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Kafka Collection
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Prince Collection
27
Eleanor Brown Collection
17
Catherine Parker Collection
9
Suzette Van Daell Douglas Collection
7
Charlyne Creger Collection
5
Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
4
Solange D'Hooghe Collection
3
Gayle Snell Collection
2
Helen Snapp Collection
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[WASP in Graduation Uniform]
Photograph of tow women in light colored uniforms standing on a wood platform with chairs behind them. A man in uniform can be seen to the right. Writing on the back of the photo reads, " Mrs. Berry Giles, Jacqueline Cochran, Col. Geer, Air Inspector Randolph Field" and "Graduation 44-W-6 Aug 4, 1944". The same information is relayed on a tag seen taped to the bottom of the photo.
Date:
August 4, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Two Women in Bendix Race]
Newspaper clipping featuring an article about the National Air Races and the annual convention of the Ninety-Nines. A photograph of Emma Coulter Ware and former WASP Clara Jo Marsh standing next to a small airplane accompanies the article.
Date:
August 30, 1946
Creator:
Mountsier, Robert
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Paul Mantz Wins Bendix Race at 435 M.P.H. for New Mark]
Newspaper clipping of the front page of the New York Herald Tribune, including articles about about international relations, local politics, Nazi trials, and more. Of particular note is the article about the Bendix Trophy race where Jacqueline Cochran took third place.
Date:
August 31, 1946
Creator:
Allen, C. B.
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Herald Tribune Sends Its Plane to Air Races]
Newspaper clipping with articles about the New York Herald Tribune participating in air races, the death of Jack Woolams, Senator Carl Hatch's opposition to bomb tests, and more.
Date:
August 31, 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Announcement Gives Promise and Future of Avenger Field]
Newspaper clipping of two articles from the Nolan County News. Both articles discuss the prospect of new housing for pilots in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
August 12, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Otto Koecher, August 4, 1942]
Recommendation letter from Otto Koecher discussing Eleanor McLernon's loyalty to the United States and war effort.
Date:
August 4, 1942
Creator:
Koecher, Otto E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George A. Hoffman, August 10, 1942]
Letter from George Hoffman vouching for Eleanor McLernon's "character and responsibility".
Date:
August 10, 1942
Creator:
Hoffman, George A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harry R. Snapp to Helen Wyatt Snapp, August 4, 1994]
Letter from UNT History Professor Harry F. Snapp to Helen Wyatt Snapp discussing the development of a book meant to "preserve a number of WASPs as historical personages as well as the best context for preserving historically the place of WASPs as a group." The book's intended audience will be college women, high school girls, and young adult women. Harry Snapp asks Helen Snapp for her cooperation in making the book possible. The letter contains a handwritten P. S. that includes his contact information, should Helen wish to contact him.
Date:
August 4, 1944
Creator:
Snapp, Harry F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Instruction Manual for Military Correspondence]
Instruction manual for how to prepare military type correspondence. The manual is divided into seven sections: I. General, II. Channels of Communication, III. Military Letters, IV. Indorsements, V. Inclosures, VI. Nonmilitary Letters, and VII. Telegrams, Radiograms, and Cablegrams.
Date:
August 21, 1942
Creator:
United States Department of War
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instrument Flying Instrument Trainer Instruction Guide
Textbook titled "Instrument Flying: Instrument Trainer Instruction Guide" or "Instrument Flying: Ground Trainer" or Technical Order No. 30-100C-1, created August 1, 1943 by authority of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces.
Date:
August 1, 1943
Creator:
Army Air Forces
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Schedule of Submission of Requisitions to the Commanding Officer, Fort Worth Quartermaster Depot #2]
Series of supplemental documents to assist in submitting requisitions orders to the U.S. Army Office of the Quartermaster General (OQMG); it is organized into six exhibits: (A) OQMG Supply Plan, August 7, 1941; (B) Clothing; (C) Equipage; (D) Regular Supplies; (E) Laundry Supplies, C&E Repair Supplies, V.H. & S., Forage; and (F) Subsistence.
Date:
1941-08~
Creator:
United States. Office of the Quartermaster General.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jack Steffen to Charles A. Prince, August 5, 1942]
Letter from Jack Steffen to Charles A. Prince discussing his intention to repair a broken dishwasher later that day. He also writes that he will send two coffee urns in pristine condition to Prince once Steffen returns to Los Angeles.
Date:
August 5, 1942
Creator:
Steffen, Jack
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Defense Plant Corporation to Charles A. Prince, August 21, 1943]
Letter from Defense Plant Corporation to Charles A. Prince discussing the Bill of Sale, Plancor 937.
Date:
August 21, 1943
Creator:
Defense Plant Corporation
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. E. Berres to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, August 3, 1942]
Letter from G. E. Berres on behalf of the Steffen Brothers Hotel Supply Company to Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing a bad unit in a four-hole single row 1941 Kelvinator Cabinet.
Date:
August 3, 1942
Creator:
Berres, G. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Joe B. Plosser to Charles A. Prince, August 18, 1942]
Telegram from Joe B. Plosser to Charles A. Prince discussing Plosser's joy to find out that the Air Corps Major at the Federal Reserve Bank is an old college friend of his.
Date:
August 18, 1942
Creator:
Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Statement]
Financial balance sheet including profits and losses. On the left are assets, and on the right are liabilities & net worth.
Date:
August 31, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
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
[Invoice for Dishwasher Thermometer]
Invoice for items sold to Plosser-Prince Air Academy by Josiah Anstice & Co., Inc., including a 36" Capillary Thermometer for a G-7 Sterling Dishwasher.
Date:
August 10, 1942
Creator:
Josiah Anstice & Co., Inc.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Carbon Copy of Allocation Request for Aviation Gasoline]
Allocation request form for 87, 91, and 100 octane number aviation gasoline for the Plosser-Prince Air Academy from the Gulf Oil Corporation signed by Charles A. Prince.
Date:
August 17, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for a Condensing Unit]
Invoice for items sold to Plosser-Prince Air Academy by the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, including a replacement for an HP sealed condensing unit.
Date:
August 3, 1942
Creator:
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Request for for Additional Authorization]
Approval of additional authorization of funding for construction on the Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
August 10, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. P. Johnson to Prince and Plosser Air School, August 31, 1942]
Letter from T. P. Johnson to Prince and Plosser Air School discussing the installation of electrical service to gasoline pumps being installed. It includes a material list that must be approved by Prince and Plosser.
Date:
August 31, 1942
Creator:
Johnson, T. P.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Schedule of Submission of Requisitions to the Commanding Officer, Fort Worth Quartermaster Depot #1]
Series of supplemental documents to assist in submitting requisitions orders to the U.S. Army Office of the Quartermaster General (OQMG); it is organized into six exhibits: (A) OQMG Supply Plan, August 7, 1941; (B) Clothing; (C) Equipage; (D) Regular Supplies; (E) Laundry Supplies, C&E Repair Supplies, V.H. & S., Forage; and (F) Subsistence.
Date:
1941-08~
Creator:
United States. Office of the Quartermaster General.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Request for for Additional Authorization with Comments]
Approval of additional authorization of funding for construction on the Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas. There are additional comments on the second page regarding the actual construction and disbursement of funds.
Date:
August 10, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History