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[Blank WASP Graduation Certificate] (open access)

[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.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Three Kelly Girls Attain Goal--Join Wasps] (open access)

[Clipping: Three Kelly Girls Attain Goal--Join Wasps]

Newspaper clipping about five employees at Kelly Field who applied to join the WASP. The article notes that three of the women have been accepted into the April training class and that the other two women expect to join the May training class. The back of the clipping features an article about a baseball game at Kelly Field.
Date: April 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 8, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 8, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing not being able to deliver a P-51 due to weather, the 1944 presidential election, family news, thoughts on Texans and southerners, her grandfather's health and 90th birthday, Jackie Cochran, Cornelia's reputation among WASPs, changing her name with the Civil Service, and the end of the WASP. Typed on Sheraton Hotel stationary.
Date: November 8, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, April 8, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, April 8, 1944]

Letter from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing life overseas, past experiences, drinking, issues with mail, and friends.
Date: April 8, 1944
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sarah Rewey on Biplane Wing]

Photograph of WASP Sarah Rewey kneeling on the port wing of a biplane, wearing her flight cap and looking off to her left. A wire strut runs across the center of the photo while the lower wing takes up the bottom-third.
Date: 1944-06-08~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 8, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 8, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 58, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 58, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 109, Ed. 1 Monday, May 8, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 109, Ed. 1 Monday, May 8, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 135, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 135, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 181, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 8, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 181, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 8, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 206, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 206, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 231, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 8, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 231, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 8, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 258, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 8, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 258, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 8, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 273, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 273, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Diploma Betty Jo Streff] (open access)

[WASP Diploma Betty Jo Streff]

Diploma certifying that Betty Jo Streff completed her Women Airforce Service Pilots training.
Date: September 8, 1944
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History