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[Letter from Homer K. Taylor to Joan McKesson, Dec. 11, 1984] (open access)

[Letter from Homer K. Taylor to Joan McKesson, Dec. 11, 1984]

Letter from Homer K. Taylor to Joan McKesson discussing the possibility of the town of Sweetwater hosting the 1986 WASP reunion.
Date: December 11, 1984
Creator: Taylor, Homer K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs complete aviation epoch] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPs complete aviation epoch]

Newspaper clipping from the Lowry Airman with a piece about the deactivation of the WASP and their struggle to gain veteran status.
Date: November 23, 1984
Creator: Mansell, Robin
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'Our Daring Young Women'] (open access)

[Clipping: 'Our Daring Young Women']

Clipping of a magazine article about WWII WASP serving as role models for female pilots in the U.S. Air Force. The article includes photographs of some of the WASP pilots.
Date: November 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'Our Daring Young Women': WWII role models guide women pilots] (open access)

[Clipping: 'Our Daring Young Women': WWII role models guide women pilots]

Photocopy of an clipping on the legacy of Women Airforce Service Pilots, their contributions to World War II, and their eventual fight to gain veteran status.
Date: November 1984
Creator: Watson, Liz
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WASPs Take to Air For Patriotic Love"] (open access)

[Clipping: "WASPs Take to Air For Patriotic Love"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Ann Holiday and Holly Grasso's time with the WASP and how men responded to women participation in the war effort.
Date: October 12, 1984
Creator: Lawrie, Susan
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Photo of Nine WASP Veterans]

Photograph of nine WASP veterans posing for a group photo at the 1984 reunion. All are wearing winged nametags.
Date: October 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ten WASP Veterans posing together at reunion]

Photograph of ten WASP veterans with nametags, four seated and six standing, at a WASP reunion.
Date: 1984-10?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Veterans sitting in Audience]

Photograph of several WASP veterans seated in an outdoor audience at the 1984 reunion. There are trees in the background, behind which is a building with "Van Lines" on it.
Date: October 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP veterans talking together at reunion]

Photograph of two seated and two standing WASP veterans talking together by a table at a reunion. All four are wearing winged nametags. A fifth woman, possibly also a veteran (no nametag visible) sits on the right, while a sixth woman's head is in the bottom-right foreground. Several other people sit and stand in the background. Various drinks and tableware are on the table.
Date: 1984-10?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four-door hatchback outside of Coffee Shop]

Photograph of a white four-door hatchback parked in front of a large building with a "Coffee Shop" sign in front. An older person walks into the frame on the left toward the street, while two more people are visible in the center entering the building.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four WASP veterans near garden tower and pavilions]

Photograph of four WASP veterans standing on a sidewalk near a tower and pavilions in a garden.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and five WASP veterans]

Photograph of Gayle Snell (sitting, left) with three standing and two other sitting WASP veterans, probably at the 1984 WASP reunion. All are wearing nametags with wings on them.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and five WASP veterans]

Photograph of Gayle Snell (sitting, left) with three standing and two other sitting WASP veterans, probably at the 1984 WASP reunion. All are wearing nametags with wings on them.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and five WASPs veterans]

Photograph of WASP veteran Gayle Snell (seated, left) and five other WASP veterans at the 1984 reunion, all wearing winged nametags posing together.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and other WASP veteran with crowd]

Photograph of Gayle Snell and another WASP veteran posing together next to a group of people in a street.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of WASP veterans at reunion event]

Photograph of a large group of WASP veterans and other people seated in a yard in front of an empty podium. The yard is lined by bushes and trees in the background, and a building is visible on the right.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of WASP veterans next to waterway]

Photograph of a group of WASP veterans at the 1984 WASP reunion in San Diego, some in uniform, standing next to a waterway with a windowed, circular building behind them, as well as various trees.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of WASP veterans next to waterway]

Photograph of a group of WASP veterans at the 1984 WASP reunion in San Diego, some in uniform, standing next to a waterway with a windowed, circular building behind them, as well as various trees.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Women Airforce Service Pilot veterans at reunion under pavilion]

Photograph of ten WASP veterans standing under an awning and conversing at a WASP reunion, two of whom are wearing uniforms. A uniformed woman in the center holds a camera as she talks to someone.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marine Corps Color Guard at WASP Reunion]

Photograph of a Marine Corps color guard at the 1984 WASP reunion in a garden with a crowd of people on either side of them. In the foreground are women sitting in WASP uniforms. Bushes and trees line the yard behind them, with a building visible beyond it.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP veteran with medal]

Photograph of a smiling WASP veteran posing on a bridge. She is wearing a medal with "Fifinella" on it and holds a clipboard under her left arm.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP veterans at gathering]

Photograph of two women in WASP uniforms walking in front of a large gathering of people, seated outdoors at the 1984 WASP reunion. Other WASPs are visible in the crowd.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP veterans at reunion, preparing for group photo]

Photograph of a group of WASP veterans preparing for a photo at the 1984 reunion, with four women seated and eight standing, conversing. Gayle Snell stands on the far left.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Veterans at reunion talking under pavilion]

Photograph of a group of WASP veterans talking together under a pavilion at the 1984 reunion. Gayle Snell stands in the center in a red blouse and white jacket. Two are wearing their uniforms, two are holding cameras, and all have winged nametags. To their right is a body of water.
Date: [1984-09-12..1984-09-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History