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[Brown in Flight Suit]
Photograph of Eleanor Brown dressed in a flight and carrying several items, including what appears to be a map. She is seen standing in a dirt road outside of a building. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Eleanor McLernon (Brown) 1944".
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pilot and Crew Member Physical Record Card]
Army Air Force medical card for Paul A. Hill, with sections for vaccinations, examinations, and blood type.
Date:
{1944-02-18..1944-12-22}
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced
Special edition of a technical manual containing training documentation on three subjects related to instrument flying. The name, "Hottman, W. B." is written in the top left corner of the cover, followed by a handwritten note about returning the manual.
Date:
January 15, 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
[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
[Clipping: "The WASPS"]
Magazine clipping comparing how safe the WASP were compared to the entire United States, Virginia Moffett's service with the WASP, and the amount of hours they logged.
Date:
January 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASP]
Clipping describing the records set and the work completed by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. It includes pictures of figures such as Jacqueline Cochran, Mary A. Nelson, Helen Snapp, Maragaret Bruns, and Ruth Underwood.
Date:
January 1944
Creator:
Stuart, John
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASPS]
Photocopied magazine clipping about the squadron that led to the use of women in military aviation and life as a WASP.
Date:
January 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "The WASP"]
Clipping describing the records set and the work completed by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. It includes pictures of figures such as Jacqueline Cochran, Mary A. Nelson, Helen Snapp, Maragaret Bruns, and Ruth Underwood.
Date:
January 1944
Creator:
Stuart, John
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: S.A. Girl Gets WASP Wings]
Newspaper clipping of an article about Eleanor Michel McLernon's graduation from the WASP flight school and Esther L. Stahr beginning her training for WASP flight school. The article includes close-up photographs of both women. There is part of a large advertisement on the back of the clipping.
Date:
November 12, 1944
Creator:
unknown
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
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-7
Book documenting the 44-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:
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
[Clipping: Women Saved from Official Fate]
Newspaper clipping of a brief article about how General Henry H. Arnold announced that the men were needed elsewhere and he needed more WASP.Congress discusses dissolving their division. On the back of the clipping, there are advertisements for Don Q rum, Durham-Enders razor kits, and a Carlton hotel.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Duren to Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon Edwards, May 22, 1944]
Letter from Doris Duren to Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon Edwards discussing how the U.S. Army split up she and a group of other female pilots. She mentions that they fly BT-14 planes, give instruction to flight cadets, and are supposed to be trained to fly B-26 planes soon. At the top left of the first page, there is a small, printed illustration of the WASP mascot, Fifinella
Date:
May 22, 1944
Creator:
Duren, Doris
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots]
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping that includes an article about a report from the Civil Service Investigating Committee, advising the cutting of the WASP program. The grounds for this advice is to make way for excess male pilots in the Air Force. Other articles surround the article about cutting the WASP program, including some about politics and war. At the top of the photocopy, the page number of the article is handwritten.
Date:
June 6, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-4
Book documenting the 44-W-4 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:
1944
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-10
Book documenting the 44-W-10 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:
1944
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-8
Book documenting the 44-W-8 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:
1944
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 10, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 12, 1944
Weekly student newspaper from McMurry College in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
February 12, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 11, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 26, 1944
Weekly student newspaper from McMurry College in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
February 26, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 12, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 11, 1944
Weekly student newspaper from McMurry College in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
March 11, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 13, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 25, 1944
Weekly student newspaper from McMurry College in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
March 25, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 14, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 22, 1944
Weekly student newspaper from McMurry College in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
April 22, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History