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[Letter from Raymond A. Christ to WASP Reunion Committee, March 3, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Raymond A. Christ to WASP Reunion Committee, March 3, 1986]

Letter from Raymond A. Christ to members of the WASP Reunion Committee discussing information for an upcoming WASP meeting.
Date: March 3, 1986
Creator: Christ, Raymond A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Rigdon Edwards, October 11, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Rigdon Edwards, October 11, 1986]

Letter from Charlyne Creger to Rigdon Edwards about how tired she was when she got home from vacation and the hospitality she received when she was away.
Date: October 11, 1986
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Life with the Women's Airforce Service Pilots] (open access)

[Clipping: Life with the Women's Airforce Service Pilots]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Iris Critchell and Peg Calhoun's service with the WASP and how the WASP program began.
Date: May 29, 1986
Creator: Crowley, Sarah E.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards, October 5, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards, October 5, 1986]

Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards thanking him for the time and effort he spent on the reunion.
Date: October 5, 1986
Creator: Florey, Ruth Underwood
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Ruth Underwood Florey Personal WASP Scrapbook] (open access)

[Ruth Underwood Florey Personal WASP Scrapbook]

Scrapbook collection clippings, photos, and papers documenting life for Ruth Underwood during and after the Women Airforce Service Pilots, including items such as enlistment forms and a WASP uniform handbook.
Date: November 4, 1986
Creator: Florey, Ruth Underwood
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Militarization Scrapbook] (open access)

[WASP Militarization Scrapbook]

Scrapbook filled with papers, clippings, newsletters, and pamphlets discussing the Women Airforce Service Pilots program and the fight for WASP militarization after World War II.
Date: November 3, 1986
Creator: Florey, Ruth Underwood & Deaton, Leoti
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Phil Gramm to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 18, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Phil Gramm to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 18, 1986]

Letter from Phil Gramm to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, greeting them and thanking them for their past service in the United States Air Force.
Date: September 18, 1986
Creator: Gramm, Phil
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isabelle Hale to Rigdon Edwards, October 22, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Isabelle Hale to Rigdon Edwards, October 22, 1986]

Letter from Isabelle McCrae Hale to Rigdon Edwards discussing how great the recent reunion was and her husband's health.
Date: October 22, 1986
Creator: Hale, Isabelle McCrae
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, October 17, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, October 17, 1986]

Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards asking what kind of case is needed for the WASP model and suggesting that he and his wife should visit her soon.
Date: October 17, 1986
Creator: Harmon, Elaine Danforth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Tax debate shifts to senate] (open access)

[Clipping: Tax debate shifts to senate]

Newspaper clipping of an article about a tax bill that Senate had passed and its effects on the economy. Also included are photographs of children and WASP who attended the annual Sweetwater Air Fair.
Date: September 29, 1986
Creator: Holmes, Michael
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Sweetwater is all abuzz with WASPs] (open access)

[Clipping: Sweetwater is all abuzz with WASPs]

Newspaper clippings of an article about an air-show in Sweetwater, Texas. The article also includes information on the history of the WASP program, quotes from several WASP, and a photograph of a navy parachuter at the air-show.
Date: September 28, 1986
Creator: Lazorko, Catherine
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Dorothy McCracken, November 9, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Dorothy McCracken, November 9, 1986]

Letter from Dorothy McCraken to Rigdon Edwards apologizing for not attending the past reunion, explaining why she didn't, and her communication with Polly White.
Date: November 9, 1986
Creator: McCracken, Dorothy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henri Pepper to Florence G. Reynolds, August 1, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Henri Pepper to Florence G. Reynolds, August 1, 1986]

Letter from Henri Elizabeth Pepper to F. G. Reynolds informing her that the museum is displaying more WASP artifacts and what contributions certain WASP made.
Date: August 1, 1986
Creator: Pepper, Henri Elizabeth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henri Pepper to Ruth Florey, January 2, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Henri Pepper to Ruth Florey, January 2, 1986]

Letter from Henri Pepper to Ruth Florey about moving the WASP exhibit to a larger room and an upcoming reunion.
Date: January 2, 1986
Creator: Pepper, Henri Elizabeth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henri Pepper to Ruth Florey, October 2, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Henri Pepper to Ruth Florey, October 2, 1986]

Letter from Henri Pepper to Ruth Florey discussing the recent WASP display and Carlos Alvarado's high school students interviewing WASP.
Date: October 2, 1986
Creator: Pepper, Henri Elizabeth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Civic Leader Deaton Dies"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Civic Leader Deaton Dies"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the death of Leoti Deaton, a former Red Cross member and training staff executive for the WASP and her accomplishments.
Date: February 12, 1986
Creator: Record News Staff
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Leapfrogs Parachute Over Avenger Field"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Leapfrogs Parachute Over Avenger Field"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the US Navy's Leapfrogs coming to parachute over Avenger Field and another about Doris Tanner's biography of Jacqueline Cochran.
Date: September 25, 1986
Creator: Redden, Gail
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Local WASP reunion events continue through Sunday] (open access)

[Clipping: Local WASP reunion events continue through Sunday]

Newspaper clipping with an article about a past issue John Hosier experienced, certain WASPs' experience in the military, and the 1986 Reunion.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Redden, Gail
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pilot instructor had one fear: 'Fire in the air'] (open access)

[Clipping: Pilot instructor had one fear: 'Fire in the air']

Newspaper clipping of an article about a time when Margaret Tamplin's plane caught fire in the middle of her flight and brief mention of the upcoming reunion.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Redden, Gail
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WASPS Wasn't 'Wash Out' For Pilot Florey"] (open access)

[Clipping: "WASPS Wasn't 'Wash Out' For Pilot Florey"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about what training at Avenger Field was like for both trainees and instructors and how selective the Army Air Forces were about admitting the women into WASP training.
Date: September 19, 1986
Creator: Redden, Gail
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WASPS Wasn't 'Wash Out' For Pilot Florey"] (open access)

[Clipping: "WASPS Wasn't 'Wash Out' For Pilot Florey"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about what training was like for a trainee and an instructor at Avenger Field.
Date: September 19, 1986
Creator: Redden, Gail
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Florence G. Reynolds to Henri Pepper, August 23, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Florence G. Reynolds to Henri Pepper, August 23, 1986]

Letter from F. G. Reynolds to Henri Elizabeth Pepper containing findings in her research and informing her that she plans to attend the WASP convention in September.
Date: August 23, 1986
Creator: Reynolds, F. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: WASP WWII Guidons] (open access)

[Pamphlet: WASP WWII Guidons]

Pamphlet covering some of the historic research on whether the Women Airforce Service Pilots used military guidons and Avenger Field.
Date: 1986
Creator: Reynolds, F. G. Shutsy
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from F. G. Shutsy Reynolds to the Mayor of Sweetwater, March 20, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from F. G. Shutsy Reynolds to the Mayor of Sweetwater, March 20, 1986]

Letter from Florence G. Shutsy Reynolds to the Mayor of Sweetwater containing a letter that she would like to be forwarded to those planning the WASP anniversaries.
Date: March 20, 1986
Creator: Reynolds, Florence G. Shutsy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History