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[Clipping: Girl Flyers Who Tow Targets May Be Real "Soldiers" Soon]
Newspaper clipping of articles about the WASP, how it feels to fly a plane, a dance that will be held to raise funds for infantile paralysis, the marriage of teacher Batrice Howell, war bonds, and more.
Date:
January 21, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 21, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing transferring from Avenger Field to Love Field, getting uniform items, paperwork, and her car. Written on the back of a 5th Ferrying Group "photographic badge" request form.
Date:
August 21, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 21, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing finishing flight classes on engines and meteorology, transitioning from the T-6 to the AT-17, Jackie Cochran and merging the WAFS with WFTD (which would eventually happen and form WASP), a photographer, and receiving a "Pilots Information File."
Date:
July 21, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 21, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing her typewriter, flying, money, needing more planes, liberty, and her schedule.
Date:
June 21, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, March 21, 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing getting out of sick bay, being in charge of other student pilots, liberty, a visit from Phil Kafka(?), and wash-outs.
Date:
1943-03-21?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. Wendell Coombs to J. B. Plosser, July 21, 1942]
Copy of a letter from J. Wendell Coombs to J. B. Plosser, discussing a previous letter wherein Plosser listed several unapproved changes to the construction of the Plosser-Prince Air Academy. Coombs writes to remind Plosser of the proper procedure to seek approval of major construction changes from the War Department.
Date:
July 21, 1942
Creator:
Coombs, J. Wendell
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1942
Weekly newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 21, 1942
Creator:
Cooke, Robert W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1949
Weekly newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 21, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1949
Weekly newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 21, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Six WASP Trainees and Two Men]
Photograph of six women and two men taken in a classroom at Avenger Field. Two of the women are seated at a rectangular table. The other four women and the men stand behind the table and in front of a blackboard listing the date and schedule for WASP Class 44-W-9.
Date:
June 21, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Eleanor Brown]
Photograph of WASP Eleanor "Mickey" Brown in a flight cap with goggles and jacket. On the back is written "Class 44-W-9, June 21, 1944, Avenger Field, Mickey McLernon"
Date:
June 21, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Purchase Receipt for W. E. Forester, March 21, 1944]
Purchase receipt issued to W. E. Forester after he purchased a gas stove. The receipt has information about Forester's address, number of items bought, the type of stove he bought, and is signed by James M. Kyle in the bottom right corner.
Date:
March 21, 1944
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Administration
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for a Letter from Colonel Smith]
Copies of a receipt documenting delivery of a personal letter from Colonel L. S. Smith sent to Charles A. Prince in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
May 21, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Six WASPs of 44-W-9 with Instructor Pilot and Officer]
Labeled photograph of six WASP trainees of class 44-W-9 wearing flight suits and gear, with a male instructor pilot in a flight suit and a male officer in a service uniform. From left to right, standing: Virginia Potthoff, Margaret Phillips, Marry Ann Showers, and Joan Olmstead. Seated from the left to right are Betty Martin and Penny Pierce, who are both smoking. Behind them is a billboard with the class's schedule and progress.
Date:
June 21, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Six WASPs of 44-W-9 with Instructor Pilot and Officer, Labeled]
Labeled photograph of six WASP trainees of class 44-W-9 wearing flight suits and gear, with a male instructor pilot in a flight suit and a male officer in a service uniform. From left to right, standing: Virginia Potthoff, Margaret Phillips, Marry Ann Showers, and Joan Olmstead. Seated from the left to right are Betty Martin and Penny Pierce, who are both smoking. Behind them is a billboard with the class's schedule and progress.
Date:
June 21, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 219, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 21, 1940
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 21, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 245, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 21, 1940
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 21, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 270, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1940
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 21, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 296, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 21, 1940
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 21, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 21, 1940
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 21, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, June 21, 1940
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 21, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 21, 1940
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 21, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 218, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 21, 1941
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 21, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 242, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1941
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 21, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History