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[WASP Recognition Clippings Scrapbook]
Scrapbook filled mostly with newspaper clipping about Women Airforce Service Pilots gaining recognition for their war efforts and about WASP reunion activities.
Date:
1976-04-26/1986-09-29
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Memorial Remarks by Dora Dougherty Strother]
Remarks for a WASP Memorial service in Sweetwater, Texas by Dora Dougherty Strother.
Date:
September 26, 1986
Creator:
Strother, Dora Dougherty
Object Type:
Script
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Charlyne Creger: An Oral History
Transcript of and oral history interview of Charlyne Creger conducted by interviewer, Dawn Letson. They discuss Creger's family history, her life growing up in Oklahoma, and her life and career after entering and graduating the Women Airforce Service Pilots. An index of subjects discussed is listed at the end of the interview.
Date:
May 26, 1988
Creator:
Letson, Dawn & Creger, Charlyne
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Class 3 Achieves First Goal]
Newspaper clipping describing the quality of the parachutes used at Avenger Field and the Link training process for the WASPs. The clipping also provides details about the graduation ceremony for the Women AIrforce Service Pilots, class of 43-W-3.
Date:
July 26, 1943
Creator:
Clements, Betty; Seip, Margaret & Baumgartner, Ann
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Remarks for WASP Memorial
Pamphlet from a WASP memorial event with a composition written by Dora Dougherty Strother about the Women Airforce Service Pilots and the bond they share.
Date:
September 26, 1986
Creator:
Strother, Dora Dougherty
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Virginia Wise to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, October 26, 1986]
Letter from Virginia Wise to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards thanking him for his participation in the last reunion.
Date:
October 26, 1986
Creator:
Wise, Virginia F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Fifi Awards Go to City and CC]
Newspaper clipping about the City of Sweetwater and the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce receiving Fifi awards at the 30th WASP reunion. A brief history about the WASP is also given. Near the end is a photograph of the people who received the Fifi awards.
Date:
June 26, 1972
Creator:
Gordon, Joe
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, February 26, 1987]
Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards discussing financial troubles that the WASP is experiencing, copyright issues with the Fifinella emblem, and changes that may be made to the local museum's name.
Date:
February 26, 1987
Creator:
Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pilot instructor had one fear: 'Fire in the air']
Newspaper clipping of an article about a time when Margaret Tamplin's plane caught fire in the middle of her flight and brief mention of the upcoming reunion.
Date:
September 26, 1986
Creator:
Redden, Gail
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Fifi Awards Go To City and CC]
Newspaper clippings of an article discussing the awards banquet at the WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas. A picture of the Fifi Award winners accompanies the article. The reverse sides of the clippings include portions of articles and advertisements.
Date:
June 26, 1972
Creator:
Gordon, Joe
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Local WASP reunion events continue through Sunday]
Newspaper clipping with an article about a past issue John Hosier experienced, certain WASPs' experience in the military, and the 1986 Reunion.
Date:
September 26, 1986
Creator:
Redden, Gail
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Monument Minutes, April 26, 1990]
Group meeting minutes discussing construction of the WASP historic monument. Included are an agreement between WASP sculptor, Dorothy Swain Louis and the WASP Historic Monument Committee, schedules and a registration form filled out by Lynne Carlson for the 1990 WASP Conference.
Date:
April 26, 1990
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Fifi Awards Go To City and CC]
Newspaper clipping of an article about the recipients of the Fifi awards at the 30th WASP reunion. Other activities that happened at the event are also mentioned.
Date:
June 26, 1972
Creator:
Gordon, Joe
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Victor J. Nelson to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, August 26, 1942]
Copy of a letter from Victor J. Nelson to Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing an estimate cost for new roofing on lean-tos and hangars at Avenger Field.
Date:
August 26, 1942
Creator:
Nelson, Victor J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People waving from street corner]
Photograph of ten adults and two children on a streetcorner in Sweetwater, Texas waving at someone to the left of the camera. Various 1970s- and 80s-style automobiles are parked in the background.
Date:
September 26, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with American and WASP Flags (Negative)]
Photograph of four WASP veterans in uniform standing on a street, two of them displaying a WASP flag while one holds up an American flag behind them. A brown 1980s sedan is parked behind them to the right. Two pedestrians walk past a white and red truck and some houses in the top left.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Veterans and Others with Flag]
Blurry photograph of a group of twenty-one standing WASP veterans and two kneeling younger women posing with a WASP flag at the 1986 reunion.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP veterans with flag]
Blurry photograph of a group of twenty-one standing WASP veterans posing with a WASP flag at the 1986 reunion.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with Flag (negative)]
Photograph of 20 WASP veterans standing outside on and in front of bleachers at the 1986 convention; two at the front are in uniform and holding a WASP flag.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People waving from street corner (negative)]
Photograph of ten adults and two children on a streetcorner in Sweetwater, Texas waving at someone to the left of the camera. Various 1970s- and 80s-style automobiles are parked in the background.
Date:
1986-09-26%
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP veterans with flag]
Blurry photograph of a group of twenty-one standing WASP veterans posing with a WASP flag at the 1986 reunion.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Remarks for WASP Memorial
Remarks given by WASP veteran Dora Dougherty Strother at a memorial service for lost WASPs, held during the 1986 reunion in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
September 26, 1986
Creator:
Strother, Dora Dougherty
Object Type:
Script
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Veterans and Others with Flag (negative)]
Blurry photograph of a group of twenty-one standing WASP veterans and two kneeling younger women posing with a WASP flag at the 1986 reunion.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with American and WASP Flags]
Photograph of four WASP veterans in uniform standing on a street, two of them displaying a WASP flag while one holds up an American flag behind them. A brown 1980s sedan is parked behind them to the right. Two pedestrians walk past a white and red truck and some houses in the top left.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History