reserve status in the United States Air Force.
Date: September 12, 1963
Creator: Ford, Denver R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from Addison Hoof to Jacqueline Cochran, September 20, 1971] (open access)

[Envelope from Addison Hoof to Jacqueline Cochran, September 20, 1971]

Envelope addressed to Jacqueline Cochran from Addison Hoof.
Date: September 20, 1971
Creator: Hoof, Addison
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women At War] (open access)

[Clipping: Women At War]

Newspaper clipping describing the experiences of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) including their activities after the group was deactivated and their fight for militarization.
Date: September 14, 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Group Petition #1] (open access)

[Group Petition #1]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, from ten members living in Texas. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter. The signatures found at the bottom of the page include the member's WASP class and street address.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Group Petition #2] (open access)

[Group Petition #2]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII and circulated to the WASP class secretaries. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter. This version of the petition does not include the Texas Ten's signatures.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Group Petition #3] (open access)

[Group Petition #3]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, from ten members living in Texas. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter. The signatures found at the bottom of the page include the member's WASP class and street address.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Group Petition #4] (open access)

[Group Petition #4]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, from ten members living in Texas. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
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, September 17, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro, September 17, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro responding to the nine concerns raised in the Texas Ten's petition. She defends recent decisions made by the board including the reactivation of non-profit organization in California.
Date: September 17, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Class Secretaries, September 20, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Class Secretaries, September 20, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to the WASP class secretaries discussing the petitions circulated by the Texas Ten. She asks the class secretaries to review the enclosed material and send it on to their classmates. She promises that by the reunion in 1980 they will have "the organization of your choice in name and structure."
Date: September 20, 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

[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 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 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