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[Flyer: Wingtip-to-Wingtip Association] (open access)

[Flyer: Wingtip-to-Wingtip Association]

Flyer announcing the establishment of the Wingtip-to-Wingtip Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the living members of the WASP and their families. The reverse side includes a membership application to the the organization.
Date: September 27, 2008
Creator: Wingtip-to-Wingtip Association
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Nell Bright, June 27, 2006] (open access)

[Email from Nell Bright, June 27, 2006]

Email from Nell Bright to the WASP board concerning an unnamed member's opposition to hiring an Executive Director.
Date: June 27, 2006
Creator: Bright, Nell
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Lucile Wise, June 27, 2006] (open access)

[Email from Lucile Wise, June 27, 2006]

Email from Lucile Wise to the WASP board concerning the board's plan to hire an Executive Director. Wise proposes a compromise allowing the treasurer to maintain control over the organization's bank accounts.
Date: June 27, 2006
Creator: Wise, Lucile
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Senator Alan Cranston to Eleanor Brown, May 27, 1977] (open access)

[Letter from Senator Alan Cranston to Eleanor Brown, May 27, 1977]

Letter from Senator Alan Cranston to Eleanor Brown discussing legislation to grant veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions that bill S. 247 has been introduced in the Senate and that the Veterans' Affairs Committee will hold hearings on the bill in the late spring.
Date: May 27, 1977
Creator: Cranston, Alan
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Elaine Harmon, May 27, 2006] (open access)

[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Elaine Harmon, May 27, 2006]

Letter from Eleanor Brown to Elaine Harmon discussing her hobbies, her husband's health, and other news. A handwritten note at the top of the page states, "Response to Elaine Harmon for class news for WASP Newsletter. Sent May 27, 2006."
Date: May 27, 2006
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet] (open access)

[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet]

Newspaper clipping of an article about finding veterans' burial information on a government database. On the back of the clipping, there are engagement announcements for six couples.
Date: June 27, 2004
Creator: Jones, Martha
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Senate Votes 91-0 for WASP Status!] (open access)

[Clipping: Senate Votes 91-0 for WASP Status!]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the Senate's recent vote to grant veterans' status to the WASP. The page also contains the text of President Carter's remarks from a recent Veterans' Day ceremony as well as a brief article noting the American Veterans Committee's support of veterans' status for the WASP. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, two opinion columns, and an editorial.
Date: October 27, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Delnar Werner to Mickey McLernon, December 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Delnar Werner to Mickey McLernon, December 27, 1943]

Letter from Delnar Werner to Mickey McLernon discussing recent experiences in aviation, including shooting down a B-17.
Date: December 27, 1943
Creator: Werner, Delnar L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, July 30, 1945] (open access)

[Telegram from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, July 30, 1945]

Telegram from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon telling her to visit him next time she comes home.
Date: July 27, 1945
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, August 27, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, August 27, 1945]

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon about personnel being discharged and other things that are happening within the military.
Date: August 27, 1945
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History