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Eleanor Brown Collection
14
Henderson (Paul Hill) Collection
13
Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
7
Helen Snapp Collection
4
National WASP WWII Museum Collection
3
Kafka Collection
2
WASP Newsletter
2
Air Command and Staff College Course Correspondence Course
1
Gayle Snell Collection
1
Mary Ruth Rance Collection
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[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 22, 1944]
Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing traveling between Selma, AL, and Houston. The postcard features an image of an AT-6 in flight.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
WASP Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 2, Special Edition, November 24, 1944
Newsletter of the Women Airforce Service Pilots discussing various matters affecting the WASP, including updates on regulations, policies, news, and other pertinent information.
Date:
November 24, 1944
Creator:
WASP Newsletter Acting Staff
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 22, 1944]
Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing traveling. The postcard features an image of a Douglas DC-3.
Date:
August 21, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photocopied WASP Portraits]
Photocopy of a page containing six Women Airforce Service Pilot portraits, all dressed in leather flight jackets with Fifinella patches. The women are Grace Putnam, Mary Ruth Rance, Virginia Raymond, Velma Saunders, Betty Scantland, and Martha Smith.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Correspondence Course Suggested Additional Readings]
List of suggested books for additional reading for volume two of an Air Force correspondence course.
Date:
November 1955
Creator:
Air University Library
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Zoot Suits, Parachutes, and Wings of Silver, Too"]
Magazine clipping of an article about the history of the WASPs and some of their personal experiences in aviation.
Date:
September 1987
Creator:
Henderson, Sheila
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Barney Driscoll to Lt. Col. Al Bennett, Dec 7, 2009]
Letter from Barney Driscoll to Lt. Col. Al Bennett discussing a copy of the history of the WASP that was enclosed and the veterans museum in Huntsville, Texas.
Date:
December 7, 2009
Creator:
Driscoll, Barney
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Museum Pamphlet and Letter From Isabel Van Lom, May 31, 1988]
Letter from Isabel Madison Van Lom to her fellow WASP discussing the opening of The National Womens Military Museum and Research Center. The letter is written on a letter head from the museum that feature three women in uniform printed in the top left, and it includes a museum pamphlet discussing the new institute's features.
Date:
May 31, 1988
Creator:
Van Lom, Isabel Madison
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #5]
Shipping list of correspondence course items and printer error corrections for the course two, volume one lesson from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Date:
February 9, 1960
Creator:
Air University (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #4]
Shipping list of correspondence course items for the course two, volume two lesson plan from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Date:
December 22, 1959
Creator:
Air University (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Ferry Pilot"]
Magazine clipping with a photograph of Nancy Batson on one side and an advertisement for Kollsman Aircraft Instruments. Text on the front side reads: " FERRY PILOT: All smiles over her appointment as Florida's first WAFS (Woman's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron) member, Nancy Batson, former flight instructor at Embry-Riddle, Miami, prepares to take off. A native of Alabama where she learned to fly at the U. of A., Tuscaloosa, Nancy at 22 intends to make flying her career. She is convinced that the longer the war continues women will assume more and more wartime responsibility."
Date:
November 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]
Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date:
May 28, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]
Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date:
May 28, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lucile Wise to Mr. & Mrs. Frances, June 24, 1989]
Letter from Lucile Wise to Mr. and Mrs. Frances thanking them for the invitation to hold their 50th birthday reunion in Sweetwater, Texas in 1992 and potentially building a memorial wall for WASP. Included are other papers that give information about the history of WASP and specific members.
Date:
June 24, 1989
Creator:
Wise, Lucile
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor McLernon Brown Interview Notes]
Pages of notes on lined paper that appear to be answers to interview question addressed to Eleanor McLernon Brown.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Award for Civilian Service
Cloth Army Air Forces Emblem seen attached to the bottom left corner of a certificate awarding the emblem to Eleanor McLernon for civilian service.
Date:
December 20, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces Pilot School
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List]
Shipping list of correspondence course items and printer error corrections for course 3B from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama
Date:
February 1, 1965
Creator:
Air University (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Chatter Box]
Newspaper clipping of an article about Mickey Brown receiving an offer "to do research work in aircraft accident analysis" (lines 11-12).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eleven WASP at Napier Field]
Group photograph of eleven WASP standing outside of a building at Napier Field. Each woman is wearing a beret, a dark jacket, a light-colored shirt, a dark tie, a dark skirt, and dark shoes. The note in the bottom right corner of the photograph says, "W.A.S.P., AAFEFTC, Napier Field, Dothan, Alabama, Dec. 1944."
Date:
December 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. F. Ohme to A. N. Densmore, November 3, 1960]
Letter from M. F. Ohme to Captain A. N. Densmore informing him of his satisfactory completion of his staff study report.
Date:
November 3, 1960
Creator:
Ohme, M. F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Air Force Historical Foundation Membership Request Card]
Blank application form and envelope for membership to The Air Force Historical Foundation which comes with a subscription to The Airpower Historian magazine.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
The Air Force Historical Foundation
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Napier Field Stickers]
Sticker sheet with six stickers that say, "Napier Field, Dothan, Alabama". They are illustrated with a red bird riding in a small airplane on a yellow background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
WASP Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 4, December 1,1944
Partial WASP newsletter from a base in Maxwell Field, Alabama, announcing the death of a WASP Staff Executive, Katherine Dussaq, who was a key member in planning reemployment possibilities for WASP after deactivation. Dussaq perished in a plane crash when her AT-6 went down on her way to Cincinnati. Attached after the newsletter is a pilot's log page belonging to Betty Jo Streff.
Date:
December 1, 1944
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List February 9, 1965]
Shipping list of correspondence course items and printer error corrections for course 3B from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Date:
February 9, 1965
Creator:
Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History