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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Lena Southern to Lois Matlock, February 21, 1910]

Postcard from Lena Southern to Lois Matlock with an illustration of three pink flowers and a caption that reads: "The world is filled with flowers, The flowers are filled with dew, The dew is filled with love For you, and you, and you." Lena mentions in the note on the card that her school lets out in two months time.
Date: February 21, 1910
Creator: Southern, Lena
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Lena Southern to Lois Matlock, February 10, 1910]

Postcard from Lena Southern to Lois Matlock with a tinted photograph of the Cathedral Spires at the Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs, Colorado with a small carriage situated at the bottom. There is also a short note on the back of the card that asks how Lois and the family have been.
Date: February 10, 1910
Creator: Southern, Lena
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Kate to Mrs. W. A. Scott, February 12, 1924]

Postcard from Kate to Mrs. W. A. Scott with an illustration of two children with a caption that reads: "Tell me, Sweet does that heart of thine Cherish a thought that is hope to mine?" The note on the card tells Scott that she should come up to Durant to visit but that Kate's children has had the chicken pox.
Date: February 12, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Kate Matlock to Edna Matlock, February 12, 1924]

Postcard from Kate Matlock to Edna Matlock saying that her children have had the chicken pox and that is why she has not written often. The illustration on the front of the card shows a little girl playing with a stick and a hoop; the note next to the picture reads: "This simple little card I send Is just to say to you That if it rains or if it shines My love for you is true."
Date: February 12, 1924
Creator: Matlock, Kate
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History