[Special Orders Number 74, Extract 6-9] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 74, Extract 6-9]

Special orders listing assignments for officers in the United States Air Force, including Marjorie Wakeham.
Date: April 1, 1957
Creator: 12th Air Division, Strategic Air Command
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 96, Extracts 13-19] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 96, Extracts 13-19]

Special orders listing role re-assignments of several officers in the United States Air Force, including Marjorie Wakeham.
Date: April 26, 1957
Creator: 12th Air Division, Strategic Air Command
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number A-285] (open access)

[Special Orders Number A-285]

Special order listing role re-assignments, reporting requirement,s and instructions for several officers in the United States Air Force, including Captain Marjorie Wakeham.
Date: April 6, 1960
Creator: 48th Air Force Base Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 14, Chapter 2. The National Preparedness System (open access)

Command Study 14, Chapter 2. The National Preparedness System

This booklet is the second chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about nonmilitary defense preparations. This chapter discusses "the nonmilitary defense aspects of national preparedness as complements to national military power and as contributing factors to the total defense posture of the United States" (p. 3). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: April 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 15, Chapter 2. Unmanned U.S. Satellites and Space Probes (open access)

Command Study 15, Chapter 2. Unmanned U.S. Satellites and Space Probes

This booklet is the second chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the United States' space program. This chapter discusses research satellites, application satellites, and space probes. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: April 1966
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 15, Chapter 3. U.S. Manned Space Projects (open access)

Command Study 15, Chapter 3. U.S. Manned Space Projects

This booklet is the third chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the United States' space program. This chapter "outlines the three steps in the manned space program in broad terms and surveys future trends in the light of programs underway or proposed for funding" (p. 2). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: April 1966
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 15, Chapter 4. Ground Control and Support Operations (open access)

Command Study 15, Chapter 4. Ground Control and Support Operations

This booklet is the fourth chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the United States' space program. This chapter discusses "major ground command functions associated with manned space missions" (p. 2). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: April 1966
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 9, Chapter 1. Air Force Logistics Command (open access)

Current Study 9, Chapter 1. Air Force Logistics Command

This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about commands within the United States Air Force. This chapter discusses the "mission, history, organizational doctrine, organization, and concept of operations" of the Air Force Logistics Command. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: April 1963
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 11, Chapter 5. Communist Activities in Latin America (open access)

Current Study 11, Chapter 5. Communist Activities in Latin America

This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the Cold War's impact on world affairs. This chapter "is intended to show how the Communists have attempted to subvert the Latin American nations as a step toward the avowed Communist goal of world domination, and to show how the United States and other American Republics are meeting the perilous Communist threat" (p. 1). This booklet includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: April 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 11, Chapter 6. The New Spain (open access)

Current Study 11, Chapter 6. The New Spain

This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the Cold War's impact on world affairs. This chapter "reviews the new Spain with respect to recent developments in the regime of General Franco, Spain's part in the cold war, present trends in Spanish government, and Spain's stature as a respected nation in the world community" (p. 2). This booklet includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: April 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 13, Chapter 1. Education and Training (open access)

Current Study 13, Chapter 1. Education and Training

This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the challenges faced by low-income countries. This chapter discusses the role education and training plays in a country's economic, political, and social development. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: April 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 13, Chapter 3. Agriculture (open access)

Current Study 13, Chapter 3. Agriculture

This booklet is the third chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the challenges faced by low-income countries. This chapter discusses "how improvements in agriculture are related to general progress toward industrialization and self-sustained growth" (p. 2). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: April 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2, Volume 1A. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action (open access)

Course 2, Volume 1A. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action

This booklet is the first volume of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses the military history of the United States of America from the country's inception through the post-World War 1950's.
Date: April 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Continued Professional Excellence] (open access)

[Certificate of Continued Professional Excellence]

Certification that Rosa C. Creger is up to date in knowledge of new agents and techniques in the field of Nurse Anesthesiology.
Date: April 1970
Creator: American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. W. Arbaugh to Eleanor Brown, April 2, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from T. W. Arbaugh to Eleanor Brown, April 2, 1979]

Letter from T. W. Arbaugh to Eleanor Brown discussing how Brown can apply for discharge from the Air Force.
Date: April 2, 1979
Creator: Arbaugh, Tom W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Tom W. Arbaugh to Mary F. Tilton, April 13, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Tom W. Arbaugh to Mary F. Tilton, April 13, 1979]

Letter from Tom W. Arbaugh to Mary F. Tilton responding to her inquiry about the application process for active military service determination and discharge for Civilian or Contractual Personnel (PL 95-202).
Date: April 13, 1979
Creator: Arbaugh, Tom W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Woman Recalls World War II Pilot Days"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Woman Recalls World War II Pilot Days"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Ruth Florey's and Clinnie Lovvorn's service with the WASP.
Date: April 6, 1975
Creator: Borden, Robert C.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Return of a WASP] (open access)

[Clipping: Return of a WASP]

Newspaper clippings of the article, "The Return of a WASP" which discusses the homecoming of Twila Edwards after her time as a Women Airforce Service Pilot. She shares the difficulties she has looking for civilian pilot positions and the challenges she's faced due to WASPs not being a military service. The article includes several photos of Twila Edwards.
Date: April 15, 1945
Creator: Boulkind, Mae & Ruohomaa, Kosti
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate from the National Air and Space Museum for Stan Stokes, April 4, 1984] (open access)

[Certificate from the National Air and Space Museum for Stan Stokes, April 4, 1984]

Certificate from the National Air and Space Museum presenting first prize to Stan Stokes for the Golden Age of Flight Aviation Art Competition. It is dated April 4, 1984 and signed by Director Walter J. Boyne.
Date: April 4, 1984
Creator: Boyne, Walter J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cornelia Yerkes pursuit training certificate] (open access)

[Cornelia Yerkes pursuit training certificate]

Certificate of completion for Cornelia Yerkes, certifying that she completed training to fly the P-40, P-47, P-39, and P-51. An envelope is included.
Date: April 30, 1944
Creator: Broome, Bennie O.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Betty Brown to Eleanor Brown, April 12, 2006] (open access)

[Letter from Betty Brown to Eleanor Brown, April 12, 2006]

Letter from Betty Brown to Eleanor Brown thanking her for agreeing to remain in her position on the WASP board.
Date: April 12, 2006
Creator: Brown, Betty J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region 2 Report (open access)

Region 2 Report

Report detailing Eleanor Brown's activities as the Director of Region 2 from October 2004 through April 2005.
Date: April 2, 2005
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wings Across America Release Agreement (open access)

Wings Across America Release Agreement

Release agreement form signed by Eleanor McLernon Brown in April of 2000 to be interviewed by Wings Across America. The agreement contains two parts, Part I: WASP Release for the interview, and Part II: Interviewer Agreement.
Date: April 17, 2000
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Carol Brozman to Charlyne Creger, April 20, 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Carol Brozman to Charlyne Creger, April 20, 1995]

Letter from Carol Brozman to Charlyne Creger thanking her for contributing a self portrait in Cricket Magazine's May issue.
Date: April 20, 1995
Creator: Brozman, Carol
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History