Resource Type

[Registered Nurse Certificate] (open access)

[Registered Nurse Certificate]

Certificate from the Arkansas State Board of Nursing stating that Charlyne Creger is authorized to work as a registered nurse.
Date: March 1967
Creator: Arkansas State Board of Nursing
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Geni Baskin to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from Geni Baskin to Blanche Perry]

Letter from Geni Baskin (Mrs. Hugh Baskin) to Blanche Perry thanking Perry for the baptistry painting and describing the sermon Brother Smithson preached based on Perry's interpretation of the painting.
Date: November 19, 1940
Creator: Baskin, Geni
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Geni Baskin to Blanche Perry #2] (open access)

[Letter from Geni Baskin to Blanche Perry #2]

Letter from Geni Baskin (Mrs. Hugh Baskin) to Blanche Perry giving personal facts and relating the story of a quilt the church was making to give to Perry.
Date: November 7, 1941
Creator: Baskin, Geni
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John. S. Winston, March 20, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John. S. Winston, March 20, 1973

Interview with John S. Winston, a preacher from Arkansas. The interview includes Winston's experience growing up in and around the church, his education, family history, surrounding church history, and his time as a preacher. The interview also includes his comments on and interactions with other prominent figures in the church.
Date: March 30, 1973
Creator: Boyd, R. Vernon & Winston, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[UT Students' Army Training Corps Memo Number 33] (open access)

[UT Students' Army Training Corps Memo Number 33]

Memorandum outlining the Depot Zone plan to facilitate the distribution of quartermaster supplies in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Boyle, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. H. Brinn to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from J. H. Brinn to Blanche Perry]

Letter from J.H. Brinn to Blanche Perry inviting Perry to visit the Church of Christ in Dell, Arkansas. Gives directions for locating the town.
Date: March 28, 1952
Creator: Brinn, J. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. H. Brinn to Blanche Perry #2] (open access)

[Letter from J. H. Brinn to Blanche Perry #2]

Letter from J.H. Brinn to Blanche Perry requesting a baptistry painting for the Church of Christ in Dell, Arkansas.
Date: March 10, 1952
Creator: Brinn, J. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Convention Reservation Ticket] (open access)

[WASP Convention Reservation Ticket]

WASP Reunion reservation ticket and Velda Rose Tower brochure sent in an envelope to Charlyne Creger from J.R. Smith.
Date: 1976-10-22/1976-10-24
Creator: Order of Fifinella
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Baptistry Painting for Piggott, Arkansas] (open access)

[Baptistry Painting for Piggott, Arkansas]

Photograph of baptistry painting done for a church in Piggott, Arkansas. Shows river flowing over rocks with mountains, trees, clouds, and sun. Inscription on the back reads, "Cross and dove blend into clouds and sunset of picture so they are hardly discernible. They are for the purpose of the gospel story."
Date: unknown
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Baptistry Painting for Stuttgart, Arkansas] (open access)

[Baptistry Painting for Stuttgart, Arkansas]

Photograph of the baptistry painting done for a Church of Christ in Stuttgart, Arkansas. Shows river flowing over rocks with trees, clouds, sun, and sun beam cross.
Date: October 1949
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 80, Extract 2] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 80, Extract 2]

Special orders extract reassigning several Women Airforce Service Pilots to new stations and agreeing to pay them by the mile flown or to reimburse them for expenses incurred while traveling.
Date: September 16, 1944
Creator: Pinkston, Sid C. & Pinkston, Sid C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Congressional Record - Senate - January 14, 1977] (open access)

[Congressional Record - Senate - January 14, 1977]

Photocopied text of an excerpt from the Congressional Record containing Senator Barry Goldwater's introduction of bill S. 247 to provide veterans' benefits to the WASPs. Goldwater's remarks are followed by five articles on the WASPs, their service during WWII, and their efforts to obtain veterans' status.
Date: January 14, 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1976 WASP Reunion Ticket] (open access)

[1976 WASP Reunion Ticket]

Box lunch ticket for the 1976 Women Airforce Service Pilots reunion in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The ticket features and Order of Fifinella logo with a flying Fifinella.
Date: 1976
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP 1976 Reunion Registration Form] (open access)

[WASP 1976 Reunion Registration Form]

Registration form for the 1976 WASP reunion in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Date: 1976-10-22/1976-10-24
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blank Reunion Stationery] (open access)

[Blank Reunion Stationery]

Blank stationery paper from the 1976 WASP reunion in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Rosa Charlyne Creger] (open access)

[Envelope Addressed to Rosa Charlyne Creger]

WASP envelope with a Fifinella logo and "Reunion 78" printed in the top left corner, addressed to Rosa Charlyne Creger in Shreveport, Louisiana."Hot Springs has all the fun" can be seen printed in the bottom left corner.
Date: 1978?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Loan Note from The Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Abilene] (open access)

[Loan Note from The Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Abilene]

Loan note detailing the amount and conditions of a loan from The Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Abilene, taken out by Felix McGaughey and Legett & Hardwicke.
Date: April 21, 1894
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP Reunion '76 (open access)

WASP Reunion '76

A schedule for the WASP Reunion in 1976 at Velda Rose Tower. It covers two days, and is signed by the members of the WASP reunion committee.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Reunion Bus Ticket] (open access)

[WASP Reunion Bus Ticket]

Bus ticket voucher for the 1976 WASP reunion with a Fifinella logo printed on it.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History