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[WASP Biennial Business Meeting]
Agenda for one of the WASP biennial meetings held on October 7, 2000 in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
September 22, 2000
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lesley F. Wootan to Margaret Hill, January 22, 1986]
Letter from Lesley F. Wootan to Margaret Hill reminding her of the details for the next WASP committee meeting. He ends by thanking her for serving on the committee.
Date:
January 22, 1986
Creator:
Wootan, Lesley F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: They also served]
Newspaper clipping with photographs of former WASP, an article about their service in the military, and their recognition as veterans.
Date:
March 22, 1987
Creator:
David, Marjorie
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WW2 Flying Women"]
Newspaper clipping of the "People" section of the June 1995 issue of Florida Today. Articles about the story of the WASPs, Michael Jackson's accusations of child molestation, neutering dogs, and more are included. "WW2 Flying Women" discusses two local women, Marjorie Sizemore and Carolyn Miller, and their service in the WASP.
Date:
June 22, 1995
Creator:
Morris, Betty
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt from Heritage Publication Inc. to Rigdon Edwards]
Receipt for a WASP directory, published by Heritage Publications Inc., issued to Rigdon Edwards.
Date:
November 22, 1973
Creator:
Heritage Publications Inc.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards, February 22, 1977]
Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards discussing upcoming legislation concerning WASP members. The letter has an illustration of the WASP mascot Fifinella in the top left corner. Also included is an envelope addressed to Rigdon Edwards.
Date:
February 22, 1977
Creator:
Florey, Ruth
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Nita Hewitt to Rigdon Edwards, November 22, 1973]
Letter from Nita Hewitt to Rigdon Edwards discussing an order for a WASP directory. The letter includes the letterhead of the book publishing company, Heritage Publications Inc.
Date:
November 22, 1973
Creator:
Hewitt, Nita
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Duren to Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon Edwards, May 22, 1944]
Letter from Doris Duren to Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon Edwards discussing how the U.S. Army split up she and a group of other female pilots. She mentions that they fly BT-14 planes, give instruction to flight cadets, and are supposed to be trained to fly B-26 planes soon. At the top left of the first page, there is a small, printed illustration of the WASP mascot, Fifinella
Date:
May 22, 1944
Creator:
Duren, Doris
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Legal-Sized Envelope from the Women Airforce Service Pilots #1]
Legal-sized envelope with the Women Airforce Service Pilots insignia in the upper left corner and a 50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication cancellation stamp form Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556 and a twenty-nine-cent U.S. stamp that reads "Allies land in North Africa November 1942."
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #4]
50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a fifty-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring Harriet Quimby the Pioneer Pilot. It shows a cancellation stamp from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #2]
50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a twenty-nin-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring "Corregidor Falls to Japanese." It shows a cancellation stand from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Legal-Sized Envelope from the Women Airforce Service Pilots #2]
Legal-sized envelope with the Women Airforce Service Pilots insignia in the upper left corner and a 50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication cancellation stamp form Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556 and a twenty-nine-cent U.S. stamp that reads "Allies decipher secret enemy codes, 1942."
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #1]
50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a fifty-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring Harriet Quimby the Pioneer Pilot. It shows a cancellation stamp from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James H. Beall, Jr. to Gordon Stater, November 22, 1942]
Letter from James H. Beall, Jr. to Gordon Stater discussing previous correspondence written three days prior on November 19, 1942. Beall rejects Victor J. Nelson's offer to complete the construction work previously agreed upon.
Date:
November 22, 1942
Creator:
Beall, James H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Joe B. Plosser to Charles A. Prince, February 22, 1943]
Telegram from Joe B. Plosser to Charles A. Prince discussing the arrival of sixty-four women trainees and the future arrival of a check for the previous month of January, as confirmed by a wire from Wright Field.
Date:
February 22, 1943
Creator:
Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Blue Bonnet Hotel Receipt]
A receipt from the Blue Bonnet Hotel in Sweetwater, Texas, totaling at $2.50 for a room.
Date:
March 22, 1943
Creator:
Blue Bonnet Hotel
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harl Pinkard to Rigdon Edwards, Febraury 22, 1994]
Letter from Harl to Rigdon discussing the building of a monument.
Date:
February 22, 1994
Creator:
Pinkard, Harl W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, May 22, 1944]
Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards about the Army splitting them up and what life is like in the new environment.
Date:
May 22, 1944
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isabelle Hale to Rigdon Edwards, October 22, 1986]
Letter from Isabelle McCrae Hale to Rigdon Edwards discussing how great the recent reunion was and her husband's health.
Date:
October 22, 1986
Creator:
Hale, Isabelle McCrae
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Rigdon Edwards Jr., November 22, 1944]
Letter to Rigdon Edwards Jr., containing a Notice of Classification from the Selective Service.
Date:
November 22, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes: WASP Committee Meeting, October 22, 1992]
Minutes for the WASP Committee meeting including estimated memorial costs, fundraising, and a proposed reunion agenda.
Date:
October 22, 1992
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from WASP, May 22, 1993]
Envelope from WASP with no letter enclosed. On the front is an illustration of Avenger Field, a plane, and a pilot. On the upper right corner is a stamp of an event that occurred in World War 2.
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Plaque]
Photograph of what appears to be a historical marker plaque with a few paragraphs of the history of WASP. The plaque begins, "Women Airforce Service Pilots Jacqueline Cochran, one of the most famous women pilots of the twentieth century..." A note written on the back of the photo reads, "Sweetwater Tex 22 May 93".
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Statue in Courtyard]
Photograph of a green statue of a WASP posed on a pedestal in the center of a small fountain or well. A courtyard area with trees and buildings can be seen in the background. The handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Sweetwater Tex 22 May 93".
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History