Resource Type

[Group Petition #1] (open access)

[Group Petition #1]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, from ten members living in Texas. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter. The signatures found at the bottom of the page include the member's WASP class and street address.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Group Petition #2] (open access)

[Group Petition #2]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII and circulated to the WASP class secretaries. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter. This version of the petition does not include the Texas Ten's signatures.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Request and Authorization for Temporary Duty Travel of Military Personnel (open access)

Request and Authorization for Temporary Duty Travel of Military Personnel

Request and authorization for Marjorie Wakeham to report to Amarillo Technical Training Center in Amarillo, Texas.
Date: 1961-02-24/1961-02-27
Creator: Ferris, Douglas A. & Delay, Maurice M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notice About 1986 WASP Class Dinner] (open access)

[Notice About 1986 WASP Class Dinner]

Notice in which the author states she volunteered at the Women Airforce Service Pilots National Convention to take over as the secretary for WASP class 43-6, going on to describe the convention and asking more of class 43-6 members to plan to attend the next gathering. A black and white photo of the thirteen members of class 43-6 that attended holding a large WASP wings plaque is printed on the page. Some of the women are labeled in pen around the edge of the photo as Evelyn Stewart Johnson, Moya Mitchell Anonson, Blanche Osborn Bross, Rance, Irene Maglio, Cappy Johnson Johnson, "Babe" Story, and McGeorge.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jack P. Hornaday Business Card] (open access)

[Jack P. Hornaday Business Card]

Business card for Jack P. Hornaday, including a picture of Hornaday standing under a plane. His name is printed near the bottom of the card and two numbers are given under his name: one for Arlington, Texas and one for Cambria, California.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Memorial Dedication 1997 Form] (open access)

[WASP Memorial Dedication 1997 Form]

Form to order room and dinner reservations at the 1997 WASP Memorial Dedication Ceremony, partially filled out by Rigdon Edwards. A note written at the top of the page reads, "glad you are coming! Dawn Seymour".
Date: 1997
Creator: Edwards, Rigdon, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Conferences] (open access)

[WASP Conferences]

Brief list of Women Airforce Service Pilots conferences between 1990 and 1994.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #2] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt #2]

Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing completed her ferry pilot assignment and delivered a PT-13 D model aircraft to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date: February 18, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Paul A. Hill Air Force Documents] (open access)

[Paul A. Hill Air Force Documents]

A collection of various military orders and documents pertaining to Paul A. Hill's Air Force and Air Reserve service.
Date: 1929-09-18/1955-02-03
Creator: Hill, Paul A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Packet Items to Paul A. Hill] (open access)

[Packet Items to Paul A. Hill]

A collection of various military orders and documents pertaining to Paul A. Hill's Air Force and Air Reserve service.
Date: 1945-10-09/1958-08-12
Creator: United States. Air Force.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Group Petition #4] (open access)

[Group Petition #4]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, from ten members living in Texas. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Group Petition #3] (open access)

[Group Petition #3]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, from ten members living in Texas. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter. The signatures found at the bottom of the page include the member's WASP class and street address.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note About Petition #3] (open access)

[Note About Petition #3]

Note about a group petition and the actions within the Order of Fifinella that led to its creation.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Marvin Krieger Obituary] (open access)

[Marvin Krieger Obituary]

Photocopy of the text from Marvin A. Krieger's obituary along with a "Big League Card" from Business and Commercial Aviation with his name and photo seen in the bottom right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Timeline of Cornelia Yerkes Kafka's World War II service] (open access)

[Timeline of Cornelia Yerkes Kafka's World War II service]

A handwritten timeline with details of Cornelia Yerkes' service as a WASP and Red Cross worker in World War II, with details on her training, duty stations, aircraft and routes flown, and some personal details.
Date: 2000~/2009~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Lowe, Jr., August 7, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Lowe, Jr., August 7, 1978

Interview with John Lowe Jr., a Navy WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Lowe discusses his experiences aboard the USS Neosho during the attack on Pearl Harbor, including training through the V-6 Naval Reserve Program, assignment to the Neosho, life and work aboard the ship, encountering possible Japanese submarines before the attack, being wounded during the attack and evacuated, recovery, and service afterwards.
Date: August 7, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lowe, John, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library