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The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Volume 100, Number 38, September 22, 1977 (open access)

The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Volume 100, Number 38, September 22, 1977

Weekly newspaper from Washington, D.C. dedicated to covering news of interest to US veterans. Patricia Collins Hughes' column discussing the opposition to legislation providing veterans benefits to the WASP can be found on page 3.
Date: September 22, 1977
Creator: Smith, John Lewis, III
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women Airforce Service Pilots WWII Memorial Dedication (open access)

Women Airforce Service Pilots WWII Memorial Dedication

A program for a WASP memorial dedication, with information on the left side of the page about the speakers, and a schedule on the right.
Date: September 4, 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP attending USAFA WASP statue dedication]

Group photograph of Women Airforce Service Pilots posed on the steps of a building with an apex roof. All women wear their WASP dress uniforms, as they are attending the USAFA (United States Air Force Academy) WASP statue dedication.
Date: September 4, 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Helen Snapp with Other WASP at Luncheon]

Photograph of a group WASP with a man and woman, sitting around a round table in a room full of other people at round tables inside a ballroom. Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicates the names of WASP including Helen Snapp in the photograph.
Date: September 25, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Volume 100, Number 36, September 8, 1977 (open access)

The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Volume 100, Number 36, September 8, 1977

National weekly newspaper dedicated to covering news of interest to US veterans. Patricia Collins Hughes' column about legislation to militarize the WASP during World War Two and the end of the WASP program in 1944 can be found on page three. This issue also includes a letter from Mary Retick Wells, WASP Class 44-W-6, refuting statements Representative Olin E. Teague made against legislative efforts to grant veterans' benefits to the WASP.
Date: September 8, 1977
Creator: Smith, John Lewis, III
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Memorial Statue, The Graduate]

Photograph of a statue titled "The Graduate" during the dedication ceremony at Texas State Technical College. The statue is on a round pillar in the center of a fountain and a number of people are standing around the edges of the fountain including several who are wearing military or WASP uniforms.
Date: September 4, 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Note With Airplane Info on It] (open access)

[A Note With Airplane Info on It]

A note with airplane info on it, including Culver Cadets PQ 8 & 14, Beechcraft twin, UC 78, and Bamboo Bomber.
Date: September 12, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James E. Burnett to Helen W. Snapp, September 27, 1982] (open access)

[Letter from James E. Burnett to Helen W. Snapp, September 27, 1982]

Letter from James E. Burnett, Director of the Office of External Affairs of NASA Lewis Research Center, to Helen W. Snapp discussing Snapp's recent visit. The letter came with copies of pictures belonging to Helen Snapp.
Date: September 27, 1982
Creator: Burnett, James E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Newsletter] (open access)

[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Newsletter]

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association newsletter from September 1945. Page 69 includes six pictures of British Commercial Planes, both the outside of the plane and the cockpit; pages 70 and 71 list the "most complete releasable list of aircraft in use by the United States armed forces; page 72 shows eight pictures of planes that the reader is meant to identify, with an answer key below, as well as two diagrams of plane silhouettes; page 79 includes an add for Flightex; and page 80 includes information on new civil air regulations.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorial Dedication for the Women Airforce Service Pilots] (open access)

[Memorial Dedication for the Women Airforce Service Pilots]

Pamphlet for the memorial dedication for Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII that took place on September 4, 1997, hosted by the United States Air Force Academy. It includes summaries of the lives of Janet Reno, Colonel Theresa Marne' Peterson, Lieutenant Colonel Michelle Johnson, and Dorothy Swain Lewis, as well as a program guide. The back cover of the pamphlet bears the WASP logo of a woman flying.
Date: September 4, 1997
Creator: United States Air Force Academy.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Johnson Space Center Oral History Project to Helen W. Snapp, September 20, 1999] (open access)

[Letter from Johnson Space Center Oral History Project to Helen W. Snapp, September 20, 1999]

Letter from Rebecca Wright, project manager for the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project, to Helen W. Snapp discussing Snapp's participation in NASA's oral history project. It also contains a short hand-written note from Carol Butler, reading "Helen, it was so nice to meet you and get to know you. Thank you."
Date: September 20, 1999
Creator: Wright, Rebecca
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The forgotten women of World War II] (open access)

[Clipping: The forgotten women of World War II]

Newspaper clipping titled "The forgotten women of World War II" from the Daily News discusses the recent reunion of surviving Women Airforce Service Pilots. Pictured is WASP Lenora Horton on the wing of her plane at Avenger Field in 1943
Date: September 7, 1976
Creator: Bernstein, Paula
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Memorial Remarks by Dora Dougherty Strother] (open access)

[WASP Memorial Remarks by Dora Dougherty Strother]

Remarks for a WASP Memorial service in Sweetwater, Texas by Dora Dougherty Strother.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Strother, Dora Dougherty
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 111th Congress, First Session (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 111th Congress, First Session

The Congressional Record contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives. There is a red tab sticking out of page E2255, highlight the speech Hon. Alcee L. Hastings gave about Helen Snapp.
Date: September 14, 2009
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tomorrow, September 11th at 11:00 am Congresswoman Ros-Lehitnen Will Honor Helen Snapp a WWII Women's Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) At Her Home In Century Village (open access)

Tomorrow, September 11th at 11:00 am Congresswoman Ros-Lehitnen Will Honor Helen Snapp a WWII Women's Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) At Her Home In Century Village

A press release from Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehitnen for a reception for Helen Snapp. It details a reception at Snapp's house that is not open to the public, but press is invited. All of the WASPs are going to receive the Congressional Gold Medal.
Date: September 10, 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jeff C. Reed to Helen Snapp, September 24, 2001] (open access)

[Letter from Jeff C. Reed to Helen Snapp, September 24, 2001]

Letter from Jeff C. Reed from the Fort Stewart Museum to Helen Snapp discussing Snapp's recent visit to Fort Stewart to present at their Women's History month luncheon. Reed included two sets of photographs.
Date: September 24, 2001
Creator: Reed, Jeff C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History