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[Card sent from Old & Third National Bank to Doris Tanner]
Card from the Old & Third National Bank of Union City, Tennessee congratulating Doris Tanner on her recent appearance in the newspaper. The card contains a clipping about Tanner's recent visit to Washington, D.C. advocating on behalf of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date:
1977~
Creator:
Old & Third National Bank of Union City
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "A WASP Goes to Washington"]
Newspaper clipping with an article about Doris Tanner and her meetings with congressional representatives to discuss WASP receiving veteran status.
Date:
March 29, 1977
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: About Town]
Newspaper clipping with an article about a phone call Ouida Jewell got from someone about a news story about the WASP seeking veteran benefits from the government, her experience in the WASP program, and a story about Casey Jones.
Date:
October 29, 1976
Creator:
Jewell, Ouida
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Ex-WASPs Ask Veterans' Benefits"]
Newspaper clipping with an article about the WASP demanding veteran benefits and reasons why their demands were opposed.
Date:
May 26, 1977
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: First Women Set To Fly Jets"]
Newspaper clipping with an article about female Air Force pilots being trained to fly jets.
Date:
September 11, 1976
Creator:
Rowland, Diane
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Help, at Last]
Newspaper clipping with an article about Senate's decision to finally grant veteran benefits to the WASP.
Date:
October 22, 1977
Creator:
Grehl, Michael
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Leapfrogs Parachute Over Avenger Field"]
Newspaper clipping with an article about the US Navy's Leapfrogs coming to parachute over Avenger Field and another about Doris Tanner's biography of Jacqueline Cochran.
Date:
September 25, 1986
Creator:
Redden, Gail
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Senate Helps WASPS"]
Newspaper clipping with an article about veteran benefits being granted to former WASP.
Date:
October 21, 1977
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'Silver Wings and Santiago Blue' Retells the Story of the WASPs]
Newspaper clipping with an article about the history of the WASP, the death of Cornelia Fort, training at Avenger Field, and Barbara Robinson's experiences in the program.
Date:
January 25, 1981
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "War Remembered by Women Pilots"]
Newspaper clipping with an article about World War 2 and the WASP.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Hunt Centers on Some Recognition]
Newspaper clipping with an article about the WASP, their contribution to the war effort, their lack of veterans' benefits, and their reunions.
Date:
October 20, 1976
Creator:
Kueck, Bruce
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cornelia Fort
Biography of Cornelia Fort, a pilot in the Women's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron (WAFS) who died in a plane crash on March 21, 1943. It includes details about Fort's childhood, education, and love of flying.
Date:
November 1980
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, April 9, 1992]
Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards requesting more specific information about Sweetwater's weather and newspapers.
Date:
April 9, 1992
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, August 17, 1989]
Letter from Doris Brinker Tanner to Rigdon Edwards discussing financial troubles that have come with attempting to publish an advertisement. She also asks her to ask Mr. Harris if he is interested in donating.
Date:
August 17, 1989
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, January 30, 1990]
Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards discussing how the sales of her book titled " Who Were WASP " are going.
Date:
January 30, 1990
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, June 6, 1996]
Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards discussing the printing of her book and how to go about purchasing one.
Date:
June 6, 1996
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, June 15, 1987]
Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards thanking him for the case and model for the WASP exhibit and financial support.
Date:
June 15, 1987
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, March 8, 1990]
Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards further discussing troubles she is experiencing trying to sell her book.
Date:
March 8, 1990
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Doris Tanner, October 20, 1986]
Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards discussing the recent reunion in Sweetwater and asking him to identify the instructors in a photograph that was taken for the newsletter.
Date:
October 20, 1986
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Note on Byrd Granger's Documentation for WASP Hearings]
A note written on a letterhead from the Texas State Board of Education that reads, "Byrd Granger's documentation for WASP hearings 1977-1978".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Doris Tanner to Rig Edwards, November 24, 1993]
Postcard from Doris Tanner to Rig Edwards thanking him for all he does on behalf of the WASP and his help in selling her book. The front of the postcard has a picture of the red, white, and blue Christmas tree in Union City, Tennessee's Court House Square.
Date:
November 24, 1993
Creator:
Tanner, Doris
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, January 20, 1988]
Postcard from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards telling him that she will be giving a box of issues from Stars and Stripes to the museum. On the front is a picture of a ship named Princess Marguerite.
Date:
January 20, 1988
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, June 28, 1992]
Postcard from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards thanking him for the information he provided and explaining that it was needed for the book she was working on.
Date:
June 28, 1992
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, March 27, 1992]
Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards asking him for the name of a picture show in Sweetwater, Texas in 1943 and 1944, the titles of movies shown from November 1, 1943 to May 23, 1944, and other information from that time period. The back of the letter has notes on different events in the same time period
Date:
March 27, 1992
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History