[WASP Class 43-4 at the 1982 Reunion]

Photograph of the Women Airforce Service Pilot class 43-4, arranged in three rows in front of a wall with floral wallpaper and the banner for the Order of Fifinella. There are nineteen women total, and five in the first row wear their WASP uniforms. Two women on the the first row hold a sign with their class number and four women in the second row hold a large set of WASP wings.
Date: 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In] (open access)

[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] (open access)

[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
WASP Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 4, December 1,1944 (open access)

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
[Correspondence Between North American Aviation, Inc. of Kansas and the Army Air Force Material Command] (open access)

[Correspondence Between North American Aviation, Inc. of Kansas and the Army Air Force Material Command]

Correspondence between North American Aviation, Inc. of Kansas and the Army Air Force Material Command discussing the creation of a device to aid female pilots in relieving themselves mid-flight. Both letters are written in a comical rhyming scheme with several euphemistic references to bathroom activities. The pages come with one half of a manila folder that has, "Byrd Granger's documentation of militarization", written on it in pen.
Date: 1943-10-08/1943-10-12
Creator: North American Aviation, Inc. of Kansas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: International Women's Air & Space Museum] (open access)

[Pamphlet: International Women's Air & Space Museum]

Pamphlet and addressed form envelope for donations to the International Women's Air & Space Museum. the pamphlet includes details about women's contributions to aeronautics, a brief history of the museum, and different donation amounts. The envelope is addressed to the museum and includes a form for making a donation.
Date: unknown
Creator: Aero-Astro Cultural Center
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Jones to Rigdon Edwards, January 24, 1973] (open access)

[Letter from Mary Jones to Rigdon Edwards, January 24, 1973]

Letter from Mary Jones to Rigdon Edwards discussing the WASP 30th anniversary event, and an upcoming pictorial. The letter mentions two women, Dedie and Dottie Young who have been working on the pictorial. The letterhead is from the Order of Fifinella in Gates Mills, Ohio.
Date: January 24, 1973
Creator: Jones, Mary
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jean Hixson and Marry Ellen Keil to WASP members, March, 1982] (open access)

[Letter from Jean Hixson and Marry Ellen Keil to WASP members, March, 1982]

Letter from Jean Hixson and Marry Ellen Keil to WASP members discussing upcoming events around the country. The letter includes a tear-off form for registering for the 1982 WASP reunion at the bottom, and on the back of the letter, there is a schedule of events for the reunion.
Date: March 1982
Creator: Hixson, Jean & Keil, Marry Ellen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Clarice I. Bergemann] (open access)

[Envelope Addressed to Clarice I. Bergemann]

Envelope addressed to Clarice I. Bergemann in Alliance, Ohio.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Room Reservation Form for Bond Court Hotel] (open access)

[Room Reservation Form for Bond Court Hotel]

Pre-addressed form for reserving a room at the Bond Court Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bond Court Hotel
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Rigdon Edwards] (open access)

[Envelope Addressed to Rigdon Edwards]

Envelope addressed to Rigdon Edwards in Sweetwater, Texas, from Jeanette Jenkins.
Date: March 18, 1982
Creator: Jenkins, Jeanette J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History