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[1972 WASP Reunion Souvenir Album] (open access)

[1972 WASP Reunion Souvenir Album]

Souvenir album commemorating the 30th reunion of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) held from June 23 to June 25, 1972 in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: 1972
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1972 WASP Reunion Souvenir Album #2] (open access)

[1972 WASP Reunion Souvenir Album #2]

Souvenir album commemorating the 30th reunion of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) held from June 23 to June 25, 1972 in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: 1972
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1972 WASP Reunion Souvenir Album #3] (open access)

[1972 WASP Reunion Souvenir Album #3]

Souvenir album commemorating the 30th reunion of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) held from June 23 to June 25, 1972 in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: 1972
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1972 WASP Reunion Souvenir Album #4] (open access)

[1972 WASP Reunion Souvenir Album #4]

Souvenir album commemorating the 30th reunion of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) held from June 23 to June 25, 1972 in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: 1972
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Field Scrapbook] (open access)

[Avenger Field Scrapbook]

Scrapbook with various items such as photos, letters, news clippings, and ephemera relating to Women Airforce Service Pilots training at Avenger Field in World War II. Documents are also included relating to the planning of a WASP monument built years after the war.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-5 (open access)

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, 1943
Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Classes 43-W-6 and 43-W-7 (open access)

Avenger Field Yearbook, Classes 43-W-6 and 43-W-7

Book documenting the 43-W-6 and 43-W-7 classes of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program. Pencil scribbles can be seen throughout the book
Date: unknown
Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aviation Enterprises Limited Operations] (open access)

[Aviation Enterprises Limited Operations]

Large book describing the WASP training operations at Avenger Field and Aviation Enterprise's plane repair and overhaul operations at Houston Municipal Airport.
Date: unknown
Creator: Aviation Enterprises, Ltd.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Betty J. Overman Brown: Women Airforce Service Pilots World War II, 44-W-7 (open access)

Betty J. Overman Brown: Women Airforce Service Pilots World War II, 44-W-7

Booklet filled with correspondence, documents, and photos from Betty J. Overman Brown's entry into and time spent training in the Women's Airforce Service Pilots program. A handwritten note can be seen left of the last photo in book, labeling Brown at the Tattoo Ceremony at Randolph Field in 1992.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Binder Belonging to Pat Jamesen] (open access)

[Binder Belonging to Pat Jamesen]

Blue two-ring, binder belonging to Marion P. Jameson, a member of the 44-W-5 class of WASPs, full of loose-leaf notes. On the front cover of the binder is an image of a dog's head with "Champ" printed underneath. The 42 pages of front and back handwritten notes focus on navigation. In the middle are a few printed pages about the correct use of the altimeter setting system, weather, chemical warfare, and hygiene.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jamesen, Pat
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Book of Photographs Documenting Sweetwater Municipal Airport] (open access)

[Book of Photographs Documenting Sweetwater Municipal Airport]

Scrapbook of sixty-four photographs documenting the development of Sweetwater Municipal Airport in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Moore, Watson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dedication of Marker (open access)

Dedication of Marker

Program from a dedication of the men in Co. E 142nd Infantry 36th Division, names of the men in the company are listed throughout the pages; pages 4 and 5 contain a description of the events that took place during the ceremony. The final page has a black and white image of the memorial that was created in their honor.
Date: May 17, 1986
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
In Memoriam: Thirty-Eight American Women Pilots (open access)

In Memoriam: Thirty-Eight American Women Pilots

Memorial pamphlet honoring the thirty-eight Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) who lost their lives in service during World War II.
Date: 1996
Creator: Seymour, Dawn; Bergemann, Clarice I.; Jenkins, Jeanette J. & Keil, Mary Ellen
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Majorie Forester's War Ration Book Two] (open access)

[Majorie Forester's War Ration Book Two]

War Ration Book Two belonging to Marjorie N. Forester of Roscoe, Texas; there are no more food stamps left in the book as they have all been used.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo Book Filler, Partially Used] (open access)

[Memo Book Filler, Partially Used]

Lined memo book paper with partial notes and scribbles jotted down on various pages. One of the notes on the front cover reads, "Summers, R. L. Avenger Flying Field, Sweetwater, Texas".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Avenger Field] (open access)

[National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Avenger Field]

Nomination materials submitted to the National Register of Historic Places regarding Avenger Field near Sweetwater, Texas. The materials include a history of the field, maps, photographs, and other supporting documents, as well as documents about the nomination process and drafted text.
Date: April 15, 1996
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
System: The Portal to Texas History
Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore (open access)

Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including stories about hunting, warfare, religion, Texas traditions, and other miscellaneous folk tales. The index begins on page 149.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore (open access)

Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including stories about hunting, warfare, religion, Texas traditions, and other miscellaneous folk tales. The index begins on page 149.
Date: 1972
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cecil Minshew, February 18, 1983 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Cecil Minshew, February 18, 1983

Interview with Cecil T. Minshew regarding his experiences in the military and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. He was part of the Texas National Guard, 36th Division, 131st Field Artillery, 2nd Battalion, also known as the "Lost Battalion." He was captured on the island of Java in March of 1942 and spent the duration of the war thereafter as a prison of war in camps in South East Asia and in Japan.
Date: February 18, 1983
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Minshew, Cecil T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, December 2008 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, December 2008

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Northwest Texas area.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, December 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Northwest Texas area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Northwest Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Northwest Texas area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Ration Book Holder with Ration Books Inside] (open access)

[Ration Book Holder with Ration Books Inside]

Ration book holder used to protect individuals' ration books "From Loss or Mutilation." The business listed on the front of the holder is "Ed Dodds Grocery & Market, No Long waits - No short weights" in Roscoe, Texas. The instructions on the back read: "Open your family's War Ration Books to center page and inset into this holder by slipping them in under band."
Date: 194X
Creator: Ed Dodds Grocery & Market
System: The Portal to Texas History