[Clipping: Pushing The Limits] (open access)

[Clipping: Pushing The Limits]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Alma Jeschien, a WASP member, working as an air-show pilot. The articles includes personal stories from her experiences a pilot, and a photograph of Jeschien standing next to a small propeller on a tarmac. On the back of the clipping are a few articles, letters to the editor, and a multi-panel political cartoon.
Date: September 8, 1992
Creator: Pisano, Marina
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pushing The Limits] (open access)

[Clipping: Pushing The Limits]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Alma Jeschien, a WASP member, working as an air-show pilot. The articles includes personal stories from her experiences a pilot, and a photograph of Jeschien standing next to a small propeller on a tarmac. On the back of the clipping are a few articles, letters to the editor, and a multi-panel political cartoon.
Date: September 8, 1992
Creator: Pisano, Marina
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Recognition, at long last] (open access)

[Clipping: Recognition, at long last]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Carol Brinton, her service with the WASPs, how the WASP program was created, and what training was like.
Date: March 8, 2010
Creator: Neuman, Johanna
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Victor J. Nelson to Harvey Staten, February 8, 1943] (open access)

[Telegram from Victor J. Nelson to Harvey Staten, February 8, 1943]

Copy of telegram from Victor J. Nelson to Harvey Staten discussing a position opening at a shipyard being constructed, and requesting a mailed equipment list.
Date: February 8, 1943
Creator: Nelson, Victor J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Western States Claim Adjusters, Inc. - June 8, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Western States Claim Adjusters, Inc. - June 8, 1962]

A letter addressed to the Western States Claim Adjusters, Inc., North Hollywood, California from Abilene Machine Company, by T. N. Carswell, dated June 8, 1962. Carswell requests the shipping of a telescope to Masters Bill and Tom Peacock to be prepaid and insured. He advises that two items are for himself and to fill in the enclosed check for the proper amount sending to him a covering statement.
Date: June 8, 1962
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Otis Estes to Gayle Snell, March 8, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Otis Estes to Gayle Snell, March 8, 1945]

Letter from 1st Lt. Otis Estes to Gayle Snell enclosing a copy of her flight records.
Date: March 8, 1945
Creator: Estes, Otis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Gayle Snell, March 8, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Gayle Snell, March 8, 1944]

Letter from Jackie Cochran to Gayle Snell discussing her entrance into a WASP training class and the need to defer her to a later one. There are several doodles penciled on the paper.
Date: March 8, 1944
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, September 8, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing picking up a plane in Long Beach. The postcard features an image of a silver DC-3 with red trim in flight.
Date: September 8, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History