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Prince Collection
36
A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al.
25
W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company
24
Mollie Lee Tomlinson et al. vs. The Independent Torpedo Company
22
Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company vs. W. O. Rainwater
18
Jacqueline Cochran Collection
17
Suzette Van Daell Douglas Collection
17
Jake L. Hamon, Jr. et al. vs. United States Torpedo Company
9
Sam Underwood et al. vs. Gulf Refining Company
7
Gulf Pipe Line Company vs. R. L. Over et al. and J. W. Bettis et al.
5
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[Information for WASP Movie]
Information for WASP members the film project, Sweetwater- Based on the True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, with a brief movie synopsis and bio on writer, Paul Sinor and the producer, Pixie Monroe. Included is a blank release form agreeing to let American Dream Productions, LLC. and Monroe Casting and Productions Services, Inc. use footage and recordings of the signer in their projects.
Date:
April 1, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wings Across America Release Agreement
Release agreement form signed by Eleanor McLernon Brown in April of 2000 to be interviewed by Wings Across America. The agreement contains two parts, Part I: WASP Release for the interview, and Part II: Interviewer Agreement.
Date:
April 17, 2000
Creator:
Brown, Eleanor McLernon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Suzette Van Daell Pilot's License]
Certificate of a pilot's license for Suzette Van Daell Douglas rated as a pilot for commercial single engine airplanes.
Date:
July 1, 1947
Creator:
United States. Department of Commerce.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Airman ID Card for Suzette Van Daell]
Airman ID card and accompanying documents, an airman rating record and medical examination certificate, for Suzette Van Daell, rated for single engine airplanes. A photograph is stapled to the back page accompanied by fingerprints.
Date:
January 1945
Creator:
United States. Department of Commerce.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Department Technical Manual & Aircraft Engines]
Technical manual TM 1-405 from the United States War Department about aircraft engines. Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps. The booklet is divided into six sections: I. Internal-combustion engine principles, II. Classification and description of engine types, III. Description and construction of engine units, IV. Repair principles, V. Engine lubrication, and VI. Engine cooling. All chapters include information and drawings for reference.
Date:
December 9, 1941
Creator:
United States Department of War
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Suzette Van Daell Pilot Status]
Certificate of pilot status signed by Major Charles S. McDougall certifying that Suzette Van Daell was a rated military pilot on solo flying status in the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The certificate includes a timesheet of hours spent by Ms. Van Daell in various types of aircraft as well as other credentials.
Date:
December 16, 1944
Creator:
McDougall, Charles S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Restricted Pilots' Information File
Textbook titled "Restricted Pilots' Information File" It is split into eight sections and contains a signed receipt for Pilots' Information File, flying safety information, and engine maintenance information. It is bound together with removable clips so that the book can be updated as new information is released.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Collection of Documents Addressed to Air Men and Civilian Pilots]
Collection of documents from the Civil Aeronautics Administration. The first page is Form ACA 113 (IM-11/42), a note from the Publications and Statistics Division of the CAA, serving as introduction to the following documents.The next is a notice to air men and all owners of registered aircraft, urging them to only "use their planes...for purposes that contribute directly to the war effort." The next is a document titled "WPB-CAA Liberalizes Utilization of Civilian Aircraft," discussing the use of civilian aircraft for the war effort. The next is an important notice from the Director General for Operations, discussing General Limitation Order L-262 from the War Production Board. The next is a letter from Administrator C. I. Stanton to Washington and field employees, discussing the approval of flight instruction or flight tests. The last group of documents includes several pages of designated landing areas. It also includes the envelope it came in.
Date:
{1943-01-26,1943-04-08,1943-04-12}
Creator:
Civil Aeronautics Administration
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gasoline Ration Coupon #1]
B level coupon ration for gasoline written out in the 1945's while Suzette lived in New York. Found inside [Pilots Flight Operating Instructions] ark:/67531/metapth873945.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Employee Guidance Form - Suzette Van Daell
Employee Guidance Form for Suzette Van Daell evaluating her performance as a member of of the Women Airforce Service Pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The form asks 16 various questions over work ethic regarding various tasks, and all questions except the last three were marked as B, equaling a total of 60, or "Good."
Date:
December 18, 1944
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pilots' Information File]
Pilot's information file No. 24A from the United States War Department, A.A.F. approved on February 28, 1944. The file details pilot information and came in a brown envelope that reads "Pilots' Information File No. 14, Revision No. 14," dated November 1, 1944. On the back of the envelope is a detailed warning and rules to follow.
Date:
November 1, 1944
Creator:
United States Department of War
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gasoline Ration Coupon #2]
B level coupon ration for gasoline that was torn in half written out in the 1945's while Suzette lived in New York. Found inside [Pilots Flight Operating Instructions] ark:/67531/metapth873945.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flight Report Operations Form]
Flight report operations form for Suzette Van Daell's flights at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. Stamped near the top of the form are "25631 AAF Base Unit," "AT-6C," and "Advanced."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Instrument Cockpit Check]
Checklist for the instruments inside the cockpit of an aircraft. Each piece of equipment named is underlined and printed in capital letters.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Department Message Forms]
Seven blank War Department message forms.
Date:
March 12, 1943
Creator:
United States Department of War
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Statement of Ted Merchant]
Statement of concern from Ted Merchant, an instructor with concerns of unqualified pilots endeavoring to instruct women trainees.
Date:
June 1943
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Agreement Regarding the Plosser-Prince Air Academy]
Legal agreement regarding the creation of the Plosser-Prince Air Academy between B. B. Odell, Charles A. Prince, Joe B. Plosser, and Aeronautical Training Center, Inc.
Date:
October 22, 1942
Creator:
Odell, B. B.; Prince, Charles A. & Plosser, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Statement of George Hight #2]
Legal statement of George Hight regarding the circumstances of a plane crash and his assessment of Henry S. Awbrey. Flight Instructor Hight gave a check ride to Awbrey and recommended that Awbrey be placed in the primary instructor's refresher course for additional time in primary aircraft before being allowed to conduct a class of instruction; however, his recommendation was not followed. Awbrey was instead placed in a basic trainer and ordered to start instruction. On June 7, 1943, Awbrey and trainee Jane Champlin crashed and were killed approximately 30 miles northwest of Sweetwater, Texas. Hight's understanding was that Awbrey had a rating of zero to eighty horse power aircraft and had not been given a check ride by an Army instructor nor did he have an Army proficiency rating. Additionally, trainees were being sent on night cross country flights without maps and the required transition work for night flying.
Date:
June 1943
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lease Agreement between A. G. Lee and Joe B. Plosser & Charles A. Prince]
Lease agreement between A. G. Lee, the first party, and Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, the second party, for the auxiliary Air Field purposes.
Date:
July 20, 1942
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Document pertaining to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A. Prince, Victor J. Nelson, Robert Young, and Edwin Theodore Nelson, cause no. 1717, 1942]
Document relating to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A. Prince, Victor J. Nelson, Robert Young, and Edwin Theodore Nelson, accused of fraud, filed January 19, 1943. Documents include a summary of the charges being filed.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Parker, Geo W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Department School Contract]
A contract drawn up between the United States Department of War and the Plosser-Prince Air Academy for flying training.
Date:
February 26, 1943
Creator:
United States Department of War
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Statement of George Hight #1]
Legal statement of George Hight regarding the circumstances of a plane crash and his assessment of Henry S. Awbrey. Flight Instructor Hight gave a check ride to Awbrey and recommended that Awbrey be placed in the primary instructor's refresher course for additional time in primary aircraft before being allowed to conduct a class of instruction; however, his recommendation was not followed. Awbrey was instead placed in a basic trainer and ordered to start instruction. On June 7, 1943, Awbrey and trainee Jane Champlin crashed and were killed approximately 30 miles northwest of Sweetwater, Texas. Hight's understanding was that Awbrey had a rating of zero to eighty horse power aircraft and had not been given a check ride by an Army instructor nor did he have an Army proficiency rating. Additionally, trainees were being sent on night cross country flights without maps and the required transition work for night flying.
Date:
June 1943
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement Amending Contract]
A contract for amending an agreement regarding the organization of an aviation school and it's plan for insurance.
Date:
1942
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for Electric Service, April 27, 1942 #2]
Formal contract outlining an agreement for the Texas Electric Service Company to provide power to Plosser-Prince Air School in Sweetwater, Texas from April 27, 1942 to April 27, 1943.
Date:
April 27, 1942
Creator:
Texas Electric Service Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History