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Certificate of Pilot Status (open access)

Certificate of Pilot Status

Certificate addressed to the Civil Aeronautics Administration asserting that Catherine Parker is a rated military pilot on solo status in the Army Air Force.
Date: December 15, 1944
Creator: Bates, G. M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Excerpt From a Columnist's Notebook] (open access)

[Clipping: Excerpt From a Columnist's Notebook]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes encouraging WASPs to make sure to their contact information is on file with the Stars and Stripes to ensure they receive the WASP newsletter as well as communication from the Department of Defense on how to obtain veterans' benefits.The page also contains the text of a letter to President Carter, a column written by the National Service and Legislative Director of AMVETS, a brief article about the LAMOPH, and the continuation of an article from page 1. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, an editorial on the Christmas spirit, and a editorial about veterans who served in World War 1.
Date: December 15, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flight Certificate Form] (open access)

[Flight Certificate Form]

Checklist form for passing a flight examination, filled out by WASP, June L. Wolfe, and checked and approved by Robert R. Wandt.
Date: December 15, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 15, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 15, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying from Wichita to Atlanta, visiting with people there, flying to Richmond, and future plans. Written on Hotel John Marshall (Richmond) stationary.
Date: December 15, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 15, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 15, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing delivering an aircraft to Washington D.C., traveling to Wilmington and Philadelphia, and mentions that she will be returning to Dallas.
Date: 1943-12-15?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bob E. Nowland to Cornelia Yerkes, December 15, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Bob E. Nowland to Cornelia Yerkes, December 15, 1944]

Letter from Brig. Gen. Bob Nowland, commander of the Ferrying Division, USAAF Air Transport Command, to WASP Cornelia Yerkes (addressed here by her former married name Colby), expressing appreciation for her service as a WASP.
Date: December 15, 1944
Creator: Nowland, Bob E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History