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Kafka Collection
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Eleanor Brown Collection
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Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
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Henderson (Paul Hill) Collection
17
Charlyne Creger Collection
16
Gayle Snell Collection
16
Catherine Parker Collection
14
National WASP WWII Museum Collection
10
Prince Collection
9
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[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran]
War Department press release quoting the speech General Arnold gave to the final graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II and a statement made by Jacqueline Cochran on the WASP's accomplishments. The pages are torn away at the edges in several places, most noticeably in the bottom left corner of the first page.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type:
Script
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Form One, Volume 3, Number 7, December 1942
Magazine for pilot class 43-B at Randolph Army Air Field, San Antonio, Texas.
Date:
December 1942
Creator:
Aviation Cadet Club Fund
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Caro Bosca, Dec. 8, 2004]
Email letter-head from Caro Bosca that includes all the email addresses the unattached message was sent to.
Date:
December 8, 2004
Creator:
Bosca, Caro Bayley
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from Strom Thurmond to Eleanor Brown, December 3, 1976]
Correspondence from Strom Thurmond to Eleanor Brown discussing military benefits for the women who served in the WASP program. The first enclosure is a letter from the Department of the Air Force on this issue and the second enclosure is a copy of Thurmond's initial response to Brown.
Date:
December 3, 1976
Creator:
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Domestic Nonprofit Corportation Certificate of Dissolution]
Photocopy of the form completed by Jeannette Goodrum to dissolve the Women Airforce Service Pilots WWII as a nonprofit corporation in the state of California. A sticky note attached to the form includes a handwritten message stating, "It is finally finished. Hope you are well - and your husband also. Jan."
Date:
December 26, 2008
Creator:
California. Secretary of State
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Caro Bosca to WASP of WWII members, December 3, 2004]
Email from Caro Bosca to WASP members discussing the recent efforts of WASP children, family, and friends to establish their own organization.
Date:
December 3, 2004
Creator:
Bosca, Caro Bayley
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from Lucile Wise to Eleanor Brown]
Correspondence from Lucile Wise to Eleanor Brown, consisting of a brief letter from Wise to Brown and two enclosures. The first enclosure is a letter from Michael D. Achey with information on how groups and individuals can support the National Advisory Committee (NAC) meeting in May 2005. The second enclosure is a letter from Mary McCleary Posner about the 17th Annual Memorial Day Weekend Salute to Veterans Celebration to be held from May 27-30, 2005.
Date:
2004-12-09/2005-01-12
Creator:
Wise, Lucile
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Reserve Order A-26]
Reserve order designating several airmen to various duties, and announcing an examination of Paul A. Hill.
Date:
December 7, 1963
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Charlie Flucher]
Photograph of Charlie Flucher standing in front of an airplane. Handwritten text on the back of the photograph: "Photo taken at Avenger Field - Dec. 1943. Charlie Flucher was a mechanic while WASP were here. This was one of 5 planes of which he was crew chief. Plane - Basic Trainer 13A."
Date:
December 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Supplement to the PF-PT Program Statement
Supplement to the PF-PT program statement that contains information on guidelines for participation in the International Biological Program as well as criteria to be used for site selection and on procedures for making nominations.
Date:
December 1966
Creator:
U.S. National Committee for the International Biological Program
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Question of Equity: The WASP in World War II
Essay by former Women Airforce Service Pilot, Eleanor Brown, discussing the history and importance of the WASP and their long struggle for militarization. Included are a photocopied newspaper clipping describing the resistance to militarization and a small note about the essay. Various grammatical and syntactical corrections are handwritten in pen throughout the piece.
Date:
December 2, 1982
Creator:
Brown, Eleanor
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Program Statement of the Subcommittee on Use and Management of Biological Resources : Of the U.S. National Committee for the International Biological Program, December 1966
Program statement proposing a basis of research and project goals for the International Biological Program.
Date:
December 1966
Creator:
U.S. National Committee for the International Biological Program
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph From the Graduation of WASP Class 44-W-10]
Photograph of three women and two men standing around a small table, taken during the graduation ceremony for class 44-W-10 of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The typewritten label taped to the photograph's bottom edge reads, "J. Cochran, E. Shuhip's Ear, Col. Ward, Deaton's nose, Gen. Arnold. 44-W-10 Graduation, 12/7/44." The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Volume 101, Number 48, December 1, 1977
National weekly newspaper dedicated to covering news of interest to US veterans. Patricia Collins Hughes' column about H.R. 8701, which granted veterans' status to the WASP, can be found on page three.
Date:
December 1, 1977
Creator:
Smith, John Lewis, III
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Plunging into her 90s]
Newspaper clipping of an article about a WASP member, Frances L. Cisternino, who went skydiving for her 90th birthday, briefly describing her experience as service pilot in WWII. The article includes several photos of Cisternino preparing for and floating down from her sky-dive. The article is continued on the back of the clipping, with a photograph of the onlookers at the event, along with some obituaries and part of another article.
Date:
December 10, 2002
Creator:
Copenhaver, Larry
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-5
Book documenting the 44-W-5 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #1]
Speech by General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General of the Army Air Forces to the last WASP graduating class on December 7, 1944.
Date:
1944-12-07~
Creator:
Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type:
Script
System:
The Portal to Texas History
WASP Newsletter, December 1, 1987
Quarterly newsletter of the former World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots including news, events, stories about the group's history, and other information of interest to the members.
Date:
December 1, 1987
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: The Early Bird: Victoria Sunrise Rotary]
Pamphlet for a Rotary Club breakfast meeting featuring guest, WASP Mickey Brown. The pamphlet discusses upcoming events and lists the clubs then-current officers and committees.
Date:
December 2002
Creator:
Rotary International
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Chronicle a testament to WASPs]
Photocopy of a newspaper article about Byrd Howell Granger writing a book about WASP members titled 'On Final Approach.' The article also includes information about the author's death, as well as a photograph of Granger writing with a typewriter.
Date:
December 4, 1991
Creator:
Hawley, Chuck
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Rigdon Edwards]
Envelope addressed to Rigdon Edwards in Sweetwater, Texas, from Rexroat in Skyview Acres in New Mexico.
Date:
December 11, 1982
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert St. John to Mrs. Lawson, December 20, 1944]
Typed carbon copy of a broadcast sent from Robert St. John to Mrs. Lawson discussing the experience of Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date:
December 20, 1944
Creator:
St. John, Robert
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #3]
Script of an address given by General Henry H. Arnold, the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, to the last graduating WASP class.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Department Technical Manual & Aircraft Engines]
Technical manual TM 1-405 from the United States War Department about aircraft engines. Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps. The booklet is divided into six sections: I. Internal-combustion engine principles, II. Classification and description of engine types, III. Description and construction of engine units, IV. Repair principles, V. Engine lubrication, and VI. Engine cooling. All chapters include information and drawings for reference.
Date:
December 9, 1941
Creator:
United States Department of War
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History