Resource Type

[Receipt for a Letter from Colonel Smith] (open access)

[Receipt for a Letter from Colonel Smith]

Copies of a receipt documenting delivery of a personal letter from Colonel L. S. Smith sent to Charles A. Prince in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 21, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order for Refrigeration Equipment #4] (open access)

[Order for Refrigeration Equipment #4]

Order form for commercial refrigeration equipment sold by the International Harvester Company to the Plosser-Prince Air Academy, including a walk in cooler, condensing unit, expansion valve, and dehydrator, totaling $931.44 for delivery on June 15, 1942.
Date: May 18, 1942
Creator: International Harvester Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order for Refrigeration Equipment #6] (open access)

[Order for Refrigeration Equipment #6]

Order form for commercial refrigeration equipment sold by the International Harvester Company to the Plosser-Prince Air Academy, including a walk in cooler, condensing unit, expansion valve, and dehydrator, totaling $949.94 for delivery on June 15, 1942.
Date: May 18, 1942
Creator: International Harvester Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check Paid to Irby & Dineen, May 24, 1943] (open access)

[Check Paid to Irby & Dineen, May 24, 1943]

Check for $1,972.80 paid to Irby & Dineen by the Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas for a reporting case at Abilene, Texas.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: Plosser-Prince Air Academy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check Paid to J. M. Wagstaff, May 27, 1943] (open access)

[Check Paid to J. M. Wagstaff, May 27, 1943]

Check for $250 paid to J. M. Wagstaff by the Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas for expenses on trial at Abilene, Texas.
Date: May 27, 1943
Creator: Plosser-Prince Air Academy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order for Refrigeration Equipment #5] (open access)

[Order for Refrigeration Equipment #5]

Order form for commercial refrigeration equipment sold by the International Harvester Company to the Plosser-Prince Air Academy, including a walk in cooler, condensing unit, expansion valve, dehydrator, and No. 63 unit cooler., totaling $758.27 for delivery on June 15, 1942.
Date: May 18, 1942
Creator: International Harvester Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cost Estimate for Avenger Field Housing and Utilities] (open access)

[Cost Estimate for Avenger Field Housing and Utilities]

Cost estimate for additional housing and utilities extensions at Plosser-Prince Air Academy's Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smith, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for an Electric Company Account #2] (open access)

[Invoice for an Electric Company Account #2]

Invoice for electrical service at the Prince & Plosser Air School in Sweetwater, Texas, and for related electrical transformers, totaling $4153.90 billed by the Texas Electric Service Company.
Date: May 8, 1942
Creator: Texas Electric Service Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Pilot Trainees Eliminated in March 1943] (open access)

[Certificate of Pilot Trainees Eliminated in March 1943]

Text certifying that three women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) on March 31, 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person.
Date: April 6, 1943
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order for Various Types of Coolers #1] (open access)

[Order for Various Types of Coolers #1]

Order form for commercial refrigeration equipment sold by the International Harvester Company to the Plosser-Prince Air Academy, including four varieties of coolers, totaling $3336.09 for delivery on June 15, 1942.
Date: May 18, 1942
Creator: International Harvester Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for an Electric Company Account #3] (open access)

[Invoice for an Electric Company Account #3]

Invoice for electrical service at the Prince & Plosser Air School in Sweetwater, Texas, and for related electrical transformers, totaling $4153.90 billed by the Texas Electric Service Company. This version has handwritten notes, including the text "OK" next to the amount (right) and text below the explanation of costs, "Joe has okeh from Washington re bill."
Date: May 8, 1942
Creator: Texas Electric Service Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documents Related to Construction of Avenger Field] (open access)

[Documents Related to Construction of Avenger Field]

A collection of correspondence and invoices between Prince and Plosser Air Academy organizers and various companies regarding the construction and transaction of things such as gas, runways, railways, waterlines, sheets and pillowcases, barracks etc. for Avenger Field.
Date: 1942/1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order for Refrigeration Equipment #1] (open access)

[Order for Refrigeration Equipment #1]

Order form for commercial refrigeration equipment sold by the International Harvester Company to the Plosser-Prince Air Academy, including a walk in cooler, condensing unit, expansion valve, and dehydrator, totaling $931.44 for delivery on June 15, 1942.
Date: May 18, 1942
Creator: International Harvester Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order for Refrigeration Equipment #3] (open access)

[Order for Refrigeration Equipment #3]

Order form for commercial refrigeration equipment sold by the International Harvester Company to the Plosser-Prince Air Academy, including a walk in cooler, condensing unit, expansion valve, and dehydrator, totaling $949.94 for delivery on June 15, 1942.
Date: May 18, 1942
Creator: International Harvester Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Elimination, April 1943] (open access)

[Certificate of Elimination, April 1943]

Text certifying that five women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) in March and April 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person; one name has been stricken from the list with a handwritten note.
Date: April 6, 1943
Creator: McConnell, Landon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letterhead for Plosser-Prince Air Academy] (open access)

[Letterhead for Plosser-Prince Air Academy]

Nine sheets of blank letterhead with blue text that reads "Plosser-Prince Air Academy, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas" at the top.
Date: 194X
Creator: Plosser-Prince Air Academy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Levy Bros Department Store Quote] (open access)

[Levy Bros Department Store Quote]

A quote for blankets, pillow cases, and sheets from Levy Bros Department Store. There are various handwritten notes on the page.
Date: unknown
Creator: Levy Bros Department Store
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inter-Office Memo Regarding the Salary Cost from Corsicana] (open access)

[Inter-Office Memo Regarding the Salary Cost from Corsicana]

Plosser-Prince Air Academy memo regarding salary costs from Corsicana.
Date: March 19, 1941
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order for Various Parts of Refrigeration Equipment #1] (open access)

[Order for Various Parts of Refrigeration Equipment #1]

Order form for commercial refrigeration equipment sold by the International Harvester Company to the Plosser-Prince Air Academy, including a reach in cooler, a condensing unit, an expansion valve, a dehydrator, and a dome coil, totaling $696.44 for delivery on June 15, 1942.
Date: May 18, 1942
Creator: International Harvester Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Preliminary Cost Estimate for an Expansion of Plosser-Prince Air Academy] (open access)

[Preliminary Cost Estimate for an Expansion of Plosser-Prince Air Academy]

Preliminary cost estimate for an expansion of Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas. There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the page explaining how the estimate was based on a revised barracks plan.
Date: March 16, 1943
Creator: Harvey, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order for Refrigeration Equipment #2] (open access)

[Order for Refrigeration Equipment #2]

Order form for commercial refrigeration equipment sold by the International Harvester Company to the Plosser-Prince Air Academy, including a walk in cooler, condensing unit, expansion valve, dehydrator, and No. 63 unit cooler., totaling $758.27 for delivery on June 15, 1942.
Date: May 18, 1942
Creator: International Harvester Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letterhead for Plosser-Prince Air Academy] (open access)

[Letterhead for Plosser-Prince Air Academy]

Eight sheets of blank letterhead with blue text that reads "Plosser-Prince Air Academy, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas" at the top, and has "COPY" printed diagonally across the center of each page.
Date: 194X
Creator: Plosser-Prince Air Academy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Request for for Additional Authorization] (open access)

[Request for for Additional Authorization]

Approval of additional authorization of funding for construction on the Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: August 10, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo Regarding Mr. Parrott] (open access)

[Memo Regarding Mr. Parrott]

Memo from Plosser-Prince Air Academy at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas that says: "[sic] How about feeling Mr Parrott out re- a victory loan."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History