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[Pamphlet: International Women's Air & Space Museum]
Pamphlet and addressed form envelope for donations to the International Women's Air & Space Museum. the pamphlet includes details about women's contributions to aeronautics, a brief history of the museum, and different donation amounts. The envelope is addressed to the museum and includes a form for making a donation.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Aero-Astro Cultural Center
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Federal Register, Volume 43, Number 178, September 13, 1978
Federal Register proposed rules of the Drug Administration regarding the scheduling of controlled substances, and of the Department of Defense establishing rules and procedures for a Department of Defense review board to implement the provisions of the G.I. Bill Improvement Act of 1977. An arrow can be seen drawn on the right edge of the first page pointing to the beginning of the latter.
Date:
September 13, 1978
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clippings Photocopy: Housing for Air Personnel Luncheon]
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping and an announcement card about a Sweetwater Club's luncheon to discuss housing for Air Force Personnel.
Date:
{1943-05-13,1943-04-22}
Creator:
Mathews, Roy
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt from Heritage Publication Inc. to Rigdon Edwards]
Receipt for a WASP directory, published by Heritage Publications Inc., issued to Rigdon Edwards.
Date:
November 22, 1973
Creator:
Heritage Publications Inc.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: WASPS inspired World War II bomb]
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping of an article about how two WASP pilots inspired other male pilots to use B-29 bombs more, told from the perspective of General Paul W. Tibbets. On the back of the photocopy, there is handwritten text Alberta, about the article.
Date:
October 15, 1985
Creator:
Sisk, Mack
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Army Regulations No. 260-19
Memo from the United States War Department concerning Army Regulations for WASP historical items, for a museum exhibit.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation to Memorial Service for Jacqueline Cochran, September 19, 1980]
Invitation to a memorial service for Jacqueline Cochran, by the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, at Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on September 19, 1980, at 1:30 p.m.
Date:
1980~
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5
Book documenting the 43-W-4 and 43-W-5 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-5
Book documenting the 44-W-5 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Matilda to Rigdon Edwards, September 25, 1983]
Postcard from Matilda to Rigdon Edwards discussing information on the Eagle Pass AAF 40th Anniversary Reunion, planned for November 10-13, 1983, in San Antonio, Texas.
Date:
September 1983
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Announcement Gives Promise and Future of Avenger Field]
Newspaper clipping of two articles from the Nolan County News. Both articles discuss the prospect of new housing for pilots in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
August 12, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program for WASP Conference, September 27, 1978]
Program for the WASP Conference at the Antlers Plaza Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from September 27, 1978 through October 1, 1978.
Date:
1978~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
WASP Training Songs #3
The lyrics for two WASP training songs, "Zoot-Suits and Parachutes" and "You'll Go Forth From Here".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Poem
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater, Texas and Sweetwater Club News]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about local news in Sweetwater, Texas, including a teacher winning a contest (with the winning poem she wrote included), speakers attending Sweetwater Club meetings, and the operation of the USO in West, Texas.
Date:
1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Letter to the Dallas News from Marie Genaro]
Newspaper clipping of a letter to the Dallas News, from Marie Genaro concerning the newspaper's article on the WASPs and advocating a pending Congressional bill to give WASPs veterans benefits. Part of an advertisement for Neiman Marcus is visible on the back of the clipping.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Genaro, Marie
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Schedule of Events for WASP Gathering]
Schedule of events for an event in Sweetwater, Texas on June 23, 1972 and June 24, 1972. On the back of the schedule, there is a map of Sweetwater with directions to a country club.
Date:
1972~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP with Avenger Field Building #2]
Photograph of three WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots)- Gwen Scales, Gene Shaffer, and Phyllis Ryder--standing shoulder-to-shoulder outside of the Avenger Field Enterprise building. All wear khakis, light collared shirts, leather jackets, and early 1940's hairstyles. The back of the page shows a short paragraph discussing grain and legume pictures, and a blue sticky note with "April 19, 1993 Page 1" and a math equation written in blue.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Notes for WASP Training Base Historic Marker]
Notes on a historic marker for the WASP training base in Sweetwater, Texas, including the marker's location and a brief list of outside resources for more information on markers.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program for Year of the W.A.S.P. Banquet, September 30, 1978]
Program for the Year of the WASP Banquet at the Antlers Plaza Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Saturday, September 30, 1978. The program includes a schedule of events at the banquet, a short biography on Senator Barry M. Goldwater, and information about the banquet's entertainment, the Air Force Academy's Moods in Blues Singers.
Date:
1978~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, 318th AAFFTD Class 43-W-6 and 43-W-7
Book documenting the 43-W-6 and 43-W-7 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Training Base Historic Marker Inscription]
Typed text of an inscription for a WASP training base historic marker, at Avenger Field. Also included are details for the planned location for the marker, the marker's material, and dimensions for the inscription's lettering.
Date:
February 20, 1972
Creator:
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-7
Book documenting the 44-W-7 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport]
Photograph of an aerial view of a large swath of land. It contains a textbox at the bottom of the photograph with four lines of text; from top to bottom, it reads: "U.S. Engineer Office--War Department--Galveston, Texas," "Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport--C.A.A.," "Grading & Paving Operations - Looking S.E.--Feb. 13, 1942," and "Bell & Braden--Contract No. W-359-eng-3545 (CCA-4090)--April 9, 1941--Photo No. 5."
Date:
February 13, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Club Speakers]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about different guest speakers at Sweetwater Club meetings, including E. H Saulson, Lucile Oglesby, and Frederick William Moxham.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History