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[Email from Catherine Murphy to Eleanor Brown, August 15, 2004] (open access)

[Email from Catherine Murphy to Eleanor Brown, August 15, 2004]

Email from Catherine Murphy to Eleanor Brown discussing additions to the WASP roster.
Date: August 15, 2004
Creator: Murphy, Catherine A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Lucile Wise to Caro Bosca, July 15, 2006] (open access)

[Email from Lucile Wise to Caro Bosca, July 15, 2006]

Email from Lucile Wise to Caro Bosca informing Bosca of her decision to resign as editor of the WASP News.
Date: July 15, 2006
Creator: Wise, Lucile
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Representative John Young to Eleanor Brown, March 15, 1977] (open access)

[Letter from Representative John Young to Eleanor Brown, March 15, 1977]

Letter from Representative John Young to Eleanor Brown acknowledging her request for copies of H. R. 3321 and S. 247. He mentions that he has enclosed copies of both bills.
Date: March 15, 1977
Creator: Young, John
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors, July 15, 2005] (open access)

[Letter from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors, July 15, 2005]

Letter from WASP President Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors informing them of the results from a membership survey regarding a donation to the WASP museum in Sweetwater.
Date: July 15, 2005
Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email Correspondence from Rick Rhodes to Tom Henderson, May 15, 2012] (open access)

[Email Correspondence from Rick Rhodes to Tom Henderson, May 15, 2012]

Email correspondence from Rick Rhodes to Tom Henderson providing him with a schedule and general information of an upcoming conference call.
Date: May 15, 2012
Creator: Rhodes, Rick
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Shutsy to Margaret, July 15, 1983] (open access)

[Letter from Shutsy to Margaret, July 15, 1983]

Letter from Shutsy to Margaret discussing a lack of response from the Sweetwater Reporter about microfilim. There is a WASP letterhead at the top of the page.
Date: July 15, 1983
Creator: Reynolds, Florence G. Shutsy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Baty to Rigdon Edwards, August 15, 1973] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Baty to Rigdon Edwards, August 15, 1973]

Letter from Robert Baty to Rigdon Edwards discussing a movie script about the WASP members who served in WWII, asking for Mr. Edwards's first-hand experience to help them write the script. He mentions that Mrs. Maureen Stracener referred him to Mr. Edwards for information.
Date: August 15, 1973
Creator: Baty, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eleanor McLernon to Alan Cranston, May 15, 1978] (open access)

[Letter from Eleanor McLernon to Alan Cranston, May 15, 1978]

Letter from Eleanor Brown to Senator Alan Cranston asking why the WASP still have not received veteran status despite Congress saying that they would be given such status.
Date: May 15, 1978
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Nancy B. Crews to All WASPs, June 15, 1973] (open access)

[Letter from Nancy B. Crews to All WASPs, June 15, 1973]

Letter from Nancy B. Crews to All WASPs discussing WASP militarization, and asking for support of the efforts to achieve veteran status for WASP members.
Date: June 15, 1973
Creator: Crews, Nancy B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine A. Murphy to All WASP Instructors and Staff Personnel, November 15, 1985] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine A. Murphy to All WASP Instructors and Staff Personnel, November 15, 1985]

Letter from Catherine A. Murphy to WASP instructors and staff personnel discussing the WASP association's identification cards, dues, and an upcoming WASP reunion. The letter also includes a form for association nominations.
Date: November 15, 1985
Creator: Murphy, Catherine A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William C. McKenna to A. H. Daniels, July 15, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from William C. McKenna to A. H. Daniels, July 15, 1943]

Letter from William C. McKenna to A. H. Daniels discussing data requested in previous correspondence.
Date: July 15, 1943
Creator: McKenna, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Landon E. McConnell, March 15, 1943] (open access)

[Letter to Landon E. McConnell, March 15, 1943]

Letter to Major Landon E. McConnell discussing the request for additional facilities at the Academy in Sweetwater, Texas. Specifically, the need for an underwater gasoline storage tank, a concrete washrack, and a new asphalt paved road.
Date: March 15, 1943
Creator: unknown
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ernest A. Hall to Charles A. Prince, June 15, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Ernest A. Hall to Charles A. Prince, June 15, 1943]

Letter from Ernest A. Hall to Charles A. Prince discussing a recent loss of Hall's. He urges for Prince to provide his signature and additional evidence to help his case with the Treasury Department.
Date: June 15, 1943
Creator: Hall, Ernest A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to British Air Commission, April 15, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to British Air Commission, April 15, 1943]

Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to the British Air Academy enclosing a $10,000 check to be paid towards Plosser-Prince Air Academy's debt to the British Air Commission.
Date: April 15, 1943
Creator: Olin, R. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. F. Volandt to British Flying Training School #7, May 15, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from W. F. Volandt to British Flying Training School #7, May 15, 1942]

Letter from Colonel W. F. Volandt to British Flying Training School #7 discussing publicity in connection with training activities. There is a hand-written note in the top left corner from Joe B. Plosser.
Date: May 15, 1942
Creator: Volandt, W. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Larry Hornbaker to Lewis Fulks] (open access)

[Letter from Larry Hornbaker to Lewis Fulks]

Letter from Larry Hornbaker, Vice-President of Pepperdine University, to Homecoming musical director Lewis Fulks at Abilene Christian College. In the letter, Hornbaker is congratulating Fulks on his 1971 production of "Camelot" and apologizes for not being able to visit the newly renovated Sewell Auditorium while he was on campus.
Date: November 15, 1971
Creator: Hornbaker, Larry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. M. F. Wirtz to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, January 15, 1932] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. M. F. Wirtz to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, January 15, 1932]

Letter from Mr. M. F. Wirtz, president of The Atlas Mineral Products Co., to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, Abilene City Engineer, discussing the company's new warehouse in North Texas and offering the company's services.
Date: January 15, 1932
Creator: Wirtz, M. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Houston to the Chickasaw Nation, October 1860] (open access)

[Letter from Sam Houston to the Chickasaw Nation, October 1860]

Letter from Governor Sam Houston to the Chickasaw Nation discussing the extradition of a fugitive named Walker Martin. Included in the letter are indictment charges and documents proving Walker Martin's charges.
Date: October 15, 1860
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Little, Brown and Company, May 15, 1974] (open access)

[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Little, Brown and Company, May 15, 1974]

Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Little, Brown and Company discussing the ways in which she should be contacted if people wish to quote her book, which she claims has not been happening, and how she wished she was told her book was discontinued so she could have bought copies.
Date: May 15, 1974
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Ann Messmore, May 15, 1974] (open access)

[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Ann Messmore, May 15, 1974]

Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Ann Genett Messmore discussing Messmore's use of Cochran's book The Stars at Noon.
Date: May 15, 1974
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Grace Tully, February 15, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Grace Tully, February 15, 1957]

Letter from Truett Latimer to Grace Tully thanking Tully for attending the Democratic Dinner in San Angelo.
Date: February 15, 1957
Creator: Latimer, Truett
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Preston A. Weatherred to Truett Latimer, April 15, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Preston A. Weatherred to Truett Latimer, April 15, 1957]

Letter from Preston A. Weatherred to Truett Latimer discussing House Bill 299, a bill that would affect the chain store tax law. Mr. Weatherred explains how the current law is unfair to small drive-in ice and food stores and how the bill would change this without changing the laws for the larger chain stores.
Date: April 15, 1957
Creator: Weatherred, Preston A.
System: The Portal to Texas History