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[Postcard from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, September 15, 1994]

Postcard from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards discussing a recent gathering. The front of the postcard contains a photograph of a T-6 trainer airplane.
Date: September 15, 1994
Creator: Tanner, Doris
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dorothy Lewis to Rigdon Edwards, September 15, 1993] (open access)

[Letter from Dorothy Lewis to Rigdon Edwards, September 15, 1993]

Letter from Dorothy Swain Lewis to Rigdon Edwards congratulating him on being featured on "The Marketer" and the awards he received and just making more conversation with him.
Date: September 15, 1993
Creator: Lewis, Dorothy Swain
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs Stalemate Nears End] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPs Stalemate Nears End]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes about pending legislation to grant veterans' status to the WASP. Two photos of the WASP accompany Hughes' column. The page also contains a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, an editorial about surgical residents providing medical care at the VA, and an article about opposition to canal treaties.
Date: September 15, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Kenneth P. Craig, September 15, 1977] (open access)

[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Kenneth P. Craig, September 15, 1977]

Letter from Charlyne Creger to Kenneth P. Craig thanking him for supporting the efforts of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots(U.S.) to gain militarization. She provides further evidence as to why the WASPs should be considered veterans based on their duties during World War II.
Date: September 15, 1977
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Ralph P. Davidson, September 15, 1977] (open access)

[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Ralph P. Davidson, September 15, 1977]

Letter from Eleanor Brown to Ralph P. Davidson, publisher of Time magazine, asking him to consider including an article on the WASPs and their efforts to obtain veterans' status. She mentions that she has attempted to contact over fifty members of Congress with little success and that she hopes that an article in Time will help increase awareness of the WASPs' cause.
Date: September 15, 1977
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Congressman Kenneth P. Craig, September 15, 1977] (open access)

[Letter to Congressman Kenneth P. Craig, September 15, 1977]

Letter from the Women Airforce Service Pilots(U.S.) to Congressman Kenneth P. Craig thanking him for supporting their efforts to gain militarization. The letter provides further evidence of why the Women's Airforce Service Pilots should be granted veteran status.
Date: September 15, 1977
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Atlantic Monthly Company to Jacqueline Cochran, September 15, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from the Atlantic Monthly Company to Jacqueline Cochran, September 15, 1954]

Letter from the Atlantic Monthly Company to Jacqueline Cochran granting her copyright for an article titled "World's Record in a Jet."
Date: September 15, 1954
Creator: The Atlantic Monthly Company
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 15, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 15, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing check rides, radio classes, her friend Bobby's flying, uniforms, and recent correspondence.
Date: September 15, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. H. Steffen to Charles A. Prince, September 15, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from J. H. Steffen to Charles A. Prince, September 15, 1942]

Letter from J. H. Steffen to Charles A. Prince discussing Prince's order of Buffalo food cutters and suggests that Prince should complete a specific form for the cutters, as Steffen Bros. has given $21,000 to Plosser-Prince Air Academy in the form of labor and materials, with no payments from Plosser-Prince to date.
Date: September 15, 1942
Creator: Steffen, J. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History