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[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1]
Special orders extract reassigning a list of Women Air Force Service Pilot members, having completed their training, to be transferred to new air base stations.
Date:
September 9, 1943
Creator:
318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum]
Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry an aircraft from Grand Prairie, Texas to Newark, New Jersey with specifications on the plane model, flight order, and instructions upon arrival at her destination. The order is signed by Captain Joe K. Bailey and Ben Handler for Captain William S. Kirkpatrick.
Date:
September 11, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Change of Personnel Status for Dora G. Bevis]
A notice for Dora G. Bevis informing her of changes in her military status, including upgrades to her salary and list of duties, as well as a transition from student pilot to civilian pilot.
Date:
September 24, 1943
Creator:
Army Air Forces
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rigdon Edwards, Jr. to A General, September 13, 1944]
Letter from Rigdon Edwards, Jr. to a general containing a release form from Aviation Enterprises where he worked as a flight instructor and informing him that he is a wholesale agent for the Magnolia Petroleum Company. He is also requesting permission to be discharged.
Date:
September 13, 1944
Creator:
Edwards, Rigdon, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Fisk to the Pioneer City County Museum, September 8, 1992]
Letter from Mary Fisk to the Pioneer City County Museum discussing her recent visit to the museum. She mentions that she has enclosed two newspaper clippings about the fiftieth anniversary reunion of the Women Airforce Service Pilots held in San Antonio, Texas.
Date:
September 8, 1992
Creator:
Fisk, Mary
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Phil Gramm to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 18, 1986]
Letter from Phil Gramm to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, greeting them and thanking them for their past service in the United States Air Force.
Date:
September 18, 1986
Creator:
Gramm, Phil
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, September 8, 1993]
Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards discussing his appearance on a magazine and his ability to make bread.
Date:
September 8, 1993
Creator:
Harmon, Elaine Danforth
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, September 11, 1994]
Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards inviting him to a class dinner and to his home.
Date:
September 11, 1994
Creator:
Harmon, Elaine Danforth
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Zoot Suits, Parachutes, and Wings of Silver, Too"]
Newspaper clipping about the 1986 WASP reunion, Avenger Field, woman aviation history, the WFTD, WAFS, the combat they participated in, what training consisted of, what they did after the war, minor and serious crashes, and the deactivation of the WASP.
Date:
September 1987
Creator:
Henderson, Sheila
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Tax debate shifts to senate]
Newspaper clipping of an article about a tax bill that Senate had passed and its effects on the economy. Also included are photographs of children and WASP who attended the annual Sweetwater Air Fair.
Date:
September 29, 1986
Creator:
Holmes, Michael
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rig Edwards Release Form]
Release form relieving Rigdon Edwards from duties as flight instructor to accept employment at another facility.
Date:
September 7, 1944
Creator:
Krieger, Henry E.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Sweetwater is all abuzz with WASPs]
Newspaper clippings of an article about an air-show in Sweetwater, Texas. The article also includes information on the history of the WASP program, quotes from several WASP, and a photograph of a navy parachuter at the air-show.
Date:
September 28, 1986
Creator:
Lazorko, Catherine
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dorothy Lewis to Rigdon Edwards, September 15, 1993]
Letter from Dorothy Swain Lewis to Rigdon Edwards congratulating him on being featured on "The Marketer" and the awards he received and just making more conversation with him.
Date:
September 15, 1993
Creator:
Lewis, Dorothy Swain
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Survey Map of Sweetwater Municipal Airport]
Boundary survey map of Sweetwater Municipal Airport that includes runway dimensions and lines of avigation easement for aviation.
Date:
September 1988
Creator:
Parkhill, Smith, & Cooper, Inc.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Survey Map of Sweetwater Municipal Airport #2]
Photocopied boundary survey map of Sweetwater Municipal Airport that includes runway dimensions and lines of avigation easement.
Date:
September 1988
Creator:
Parkhill, Smith, & Cooper, Inc.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Deanie Parrish to Rigdon Edwards, September 5, 1996]
Letter from Deanie Parrish to Rigdon Edwards discussing the motive for initiating the WASP Project, what is hoped to accomplish with the project, asking if he could contact individuals who could potentially provide assistance with funds.
Date:
September 5, 1996
Creator:
Parrish, Deanie Bishop
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henri Pepper to Joann Staulcup, September 25, 1987]
Letter from Henri Pepper to Joann Staulcup providing a short list of ex-WASP mailing addresses.
Date:
September 25, 1987
Creator:
Pepper, Henri Elizabeth
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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.
Object Type:
Text
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: Local WASP reunion events continue through Sunday]
Newspaper clipping with an article about a past issue John Hosier experienced, certain WASPs' experience in the military, and the 1986 Reunion.
Date:
September 26, 1986
Creator:
Redden, Gail
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pilot instructor had one fear: 'Fire in the air']
Newspaper clipping of an article about a time when Margaret Tamplin's plane caught fire in the middle of her flight and brief mention of the upcoming reunion.
Date:
September 26, 1986
Creator:
Redden, Gail
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WASPS Wasn't 'Wash Out' For Pilot Florey"]
Newspaper clipping with an article about what training at Avenger Field was like for both trainees and instructors and how selective the Army Air Forces were about admitting the women into WASP training.
Date:
September 19, 1986
Creator:
Redden, Gail
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WASPS Wasn't 'Wash Out' For Pilot Florey"]
Newspaper clipping with an article about what training was like for a trainee and an instructor at Avenger Field.
Date:
September 19, 1986
Creator:
Redden, Gail
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Deaton introduced WASPs to Sweetwater]
Newspaper clipping with an article about Leoti Deaton, her involvement with Red Cross, the WASP, and the Order of Fifinella.
Date:
September 25, 1986
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History