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Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII: 1980 Roster
Directory containing the contact information for graduates, trainees, instructors, and staff of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program. Also included are lists of current officers, past presidents, reunions, training classes, staff, and flight instructors.
Date:
1980
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Specialized Training Manual
This book is the student text for a training course on management for administrative officers in the Air Force Reserve. Each of the book's six lessons contains a set of readings and ends with a list of review questions.
Date:
July 1, 1955
Creator:
United States. Air Force. Continental Air Command.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Avenger Field]
Nomination materials submitted to the National Register of Historic Places regarding Avenger Field near Sweetwater, Texas. The materials include a history of the field, maps, photographs, and other supporting documents, as well as documents about the nomination process and drafted text.
Date:
April 15, 1996
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Recognition Clippings Scrapbook]
Scrapbook filled mostly with newspaper clipping about Women Airforce Service Pilots gaining recognition for their war efforts and about WASP reunion activities.
Date:
1976-04-26/1986-09-29
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
In Memoriam: Thirty-Eight American Women Pilots
Memorial pamphlet honoring the thirty-eight Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) who lost their lives in service during World War II.
Date:
1996
Creator:
Seymour, Dawn; Bergemann, Clarice I.; Jenkins, Jeanette J. & Keil, Mary Ellen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Newspaper Clippings Scrapbook]
Scrapbook of various WASP newspaper clippings and pamphlets belonging to former Women Airforce Service Pilot instructor, Rigdon Edwards Jr.
Date:
August 2000
Creator:
Spears, Sandra Edwards
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disaster Actions and First Aid
This book "provides training material in disaster actions and first aid as a part of the General Military Training Program (p. 1)."
Date:
June 15, 1966
Creator:
United States. Department of the Air Force.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memo Book Filler, Partially Used]
Lined memo book paper with partial notes and scribbles jotted down on various pages. One of the notes on the front cover reads, "Summers, R. L. Avenger Flying Field, Sweetwater, Texas".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Japanese Handbook]
Small handbook in Japanese, suggested by a translator to be a collection of the Imperial Rescript on Education and the Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors. It may also be a Rescript supplement. The book reads from right to left and has handwriting on the back page.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flight Log Notebook]
Small, lined notebook used as an informal flight log, with dates and times jotted down as well as notes on Newton's Laws, altimeter settings, and other flight material.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced
Special edition of a technical manual containing training documentation on three subjects related to instrument flying. The name, "Hottman, W. B." is written in the top left corner of the cover, followed by a handwritten note about returning the manual.
Date:
January 15, 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instructor's Manual: Basic Flying
Training manual developed for U.S. Army flight instructors that details methods and steps for teaching students to fly aircraft.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Training Command.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Suzette Van Daell Douglas Scrapbook]
Scrapbook from Suzette Van Daell Douglas containing documents, photographs, awards and newspaper clippings that pertain to her time as a WASP. The front cover has a laminated section of a Dallas flight map with a Fifinella patch, and the back cover has a laminated copy of the WASP Life magazine cover.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Douglas, Suzette Van Daell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerodynamics for Pilots
Training manual on information needed for safely flying an airplane. Chapters cover topics such as physical laws, properties of air, general operation of flight, and forces that act on planes such as resistance, lift, weight, and drag.
Date:
September 1940
Creator:
Jones, Bradley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Student Pilot Handbook
Handbook for student pilots, detailing procedures, maneuvers, and judgement criteria for learning how to fly planes. The book includes numerous illustrations, some humorous and others instructional, to aid the student. There are several handwritten notes on the front page from grateful students of the WASP class 44-W-3.
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
Hunt, Jack & Fahringer, Ray
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Articles of Incorporation: By-Laws for Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII
Booklet of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws for the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II. The booklet was presented as a copy of a bill passed by Congress for the Congressional Gold Medal to WASPS by residence of Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A History of Camp Davis]
A pamphlet on the History of Camp Davis, written by David A. Stallman for the 50th Anniversary of the Antiaircraft Artillery School at Camp Davis. It contains the Antiaircraft Artillery School's marching song, the story of Camp Davis from "Birth to Death," Camp Davis as a missile test base, the closing of the camp, and more. The photos included within the pamphlet were provided courtesy of Topsail Island Historical Society, Estelle Haste, Charles Jones, Rachel Magnabosco, Barbara Scholar, Kay Morgan, and Pender Sounds.
Date:
April 27, 1990
Creator:
Stallman, David A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
WASP Songbook
A songbook containing songs written for and by Women Airforce Service Pilots. Songs included are: The Army Air Corps Song; WASP Song; Avenger Field by Grace Faver; Avenger Field by Effie Pratt; Song of the 319th; AAF--FTD; Mess Hall Song; My Wild Eyed Trainee; You're in the FTD; Zoot-Suits and Parachutes; We Hate to See You Leave Us; Auld Land Sune to 43-W-5; Songs of Class 44-W-1; Songs of Class 44-W-3; "Oh My Achin' Back"; Songs of Class 44-W-4; Songs of Class 44-W-7; Do You Have Your Wings?; Songs of Class 44-W-8; Songs of Class 44-W-9; Songs of Class 44-W-10; Miscellaneous Songs; and several songs without titles.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
WASP Class 44-W-10
System:
The Portal to Texas History
America's Spaceport, John F. Kennedy Space Center
Book about the John F. Kennedy Space Center organized into sections entitled "Origins," "Mission," "People and Facilities," "Manned Flight - The First Era," "A New Approach - The Space Shuttle," "Unmanned Space Missions," "A Place to Visit," and "Future Outlook." A note inside the cover says "Paintings courtesy of NASA Art Program."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Annual WASP Conference, 1978]
Program listing events for the annual WASP conference in 1978, along with historical notes, biographical sketches, and advertising related to the conference.
Date:
1978
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[An Air Force Association Certificate Presented to Helen Snapp]
An Air Force Association certificate presented to Helen Snapp, recognizing her service to her country as a pilot in the WASP program. The certificate was presented by the Air Force Association Florida Region. The certificate is inside a blue holder, with a design on the cover and the words, "Air Force Association."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Air Force Association
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Photo Album From Col. Kelly S. Hamilton to Helen Snapp With 21 Photographs]
A photo album from Col. Kelly S. Hamilton to Helen Snapp with 21 photographs of WASP during WWII and post WWII reunion gatherings. The inscription inside the cover reads, "To Helen Thanks to you and all the WASP for giving me inspiration to fly, and open doors and cockpits to other women; who love their country and love to fly. Very Respectfully Kelly S. Hamilton Colonel, USAF."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Women Sustaining the American Spirit
A program for Women Sustaining the American Spirit. The centerfold is a brief biography of Helen Snapp during WWII, and there are multiple photographs of her time as a WASP under the text.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History