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[Aircraft Delivery Orders] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders]

Operation orders for several pilots to ferry aircraft from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Grand Prairie Texas. The group of pilots listed includes two Women Airforce Service Pilots, Gayle D. Ewing and Virginia Luttrell.
Date: November 9, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #2] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #2]

Orders for several Air Force and WASP pilots to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Moultrie, Georgia, San Antonio, Texas, and Fort Worth, Texas. The three WASP pilots are Gayle D. Ewing, Nadine B. Ramsey, and Helen A. Turner.
Date: August 24, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3]

Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita, Kansas to San Angelo, Texas and Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date: February 9, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #4] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #4]

Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry a PT-13D aircraft from Boeing Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas, to an Air Force base in Dos Palos, California.
Date: February 18, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #5] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #5]

Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Wichita, Kansas.
Date: January 27, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #6] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #6]

Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Grand Prairie, Texas.
Date: July 25, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #7] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #7]

Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Grand Prairie, Texas.
Date: March 28, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #8] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #8]

Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Wichita, Kansas to Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Officer Effectiveness Reports] (open access)

[Officer Effectiveness Reports]

Memo from 6161st Air Base Wing Headquarters containing eight sections pertaining to leadership for military officers. "1st Lt. Wakeham" is handwritten in top right corner of the first page, and few notes are handwritten on the back.
Date: November 10, 1952
Creator: 6161st Air Base Wing Headquarters
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Baptist Temple Bulletin: March 22, 1959] (open access)

[Baptist Temple Bulletin: March 22, 1959]

Church bulletin listing the order of worship for the 9:45 and 11:00 Sunday morning services at the Baptist Temple in Big Spring, as well as various notes about upcoming events, congregational news, and other information of relevance to church members.
Date: unknown
Creator: : b&w
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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

[Lauingen Bridge on Danube River]

Photograph of Lauingen Bridge on the Danube River, taken by A. J. Wagenknect, a member of Company B, 56th Armored Infantry Batallion, of the 12th Armored Division.
Date: April 22, 1945
Creator: A. J. Wagenkneckt
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Schloß Taxis mit Dischingen vom Flugzeug aus

Postcard featuring an aerial view of Schloß Taxis and the surrounding area. Schloß Taxis is a castle with a large primary building that is surrounded by smaller secondary buildings. A forest is visible to the right, and a village in the background is located among vast expanses of fields.
Date: unknown
Creator: A. Weber & Co.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Gene Aaron, April 17, 1961] (open access)

[Telegram from Gene Aaron, April 17, 1961]

Telegram from Gene Aaron for Truett Latimer asking that he vote against any bill that would abolish trading stamps.
Date: April 17, 1961
Creator: Aaron, Gene
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from B. R. Abbott to Truett Latimer, February 2, 1961]

Postcard from B. R. Abbott to Truett Latimer asking him to support Barber Bills 33 and 144.
Date: February 20, 1961
Creator: Abbott, B. R.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dan Abbott to John Kimbrough, April 9, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Dan Abbott to John Kimbrough, April 9, 1953]

Photocopy of a letter from Dan Abbott to John Kimbrough detailing several issues he finds with provisions in House Bill 261, amendment to the Workmen's Compensation Act.
Date: April 9, 1953
Creator: Abbott, Dan
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dan Abbott to Truett Latimer, April 9, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Dan Abbott to Truett Latimer, April 9, 1953]

Letter from Dan Abbott to Truett Latimer requesting the Latimer read an enclosed letter from Abbott to John Kimbrough that goes over several problems with House Bill 261, an amendment to the Workmen's Compensation Act.
Date: April 9, 1953
Creator: Abbott, Dan
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. A. Abernathy to T. N. Carswell - August 4, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from D. A. Abernathy to T. N. Carswell - August 4, 1944]

A letter written to Mr. Tommie Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from D. A. Abernathy, Adj, F. A. Post 75, Mineral Wells, Texas, dated August 4, 1944. Abernathy advises of his previous plans to be out of state on vacation at the time of the conference and asks Carswell to serve for him on the Publications Committee at the Fort Worth War Conference.
Date: August 4, 1944
Creator: Abernathy, D. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elton Abernathy to Truett Latimer, March 26, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Elton Abernathy to Truett Latimer, March 26, 1959]

Letter from Elton Abernathy to Truett Latimer as words of thanks for recommending satisfactory financing of higher education during the next biennium.
Date: March 26, 1959
Creator: Abernathy, Elton
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Trains Magazine Back Cover] (open access)

[Trains Magazine Back Cover]

Clipping of the back cover of Trains Magazine. There is a photo of T&P train #610 on the tracks. The Caption reads "En route to the site of The Great Dynamometer Test, Southern's ex-Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 is eased down 2.1 per cent toward Old Fort, N. C., by Engineer Frank Clodfelter. The Texas type, only survivor of original Lima Super-Power design, was working an Asheville-Salisbury excursion on July 29, 1977, when photographed near Andrews Geyser." Written underneath the clipping is "-Trains Feb. 1978 rear cover."
Date: July 29, 1977
Creator: Abernathy, Robert E.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Original Petition in Abilene & Southern Railway Company vs. J. H. Miller  et al.] (open access)

[Original Petition in Abilene & Southern Railway Company vs. J. H. Miller et al.]

Document stating Abilene & Southern Railway Company's petition to condemn and appropriate Lots 11 and 12 in Block D of the Miller and Mouser Subdivision of Blocks 191 and 191 in Abilene, Texas. Included in the petition are the names of the owners of the property, the market value and owed taxes on the properties, and the reasons the railway company is pursuing condemnation proceedings. This document is unsigned.
Date: 1909~
Creator: Abilene & Southern Railway Company
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition by Abilene & Southern Railway Company to Condemn a Property in Abilene, Texas] (open access)

[Petition by Abilene & Southern Railway Company to Condemn a Property in Abilene, Texas]

Document seeking the condemnation of Lot 10 in Block D of the Miller and Mouser Subdivision in Abilene, Texas by the Abilene & Southern Railway Company. The petition states the property belonged to W. H. Rawlings, deceased, and his heirs are unknown. This document is unsigned.
Date: unknown
Creator: Abilene & Southern Railway Company
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition in Abilene & Southern Railway Company vs. W. H. Rawlings et al.] (open access)

[Petition in Abilene & Southern Railway Company vs. W. H. Rawlings et al.]

Document detailing Abilene & Southern Railway Company's petition for condemnation proceedings of Lot 10 in Block D of the Miller and Mouser Subdivision of Blocks 191 and 192 in Abilene, Texas, which was owned by W. H. Rawlings, deceased. This document is unsigned and undated.
Date: unknown
Creator: Abilene & Southern Railway Company
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1914-1921] (open access)

[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1914-1921]

Ledger containing minutes of the Board of Commissioners in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from December 3, 1914 to December 9, 1921.
Date: 1914-12-03/1921-12-09
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History