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[Letter from Betty Nicholas to Bee Haydu, Dedie Deaton, and Marty Wyall, Nov. 30, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Betty Nicholas to Bee Haydu, Dedie Deaton, and Marty Wyall, Nov. 30, 1979]

Letter from Betty Nicholas to Bee Haydu, Dedie Deaton, and Marty Wyall discussing an attached revised edition of their open letter to the members of a WASP organization that addresses issues within the group.
Date: November 30, 1979
Creator: Nicholas, Betty
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edna Davis, Nov. 2, 1979 #2] (open access)

[Letter from Edna Davis, Nov. 2, 1979 #2]

Letter from Edna Davis discussing the events and topics at a WASP board meeting in Tuscon, Arizona, where-in issues and disagreements with how the organization is run and the call for a special board meeting, among other things, are discussed.
Date: November 2, 1979
Creator: Davis, Edna
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Portion of WASP Meeting at Smuggler's Inn, Nov. 2, 1979] (open access)

[Portion of WASP Meeting at Smuggler's Inn, Nov. 2, 1979]

Portion of meeting minutes from a Women Airforce Service Pilots meeting, discussing organization finances and some requests to the president, Lillian Roberts.
Date: November 2, 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Lillian Roberts, Oct. 20, 1979 #2] (open access)

[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Lillian Roberts, Oct. 20, 1979 #2]

Letter from Charlyne Creger to Lillian Roberts discussing complaints that Creger and other board members have with decisions Roberts has made as President of the Order of Fifinella. A handwritten note from Creger can be seen at the bottom of the letter.
Date: October 20, 1979
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Lillian Roberts, Oct. 20, 1979 #3] (open access)

[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Lillian Roberts, Oct. 20, 1979 #3]

Letter from Charlyne Creger to Lillian Roberts discussing complaints that Creger and other board members have with decisions Roberts has made as President of the Order of Fifinella. A handwritten note from Creger can be seen at the bottom of the letter.
Date: October 20, 1979
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Lillian Roberts, Oct. 20, 1979 #4] (open access)

[Letter from Charlyne Creger to Lillian Roberts, Oct. 20, 1979 #4]

Letter from Charlyne Creger to Lillian Roberts discussing complaints that Creger and other board members have with decisions Roberts has made as President of the Order of Fifinella.
Date: October 20, 1979
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Betty Turner to her WASP classmates, October 1, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Betty Turner to her WASP classmates, October 1, 1979]

Letter from Betty Turner to her WASP classmates introducing correspondence from the organization's president, Lillian Roberts. She requests reimbursement for the cost of copying and mailing the material to them. She ends by encouraging her classmates to support their president.
Date: October 1, 1979
Creator: Turner, Betty
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Class Secretaries, Sept. 20, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Class Secretaries, Sept. 20, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to class secretaries discussing two petitions and group issues.
Date: September 20, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Class Secretaries, September 20, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Class Secretaries, September 20, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to the WASP class secretaries discussing the petitions circulated by the Texas Ten. She asks the class secretaries to review the enclosed material and send it on to their classmates. She promises that by the reunion in 1980 they will have "the organization of your choice in name and structure."
Date: September 20, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and the "Texas Ten Petitioners," September 18, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and the "Texas Ten Petitioners," September 18, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Gerano and nine other WASP veterans, castigating them and a petition they circulated about the Order of Fifinella and its finances.
Date: September 18, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro, Sept. 18, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro, Sept. 18, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro discussing a petition within the group and the need to pay fines to the IRS.
Date: September 18, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro, September 18, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro, September 18, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro expressing displeasure with the Texas Ten's decision to send their petition to the class secretaries in addition to the board of directors.
Date: September 18, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and the "Texas Ten Petitioners," September 17, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and the "Texas Ten Petitioners," September 17, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and nine other WASP veterans addressing and refuting accusations of misconduct in the the Order of Fifinella, including matters of taxation, spending, newsletter design, and other supposed issues.
Date: September 17, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro, September 17, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro, September 17, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro responding to the nine concerns raised in the Texas Ten's petition. She defends recent decisions made by the board including the reactivation of non-profit organization in California.
Date: September 17, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Directors Deaton, Nicholas, Wyall, and Haydu, Sept. 4, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Directors Deaton, Nicholas, Wyall, and Haydu, Sept. 4, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to Directors Deaton, Nicholas, Wyall, and Haydu discussing Order of Fifinella, Inc., organization legal matters, and a special board meeting.
Date: September 4, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Group Petition #1] (open access)

[Group Petition #1]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, from ten members living in Texas. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter. The signatures found at the bottom of the page include the member's WASP class and street address.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Group Petition #2] (open access)

[Group Petition #2]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII and circulated to the WASP class secretaries. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter. This version of the petition does not include the Texas Ten's signatures.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Group Petition #3] (open access)

[Group Petition #3]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, from ten members living in Texas. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter. The signatures found at the bottom of the page include the member's WASP class and street address.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Group Petition #4] (open access)

[Group Petition #4]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, from ten members living in Texas. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note About Petition Number 1] (open access)

[Note About Petition Number 1]

Note from Lillian Roberts to the WASP class secretaries introducing the first version of the Texas Ten's petition.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note about Petition Number 2] (open access)

[Note about Petition Number 2]

Note from Lillian Roberts introducing the second version of the Texas Ten's petition and explaining why she wrote a second response to Marie Genaro.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Milton R. McFarland to Cornelia Yerkes Kafka, July 30, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Milton R. McFarland to Cornelia Yerkes Kafka, July 30, 1979]

Letter from Maj. Milton R. McFarland of the USAF Directorate of Personnel Data Systems to former WASP Cornelia Yerkes Kafka introducing forms for her discharge from the US Air Force and discussing entitlement to veteran benefits.
Date: July 30, 1979
Creator: McFarland, Milton R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Major Thomas Arbaugh, June 14, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Major Thomas Arbaugh, June 14, 1979]

Letter from Eleanor Brown to Major Thomas Arbaugh requesting that the name on her honorable discharge papers be corrected to include her middle name.
Date: June 14, 1979
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Department of the Air Force to Eleanor Brown, June 11, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from the Department of the Air Force to Eleanor Brown, June 11, 1979]

Letter from Milton R. McFarland from the Department of the Air Force to Eleanor Brown notifying her that her application for discharge has been approved.
Date: June 11, 1979
Creator: McFarland, Milton R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History