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National WASP WWII Museum Collection
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Gayle Snell Collection
18
Eleanor Brown Collection
15
Henderson (Paul Hill) Collection
14
National WASP Museum (NWM) Collection
14
Catherine Parker Collection
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Forts Heritage Region
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Historic Marker Application: Women Airforce Service Pilots
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I Am Your Flag
A card from the Texas Bank and Trust Company with a soliloquy by an American flag, illustrated with an image of the flag and a drawing of the company's bank in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
1970~/1979~
Creator:
The Texas Bank and Trust Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Approval Form for WASP Inscription]
Form with space for a signature approving the inscription of a WASP Training Base historic marker at Avenger Field, in postcard form, addressed to Mr. Truett Latimer.
Date:
February 29, 1972
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Approval Form for WASP Inscription]
Form with space for a signature approving the inscription of a WASP Training Base historic marker at Avenger Field, in postcard form, addressed to Mr. Truett Latimer.
Date:
February 29, 1972
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Army Letter Format Guide and Partial Filled Form]
Format guide for writing military letters, with specific instructions on spacing and indentation, followed by a "clearance" form filled out partially for Betty Jo Streff. A note can be seen on the letter form guide that reads, "Our letters were military also".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Base Unit, 2563rd.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Airport Data]
Data notes on the current state of of Avenger Field airport by an engineering company, Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc.
Date:
March 4, 1990
Creator:
Parkhill, Smith, & Cooper, Inc.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Airport Data #2]
Data notes on Avenger Field airport by the engineering company, Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc.
Date:
March 9, 1990
Creator:
Parkhill, Smith, & Cooper, Inc.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Field Building Development Timeline]
List of building developments, construction, and modifications to the area around Avenger Field over time, with reference page numbers seen written to the left. The pages are part of preparation notes for the application materials sent to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for Avenger Field, Sweetwater.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Field Christmas Card]
Christmas Card from Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, containing several photos of Women Airforce Service Pilots and their commanding officers. The card also includes a poem, Avenger Field, by Effie Pratt, class 43-W-8.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Field Employee Card]
Employee identification card for Alfred J. Greenway to perform maintenance services at Avenger Field.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Field History]
Documents describing the history of the Sweetwater Airport, Avenger Field, and the WASP program.
Date:
April 15, 1996
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Field History Rough Draft]
Typed rough draft with pencil notes on the history Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Monde, Bennet B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Field Timeline Notes]
Timeline notes on the history of Avenger field in Sweetwater, Texas, with the phrase "as to methodology" seen written at the top. The page is part of the preparation notes for the application materials sent to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for Avenger Field, Sweetwater.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Biographical Sketch of Eleanor Brown]
Biographical sketch of Eleanor Brown including details about her service with the WASP, personal life, career, family, interests, and community involvement. In the last paragraph, Brown states that "the time has come to hire an Executive Director to assist us."
Date:
2006
Creator:
Brown, Eleanor McLernon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Biographical Sketch of Eleanor Brown]
Biographical sketch of Eleanor Brown including details about her service with the WASP, personal life, career, family, interests, and community involvement.
Date:
2006
Creator:
Brown, Eleanor McLernon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Blank WASP Graduation Certificate]
A blank graduation certificate meant for any WASP that completed their 210 flight training hours.
Date:
September 8, 1944
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises, Ltd.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Blue Bonnet Hotel Receipt]
A receipt from the Blue Bonnet Hotel in Sweetwater, Texas, totaling at $2.50 for a room.
Date:
March 22, 1943
Creator:
Blue Bonnet Hotel
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[T.C. memorandum certificate]
A certificate signed by WASP Gayle Snell affirming that she read "T. C. Memorandum 62-10."
Date:
November 9, 1944
Creator:
Snell, Gayle M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Calendar: Fly Girls 2013]
Calendar for 2013 containing both old and modern photographs of the Women Air Force Service Pilots of World War II. Many of the modern photos are from the WASP Homecoming Reunion in 2012. The calendar includes American holidays and important dates for WASP members.
Date:
2012
Creator:
National WASP World War II Museum
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Calendar: WASP WWII - 2008]
Calendar for 2008 containing photographs of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Fifinella, the organization's cartoon mascot, appears in each of the calendar's twelve photographs.
Date:
2007
Creator:
Wings Across America
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Card: WASP Happy Veterans Day]
Veterans Day card. On the front of the card is a photograph of three WASP members marching with flag in front of Avenger Field hangar, while other WASP members march behind them and a crowd looks on. On the inside of the card are a photograph of four WASP members and a man in uniform standing around the cake, as well as well wishes.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Catherine Parker WASP Inoculation Card]
Pilot an crew member physical record card for WASP Catherine Parker. The card states that Parker completed the inoculations for smallpox, triple typhoid, and anti-tetanus and qualifies her flight as of October 13, 1944.
Date:
October 13, 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Catherine Parker WASP Promotion]
Photocopy of a notice of personnel action from the War Department promoting Catherine Parker from WASP Trainee to Women's Army Service Pilot with new pay-grade.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department. & Ahlgrimm, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Elimination, April 1943]
Text certifying that five women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) in March and April 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person; one name has been stricken from the list with a handwritten note.
Date:
April 6, 1943
Creator:
McConnell, Landon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History