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[Aircraft Delivery Orders #7] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #7]

Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Grand Prairie, Texas.
Date: March 28, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 15, Chapter 1. U.S. Space Agencies (open access)

Command Study 15, Chapter 1. U.S. Space Agencies

This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the United States' space program. This chapter "outlines some of the problems facing the United States space program and points out the effects of carious pressures on the space organization" (p. iv). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: March 1966
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 11, Chapter 1. The Sino-Soviet Dispute (open access)

Current Study 11, Chapter 1. The Sino-Soviet Dispute

This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the Cold War's impact on world affairs. This chapter discusses the conflict between China and the Soviet Union and includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: March 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 13, Chapter 4. Communications (open access)

Current Study 13, Chapter 4. Communications

This booklet is the fourth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the challenges faced by low-income countries. This chapter discusses "the potentialities, techniques, and problems of various means of communication" (p. 1). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: March 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 15, Chapter 4. Vietnam (North and South) (open access)

Current Study 15, Chapter 4. Vietnam (North and South)

This booklet is the fourth chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about Southeast Asia. This chapter discusses Vietnam and includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: March 1966
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Area I, Phase I. Course 3B Grade Card] (open access)

[Area I, Phase I. Course 3B Grade Card]

Air Force correspondence course grade cards of Major Paul A. Hill for Area I, Phase I, Course 3B.
Date: March 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Area I, Phase II. Course 3B Grade Card] (open access)

[Area I, Phase II. Course 3B Grade Card]

Air Force correspondence course grade cards of Major Paul A. Hill for Area I, Phase II, Course 3B.
Date: March 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt]

Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing completed her ferry pilot assignment and delivered an AT-6D model aircraft to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date: March 28, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Military feels WASPs' sting, gives in to benefit demands] (open access)

[Clipping: Military feels WASPs' sting, gives in to benefit demands]

Newspaper clipping titled "Military feels WASPs' sting, gives in to benefit demands," discussing the recent decision that Women Airforce Service Pilots will now be recognized as veterans and eligible for benefits. It includes a hand-written note at the top of the clipping that reads "This puzzled me, as I thought it had been over long ago."
Date: March 10, 1979
Creator: Associated Press
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'Quiet zones' sounds like a good proposal] (open access)

[Clipping: 'Quiet zones' sounds like a good proposal]

Newspaper clipping of an opinion article about a proposal to create "quiet zones" in Victoria, Texas. On the back of the clipping is part of a photo of a child looking up.
Date: March 22, 2006
Creator: Bishop, Jim
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blue Bonnet Hotel Receipt] (open access)

[Blue Bonnet Hotel Receipt]

A receipt from the Blue Bonnet Hotel in Sweetwater, Texas, totaling at $2.50 for a room.
Date: March 22, 1943
Creator: Blue Bonnet Hotel
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email Correspondence from Caro Bosca to all WASP, March 20, 2005] (open access)

[Email Correspondence from Caro Bosca to all WASP, March 20, 2005]

Email from Caro Bosca to WASP reminding them what to wear on Sunday and to give her certain information if they plan on going to the White House Tour.
Date: March 20, 2005
Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Caro Bosca to Eleanor Brown, March 10, 2007] (open access)

[Email from Caro Bosca to Eleanor Brown, March 10, 2007]

Email from Caro Bosca to Eleanor Brown responding to Brown's statement that she feels "totally out of touch with what is going on" in the WASP. Bosca replies that Brown is included on all correspondence Bosca sends to the board and includes a copy of a recent message about the air show in Columbus, Ohio.
Date: March 10, 2007
Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ernie Boyette to Helen Wyatt Snapp, March 11, 2009] (open access)

[Letter from Ernie Boyette to Helen Wyatt Snapp, March 11, 2009]

Letter from Ernie Boyette to Helen Wyatt Snapp discussing the publication of Boyette's book, which Snapp contributed to with her own story as a Women Airforce Service Pilot.
Date: March 11, 2009
Creator: Boyette, Ernie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Atlantic Monthly Press to Jacqueline Cochran, March 24, 1969] (open access)

[Letter from Atlantic Monthly Press to Jacqueline Cochran, March 24, 1969]

Letter from Managing Editor Upton Brady from the Atlantic Monthly Press to Jacqueline Cochran detailing the royalty statement for the second half of 1968 for her book, The Stars At Noon.
Date: March 24, 1969
Creator: Brady, Upton Birnie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Upton Brady to Jacqueline Cochran, March 16, 1971] (open access)

[Letter from the Upton Brady to Jacqueline Cochran, March 16, 1971]

Letter from Upton Brady to Jacqueline Cochran discussing the royalties earned for the second half of 1970 for Cochran's book, The Stars At Noon.
Date: March 16, 1971
Creator: Brady, Upton Birnie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Upton Brady to Jacqueline Cochran, March 11, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Upton Brady to Jacqueline Cochran, March 11, 1968]

Letter from Upton Birnie Brady to Jacqueline Cochran detailing the royalties earned during the second half of 1967 for Cochran's book, The Stars At Noon.
Date: March 11, 1968
Creator: Brady, Upton Birnie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report on the Feasability of Hiring an Executive Director] (open access)

[Report on the Feasability of Hiring an Executive Director]

Report on the feasibility of hiring an executive director to manage the WASP's administrative business, presented by the Ad Hoc Committee to the WASP Board of Directors on March 25, 2006.
Date: March 25, 2006
Creator: Bright, Nell
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George Bush to Charlyne Creger, March 18, 1991] (open access)

[Letter from George Bush to Charlyne Creger, March 18, 1991]

Letter from President George Bush to Charlyne Creger discussing the United States' participation in conflicts in the Persian Gulf Region.
Date: March 18, 1991
Creator: Bus, George
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. F. Buskie to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, March 24, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from G. F. Buskie to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, March 24, 1943]

Letter from G. F. Buskie to Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing the appointment of a Defense Plant Corporation engineer to the Plosser-Prince Air Academy to oversee the expansion program approved by the Defense Plant Corporation Board of Directors two days previous. The bottom of the letter is initialed by J. B. Plosser.
Date: March 24, 1943
Creator: Buskie, G. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the National WASP WWII Museum to WASP, March 12, 2013] (open access)

[Letter from the National WASP WWII Museum to WASP, March 12, 2013]

Letter from Carol Cain, Administrator for the National WASP WWII Museum, to a Women Airforce Service Pilot discussing the plans for the WASP Homecoming celebration at Avengers Field for May 25, 2013.
Date: March 12, 2013
Creator: Cain, Carol
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tundra Telegram, Volume 1, Issue 22, March 1974 (open access)

Tundra Telegram, Volume 1, Issue 22, March 1974

Newsletter of Camp Denali in Alaska, describing news and events at the camp and in the surrounding areas.
Date: March 1974
Creator: Camp Denali
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tundra Telegram, Volume 1, Issue 23, March 1975 (open access)

Tundra Telegram, Volume 1, Issue 23, March 1975

Newsletter of Camp Denali in Alaska, describing news and events at the camp and in the surrounding areas.
Date: March 1975
Creator: Camp Denali
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History