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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, 1944
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Avenger (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1943
Biweekly newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas, published for the personnel of Avenger Field, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 3, 1943
Creator:
Berry, Ann & Baughman, Betty
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger WASP Promotion]
Notice from the War Department promoting Charlyne Creger from WASP Trainee to Women's Army Service Pilot with new station and pay-grade.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Check from J. F. Newman to Sam Myres, December 1, 1899]
Check made out to S. D. Myres for four dollars and twenty 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:
December 1, 1899
Creator:
Newman, J. F.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Ellensburg Girl in WASPS Killed]
Photocopy of an article about the death of WASP Mary Louise Webster and some other documents.
Date:
December 11, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Plunging into her 90s]
Newspaper clipping of an article about a WASP member, Frances L. Cisternino, who went skydiving for her 90th birthday, briefly describing her experience as service pilot in WWII. The article includes several photos of Cisternino preparing for and floating down from her sky-dive. The article is continued on the back of the clipping, with a photograph of the onlookers at the event, along with some obituaries and part of another article.
Date:
December 10, 2002
Creator:
Copenhaver, Larry
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for the improvement of clothes pins "and has for an object to provided on their gripping faces with novel projections which contact in securely holding the clothes pin fast to operative position when applied." (lines 13-17)
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Mierzwik, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Course 2A, Volume 16. Two Worlds in Conflict: Examination
Examination booklet to accompany Course 2A, Volume 16 of a extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This phase discusses the USSR, democratic socialism, Marxism, Stalin, the United States, and the Great Depression, among other things. Included are the the Volume 16 graded answer sheet as well as a graded answer sheet for a Volume 14 examination.
Date:
December 1959
Creator:
Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Employee Guidance Form - Suzette Van Daell
Employee Guidance Form for Suzette Van Daell evaluating her performance as a member of of the Women Airforce Service Pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The form asks 16 various questions over work ethic regarding various tasks, and all questions except the last three were marked as B, equaling a total of 60, or "Good."
Date:
December 18, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Rigdon Edwards]
Envelope addressed to Rigdon Edwards in Sweetwater, Texas, from Rexroat in Skyview Acres in New Mexico.
Date:
December 11, 1982
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Certificate of Pilot Status]
A Certificate of Pilot Status issued for WASP Gayle Snell and sent to the Civil Aeronautics Administration by her Army Air Force commanders, listing her hours, training period, and qualified airframes.
Date:
December 14, 1944
Creator:
Geer, George R. & Buckingham, George F.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #3]
Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.
Date:
December 20, 1944
Creator:
Buckingham, George E.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[General Hap Arnold Address in Sweetwater, Texas, December 7, 1944]
Text of a speech given by General Hap Arnold to the WASP at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, just days before their deactivation. Arnold thanks and commends the women pilots for their service and offers encouragement for their futures.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Arnold, Henry Harley (Hap)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a harrow with adjustable teeth.
Date:
December 11, 1917
Creator:
Mierzwik, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Rig Edwards, December 24, 1994]
Letter from Charlyne Creger to Rig Edwards telling a story about her parents and a past visit to Europe.
Date:
December 24, 1994
Creator:
Creger, Charlyne
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. Q. Daniel to Truett Latimer, December 14, 1961]
Letter from E. Q. Daniel to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer stating that he believes Latimer would do well in his district if he ran for the State Senate.
Date:
December 14, 1961
Creator:
Daniel, E. Q.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ethel Finley to Rigdon Edwards, December 21, 1995]
Letter from Ethel Finley to Rigdon Edwards informing him that she will be making cookies from his pecans and dates, discussing the future reunion, and wishing happy holidays.
Date:
December 21, 1995
Creator:
Finley, Ethel M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ethel to Rigdon Edwards, December 20, 1994]
Letter from Ethel M. Finley to Rigdon Edwards discussing his upcoming visit to the North Texas area with another former WASP.
Date:
December 20, 1994
Creator:
Finley, Ethel M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George W. Leonard, Jr. to Truett Latimer, December 22, 1960]
Letter from George W. Leonard, Jr. to Truett Latimer; He encloses [both not included here] a copy of the State Bar Journal for October 1960 and the bill that would implement the Legislative Program of the State Bar of Texas. He says the Bar Journal explains the purpose of each of the proposals in the bill.
Date:
December 22, 1960
Creator:
Leonard, George W., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. D. Norris to Truett Latimer, December 5, 1960]
Letter from H. D. Norris to Truett Latimer expressing concern with the lack of interest in school legislation.
Date:
December 5, 1960
Creator:
Norris, H. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Sayles to J. F. Newman, December 29, 1891]
Letter from Henry Sayles to J. F. Newman stating that he has enclosed a check to cover taxes owed for the year of 1891 and discussing the raise in land taxes in Jones county.
Date:
December 29, 1891
Creator:
Sayles, Henry
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Homer K. Taylor to Joan McKesson, Dec. 11, 1984]
Letter from Homer K. Taylor to Joan McKesson discussing the possibility of the town of Sweetwater hosting the 1986 WASP reunion.
Date:
December 11, 1984
Creator:
Taylor, Homer K.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James H. Beall, Jr. to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, December 9, 1942]
Copy of a letter from Jas. H. Beall, Jr. to Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing holding a meeting due to two previous unanswered letters.
Date:
December 9, 1942
Creator:
Beall, James H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History