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Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000

Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, former pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Dickerson describes her early interest in airplanes and tells stories from her days with the WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), flying different types of aircraft to bases all over the United States. She includes the history of WASP, its formation, and dissolution. Her flying stories detail plane crashes and near-death experiences, including the sabotage of planes at the airport in Enid, OK by a German National. Mrs. Dickerson also talks about running a flying service in the Kerrville airport with her husband, Carl Meek, during the early days of aviation after WWII.
Date: February 27, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Dickerson, Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Russell-Cocke House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Russell-Cocke House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Russell-Cocke House, in Brownsville, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, maps, and photographs.
Date: November 21, 2000
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History