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The 318th Army Air Forces Training Detachment Announces the Graduation of Class 43-W-4
Letter with envelope announcing the graduation of 318th FTD Class 43-W-4 at Avenger Field, the members of which became Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date:
[..1943-08-07]
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. 318th Flying Training Detachment
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping Photocopy: Sweetwater Club's Involvement with Air Field]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings and an announcement card about the Sweetwater Club's various planning and coordination efforts with the Air Force Air Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
{1943-02-11,1943-03-11,1943-03-25,1943-04-07}
Creator:
Mathews, Roy
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Student Activities and Avenger Field Naming]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings about student and teacher activities in Sweetwater, Texas, including the naming of the Avenger Field Air School by means of a contest.
Date:
{1942-05-13,1942-05-14}
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clippings Photocopy: Housing for Air Personnel Luncheon]
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping and an announcement card about a Sweetwater Club's luncheon to discuss housing for Air Force Personnel.
Date:
{1943-05-13,1943-04-22}
Creator:
Mathews, Roy
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, Spring 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing receiving some skin oil from a friend, a disastrous check ride, a trip to Abilene, and fellow flight students getting lost. Typed on an old physics test from primary flight training, on which Yerkes scored a 100.
Date:
{1943-04-06,1943-22~}
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Information on Sweetwater]
Page with information about the current conditions of the city of Sweetwater, Texas and the money the city has spent on civic improvements.
Date:
1949~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Train #316 in Sweetwater, Texas]
Copy photo of T&P train #316 in Sweetwater, Texas. Written underneath the image is "Sweetwater, Texas May 1st 1948" and "W. Burke."
Date:
May 1, 1948
Creator:
Burke, W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Order Adjusting Maximum Rent]
Order from the Offices of Temporary Controls and Price Administration to increase the maximum rent at a location in Sweetwater, Texas from $25 per month to $35 per month.
Date:
April 16, 1947
Creator:
Wright, V. H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[T&P Train #807 in Sweetwater, Texas]
Photograph of train #807 in Sweetwater, Texas. There is a small plume of smoke rising from the smokestack. Text beneath the image says "Sweetwater, Texas Feb 28th 1947" and "Charles E. Winters."
Date:
February 28, 1947
Creator:
Winters, Charles E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Historians Meet At Hotel Today]
Newspaper clipping with an article describing a meeting to take place of the West Texas Historical association at the Wooten Hotel. The meeting is said to feature senator W. J. Bryan as a speaker. Partial articles ar visible int he clipping and a cartoon of a train is printed on the reverse side.
Date:
1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Rigdon Edwards Jr., October 24, 1945]
Letter to Rigdon Edwards Jr., containing a Notice of Classification from the Selective Service.
Date:
October 24, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Packet Items to Paul A. Hill]
A collection of various military orders and documents pertaining to Paul A. Hill's Air Force and Air Reserve service.
Date:
1945-10-09/1958-08-12
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Margaret L. Chamberlain to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, October 8, 1945]
Letter from Margaret L. Chamberlain to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing her recent travels for aviation training.
Date:
October 8, 1945
Creator:
Chamberlain, Margaret L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Partnership Between Plosser and Prince and Defense Plant Corporation]
Contract outlining the partnership between Plosser and Prince and the Defense Plant Corporation and the transactions that will take place between the two organizations.
Date:
August 1945
Creator:
Plosser, Joseph B. & Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Partnership Between Plosser and Prince and Defense Plant Corporation - Unsigned Copy]
Unsigned copy of the contract outlining the partnership between Plosser and Prince and the Defense Plant Corporation and the transactions that will take place between the two organizations.
Date:
August 1945
Creator:
Plosser, Joseph B. & Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from the Newmans to M. Carmichael, January 20, 1945]
Letter from the Newmans to M. Carmichael. No letter with text is included.
Date:
January 20, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Buildings at Avenger Field]
Photograph of a few buildings located at Avenger Field with a courtyard lined with shrubs and sidewalks seen in the foreground. A note written on the back of the photo reads, "Sweet Water, Texas Avenger Field Circa 1945".
Date:
1945~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Charlyne Creger]
Newspaper clipping describing the details of the graduation ceremony for the final class of Women Airforce Service Pilots at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Comparative Dimensional Data on 450 WASPS and 2961 Aviation Cadets]
A study on WASP and Aviation Cadets reporting the medical and physiological dispositions of WASP cadets and how they compared to their male counterparts in areas of health, safety, and pilot qualification. The paper also reports the standards of army medical care and examination practices for WASP during the years of the program's operation.
Date:
1945?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Order of Fifinella: Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws
Booklet containing the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Order of Fifnella, founded for the WASP.
Date:
1945?
Creator:
Marsh, Clara Jo; Petry, Ruth Mary & Stires, Hally
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
Medical Consideration of WASP
Report on the physical, psychological, medical, and emotional capabilities of women in aviation, formed from several studies on the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The report concludes that women can typically meet all requirements for safe flight without hindrance, and suggests that any similar future program to the WASP should be militarized.
Date:
December 20, 1944
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Text
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
[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