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The Women Air Force Service Pilots
Brochure containing information about the Women Airforce Service Pilots and the role they played during World War Two.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. E. McConnell to Ken Dickson and Leoti Deaton, May 2, 1972]
Letter from L. E. McConnell to Ken Dickson and Leoti Deaton thanking them for an invitation.
Date:
May 2, 1972
Creator:
McConnell, L. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Calendar: 1996 Special Edition Calendar #2]
Calendar for 1996 containing photographs, illustrations, and facts about the women who served during World War One. It includes American holidays as well as important dates from American military history.
Date:
1995
Creator:
The Women's Memorial
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Earhart route flier set to go]
Photocopy of an article about Grace McGuire and the dangerous journey she will fly from New Guinea to Howland Island in an attempt to "duplicate" Amelia Earhart's last flight.
Date:
July 24, 1983
Creator:
Welde, Deena
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flight in Arkansas, Fall 1976
Quarterly publication containing information of interest to pilots located in Arkansas. This issue includes a cover story about the upcoming WASP reunion in Hot Springs.
Date:
Autumn 1976
Creator:
Arkansas Division of Aeronautics
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Field Sign]
Photograph of a wooden sign at Avenger Field that reads, "Avenger Field Sweetwater Home of the WASP's 1942-1944 Built 1929 - Elev. - 2378".A parking lot with cars and gas station sign can be seen in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Blank Women's Memorial Postcard]
Blank postcard that has a colored, conceptual design drawing of The Women in Military Service for America Memorial. The postcard is included with a business envelope and a blank donation response paper.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to All Advisory Board Members, March 31, 1980]
Letter from Lillian Roberts to All Advisory Board Members discussing the Order of Fifinella federal status and tax exemption.
Date:
March 31, 1980
Creator:
Roberts, Lillian
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Fifi Awards Go To City and CC]
Newspaper clipping of an article about the recipients of the Fifi awards at the 30th WASP reunion. Other activities that happened at the event are also mentioned.
Date:
June 26, 1972
Creator:
Gordon, Joe
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts, March 6, 1979]
Letter from Lillian Roberts that appears to be discussing the WASP news clippings album prepared for Senator Goldwater, and her rejection to discussing preliminary research related to proposals in the fields of television, films and grants with the full WASP board.
Date:
March 6, 1979
Creator:
Roberts, Lillian
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
[43-4 WASP with Banner]
Photograph of a group of WASP, some in uniform and some with name tags, holding up a reunion banner for the 43-5 class. "W.A.S.P. W.W.II" and Women Air Force Service Pilots" can be seen written on the banner.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Calendar: 1998 Special Edition Calendar #2]
Calendar for 1998 containing photographs and facts about the women who served in the military from 1946-1978. It includes American holidays as well as important dates from American military history.
Date:
1997
Creator:
Women in Military Service for America Foundation (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Note from Bee Haydu, April 18, 1980]
Note from Bee Haydu discussing an attached letter from Lillian Roberts and Haydu's response to Roberts about the Order of Fifinella's tax-exempt status.
Date:
April 18, 1980
Creator:
Haydu, Bernice Falk
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BT 15 Cockpit Procedure
Take-off, flight, and landing instructions for a BT-15 aircraft.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Millie Dalrymple, Nov. 11, 1998]
Letter from Millie Dalrymple discussing possible activities for the ride from Denton to Sweetwater for the WASP reunion in 2000.
Date:
November 11, 1998
Creator:
Dalrymple, Millie
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program for the WASP 30th Anniversary Reunion Dinner #8]
A program for the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the WASP. It includes information about the Fifinella mascot, the names of WASP officers and Reunion Committee members, a schedule of events, and a list of acknowledgements at the end.
Date:
1972
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Air: Battle of the Sexes]
Photocopy of a Time magazine article from May 1944 about male pilots wanting to take the WASPs' positions.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Business Card for Kirby Kinsey, Printer]
Business card for Kirby Kinsey's print shop in Sweetwater, advertising personalized stationary. A WASP Fifinella logo and various other Air Force and military icons can be seen printed on the border of the card.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Kinsey, Kirby
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nov. 2, 1979 Meeting
Document recounting the events and topics at a WASP board meeting in Tuscon, Arizona from the perspectives of Leoti Deaton, Betty Nicholas, Marty Wyall, and Bee Haydu.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Air Force Memo to WASP]
Brief memo to Women Air Force Service Pilots notifying them where to request their individual flight record files form the Air Force.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: What Was Training Like For WASP Trainees When They Trained Here]
Clipping of a newspaper article about what training and service was like for the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date:
June 21, 1972
Creator:
Gordon, Patsy
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[44-10 WASP Group on Stairs]
Photograph of a group of WASP gathered for a photo on a set of carpeted stairs. The front row is holding up a blue banner that reads, "W.A.S.P. W.W.II 44-10 Women Air Force Service Pilots". The woman fourth from the right in the front row can be seen wearing a WASP shirt with a Fifinella and "Sweetwater Texas 86" printed on it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[60th Anniversary Reunion Schedule]
Copies of the schedule for the 2002 WASP reunion in Tucson, along with information about the planned reunion tours and a copy of a board meeting agenda.
Date:
2002
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History