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[Email from Eleanor Brown to Caro Bosca, June 24, 2006 #2] (open access)

[Email from Eleanor Brown to Caro Bosca, June 24, 2006 #2]

Email from Eleanor Brown to Caro Bosca discussing proposed changes to the WASP's by-laws.
Date: June 24, 2006
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email Correspondence from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board] (open access)

[Email Correspondence from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board]

Email correspondence from WASP president Caro Bosca to the WASP board regarding materials mailed to the organization's members. The first page includes a handwritten note that says "Ballot returned. 'Yes' response to hire Exec. Dir."
Date: May 24, 2006
Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Sherry Ringler to Eleanor Brown, November 24, 2004] (open access)

[Email from Sherry Ringler to Eleanor Brown, November 24, 2004]

Email from Sherry Ringler to Eleanor Brown discussing Brown's award from the TX Hall of Fame, Ringler's recent visit to Washington, D.C. with Caro Bosca, and the WWII Memorial Ceremony to be held in April 2005.
Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: Ringler, Sherry
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Eleanor Brown to Caro Bosca, June 24, 2006] (open access)

[Email from Eleanor Brown to Caro Bosca, June 24, 2006]

Email from Eleanor Brown to Caro Bosca discussing proposed changes to the WASP's by-laws.
Date: June 24, 2006
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of Letter to WASP Membership] (open access)

[Draft of Letter to WASP Membership]

Draft of a letter from the WASP Board of Directors to the WASP membership discussing the organization's future. The board explains why it wants to hire an executive director to manage the group's administrative affairs, how such an arrangement would work, and how the position would be funded.
Date: May 24, 2006
Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Secret role of women fliers recalled] (open access)

[Clipping: Secret role of women fliers recalled]

Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP being hidden from public knowledge, including the U.S. Department of Defense withholding veteran status from the women who served in WWII. The article includes a photograph of a group of young women in jumpsuits walking away from a small propeller plane. On the back of the clipping is a large advertisement for a sale, and part of an article about Fort Concho.
Date: November 24, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man in Decorated Uniform]

Photograph of a young man in a decorated Air Force dress uniform standing in front of the plane.
Date: July 24, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Howard Stevens to Mickey McLernon, February 24, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Howard Stevens to Mickey McLernon, February 24, 1944]

Letter from Howard Stevens to Mickey McLernon discussing life in cadet academy, mental examinations, and asking her opinions on Bing Crosby.
Date: February 24, 1944
Creator: Stevens, Howard E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Bill Should Be Signed by 11-26] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Bill Should Be Signed by 11-26]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the status of the WASP bill. The page also contains a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA and three articles. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, and an editorial about GI education.
Date: November 24, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Citizen Patriot Award] (open access)

[Citizen Patriot Award]

Certificate issued to the WASP "in recognition of their dedication, exemplary service and personal sacrifice" (line 6). It is signed in blue ink by Albert C. Zapanta, Chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board.
Date: September 24, 2002
Creator: Reserve Forces Policy Board
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. L. Werner to Mickey McLernon, January 24, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from D. L. Werner to Mickey McLernon, January 24, 1944]

Letter from D. L. Werner to Mickey McLernon discussing his flight training, the weather, and other news. He says that he was the first in his class to solo, that he will have to start flying at night soon, and that his favorite instructor is being transferred.
Date: January 24, 1944
Creator: Werner, D. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History