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[Letter from Ardis Gaither to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, November 3, 1973] (open access)

[Letter from Ardis Gaither to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, November 3, 1973]

Letter from Ardis Gaither to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing the possibility of making a documentary about the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The letter also includes Gaither's business card for Blue Sky Productions Inc.
Date: November 3, 1973
Creator: Gaither, Ardis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Suzanne M. Dee to Velta Benn, November 3, 1993] (open access)

[Letter from Suzanne M. Dee to Velta Benn, November 3, 1993]

Letter from Suzanne M. Dee showing her appreciation for the Women Airforce Service Pilots and suggesting that they share their knowledge and experience of flying to the next generation of pilots.
Date: November 3, 1993
Creator: Dee, Suzanne M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, November 3, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, November 3, 1944]

Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to the Women Airforce Service Pilots informing them that she is not aware of any allied country that needs their service as women pilots and provides a brief questionnaire about the conditions in which the WASPS are willing to serve in foreign countries.
Date: November 3, 1944
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, November 3, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, November 3, 1943]

Letter from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing past correspondence, memories of meeting a woman at a skating rink, film, and making conversation.
Date: November 3, 1943
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. F. Ohme to A. N. Densmore, November 3, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from M. F. Ohme to A. N. Densmore, November 3, 1960]

Letter from M. F. Ohme to Captain A. N. Densmore informing him of his satisfactory completion of his staff study report.
Date: November 3, 1960
Creator: Ohme, M. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: DOD Certifies WASP Service as "Active Duty"] (open access)

[Clipping: DOD Certifies WASP Service as "Active Duty"]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the Department of Defense's recent determination that the WASPs' "service should be treated as active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes of laws administered by the Veterans Administration" (lines 18-20). The page also contains a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA and the continuation of an article from page 2. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, two opinion columns, and an editorial.
Date: November 3, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, November 3, 1997] (open access)

[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, November 3, 1997]

Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards discussing a newspaper biography he wrote and making conversation. The front is an illustration of a North American B - 25 Medium Bomber.
Date: November 3, 1997
Creator: Harmon, Elaine Danforth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Militarization Scrapbook] (open access)

[WASP Militarization Scrapbook]

Scrapbook filled with papers, clippings, newsletters, and pamphlets discussing the Women Airforce Service Pilots program and the fight for WASP militarization after World War II.
Date: November 3, 1986
Creator: Florey, Ruth Underwood & Deaton, Leoti
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elaine Harmon, November 3, 1997] (open access)

[Letter from Elaine Harmon, November 3, 1997]

Letter from Elaine Harmon discussing Clay, Virginia, and Marilyn Spear, her granddaughter Erin, and how she feels about the accolades she received from serving in the Air Force.
Date: November 3, 1997
Creator: Harmon, Elaine Danforth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Museum Hosts Chamber Coffee] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Museum Hosts Chamber Coffee]

Newspaper clipping with a photo of the WASP museum director speaking to a man about the the exhibits. The brief text below the photo is about the museum hosting the month's Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce coffee event.
Date: November 3, 2011
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 3, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 3, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing the weather, getting a haircut, and flying into Shreveport, with a postscript mention of returning to Dallas the following day. Written on Hutson Hotels stationary.
Date: November 3, 1943, 7:30 a.m.
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 3, 1944?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 3, 1944?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being stuck with a faulty plane in Jackson, MS. Written on American Red Cross stationary.
Date: 1944-11-03?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History