[Congressional Record - Senate - January 14, 1977] (open access)

[Congressional Record - Senate - January 14, 1977]

Photocopied text of an excerpt from the Congressional Record containing Senator Barry Goldwater's introduction of bill S. 247 to provide veterans' benefits to the WASPs. Goldwater's remarks are followed by five articles on the WASPs, their service during WWII, and their efforts to obtain veterans' status.
Date: January 14, 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dawn Letson to Eleanor Brown, January 14, 2004] (open access)

[Letter from Dawn Letson to Eleanor Brown, January 14, 2004]

Letter from Dawn Letson to Eleanor Brown thanking Brown for her donation to the WASP Endowment.
Date: January 14, 2004
Creator: Letson, Dawn
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
95th Congress, First Session, Senate Bill 247 (open access)

95th Congress, First Session, Senate Bill 247

Bill introduced in the U.S. Senate suggesting formal recognition to the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots (WASP) for contributions and service during World War II. The bill was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Date: January 14, 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 113th Congress, Second Session (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 113th Congress, Second Session

Congressional Record in which Representative Ros-Lehtinen honors the life of Woman Airforce Service Pilot, Frances Sargen, describing her service with the WASP and her life after retirement.
Date: January 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 14, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 14, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being unable to deliver a plane due to bad winter weather, her friend Marion, new uniforms, and gifts from and letters to Dick Colby's mother. Typed on Friendly Hotels stationary.
Date: January 14, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History