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375
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231
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207
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167
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84
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[Negative of Water Damage Inside a Building]
Negative for photo of water damage inside a building around the windows. Visible through the windows is a building with the word "Avenger" painted on it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Negative of Water Spigot]
Negative for photo of a standing water pipe and spigot attached to the outside of a building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Request for for Additional Authorization with Comments]
Approval of additional authorization of funding for construction on the Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas. There are additional comments on the second page regarding the actual construction and disbursement of funds.
Date:
August 10, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Standing Water in a Hallway]
Negative for photo of a large puddle of standing water in a hallway. A white sign is on the floor near the puddle.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Standing Water Under Desk]
Negative for photo of standing water and water damage underneath a desk.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to Landon E. McConnell, March 1, 1943]
Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to Major Landon E. McConnell discussing a request to expand the Academy at Avenger Field.
Date:
March 1, 1943
Creator:
Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water Damaged Windows]
Photograph of water damage around windows inside of a room. A second building is visible through the windows with "Avenger" painted on it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Report on Operations by Fred Harmon]
Report on operations given by Fred Harmon of the Harmon Flying School at Ballinger, Texas. The report states that there are 210 students per class, 110 mechanics for 94 airplanes with 45 women who start at $65 per month. Women took night school course, 2 hours per night, 4 nights a week, while paid $1 per night, for 30 days. The women mechanics proved very steady, very capable, and efficient.
Date:
December 16, 1942
Creator:
Harmon, Fred
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Negative of Water Damage Inside a Room]
Negative for photo of puddles and water damage inside of a building. There are planes visible through the windows.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Industrial Lubricating Oil and Grease Contract, June 1, 1942]
Formal contract outlining an agreement for the Gulf Oil Corportation to provide aviation oil to Plosser-Prince Air School in Sweetwater, Texas from June 1 1942 to May 31, 1943.
Date:
May 29, 1942
Creator:
Gulf Oil Corporation
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from S. W. Bohls to J. E. Peavy, July 3, 1942]
Telegram from Dr. S. W. Bohls to Dr. J. E. Peavy of the Nolan County Health Unit discussing the existence of coli-form organisms in the Plosser-Prince Air Academy barracks and the lack of such organisms in the mess hall.
Date:
July 3, 1943
Creator:
Bohls, S. W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Partnership Between Plosser and Prince and Defense Plant Corporation - Unsigned Copy]
Unsigned copy of the contract outlining the partnership between Plosser and Prince and the Defense Plant Corporation and the transactions that will take place between the two organizations.
Date:
August 1945
Creator:
Plosser, Joseph B. & Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to George Cribbett, March 27, 1942]
Letter from Charles A. Prince to George Cribbett discussing specifications for Sweetwater Municipal Airport.
Date:
March 27, 1942
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Airfield Lease]
A receipt from A. G. Lee for the amount of $1,600 paid for the lease of Auxiliary Air Field.
Date:
July 20, 1942
Creator:
Lee, A. G.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Joe B. Plosser to Charles A. Prince, February 22, 1943]
Telegram from Joe B. Plosser to Charles A. Prince discussing the arrival of sixty-four women trainees and the future arrival of a check for the previous month of January, as confirmed by a wire from Wright Field.
Date:
February 22, 1943
Creator:
Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Articles Related to Air Schools in 1942]
Compilation of newspaper clippings published in June and July 1942 discussing Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas and other related aviation programs.
Date:
1942-06/1942-07
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoices from Plosser-Prince Air Academy]
Invoice from Plosser-Prince Air Academy listing student name, flying time to date, and flying time covered by invoice, and including a legend to indicate those having flying deficiency, physical deficiency, or resignation. The gross of the invoice is $56,184.51.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Negative of Water Spigot in a Puddle]
Negative for photo of a water spigot in a puddle in the middle of a muddy field.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hangar "No Smoking" Sign]
Photograph of a sign near a hangar that says "No smoking within 50 ft. of hangar" above a water damaged wall.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Denial of Fraud by Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince]
Letter of denial regarding the litigation against the Plosser-Prince Air Academy for fraud by the United States in which Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince assert their innocence and claim to have had no involvement in the fraudulent actions of Victor J. Nelson.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
Plosser, Joseph B. & Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water Damage near a Window]
Photograph of a window with water damage above and around it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Order for Various Types of Coolers #2]
Order form for commercial refrigeration equipment sold by the International Harvester Company to the Plosser-Prince Air Academy, including four varieties of coolers, totaling $3336.09 for delivery on June 15, 1942.
Date:
May 18, 1942
Creator:
International Harvester Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Elimination, March 1943]
Text certifying that three women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) in March 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person.
Date:
March 25, 1943
Creator:
McConnell, Landon E.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for Electric Service, September 1, 1942 #3]
Formal contract outlining an agreement for the Texas Electric Service Company to provide power to Plosser-Prince Air School in Sweetwater, Texas from September 1, 1942 to September 2, 1943.
Date:
September 1, 1942
Creator:
Texas Electric Service Company
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History