Collection
Serial/Series Title
Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
16
Prince Collection
16
Eleanor Brown Collection
14
Suzette Van Daell Douglas Collection
11
Henderson (Paul Hill) Collection
10
Kafka Collection
10
Helen Snapp Collection
9
Catherine Parker Collection
6
Gayle Snell Collection
4
National WASP WWII Museum Collection
3
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[Pay Stub for Eleanor M. McLernon #6]
Women Airforce Service Pilots pay stub for Eleanor McLernon from the Department of Training.
Date:
November 1, 1944
Creator:
War Department (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List]
Shipping list of correspondence course items and printer error corrections for course 3B from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama
Date:
February 1, 1965
Creator:
Air University (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Volume 101, Number 48, December 1, 1977
National weekly newspaper dedicated to covering news of interest to US veterans. Patricia Collins Hughes' column about H.R. 8701, which granted veterans' status to the WASP, can be found on page three.
Date:
December 1, 1977
Creator:
Smith, John Lewis, III
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Say...Thank You Sweetwater]
Newspaper clipping with an announcement from the WASP thanking the city of Sweetwater for their hospitality and making their 46th reunion enjoyable. Articles about sports are also included.
Date:
October 1, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CONAC Specialized Training Manual, Number 45-7550, Volume 1
This book is volume 1 of an Air Force Reserve instructor course that discusses the responsibilities and important qualities needed in being an instructor, along with several skill-sets, techniques, and aids to help communicate with and educate Air Force students.
Date:
May 1, 1956
Creator:
United States. Air Force. Air Training Command. Technical Training.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dawn Seymour to Harl Pinkard, August 1, 1994]
Letter from Dawn Seymour to Harl Pinkard discussing the progress being made on the historical markers.
Date:
August 1, 1994
Creator:
Seymour, Dawn R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[McLernon Pilot Certificate]
Pilot's certificate classifying Eleanor McLernon as a "Class A" pilot and licensing her to fly and land commercial, single engine planes.
Date:
July 1, 1947
Creator:
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instructions for ECI Students
Pamphlet with instructions for students on how to begin and see to completion the Air Force Extension Course Institute.
Date:
July 1, 1961
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, April 1, 1944]
Letter from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon thanking her for the past two letters and discussing life in France.
Date:
April 1, 1944
Creator:
Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
WASP Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 4, December 1,1944
Partial WASP newsletter from a base in Maxwell Field, Alabama, announcing the death of a WASP Staff Executive, Katherine Dussaq, who was a key member in planning reemployment possibilities for WASP after deactivation. Dussaq perished in a plane crash when her AT-6 went down on her way to Cincinnati. Attached after the newsletter is a pilot's log page belonging to Betty Jo Streff.
Date:
December 1, 1944
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Bicentennial Planned"]
Newspaper clipping about plans in the City of Sweetwater, including building renovations and events with the high school band. An article about the Cold War is included on the other side.
Date:
May 1, 1975
Creator:
Boyd, Alice
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Graded Test Answer Sheet For Horace Bartlett]
Filled in and graded answer sheet for a test taken by Horace E. Bartlett, along with a blank student progress sheet, a book order form, and a list of books available to purchase from Maxwell Air Force Base. These are paired with an envelope addressed to Bartlett in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
October 1, 1957
Creator:
Bartlett, Horace E.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edward Dobson to Mickey McLernon, September 1, 1942]
Letter from Edward Dobson to Mickey McLernon friends, family, and marriage.
Date:
September 1, 1942
Creator:
Dobson, Edward M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disaster Preparedness: General Military Training
Air Force pamphlet on disaster preparedness, covering topics such as natural disasters, defense against nuclear, biological, and chemical attack, and the operation of a respirator.
Date:
January 1, 1969
Creator:
United States. Department of the Air Force.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, November 1, 1988]
Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards containing a Christmas card, a list of the new WASP officers, and the death Earl Finley.
Date:
November 1, 1988
Creator:
Harmon, Elaine Danforth
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CONAC Air Reserve Center Training Manual, Number 45-7550. Increment 2, Volume 2
This book is volume 2 of an Air Force Reserve instructor course that discusses teaching methods and strategies for Air Force flight instructors to educate and evaluate flight students. The name, Paul A. Hill, can be seen written near the top left of the cover page and a pen sketch of a house along with a study note can be seen inside the cover.
Date:
January 1, 1951
Creator:
United States. Air Force. Continental Air Command.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Hallelujah! WASPs Are Veterans at Last!]
Newspaper clipping with an article about President Carter signing HR 8701 and the WASPs' newly attained veteran status.
Date:
December 1, 1977
Creator:
Hughes, Patricia Collins
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Keep Those Letters Comin']
Newspaper clipping of a column encouraging readers to contact their Congressional representatives about supporting legislation that provides veterans' benefits to the WASP. The reverse side of the clipping contains the continuation of an article from page 12.
Date:
July 1, 1977
Creator:
Hughes, Patricia Collins
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Volume 100, Number 35, September 1, 1977
National weekly newspaper dedicated to covering news of interest to US veterans. Patricia Collins Hughes' column about past and present efforts to grant veterans' status to the WASP can be found on page three.
Date:
September 1, 1977
Creator:
Smith, John Lewis, III
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. H. Arnold to all WASP, October 1, 1944]
Letter from H. H. Arnold to all WASP discussing why he is deciding to deactivate the WASP program.
Date:
October 1, 1944
Creator:
Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Air Force Reading Guide
Air Force pamphlet containing a reading list of books written under relevant military subjects, such as economics, government, science, and military history.
Date:
October 1, 1964
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Betty Riddle to Rigdon Edwards, June 1, 1987]
Letter from Betty Riddle to Rigdon Edwards thanking him for offering to pay for the WASP folders, expressing her gratitude for hospitality provided by Sweetwater, and offering hospitality if he travels through Oklahoma City.
Date:
June 1, 1987
Creator:
Riddle, Betty
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Press Release, July 1 1986]
Press release inviting Women Airforce Service Pilots and their families to visit the Pioneer Museum to browse a new WASP exhibit dedicated to the late Mrs. Dede Deaton.
Date:
July 1, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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