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[Standard Oil Company Computer]
Manual computer for calculating speed in miles per hour, distance traveled, and time in flight. The object is marked with the name, "Standard Oil Company of California" along with the logo of the company, a red plane with the head of an Eagle. Instructions for the device can be seen on the center of the front and back.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Standard Oil Company of California
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerodynamics for Pilots
Training manual on information needed for safely flying an airplane. Chapters cover topics such as physical laws, properties of air, general operation of flight, and forces that act on planes such as resistance, lift, weight, and drag.
Date:
September 1940
Creator:
Jones, Bradley
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #2]
Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and a long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo. A note can be seen written on the back of the photo: "Sweetwater Municipal Airport- The first hangar built in 1929 on South side of the field. Photo taken in 1941".
Date:
March 29, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #3]
Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo.
Date:
March 29, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #4]
Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and a long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo.
Date:
March 29, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flight Instructor's Manual
Manual for flight instructors prescribing a specific course of learning for aviation students in both classroom and practical settings in an effort to standardize flight instruction. The signature of Rigdon Edwards, Jr. can be seen inside the cover and a combination of drawings and notes in pencil can be seen in the back of the book.
Date:
September 1941
Creator:
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater, Texas and Sweetwater Club News]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about local news in Sweetwater, Texas, including a teacher winning a contest (with the winning poem she wrote included), speakers attending Sweetwater Club meetings, and the operation of the USO in West, Texas.
Date:
1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport]
Photograph of an aerial view of a large swath of land. It contains a textbox at the bottom of the photograph with four lines of text; from top to bottom, it reads: "U.S. Engineer Office--War Department--Galveston, Texas," "Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport--C.A.A.," "Grading & Paving Operations - Looking S.E.--Feb. 13, 1942," and "Bell & Braden--Contract No. W-359-eng-3545 (CCA-4090)--April 9, 1941--Photo No. 5."
Date:
February 13, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Ferry Pilot"]
Magazine clipping with a photograph of Nancy Batson on one side and an advertisement for Kollsman Aircraft Instruments. Text on the front side reads: " FERRY PILOT: All smiles over her appointment as Florida's first WAFS (Woman's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron) member, Nancy Batson, former flight instructor at Embry-Riddle, Miami, prepares to take off. A native of Alabama where she learned to fly at the U. of A., Tuscaloosa, Nancy at 22 intends to make flying her career. She is convinced that the longer the war continues women will assume more and more wartime responsibility."
Date:
November 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, 318th AAFFTD Class 43-W-6 and 43-W-7
Book documenting the 43-W-6 and 43-W-7 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:
1943
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5
Book documenting the 43-W-4 and 43-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:
1943
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5
Book documenting the 43-W-4 and 43-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:
1943
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Club Recent Activity]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles, portions of articles, and announcement cards about the Sweetwater Club's various activities, including involvement with local sports teams, guest speakers at meetings, and local agriculture.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Chamberlain, L. F. & Mathews, Roy
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Local News]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about a discussion in Sweetwater, Texas over a proposal to bring alcohol plants to West Texas, facts about the Avenger Field Air School, and articles about Leslie C. McConnell and Ken McClure speaking to the people of Sweetwater and Sweetwater Club.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Sweetwater Club Announcements]
Photocopy with newspaper clippings and announcement cards about the Sweetwater Club's work helping the town's struggling crops.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Mathews, Roy & Howard, J. Fred
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Female WASP Instructor with Student]
Photograph of two women parachute harnesses standing in front of a plane. Handwritten notes in pen on the back of the photo read, "1943 Helen Duffy Instructor, Ellen Gerry, Student".
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Name Tag for Lyda M. Dunham 43-W-4]
Name tag for WASP trainee Lyda M. Dunham.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran]
Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran, director of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), seated at a desk and in front of a map. Her uniform consists of a dark jacket adorned with pilots' wings, a light colored shirt, and a dark tie. The back of the photograph includes several handwritten notes as well as the stamp of the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran Standing in Front of a Microphone]
Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran standing in front of a microphone with her hands behind her back. A label taped to the bottom edge of the photograph reads, "Miss Cochran speaking at graduation of 43-W2. The back of the photograph includes a list of names and the stamp of the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP with Cochran at Wishing Well]
Photograph of several WASP and a man in uniform posed behind a short wall of a well. Jackie Cochran can be seen in a dark dress near the center. All have their right hands raised with crossed fingers. "Sweetwater, Texas 1943" is written at the top of the photo, and some of the women are labeled on the photo in pen. These are left to right, "DeBernard,Thompson, Kerr, Cochran, Muccie, Moynahan". A small piece of paper is taped to the back of the photo with a type list of these names in full. it reads, "1943 L-R 1.Kathryn DeBernard, 2.Ruth R. Thompson, 3.- , 4.Margaret E. Kerr, 5.Jacqueline Cochran, 6.Marie Muccie, 7.- , 8.Rita Moynahan, 9.-, At Wishing Well, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas".
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Student Pilot Handbook
Handbook for student pilots, detailing procedures, maneuvers, and judgement criteria for learning how to fly planes. The book includes numerous illustrations, some humorous and others instructional, to aid the student. There are several handwritten notes on the front page from grateful students of the WASP class 44-W-3.
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
Hunt, Jack & Fahringer, Ray
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum to Civilian Personnel]
Memorandum notifying civilian military employees that during a time of war they are subject to military law.
Date:
March 15, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran and Gerald Brant]
Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran and General Gerald C. Brant sitting in folding chairs at the graduation ceremony for the 43-W-1 class of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).
Date:
April 24, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women Fliers Training by Hundreds at Texas Field for Army Ferrying Service]
Newspaper clipping with an article about the WASP who trained at Avenger Field, Jacqueline Cochran, height requirements to join the WASP, what life at the base is like, and the WASP program's roots in England.
Date:
April 28, 1943
Creator:
Hicks, Robert E.
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History