[Clipping: WASPS remember when] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPS remember when]

Newspaper clipping "Women flying on a wing and a prayer in West Texas" an article about WASP Eleanor Brown and Betty Shipley, The article includes details of the history of WASP, and a photograph of Brown and Shipley. There is an advertisement for a car and an article on bat-inspired myths on the back of the clipping.
Date: October 31, 1999
Creator: Wolff, Henry, Jr.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. P. Johnson to Prince and Plosser Air School, August 31, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from T. P. Johnson to Prince and Plosser Air School, August 31, 1942]

Letter from T. P. Johnson to Prince and Plosser Air School discussing the installation of electrical service to gasoline pumps being installed. It includes a material list that must be approved by Prince and Plosser.
Date: August 31, 1942
Creator: Johnson, T. P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. A. Perry to Charles A. Prince, August 31, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from W. A. Perry to Charles A. Prince, August 31, 1942]

Copy of a letter from W. A. Perry to Charles A. Prince discussing problems with the water purity in the sewage lines to the government airport in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: August 31, 1942
Creator: Perry, W. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from R. E. Olin to J. B. Plosser, July 31, 1942] (open access)

[Telegram from R. E. Olin to J. B. Plosser, July 31, 1942]

Copy of telegram from R. E. Olin to J. B. Plosser discussing investigating various expenses on equipment for Plosser Prince Air Academy.
Date: July 31, 1942
Creator: Olin, R. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Tracie Johnston to Rigdon Edwards, March 31, 1996] (open access)

[Letter from Tracie Johnston to Rigdon Edwards, March 31, 1996]

Letter from Tracie Johnston to Rigdon Edwards thanking Rigdon Edwards for helping her on her State History Day competition project and how successful she has been with it. She also requests more information for more research she can include in her project.
Date: March 31, 1996
Creator: Johnston, Tracie M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women at war] (open access)

[Clipping: Women at war]

Newspaper clipping with an article giving a brief history of the WASP, their accomplishments, and current efforts to acquire veteran status.
Date: July 31, 1977
Creator: Kelsy, Roy & North, Don
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, July 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, July 31, 1944]

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing military experiences, past correspondence, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
Date: July 31, 1944
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Photograph of Five WASP] (open access)

[Clipping: Photograph of Five WASP]

Magazine clipping of a photograph of five WASP undergraduates. Part of a Head & Shoulders advertisement and coupon are on the other side.
Date: May 31, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, July 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, July 31, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing the remainder of her flight training, a dentist visit, barracks living, watching planes at night, waiting to hear where she will transfer to, her breakfast, correspondence, and her mother's health.
Date: July 31, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell earnings statement] (open access)

[Gayle Snell earnings statement]

Statement of earnings and deductions for WASP Gayle Snell for the pay period ending on May 31, 1944. She was paid $134.40.
Date: May 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History