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[Proposed Amendments to the WASP's By-Laws] (open access)

[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
[Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown, June 6, 1977] (open access)

[Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown, June 6, 1977]

Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown discussing legislative bill S. 247, which would award military status and veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions that the Veterans' Affairs Committee has held hearings on the bill and that he will keep her comments in mind when the Committee takes further action on the legislation.
Date: June 6, 1977
Creator: Talmadge, Herman E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board and By-Laws Committee, June 6, 2006] (open access)

[Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board and By-Laws Committee, June 6, 2006]

Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors and By-Laws Committee discussing recent changes to the By-Laws Committee, proposed changes to the organization's by-laws, and the timeline for tallying the votes associated with the question of whether the WASP should hire an executive director.
Date: June 6, 2006
Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots] (open access)

[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
[Shipping Instructions for a Delivery to British Flying Training School] (open access)

[Shipping Instructions for a Delivery to British Flying Training School]

Amended shipping and marking instructions for a delivery to British Flying Training School in Sweetwater, Texas with a smaller mailing slip accompanying it.
Date: June 6, 1942
Creator: Link Aviation Devices, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 88] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 88]

Special orders stating assignment roles and approved leave requests for the personnel at the Ellington Air Force Base.
Date: June 6, 1951
Creator: 3605th Medical Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, June 6, 1996] (open access)

[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, June 6, 1996]

Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards discussing the printing of her book and how to go about purchasing one.
Date: June 6, 1996
Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Victor J. Nelson, June 6, 1942] (open access)

[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
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying out of Kansas City, news about the invasion of Normandy, her friend Nancy Nesbitt, recent correspondence, flying P-51s at high altitude, books, physical examinations, and her friend Bobby's marriage. Typed on the back of official memo cards.
Date: June 6, 1944, 1:00 p.m.
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing waiting to pick up a P-40, visiting New York City, the Bell factory pilot lounge, and plans for future travel.
Date: June 6, 1944, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History