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[Schedule of Events #1]
Schedule listing the dates and times of events planned for the 1986 reunion of the Women Airforce Service Pilots in Sweetwater, Texas. Some of the events are crossed out in black ink and others are highlighted in yellow.
Date:
1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ruth Underwood Florey Personal WASP Scrapbook]
Scrapbook collection clippings, photos, and papers documenting life for Ruth Underwood during and after the Women Airforce Service Pilots, including items such as enlistment forms and a WASP uniform handbook.
Date:
November 4, 1986
Creator:
Florey, Ruth Underwood
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: WASP Reunion '86 #4]
Flyer with information about the 1986 WASP Reunion in Sweetwater, Texas, including information on lodging, travel, and registration. The flyer also includes a registration form for the reunion, a schedule of events, and two maps - one of Sweetwater, and one of Nolan County. The schedule of events includes some handwritten notes.
Date:
1986~
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hail Storm at Sweetwater, Texas]
Photograph of large hailstones falling on the wet lawn beside a large metal building. Handwritten notes on the back indicate the hailstones were as big as softballs, but melted considerably.
Date:
September 16, 1991
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Rigdon Edwards]
Photograph of Rigdon Edwards, one of the instructors of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program at Avenger Field. He is visible from the waist up and wears a peaked cap, leather jacket, button-down shirt, dark tie, and light-colored trousers.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Hazel Raines]
Photograph of a woman wearing a flight suit standing next to the wing of a small airplane. The typewritten label attached to the photograph's bottom edge states, "Hazel Raines (Former WAFS) 44-W-4."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar]
Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a car parked to the left of the building, and the left side of the front door is open.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial Photograph of 683rd ACWRON at Avenger Field #1]
Photograph of the 683rd ACWRON at Avenger Field, taken from the air. The photo shows groups of small buildings, interconnected by pathways and roads, next to a large open area with two hangars.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial Photograph of Airport in Sweetwater #1]
Aerial photograph of an airport with two major runways in Sweetwater, Texas. There are five clusters of buildings on the bottom and right sides of the intersecting runways, marked by small yellow dots with numbers on them. At the bottom of the photo, there is numbered text indicating the names of the different buildings, and larger text along the left side indicating the location of the airport.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Three WASP Trainees]
Photograph of Lillian Glezen, Anna Baron, and unnamed woman standing behind a sign that reads, "Women Trainees Only In This Area."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Avenger Field]
Nomination materials submitted to the National Register of Historic Places regarding Avenger Field near Sweetwater, Texas. The materials include a history of the field, maps, photographs, and other supporting documents, as well as documents about the nomination process and drafted text.
Date:
April 15, 1996
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Class 43-W-3]
Photograph of the 43-W-3 class of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) standing in rows and holding certificates. A crowd is visible in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Recognition Clippings Scrapbook]
Scrapbook filled mostly with newspaper clipping about Women Airforce Service Pilots gaining recognition for their war efforts and about WASP reunion activities.
Date:
1976-04-26/1986-09-29
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP with Cochran at Wishing Well]
Photograph of several WASP and a man in uniform posed behind a short wall of a well. Jackie Cochran can be seen in a dark dress near the center. All have their right hands raised with crossed fingers. "Sweetwater, Texas 1943" is written at the top of the photo, and some of the women are labeled on the photo in pen. These are left to right, "DeBernard,Thompson, Kerr, Cochran, Muccie, Moynahan". A small piece of paper is taped to the back of the photo with a type list of these names in full. it reads, "1943 L-R 1.Kathryn DeBernard, 2.Ruth R. Thompson, 3.- , 4.Margaret E. Kerr, 5.Jacqueline Cochran, 6.Marie Muccie, 7.- , 8.Rita Moynahan, 9.-, At Wishing Well, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas".
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport #3]
Aerial photograph of Sweetwater's municipal airport, showing the runways and hangars. There is white text at the bottom of the photo identifying the location of the airport.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Howell, Courtney Johnnie
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: War and Remembrance]
Newspaper clipping of photos and an article about efforts to memorialize female participants in World War II, continued on both sides of the clipping.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran and Gerald Brant]
Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran and General Gerald C. Brant sitting in folding chairs at the graduation ceremony for the 43-W-1 class of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).
Date:
April 24, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial Photograph of Avenger Village #3]
Aerial photograph of a group of buildings and interconnecting paths between the buildings near a large main road. The buildings sit on a large, square lot, surrounded by scrub-brush, with a junkyard to the left.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Biennial Business Meeting]
Agenda for one of the WASP biennial meetings held on October 7, 2000 in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
September 22, 2000
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of WASP Instructors Edwards and Hoogerwerf]
Photograph of Rigdon Edwards and Hubert Hoogerwerf, instructors in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program. Edwards, on the left, is wearing a flight suit, helmet, sunglasses, and a parachute while Hoogerwerf is wearing sunglasses, a button down shirt, and pants. Sunlight streams through the windows in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eight Men in Uniform]
Photograph of eight men in uniform arranged in two rows. Three men are sitting and five men are standing behind them. According to the ostrich-shaped stamp on the back, the photograph was printed in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce to Margaret Hill, September 12, 1996]
Postcard from the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce to Margaret Hill inviting her to the WASP Reunion Committee Meeting at the Sweetwater Country Club.
Date:
September 12, 1996
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce to Margaret Hill, July 3, 1986]
Postcard from the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce to Margaret Hill inviting her to the WASP Reunion Committee meeting.
Date:
July 3, 1986
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: WASP Reunion '86 #3]
Flyer with information about the 1986 WASP Reunion in Sweetwater, Texas, including information on lodging, travel, and registration. The flyer also includes a registration form for the reunion, a schedule of events, and two maps - one of Sweetwater, and one of Nolan County.
Date:
1986~
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History