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Oral History Interview with James Spears, April 5, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Spears, April 5, 2001

Interview with James Spears, an ammunition worker on the home front during WWII. He describes the war as he saw it from the home front.
Date: December 3, 2003
Creator: Brosh, Kate & Spears, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Answer Sheet for Theory of Flight Quiz #2] (open access)

[Answer Sheet for Theory of Flight Quiz #2]

Answer sheet to a multiple choice quiz over the theory of flight with questions 9-11 crossed out, and questions 1-8 and 12-20 are filled in. The name, date, and class number of Solange D'Hooghe are handwritten at the top.
Date: June 3, 1943
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs) (open access)

Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs)

United States customs form endorsed to clear Royal Air Force officer, Paul A. Hill, to depart from La Guardia Airport in New York, bound for Montreal, Canada.
Date: June 3, 1944
Creator: Hill, Paul A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Interview with Ms. Charlyne Creger (open access)

An Interview with Ms. Charlyne Creger

Interview with Charlyne Creger, a former WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots). She answers questions about her childhood, her time in the WASP Program during WWII, her career as a nurse, and events in her later life.
Date: May 3, 2003
Creator: Lynch, Phil
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for a Condensing Unit] (open access)

[Invoice for a Condensing Unit]

Invoice for items sold to Plosser-Prince Air Academy by the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, including a replacement for an HP sealed condensing unit.
Date: August 3, 1942
Creator: Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
System: The Portal to Texas History
Application for Flight Instructor and/or Flight Test (open access)

Application for Flight Instructor and/or Flight Test

Application filled out by Catherine Parker detailing her piloting experience and her intentions to join the Women's Ferry Squadron.
Date: July 3, 1943
Creator: Parker, Catherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recollections of Honolulu, Hawaii] (open access)

[Recollections of Honolulu, Hawaii]

Document written by Jack Vaughan recollecting his time spent in Honolulu, Hawaii during March and April of 1944.
Date: January 3, 1998
Creator: Vaughan, Jack Carter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recollections of Klamath Falls] (open access)

[Recollections of Klamath Falls]

Recollections by Jack Vaughan about his time spent in Klamath Falls, Oregon, recovering from a disease he had contracted in American Samoa.
Date: January 3, 1998
Creator: Vaughan, Jack Carter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recollections of Yerba Buena Island] (open access)

[Recollections of Yerba Buena Island]

Document of Jack Vaughan's recollections of his time spent at the detention barracks on Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco, California, from July 1945 to April 1946.
Date: January 3, 1998
Creator: Vaughan, Jack Carter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes: WASP Steering Committee Meeting, January 8, 1988] (open access)

[Minutes: WASP Steering Committee Meeting, January 8, 1988]

Minutes for the WASP Steering Committee meeting including updates on the status of the construction, upkeep, and funding of two WASP monuments and planing and funding for upcoming reunions.
Date: January 3, 1988
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 39] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 39]

Special orders number 39, recalling Justin L. Bible for 12 months.
Date: November 3, 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Weather Air Masses and Fronts Worksheet] (open access)

[Weather Air Masses and Fronts Worksheet]

Flight school worksheet covering weather fronts and air masses, with answers handwritten in pencil by Solange D'Hooghe.
Date: August 3, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History