The Avenger, Volume 2, Issue 2, May 2006 (open access)

The Avenger, Volume 2, Issue 2, May 2006

Newsletter of the National WASP WWII Museum including news, events, and other information of interest to the museum's membership.
Date: May 2006
Creator: National WASP World War II Museum
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Those Magnificent Women in their Flying Machines] (open access)

[Clipping: Those Magnificent Women in their Flying Machines]

Magazine clipping with an article from Viva discussing the history of the WASP, including the cover page and two full-page advertisements.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Kel, Sally Van Wegenen
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Nancy Parrish to "WASP online," May 28, 2004] (open access)

[Email from Nancy Parrish to "WASP online," May 28, 2004]

Email from Nancy Parrish to "WASPs online" sharing a page she put up on the Wings Across America website in honor of WASP Marion C. Hanrahan, including an email from Hanrahan to Parrish discussing her health and Nancy's eulogy for her, titled "The Greatest WASP I Never Met."
Date: May 28, 2004
Creator: Parrish, Nancy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman next to WASP Statue]

Photograph of a woman sitting on the edge of a fountain at Avenger Field, in the middle of which is a statue commemorating the WASPs. The woman is wearing sunglasses, a green blouse, and black pants.
Date: [1993-05-22..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Memorial plaques with names of WASPs]

Photograph of a memorial with plaques featuring the names of WASP graduates and trainees.
Date: [1993-05-22..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Statue at Avenger Field]

Photograph of the memorial WASP statue at Avenger Field Airport, with a plaque reading "March 11, 1944: 'To The Best Women Pilots In The World' - General H. H. 'Hap' Arnold." Behind it is a brick building.
Date: [1993-05-22..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Memorial at Avenger Field Airport]

Photograph of the WASP memorial at Avenger Field Airport, featuring a statue of a WASP in a fountain and two walls with plaques listing all WASP trainees and graduates. Behind it is a brick building housing the Dickson Center for Engineering Technologies.
Date: [1993-05-22..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd by WASP Statue at Avenger Field]

Photograph of a crowd of people around the WASP Memorial statue at Avenger Airport in Sweetwater.
Date: [1993-05-22..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Memorial at Avenger Field Airport]

Photograph of the WASP memorial at Avenger Field Airport, featuring a statue of a WASP in a fountain and two walls with plaques listing all WASP trainees and graduates. Behind it is a brick building housing the Dickson Center for Engineering Technologies.
Date: [1993-05-22..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Those Magnificent Women in their Flying Machines (continued)] (open access)

[Clipping: Those Magnificent Women in their Flying Machines (continued)]

Magazine clipping with an article from Viva discussing the history of the WASP, continued. Included is an excerpt from an article on dreams.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Kel, Sally Van Wegenen
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Airforce Service Pilots Statue]

Photograph of a statue commemorating the Women Airforce Service Pilots at Avenger Field. The figure portrays a woman in flying gear striding forward with her head looking to the sky.
Date: [1993-05-22..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell earnings statement] (open access)

[Gayle Snell earnings statement]

Statement of earnings and deductions for WASP Gayle Snell for the pay period ending on May 31, 1944. She was paid $134.40.
Date: May 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History