[Flyer: Finding Yourself in the Archive] (open access)

[Flyer: Finding Yourself in the Archive]

Flyer for Finding Yourself in the Archive: TWU's WASP Collection, hosted by The Woman's Collection at TWU on September 26, 2008. The first page includes a schedule of the day's events. The second page provides information about each archival stations featured at the event.
Date: September 26, 2008
Creator: Texas Woman's University. Libraries.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP Marching Songs (open access)

WASP Marching Songs

Compilation of lyrics to songs related to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, printed for the 2008 WASP Reunion. Songs in this compilation include: Yankee Doodle Pilots, Roll Out the Airplanes, Would You Like to Swing on a Star?, The Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, I Wanna Be a Miss H.P., You Left Your Father, Rugged But Right, Without Our Wings, and the Army Air Corps Song.
Date: September 26, 2008
Creator: Texas Woman's University. Libraries.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Memorial Remarks by Dora Dougherty Strother] (open access)

[WASP Memorial Remarks by Dora Dougherty Strother]

Remarks for a WASP Memorial service in Sweetwater, Texas by Dora Dougherty Strother.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Strother, Dora Dougherty
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks for WASP Memorial (open access)

Remarks for WASP Memorial

Pamphlet from a WASP memorial event with a composition written by Dora Dougherty Strother about the Women Airforce Service Pilots and the bond they share.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Strother, Dora Dougherty
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pilot instructor had one fear: 'Fire in the air'] (open access)

[Clipping: Pilot instructor had one fear: 'Fire in the air']

Newspaper clipping of an article about a time when Margaret Tamplin's plane caught fire in the middle of her flight and brief mention of the upcoming reunion.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Redden, Gail
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Local WASP reunion events continue through Sunday] (open access)

[Clipping: Local WASP reunion events continue through Sunday]

Newspaper clipping with an article about a past issue John Hosier experienced, certain WASPs' experience in the military, and the 1986 Reunion.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Redden, Gail
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People waving from street corner]

Photograph of ten adults and two children on a streetcorner in Sweetwater, Texas waving at someone to the left of the camera. Various 1970s- and 80s-style automobiles are parked in the background.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and Woman in Cockpit]

Photograph of Gayle Snell (right) and another woman seated in the cockpit of an SNJ Texan. A man's head with a hat on is visible on the opposite side next to Snell.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASPs with American and WASP Flags (Negative)]

Photograph of four WASP veterans in uniform standing on a street, two of them displaying a WASP flag while one holds up an American flag behind them. A brown 1980s sedan is parked behind them to the right. Two pedestrians walk past a white and red truck and some houses in the top left.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Veterans and Others with Flag]

Blurry photograph of a group of twenty-one standing WASP veterans and two kneeling younger women posing with a WASP flag at the 1986 reunion.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and child on warbird wing]

Out-of-focus photograph of a boy sitting and Gayle Snell standing on the port wing of a vintage silver aircraft, probably a North American SNJ Texan. The boy wears a light-blue shirt; Snell is in a dark-blue shirt and black pants. More people stand in the background behind the plane.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP veterans with flag]

Blurry photograph of a group of twenty-one standing WASP veterans posing with a WASP flag at the 1986 reunion.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and Woman in Cockpit]

Photograph of Gayle Snell (right) and another woman seated in the cockpit of an SNJ Texan. A man's head with a hat on is visible on the opposite side next to Snell.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Veterans in and on SNJ Texan]

Photograph of two WASP veterans with a SNJ Texan, one sitting in the rear cockpit and giving a thumbs-up, the other standing on the wing. Both are looking at someone to the photographer's left.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASPs with Flag (negative)]

Photograph of 20 WASP veterans standing outside on and in front of bleachers at the 1986 convention; two at the front are in uniform and holding a WASP flag.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 26, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 26, 1943?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing staying in Wichita and exploring the town, stories from a farmer, flying, seeing "Casablanca", and sights in a residential neighborhood. Written on Hotel Lassen stationary.
Date: 1943-09-26~
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People waving from street corner (negative)]

Photograph of ten adults and two children on a streetcorner in Sweetwater, Texas waving at someone to the left of the camera. Various 1970s- and 80s-style automobiles are parked in the background.
Date: 1986-09-26%
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell in Warbird Cockpit]

Photograph of Gayle Snell in aviator sunglasses looking out the port side of SNJ Texan's cockpit. The hand of a person in the backseat is visible on the left.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP veterans with flag]

Blurry photograph of a group of twenty-one standing WASP veterans posing with a WASP flag at the 1986 reunion.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Large Aircraft Cockpit (negative)]

Photograph of the cockpit of a large aircraft. Two people are visible on either edge of the frame.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Large Aircraft Cockpit]

Photograph of the cockpit of a large aircraft. Two people are visible on either edge of the frame.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two WASP Veterans in SNJ Texan]

Photograph of two WASP veterans in a SNJ Texan; the woman in the forward cockpit is standing while the one in the aft cockpit sits. The tail of another WWII-vintage aircraft is visible in the background.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks for WASP Memorial (open access)

Remarks for WASP Memorial

Remarks given by WASP veteran Dora Dougherty Strother at a memorial service for lost WASPs, held during the 1986 reunion in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Strother, Dora Dougherty
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Veterans and Others with Flag (negative)]

Blurry photograph of a group of twenty-one standing WASP veterans and two kneeling younger women posing with a WASP flag at the 1986 reunion.
Date: 1986-09-26~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History