[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater, Texas and Sweetwater Club News] (open access)

[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater, Texas and Sweetwater Club News]

Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about local news in Sweetwater, Texas, including a teacher winning a contest (with the winning poem she wrote included), speakers attending Sweetwater Club meetings, and the operation of the USO in West, Texas.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport]

Photograph of an aerial view of a large swath of land. It contains a textbox at the bottom of the photograph with four lines of text; from top to bottom, it reads: "U.S. Engineer Office--War Department--Galveston, Texas," "Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport--C.A.A.," "Grading & Paving Operations - Looking S.E.--Feb. 13, 1942," and "Bell & Braden--Contract No. W-359-eng-3545 (CCA-4090)--April 9, 1941--Photo No. 5."
Date: February 13, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Student Activities and Avenger Field Naming] (open access)

[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Student Activities and Avenger Field Naming]

Photocopy of newspaper clippings about student and teacher activities in Sweetwater, Texas, including the naming of the Avenger Field Air School by means of a contest.
Date: {1942-05-13,1942-05-14}
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close Up of a Puddle]

Photograph of a close up of a puddle near a concrete sidewalk at Avenger Field.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lease Agreement between A. G. Lee and Joe B. Plosser & Charles A. Prince] (open access)

[Lease Agreement between A. G. Lee and Joe B. Plosser & Charles A. Prince]

Lease agreement between A. G. Lee, the first party, and Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, the second party, for the auxiliary Air Field purposes.
Date: July 20, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for Electric Service, April 27, 1942 #2] (open access)

[Agreement for Electric Service, April 27, 1942 #2]

Formal contract outlining an agreement for the Texas Electric Service Company to provide power to Plosser-Prince Air School in Sweetwater, Texas from April 27, 1942 to April 27, 1943.
Date: April 27, 1942
Creator: Texas Electric Service Company
Object Type: Legal Document
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. C. Hoppe to Charles A. Prince, April 4, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from R. C. Hoppe to Charles A. Prince, April 4, 1942]

Letter from City Manager R. C. Hoppe to Charles A. Prince discussing the enclosed lease for the Sweetwater Municipal Airport.
Date: April 4, 1942
Creator: Hoppe, R. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to R. C. Hoppe, March 27, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Charles A. Prince to R. C. Hoppe, March 27, 1942]

Letter from Charles A. Prince to City Manager R. C. Hoppe discussing the lease between the City of Sweetwater, Texas and the Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date: March 27, 1942
Creator: Prince, Charles A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James H. Beall, Jr. to Gordon Stater, November 22, 1942] (open access)

[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
[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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Signed Lease Agreement Between the City of Sweetwater, Texas and the Plosser-Prince Air Academy] (open access)

[Signed Lease Agreement Between the City of Sweetwater, Texas and the Plosser-Prince Air Academy]

A lease agreement between the city of Sweetwater, Texas and Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince for the purpose of their aviation academy. The agreement is signed by W. H. Whaley, J. M. Lawrence, Joe B. Plosser, and Charles A. Prince.
Date: 1942~
Creator: City of Sweetwater of the State of Texas
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unconnected Water Lines #3]

Photograph of unconnected water lines. Written on the back is a note indicating that the lines were not connected properly and are located near the north end of barracks B and C.
Date: November 24, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unconnected Water Lines #2]

Photograph of unconnected water lines. Written on the back is a note indicating that the lines were not connected properly and are located near the north end of barracks B and C.
Date: November 24, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from R. C. Hoppe to Charles A. Prince, March 27, 1942] (open access)

[Telegram from R. C. Hoppe to Charles A. Prince, March 27, 1942]

Telegram from City Manager R. C. Hoppe to Charles A. Prince discussing the proposed lease on the Sweetwater Municipal Airport.
Date: March 27, 1942
Creator: Hoppe, R. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for Electric Service, September 1, 1942 #2] (open access)

[Agreement for Electric Service, September 1, 1942 #2]

Formal contract outlining an agreement for the Texas Electric Service Company to provide power to Plosser-Prince Air School in Sweetwater, Texas from September 1, 1942 to September 2, 1943.
Date: September 1, 1942
Creator: Texas Electric Service Company
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History