Resource Type
Partner
Collection
Serial/Series Title
Country
States
63 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 24 of
63
next
[Certificate of Pilot Trainees Eliminated in March 1943]
Text certifying that three women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) on March 31, 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person.
Date:
April 6, 1943
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Charles A. Prince to Joe B. Plosser and R. E. Olin, October 6, 1942]
Telegram from Charles A. Prince to Joe B. Plosser and R. E. Olin discussing the next steps necessary for them to take.
Date:
October 6, 1942
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Elimination, April 1943]
Text certifying that five women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) in March and April 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person; one name has been stricken from the list with a handwritten note.
Date:
April 6, 1943
Creator:
McConnell, Landon E.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince, October 6, 1942 #1]
Telegram from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince discussing the results of a recent costs analysis.
Date:
October 6, 1942
Creator:
Olin, R. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince, October 6, 1942 #2]
Telegram from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince discussing the results of a recent costs analysis.
Date:
October 6, 1942
Creator:
Olin, R. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of Cash Purchases, December 6, 1944]
Receipt of cash purchases for Suzette Van Daell totalling $32.68. It is labeled M 2037107.
Date:
December 6, 1944
Creator:
van Daell, Suzette
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cornelia Clark Fort Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony
Pamphlet for the Cornelia Clark Fort Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony, held on October 6, 2000 at 2 pm, at Mulberry Canyon by the Taylor County Historical Commission. Inside are images of WASP and airplanes and a bio of Cornelia Clark Fort.
Date:
October 6, 2000
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: They just wanted to fly]
Newspaper clippings of an article about WASP members, including Grace Birge Mayfield, Mary Macabe, Kristine Lent, Alice Riff, Ann Oliver, Ann Criswell Adden, Verda Mae Jennings Lowe, Betty Haas Pfister, Florene Miller, Millicent Young, and Barbara Flemming Foss. The article discusses the personal experiences of the women serving in WWII. On the back of the clippings, there is an advertisement for a drapery shop and an article on catalog ordering.
Date:
November 6, 1988
Creator:
Magid, Ken
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots]
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping that includes an article about a report from the Civil Service Investigating Committee, advising the cutting of the WASP program. The grounds for this advice is to make way for excess male pilots in the Air Force. Other articles surround the article about cutting the WASP program, including some about politics and war. At the top of the photocopy, the page number of the article is handwritten.
Date:
June 6, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Eleven WASP and Three Men]
Photograph of eleven members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and three men standing and sitting in front of a building. The typewritten label attached to the photograph's bottom edge repeats the information written on the back of the photograph.
Date:
May 6, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate for R. J. Austin]
Certificate of course completion for R. J. Hall, with a note in blue pen seen in the top left corner that reads, "190 packed, 5 Nov 63".
Date:
November 6, 1963
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Qualification Score Card for Paul A. Hill]
Qualification score card for a pistol firing examination administered to Paul A. Hill, classification sharpshooter.
Date:
November 6, 1962
Creator:
Wig, Julius L. Michael
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Proposed Amendments to the WASP's By-Laws]
Text containing proposed changes to the by-laws of the WASP organization.
Date:
June 6, 2006
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Woman Recalls World War II Pilot Days"]
Newspaper clipping with an article about Ruth Florey's and Clinnie Lovvorn's service with the WASP.
Date:
April 6, 1975
Creator:
Borden, Robert C.
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]
Special orders extract authorizing a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to fly military aircraft. Eleanor McLernon's name can be seen underlined in red on the list.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, March 6, 1944]
Letter from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon making conversation and briefly mentioning his graduation from cadet school.
Date:
March 6, 1944
Creator:
Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater Scrapbook]
Scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings, letters, and some photos, primarily relating to the Women Airforce Service Pilots reunion and memorial dedication ceremony held in Sweetwater in 1972, as well as another WASP reunion held in 1986.
Date:
November 6, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes: WASP Meeting, May 6, 1992]
Minutes for the WASP committee meeting including corrections from the previous meeting, details on the WASP monument, and fundraising.
Date:
May 6, 1992
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, September 6, 1943]
Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing past correspondence and the Officers' Club.
Date:
September 6, 1943
Creator:
Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 3]
Special orders reassigning a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to different stations. McLernon's name can be seen underlined in red ink on the second page.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Base Unit, 2563rd.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts, March 6, 1979]
Letter from Lillian Roberts that appears to be discussing the WASP news clippings album prepared for Senator Goldwater, and her rejection to discussing preliminary research related to proposals in the fields of television, films and grants with the full WASP board.
Date:
March 6, 1979
Creator:
Roberts, Lillian
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Victor J. Nelson, June 6, 1942]
Copy of a letter from Charles A. Prince to Victor J. Nelson requesting the completed plans for the construction of Avenger Field.
Date:
June 6, 1942
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Plosser-Prince Memorandum of Meeting]
Minutes from a meeting at the office of Plosser-Prince Air Academy between several parties discussing faults in construction of Avenger Field and the Wilson Glider School and the possibility of the contractor, Victor J. Nelson, correcting the issues.
Date:
November 6, 1942
Creator:
Hughes, J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chester R. Klown to Mary Ruth Rance, April 6, 1943]
Letter from Chester R. Klown to Mary Ruth Rance discussing the details of her application to the Women's Flying Training Program, explaining her reporting requirements and salary information.
Date:
April 6, 1943
Creator:
Klown, Chester R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History