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National WASP WWII Museum
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The Civil War and its Aftermath: Diverse Perspectives
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[News Script: Truckers]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying that the mid-continent Truck Stop was closed down at 3 in sympathy with the nationwide protest of truckers.
Date:
February 2, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Truckers]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of reports which indicate that the spread of a protest by over-the-road truckers who are unhappy with higher fuel prices, low freight rates and lowered highway speeds.
Date:
February 2, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris K. Weston to Harris L. Kempner, August 2, 1960]
Letter from Harris K. Weston to Harris L. Kempner enquiring about treasury stock of H. Kempner Cotton Company and calculation of cost of each share.
Date:
August 2, 1960
Creator:
Weston, Harris Kempner
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Herman Fuchs standing in dress uniform]
Photograph of Herman F. Fuchs standing with hands behind his back in his USAAF service uniform. Behind him is a fence and several houses in a neighborhood of Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
January 2, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Above and Beyond]
Newspaper clipping from the LA Times with the article "Above and Beyond," which discusses the Women Airforce Service Pilots and their struggle to gain recognition for their service, as well as interviews with veterans. Excerpts from other articles and a Doonesbury comic are also included.
Date:
October 2, 1996
Creator:
Howlett, Susan
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 2, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing insurance, packages, weather, censorship, news from Jackie Cochran, and the Women's Flying Training Detachment program. Typed on Hotel Edison (Beaumont) stationary.
Date:
March 2, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 2, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing weather and flight training, problems with landing gear tires, basing after graduation, fishing, her Sunday, her car, a local Mexican restaurant, and uniforms.
Date:
July 2, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoeing Device
Patent for a horseshoeing device that immobilizes the horse's leg in multiple positions for ease of shoeing.
Date:
March 2, 1920
Creator:
Crumley, Birdie A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Report of Henry Sayles. Franco Lands.
Financial report on the purchase of land from Franco Land Co. over the course of several years.
Date:
1890-05-02/1898-05-02
Creator:
Sayles, Henry
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Frank Constant, September 2, 1942]
Copy of a letter from Charles A. Prince to Frank Constant discussing an included list of construction defects and omitted construction projects for Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date:
September 2, 1942
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Andy to Joe Plosser, July 2, 1942]
Copy of a letter from Andy to Joe Plosser discussing the transfer of Royal Air Force Students from the Avenger Field training base in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
July 2, 1942
Creator:
Andy
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Robert Young, November 2, 1942]
Copy of a letter from Charles A. Prince to Robert Young discussing discussing a report that lists several electrical repairs needed at Avenger Field.
Date:
November 2, 1942
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce to Homer Taylor, Oct. 2, 1986]
Letter from Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce to Homer Taylor discussing success of the WASP reunion in September, 1986. Several notes in red ink can be seen written at the top of the page.
Date:
October 2, 1986
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henri Pepper to Ruth Florey, October 2, 1986]
Letter from Henri Pepper to Ruth Florey discussing the recent WASP display and Carlos Alvarado's high school students interviewing WASP.
Date:
October 2, 1986
Creator:
Pepper, Henri Elizabeth
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Check from J. F. Newman to Sam Myres, June 2, 1899]
Check made out to S. D. Myres for six dollars and forty cents on an S. D. Myres company check. It is signed by J. F Newman under the auspices of Thomas Trammell & Co., Bankers, Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
June 2, 1899
Creator:
Newman, J. F.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WASPS Reunion Includes More Than Tea and Old Times"]
Newspaper clipping of an article about the WASP's thirtieth reunion and history.
Date:
July 2, 1972
Creator:
Van Deventer, Micki
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Brent Taylor to Rigdon Edwards, February 2, 1995]
Letter from Brent Taylor, a high school student, to Rigdon Edwards requesting photographs, articles, and any information the he can offer to help him on his project on women who served in World War 2.
Date:
February 2, 1995
Creator:
Taylor, Brent
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping:WASPS Reunion Includes More Than Tea and Old Times]
Newspaper clipping of an article about the WASP and their recent reunion in Sweetwater, Texas featuring Stillwater resident Mickey Brown. A photograph of Brown in her WASP uniform accompanies the article. The back of the clipping includes an article on travel in Montreal, Canada and an ad for a clearance sale.
Date:
July 2, 1972
Creator:
Van Deventer, Micki
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, September 2, 1989]
Postcard letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards telling him that she needs the information from the memorial day project and 1992 reunion plans. She also discusses matters concerning her book. The front is a photograph of the Haywood County Courthouse in Brownsville, Tennessee.
Date:
September 2, 1989
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP of WWII Regular Board Meeting Minutes]
Minutes from the Spring 2005 board meeting of the WASP of WWII, held in Washington, D.C.
Date:
April 2, 2005
Creator:
McCreery, Jean T.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce to Margaret Hill, October 2, 1986]
Letter from the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce to Margaret Hill thanking her for her efforts in making the WASP Reunion of 1986 a success. The letter is printed on the organization's letterhead.
Date:
October 2, 1986
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPS Reunion Includes More Than Tea And Old Times]
Newspaper clippings pasted to a flat card, and laminated. The clippings correspond to an article about Mrs. Eleanor "Mickey" Brown, a Stillwater, Oklahoma resident who participated in WWII in WASP. The article includes a brief history of WASP and the personal experiences of former WASP members. Handwritten text on the card expresses fascination, by an unknown author, at Mrs. Brown's experience. The card itself has a text graphic, partially covered up by the clippings, reading "YOU made the NEWS!"
Date:
July 2, 1972
Creator:
Van Deventer, Micki
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Card to Violet Ullrich, January 2, 2012]
Tri-fold postcard sent to Violet Ullrich advertising a WASP story in Life Magazine. The inside of the brochure is a copy of the magazine cover from July 19, 1943; the other side includes a description of the article, with photographs of the Pistol Packing Mamas, a WASP graduation at Avengers Field in Sweetwater, Texas, women participating in their daily exercise regimen, and women milling around a large wishing well on the Air Academy campus.
Date:
January 2, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 221, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 2, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History