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[Clipping: Female Pilots Hold Reunion in Sweetwater] (open access)

[Clipping: Female Pilots Hold Reunion in Sweetwater]

Newspaper clipping discussing a WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas, with some advertisements on the back.
Date: 1986-09?
Creator: A-J News Services
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter, clipping, and envelope from Lorraine Bain to H. L. Roberson, September 30, 1986] (open access)

[Letter, clipping, and envelope from Lorraine Bain to H. L. Roberson, September 30, 1986]

Letter from Lorraine Bain to members of WASP class 44-W-5 asking for news to include in an upcoming newsletter, as well as a clipping of Jennie G. Wynne's obituary, and a scan of the envelope it was sent in.
Date: September 30, 1986
Creator: Bain, Lorraine N. Nelson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gary DeWalt to WASP Reunion 1986 participants, September 23, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Gary DeWalt to WASP Reunion 1986 participants, September 23, 1986]

Letter from Gary DeWalt of Public Media Arts, Inc. to participants in the 1986 WASP reunion informing them that PMA will be filming a documentary about WASPs during the reunion.
Date: September 23, 1986
Creator: DeWalt, Gary
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Phil Gramm to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 18, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Phil Gramm to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 18, 1986]

Letter from Phil Gramm to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, greeting them and thanking them for their past service in the United States Air Force.
Date: September 18, 1986
Creator: Gramm, Phil
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks for WASP Memorial (open access)

Remarks for WASP Memorial

Pamphlet from a WASP memorial event with a composition written by Dora Dougherty Strother about the Women Airforce Service Pilots and the bond they share.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Strother, Dora Dougherty
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks for WASP Memorial (open access)

Remarks for WASP Memorial

Remarks given by WASP veteran Dora Dougherty Strother at a memorial service for lost WASPs, held during the 1986 reunion in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Strother, Dora Dougherty
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Memorial Remarks by Dora Dougherty Strother] (open access)

[WASP Memorial Remarks by Dora Dougherty Strother]

Remarks for a WASP Memorial service in Sweetwater, Texas by Dora Dougherty Strother.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Strother, Dora Dougherty
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mark White to Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 25, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Mark White to Women Airforce Service Pilots, September 25, 1986]

Letter from Texas Governor, Mark White, thanking Women Airforce Service Pilots for their duty and sacrifice during World War II. The letter has been trimmed and is adhered to red mat background.
Date: September 25, 1986
Creator: White, Mark
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Return of the WASP: 1986 Annual Reunion (open access)

The Return of the WASP: 1986 Annual Reunion

Booklet for the 1986 WASP reunion, featuring the correspondence of the recently-deceased Leni Leoti Clark Deaton ("Dedie"), historic photos, the reunion's program/schedule, a letter from Governor Mark White and the City of Sweetwater, and some advertising.
Date: 1986-09-25~
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[C-130]

Photograph of a C-130 belonging to the 463rd Tactical Airlift Wing, apparently taken through a window.
Date: 1986-09-25?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[C-130 (Negative)]

Photo negative of a C-130 belonging to the 463rd Tactical Airlift Wing, apparently taken through a window.
Date: 1986-09-25?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd and Cars outside Nolan County Courthouse]

Photograph of a crowd of people along East Broadway Avenue and on the steps of the Nolan County Courthouse, viewed from the intersection of Locust and Broadway in Sweetwater, Texas. The crowd is watching a parade. Various 1980s-style cars are parked in the parking lot and along Broadway.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd and Cars outside Nolan County Courthouse (negative)]

Photograph of a crowd of people along East Broadway Avenue and on the steps of the Nolan County Courthouse, viewed from the intersection of Locust and Broadway in Sweetwater, Texas. The crowd is watching a parade. Various 1980s-style cars are parked in the parking lot and along Broadway.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd and WASPs on Nolan County Courthouse Steps]

Photograph of a crowd and several WASPs in uniform on the steps of the Nolan County Courthouse, at an event for the 1986 reunion.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd and WASPs on Nolan County Courthouse Steps (negative)]

Photograph of a crowd and several WASPs in uniform on the steps of the Nolan County Courthouse, at an event for the 1986 reunion.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd at Airshow]

Photograph of a crowd of people on the tarmac at an airshow. Two large planes are visible in the center of the sky, flying toward the crowd. Some Air Force personnel in blues uniforms are visible.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd at Airshow (negative)]

Photograph of a crowd of people on the tarmac at an airshow. Two large planes are visible in the center of the sky, flying toward the crowd. Some Air Force personnel in blues uniforms are visible.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd in Hanger with A-10s]

Photo negative of a crowd of mostly older people at an airshow inside of an open hanger. One woman stands posing in the center foreground. Outside, in the background, is a pair of camouflage-painted A-10s (these are much more visible in the negative).
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd in Hanger with A-10s (Negative)]

Photo negative of a crowd of mostly older people at an airshow inside of an open hanger. One woman stands posing in the center foreground. Outside, in the background, is a pair of camouflage-painted A-10s, behind which is a silver DC-3 and some other aircraft.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd Watching Airshow]

Photograph of a crowd of people looking upward at an airshow. A Navy SNJ is visible in the left background. An older woman in the bottom right, facing the camera, wears a t-shirt commemorating the WASPs, as well as a photo and nametag.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd Watching Airshow (negative)]

Photograph of a crowd of people looking upward at an airshow. A Navy SNJ is visible in the left background. An older woman in the bottom right, facing the camera, wears a t-shirt commemorating the WASPs, as well as a photo and nametag.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd with B-1B]

Photograph of several people standing around the front-port side of a Rockwell B-1B Lancer, with open bomb bay doors, as part of a tour of Dyess Air Force Base for WASP veterans at the 1986 reunion.
Date: September 25, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd with B-1B]

Photograph of a crowd standing around a Rockwell B-1, as part of a tour for WASP veterans of Dyess Air Force Base.
Date: September 25, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd with B-1B (negative)]

Photograph of several people standing around the front-port side of a Rockwell B-1B Lancer, with open bomb bay doors, as part of a tour of Dyess Air Force Base for WASP veterans at the 1986 reunion.
Date: September 25, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History