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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, November 25, 1962
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 25, 1962
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 3 - November 6, 1944]
Special orders reassigning a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to different stations.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Base Unit, 2563rd.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #1]
Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Nance, Walter L.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
[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.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell promotion]
Promotion form ordering higher pay for WASP Gayle Snell and changing her designation from trainee to pilot.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]
Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises, Limited
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Honorable Service for Gayle Snell]
A certificate signed by General Hap Arnold and Jacqueline Cochran affirming that Gayle Snell completed pilot training to become a WASP.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Headquarters
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Avenger Girls Pulled Plenty of Leather When Their Horses Dashed From Snyder Arena]
Newspaper clipping discussing WASP trainees at Avenger Field participating in a rodeo, featuring an image of a class marching on the tarmac with trainer aircraft parked in the background. On the back is an excerpt discussing the Allied bombing of Vatican City, a picture of Nora and Frank Bradney on horseback, opposition to a Texas "maternity aid" plan, and an advertisement for a supplement intended to relieve period cramps.
Date:
1943-11?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell's Flight Training Diploma]
Diploma given to Gayle Snell at Avenger Field upon graduating from flight training as a Women Airforce Service Pilot.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Ward, Roy D.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell, November 30, 1993?]
Letter from WASP Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell discussing a recent memorial event at Avenger Field. Typed on Women Air Force Service Pilots, World War II stationary.
Date:
1993-11-30?
Creator:
Bartlett, Julia Lamm
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]
Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises, Limited
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]
Special orders extract authorizing a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to fly military aircraft.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transfer and promotion for Gayle Snell]
USAAF order indicating Gayle Snell's promotion from trainee to pilot, raising her pay, and rebasing her from Avenger Field to Independence Field.
Date:
November 7, 1944
Creator:
Taylor, C. O.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 5, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her repaired typewriter, sleeping on a flight, delaying a ferrying flight because a ground crew member stepped through the wing, friends, the B-24, and a AT-6 check flight. Typed on Wells Roberts Hotel (Oklahoma City) stationary.
Date:
November 5, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 11, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing delivering aircraft to Avenger Field in Sweetwater, TX, travelling back to Jackson, MS, correspondence, changes in Army regulation and command, getting her car serviced, and asking for a ration book and copies of the New Yorker from the recipient. Typed on Hotel Heidelberg (Jackson) stationary.
Date:
1943-11-11?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 8, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her father, discussing recent letters, money, a watch, poor weather, flying planes to Sweetwater, being buzzed by a P-40, Southerners, and her coat. Written on Hotel Heidelberg (Jackson) stationary.
Date:
November 8, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]
Special Order from Sid C. Pinskton listing the names of women who completed the Women's Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) training program and are authorized to fly military aircraft.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Individual Flight Record for Catherine Parker #2]
Chart listing the flight times of Catherine Parker during day and night, as well hours worked on instrument flying and in the LINK trainer, ain Sweetwater, Texas. A statement on the chart also notes the date she received her instrument flying certification.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Arnold, Hugh G. & Nance, Walter L.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas WASP Honored by Sen. Hutchison in Dallas Ceremony
Printed online article from Air Force Print News Today about the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots and how Senator Hutchison honored the women with a bill awarding the Congressional Gold Medal.
Date:
November 18, 2009
Creator:
Hickerson, Katie
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 104, Extract 1-2]
Special orders for a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots and other personnel to return to specified based for training purposes.
Date:
November 20, 1944
Creator:
2563D Army Air Forces Base Unit & Nance, Walter L.
Object Type:
Text
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.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 3 & 2]
Special orders to a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots for reassignment and pay change.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Base Unit, 2563rd.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Plosser-Prince Memorandum of Meeting]
Minutes from a meeting at the office of Plosser-Prince Air Academy between several parties discussing faults in construction of Avenger Field and the Wilson Glider School and the possibility of the contractor, Victor J. Nelson, correcting the issues.
Date:
November 6, 1942
Creator:
Hughes, J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History