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Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
36
Eleanor Brown Collection
35
Kafka Collection
30
Prince Collection
27
Charlyne Creger Collection
18
Helen Snapp Collection
17
Catherine Parker Collection
11
Henderson (Paul Hill) Collection
10
National WASP WWII Museum Collection
9
Suzette Van Daell Douglas Collection
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[Flight Report completed by Suzette van Daell]
Flight report completed by Suzette van Daell on October 9, 1944. Van Daell completed an inspection of her plane, reporting that the vehicle is performing up to standards and a total number of 1005 hours of flight time. The back of the document includes handwritten notes between Suzette and an unknown contributor, discussing plans for the upcoming night involving a movie, drinking, and clubbing.
Date:
August 9, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Assignment of Copyright, Jacqueline Cochran]
Assignment of copyright for the article published in a Life magazine of issue on August 16, 1954 entitled "I Reached Stars the Hard Way." Time, Incorporated issued this copyright to Jacqueline Cochran on August 17, 1954. The top right corner reads "Vol. 913 Page 41."
Date:
August 17, 1954
Creator:
Time, Incorporated
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Arrival Report, August 15, 1944]
Aircraft arrival form for Suzette Van Daell at 2563rd AAF Base Unit in Avenger-Field, Sweetwater, Texas. Her flight plans details plans for a direct route to San Angelo. Most sections of the document are left blank, though identification information is present.
Date:
August 15, 1944
Creator:
van Daell, Suzette
Object Type:
Text
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
[Letter from Timothy Davis to Helen Snapp, August 11, 2012]
Letter from Timothy Davis to Helen Snapp discussing the upcoming projects that The Greatest Generations Foundation has planned for the next two years. Davis invites Snapp to join them on one of their programs.
Date:
August 11, 2012
Creator:
Davis, Timothy
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Helen Snapp Wearing Uniform]
Photograph of Helen Snapp gazing off camera. She wears a Santiago Blue uniform and holds the Gold Congressional Medal around her neck.
Date:
August 15, 2011
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from David A. Stallman to Gordon "Nick" Mueller, August 5, 2009]
Letter from David A. Stallman to Dr. Gordon "Nick" Mueller, President of the National WWII Museum, discussing Stallman's proposal for Mueller to include a WASP presentation--based on Stallman's book, Women in the Wild Blue--at the museum.
Date:
August 5, 2009
Creator:
Stallman, David A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Flying Bombers in World War II: Stories my mother told me.]
Photocopy of a magazine clipping about how Geraldine Jordan became a pilot, how Jacqueline Cochran and Nancy Love created the WASP program, and the history of the WASP.
Date:
August 2010
Creator:
Jordan, Melissa
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from David A. Stallman to Fran Sargent and Helen Snapp, August 5, 2009]
Letter from David A. Stallman to Fran Sargent and Helen Snapp discussing the WASP Congressional Gold Medal and a New Orlean WWII Museum WASP dedication.
Date:
August 5, 2009
Creator:
Stallman, David A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Timothy Davis to a veteran, August 24, 2010]
Letter from President Timothy Davis of The Greatest Generations Foundation to a veteran enclosing a copy of the Foundation's documentary "Iwo Jima, A Final Return," made possible by The Greatest Generations Foundation's Connecting Generations program.
Date:
August 24, 2010
Creator:
Davis, Timothy
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Female Pilots Honored for WWII Service
Article printed from www.military.com/news, written by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, describing the experiences of three Women Airforce Service Pilots: Ruth Shafer Fleisher, Frances Rohrer Sargent, and Helen Wyatt Snapp--at the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in South Florida. It describes their role in military and women's history, their history and love for aviation, and their current marital statuses.
Date:
August 30, 2009
Creator:
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
Object Type:
Text
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
[A WASP Checking in for Homecoming]
Photograph of a WASP checking in for a WASP homecoming at the WASP museum. She is wearing a WASP santiago blue jacket, and holding a blue bag. There are two women sitting behind a table, and another woman standing behind the WASP. There are flags in the background, and a display case of WASP memorabilia in the background.
Date:
August 14, 2011
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
[Photograph of Three WASP with Memorabilia]
Photograph of three WASP wearing blue WASP uniforms, sitting behind a long table with WASP memorabilia on it. The women are inspecting a newspaper clipping. In the background, a silver fighter plane with blue accents on it is parked inside the large hangar.
Date:
2011-08-14~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
[Photograph of Four WASP with Plane]
Photograph of four WASP standing in front of a silverr plane. The women are wearing blue, some of them in WASP uniforms. The two WASP in the center are holding small awards.
Date:
2011-08-14~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Fifinella Logo on Metal Plane Part]
Close-up photograph of the WASP Fifinella mascot painted on a metal plane part, with signatures from several WASP to the right of the logo.
Date:
2011-08-14~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Two WASP at Podium]
Photograph of two WASP standing behind a podium, with a Texas State Technical College backdrop behind them. The woman on the left is wearing a white shirt with a WASP scarf around her neck, while the woman on the right is wearing a blue WASP uniform and holding the podium microphone steady.
Date:
2011-08-14~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of WASP at WASP Event]
Photograph of two WASP standing together just to the left of a banner for WASP on a large canopy tent. The woman on the left is wearing a white sweater vest over a blue floral shirt, while the other woman is wearing a blue baseball cap with a dark blue WASP t-shirt. The tent has yellow and white stripes.
Date:
August 1994
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Shirley Chase Kruse in WASP uniform]
Photograph of Shirley Chase Kruse sitting, smiling into the camera wearing her Women Airforce Service Pilot dress uniform.
Date:
August 14, 2011
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two WASP Talking at Homecoming Event]
Photograph of two WASP conversing during WASP homecoming at the WASP museum. They are both wearing WASP uniforms, and holding a jacket with medals pinned to the left chest.
Date:
August 14, 2011
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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