Resource Type

[Clipping: WASP to always be remembered in Texas] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP to always be remembered in Texas]

Copy of the May 2005 issue of the Sweetwater Reporter. Articles about the WASP WWII Musuem, the finding of a missing person, standardized tests, and more are included.
Date: May 29, 2005
Creator: Barkley, Ben
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Trains Magazine Back Cover] (open access)

[Trains Magazine Back Cover]

Clipping of the back cover of Trains Magazine. There is a photo of T&P train #610 on the tracks. The Caption reads "En route to the site of The Great Dynamometer Test, Southern's ex-Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 is eased down 2.1 per cent toward Old Fort, N. C., by Engineer Frank Clodfelter. The Texas type, only survivor of original Lima Super-Power design, was working an Asheville-Salisbury excursion on July 29, 1977, when photographed near Andrews Geyser." Written underneath the clipping is "-Trains Feb. 1978 rear cover."
Date: July 29, 1977
Creator: Abernathy, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Where Does Money Come From?] (open access)

[Clipping: Where Does Money Come From?]

Newspaper clippings of an article about how the City of Abilene generates revenue for their budget. There is also a photograph of four Abilene High School cheerleaders on the first clipping.
Date: September 29, 1965
Creator: Shell, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: A 'perfect' flight into ex-pilot's memories] (open access)

[Clipping: A 'perfect' flight into ex-pilot's memories]

Newspaper clipping of the front page for the Chicago Tribune including an article (left side and continued on reverse) discussing the life of former WWII pilot Juliette Jenner Stege. The page includes several other articles and advertisements on the back.
Date: July 29, 2006
Creator: George, Jason
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Train #610 Preparing for a Test Run] (open access)

[Train #610 Preparing for a Test Run]

Clipping of a photo of T&P train #610 preparing for a test run post-refurbishing. There are people inspecting the engine, and above the photo is a small article describing the image. Below the clipping is a smaller clipping with the info "Volume 5, Number 4 July 1976," and written is "pg. 36."
Date: January 29, 1976
Creator: Ingmanson, Kenneth
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Other Abilene Days] (open access)

[Clipping: Other Abilene Days]

Newspaper clipping featuring an article filled with excerpts from the Abilene Reporter-News twenty-five and fifty years prior under the section head, "Old Lang Syne". Other articles are partially visible on the reverse side about a mayoral race, railroad re-laying, an auto agency opening, a Dallas speaker, and student honor roll.
Date: February 29, 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Texas A.&M. College: Better Than Fourth of A.&M. Students Help to Pay Way] (open access)

[Clipping: Texas A.&M. College: Better Than Fourth of A.&M. Students Help to Pay Way]

Newspaper clipping about Texas A&M students working to pay for college. A partial narrative from another article is on the back.
Date: November 29, 1940
Creator: Fuermann, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Woman made revolutionary WWII flights] (open access)

[Clipping: Woman made revolutionary WWII flights]

Newspaper clipping describing the life of Jane Tedeschi, her desire for flying air craft and her experiences as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: May 29, 2017
Creator: Simpson, Kevin
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "A WASP Goes to Washington"] (open access)

[Clipping: "A WASP Goes to Washington"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Doris Tanner and her meetings with congressional representatives to discuss WASP receiving veteran status.
Date: March 29, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: About Town] (open access)

[Clipping: About Town]

Newspaper clipping with an article about a phone call Ouida Jewell got from someone about a news story about the WASP seeking veteran benefits from the government, her experience in the WASP program, and a story about Casey Jones.
Date: October 29, 1976
Creator: Jewell, Ouida
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WASP Trainer Plane Restored to 1940s Glory"] (open access)

[Clipping: "WASP Trainer Plane Restored to 1940s Glory"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about how Elizabeth Strohfus joined the WASP and the restoration of a 1942 Boeing Stearman PT-17 and another article about how a woman joined the WASP. Other articles about weather and current events are also included.
Date: May 29, 2011
Creator: Kendall-Ball, Greg
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Support Mounts in Spite of House Committee] (open access)

[Clipping: Support Mounts in Spite of House Committee]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing past and present efforts to militarize the WASP. The page also includes a column from the chairman of the NAVPA. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, and an editorial about the VA Hospital system
Date: September 29, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Letter to The Editor] (open access)

[Clipping: Letter to The Editor]

Newspaper clipping of two letters from former WASPs appreciating the hospitality that they received from Sweetwater during the 1972 reunion.
Date: June 29, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Newest Version of Mustang Fighter] (open access)

[Clipping: Newest Version of Mustang Fighter]

Newspaper clipping of a photo of a P-51 Mustang fighter plane. The caption describes the features in the newest model of the plane.
Date: April 29, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History