[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24]

Extracts of several special orders and regulations for both Women Airforce Service Pilots and male pilots ordered by Lieutenant Colonel Munson.
Date: July 25, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Force Base
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt]

Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing completed her ferry pilot assignment and delivered an AT-6D model aircraft to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date: March 28, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, March 3, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, March 3, 1944]

Letter from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing the weather, her hair color, uniforms, and friends.
Date: March 3, 1944
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey Eleanor, January 13, 1943]

Postcard from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon about aviation and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Date: January 12, 1943
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, August 6, 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, August 6, 1995]

Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards including video tapes and discussing a couple of reunions she will be attending.
Date: August 6, 1995
Creator: Harmon, Elaine Danforth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bernice Haydu, July 10, 1993] (open access)

[Letter from Bernice Haydu, July 10, 1993]

Letter from Bernice Haydu containing information that can be used for the WASP display and suggesting what kind of materials can be used to set it up.
Date: July 10, 1993
Creator: Haydu, Bernice Falk (Bee)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Plane Janes] (open access)

[Clipping: Plane Janes]

Photocopied newspaper clipping of an article about who the WASP were, what they did, and the military's failure to recognize them as veterans.
Date: January 30, 1977
Creator: Hayes, Ed
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dale G. Johnson to Cornelia Yerkes, April 4, 1984] (open access)

[Letter from Dale G. Johnson to Cornelia Yerkes, April 4, 1984]

Letter from Lt. Col. Dale Johnson to former WASP Cornelia Yerkes Kafka awarding her the World War II Victory Medal, with the text of a 1977 Congressional law expanding eligibility for campaign awards.
Date: April 4, 1984
Creator: Johnson, Dale G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Annual Meeting of Officers Order of Fifinella] (open access)

[Annual Meeting of Officers Order of Fifinella]

Order of Fifinella Officer meeting meeting minutes that discusses, among other things, the WASP newsletter, the group historian's activities, militarization of WASP, the next reunion, and the Order of Fifinella Award.
Date: April 14, 1973
Creator: Jones, Mary
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943] (open access)

[Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943]

A father's day card from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing clothing, a visit from aviator Nancy Love, the Women Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, and her future. The card features a cartoon of a girl saying "I may not be no mental whizz, but dad, I know what day this is!"
Date: June 17, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 5, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 5, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing news about her uncle's health, her busy schedule, pursuit school, exercise, getting ready to fly the P-47, recent correspondence, future plans, and food. Typed on Hotel Frances (Monroe, LA) stationary.
Date: April 5, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 18, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 18, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing her trip from Jacksonville to Dallas. Written on Hotel Texas (Fort Worth) stationary.
Date: 1943-08-18?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 1943?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing money, transferring bank accounts from Atlanta to Sweetwater, passing a check flight, staying in sickbay, news from home, a student pilot's poetry, practicing stalls, sending mail, and nurses.
Date: 1943-02~
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 18, 1944?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 18, 1944?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a phone call with a friend, flying a P-40, meeting with a Rev. Johnson, papers, and traveling. Written on San Juan Hotel (Orlando) stationary.
Date: 1944-07-18?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 15, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 15, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying a P-40 from Buffalo to Columbia, SC, delays, returning to Dallas, and recent correspondence. Written on Eastern Air Lines stationary.
Date: June 15, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 18, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 18, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing picking up a P-47, being grounded by fleet-wide defective landing gear, going to a street market, and trying to get transportation from Evansville to Dallas. Written on Hotel Vendome (Evansville) stationary.
Date: June 18, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, possibly to her father, discussing a cross-country flight to finish basic flight training, schedules, advanced courses, the recipient's health, packages from home, a plane catching fire, and news about friends/family.
Date: June 25, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 4, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 4, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, wearing Army Air Corps insignia, the North American A-36, ferrying an aircraft, and other recent work. Written on Washington Yankee (Shreveport, LA) stationary.
Date: March 4, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 14, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 14, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing being stuck in sick bay with a cold, medical issues among other student pilots, a visit from a Navy dive bomber pilot, and money. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary.
Date: March 14, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 17, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 17, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent letters, ferrying a plane and her return trip, Christmas gifts, running into someone from home, uniforms, and weather. Typed on American Airlines stationary.
Date: December 17, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her repaired typewriter, sleeping on a flight, delaying a ferrying flight because a ground crew member stepped through the wing, friends, the B-24, and a AT-6 check flight. Typed on Wells Roberts Hotel (Oklahoma City) stationary.
Date: November 5, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 12, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 12, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing recently visiting them, traveling to Dallas via Atlanta, flying, and news about friends and family. Written on Eastern Airlines stationary.
Date: August 12, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, January 2, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, January 2, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing the weather, food, trying to travel with friends, bonds and finance, recent correspondence about her brother Francis, requirements for becoming a WASP and reflections on what it is like to be one, flying the UC-78, and her friend Marion.
Date: January 2, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, April 11, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing flying the P-40. The postcard features a photo of "Flying Tiger" Brig. Gen. Chennault's aircraft.
Date: April 11, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History