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[Smiling WASP holding jacket]
Photograph of a smiling WASP in uniform, standing in front of a window and holding a jacket. There is a tree behind her to the right, and an obscured sign to the left.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two WASPs with Biplane]
Photograph of two WASPs standing on the port-front side of a biplane trainer. Both are wearing flying gear; the woman on the left has her foot on the plane's wheel.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Veteran sitting on Truck Bed]
Photograph of a WASP veteran in uniform sitting on a flatbed truck with some other people. There is a dock with pallets on it in the background.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Pam L. Carr]
Photograph of WASP trainee Pam L. Carr from class 44-W-10 wearing a flight cap and jacket.
Date:
June 20, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP 50th Anniversary envelope]
An envelope printed by Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII for the 50th anniversary of the WASP and a monument dedication at Avenger Field. It features a drawing of an Avenger Field hangar and tower, a trainer aircraft, and a WASP wearing a flight cap. Included is a first class stamp commemorating World War II rationing.
Date:
1993
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Nancy Parrish to "WASP online," May 28, 2004]
Email from Nancy Parrish to "WASPs online" sharing a page she put up on the Wings Across America website in honor of WASP Marion C. Hanrahan, including an email from Hanrahan to Parrish discussing her health and Nancy's eulogy for her, titled "The Greatest WASP I Never Met."
Date:
May 28, 2004
Creator:
Parrish, Nancy
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Helen Shaw to Gayle Snell, August 4, 1944]
Telegram sent to Gayle Snell by Helen Shaw, ordering Snell to return to duty at Avenger Field.
Date:
August 4, 1944
Creator:
Shaw, Helen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two WASPs with "Women Trainees Only" Sign]
Photograph of two WASP trainees squatting behind a sign reading "WOMEN TRAINESS ONLY IN THIS AREA" at Avenger Field. A person walks down the porch of a barracks in the left-background.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[T.C. memorandum certificate]
A certificate signed by WASP Gayle Snell affirming that she read "T. C. Memorandum 62-10."
Date:
November 9, 1944
Creator:
Snell, Gayle M.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP in Heavy Flight Jacket]
Photograph of a WASP trainee standing in front of a barracks at Avenger Field, wearing a heavy leather flying jacket and pants with boots.
Date:
[1943..1944]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP veteran speaking at event
Photograph of a WASP veteran speaking on stage at a 50th anniversary event. Behind her on the wall is a large "50" and a reproduction of the WASP mascot "Fifinella." Several other people sit at the head table on either side of the podium and more people are visible on the ground floor.
Date:
August 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Chatting]
Photograph of WASP trainee Gayle Snell seated in front of a building at Avenger Field and chatting with two other trainees (standing, left) and two men (seated, right).
Date:
1944-22~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two WASPs on Barracks Porch]
Photograph of two WASP trainees, one standing and one sitting, both leaning on a post on a barracks porch at Avenger field.
Date:
1944-21~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with WASP Flag at Nolan County Courthouse (negative)]
Photograph of two WASP women in uniform, standing at the top of the Nolan County Courthouse steps and holding a flag commemorating the WASPs. Several people are standing around, including another WASP in uniform photographing the flag.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram to Gayle Snell from Helen Shaw, 1944?]
Telegram from Helen Shaw to Gayle Snell requesting Snell return to Sweetwater.
Date:
1944-08?
Creator:
Shaw, Helen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell promotion]
Promotion form ordering higher pay for WASP Gayle Snell and changing her designation from trainee to pilot.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]
Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises, Limited
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Honorable Service for Gayle Snell]
A certificate signed by General Hap Arnold and Jacqueline Cochran affirming that Gayle Snell completed pilot training to become a WASP.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Headquarters
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
[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
Order of Fifinella: Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws
Booklet containing the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Order of Fifnella, founded for the WASP.
Date:
1945?
Creator:
Marsh, Clara Jo; Petry, Ruth Mary & Stires, Hally
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dale Martin to Women Airforce Service Pilot veterans, June 20, 1972]
Letter from Dale Martin, president of the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce, extending well-wishes to the participants of the 1972 WASP reunion.
Date:
June 20, 1972
Creator:
Martin, Dale
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman next to WASP Statue]
Photograph of a woman sitting on the edge of a fountain at Avenger Field, in the middle of which is a statue commemorating the WASPs. The woman is wearing sunglasses, a green blouse, and black pants.
Date:
[1993-05-22..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Three WASP Trainees on Barracks Porch]
Photograph of three WASP trainees posing together on the porch of a barracks at Avenger Field, wearing shirts and slacks.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History