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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

[43-4 WASP Group Photo]

Photograph of a group of nineteen WASP, some in uniform, posing in tow rows of chairs fro a reunion photo. The woman in the center of the front row is holding a small sign with the group's class number, 43-4. A floral wallpapered wall can be seen in the background. Several notes handwritten on the back can be seen listing the names of some of the group members. The notes read, "Vi Thurn ?, Helen Snapp, Fran Sargent, Virginia Watry, Me, Mary Clifford, Virginia Street, Joanne Trebtoske, Madge Rutherford, Connie Llewellyn, Deedee Johnson, Betty Naffz, Lyda Dunham, Ruth Underwood, Edna Pedlar, Mary Edith Engle, Marge Moore, Helen Schaefer, Liz Pierce". A second note reads, "Sept 19, 1980 WASP Reunion at Dutch Inn, Buena Vista, Fla".
Date: September 19, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1980 WASP Advisory Board Meeting Minutes] (open access)

[1980 WASP Advisory Board Meeting Minutes]

Meeting minutes from a Women Airforce Service Pilots advisory board meeting in Orlando, Florida, 1980.
Date: September 18, 1980
Creator: Davis, Edna
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order of Fifinella Meeting Agenda] (open access)

[Order of Fifinella Meeting Agenda]

A board meeting agenda for the WASP organization, Order of Fifinella, Inc.
Date: September 18, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger and Women in Orlando]

Photograph of Charlyne Creger wearing a white shirt and visor (left) and two unidentified women, one of whom has her back facing the camera displaying her t-shirt, which has an image of Fifinella on it and reads "Betty & Charlyne."
Date: September 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: In Memory of Jacqueline Cochran] (open access)

[Program: In Memory of Jacqueline Cochran]

Program for the funeral of Women Airforce Service Pilots leader, Jacqueline Cochran.
Date: September 1980
Creator: Patrick Air Force Base
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro, September 18, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro, September 18, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro expressing displeasure with the Texas Ten's decision to send their petition to the class secretaries in addition to the board of directors.
Date: September 18, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, September 30, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing getting some pants fitted and eating dinner at the airport. The postcard features a photo of the Sunken Garden at Brackenridge Park in San Antonio.
Date: September 30, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 11, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing traveling and ferrying aircraft. Written on Hotel Lenox (Buffalo) stationary.
Date: September 11, 1944
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 10, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing traveling to Buffalo to pick up a P-40 bound for Florida. The postcard features an image of a USAAF P-40 in flight.
Date: September 10, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History