A Question of Equity: The WASP in World War II (open access)

A Question of Equity: The WASP in World War II

Essay by former Women Airforce Service Pilot, Eleanor Brown, discussing the history and importance of the WASP and their long struggle for militarization. Included are a photocopied newspaper clipping describing the resistance to militarization and a small note about the essay. Various grammatical and syntactical corrections are handwritten in pen throughout the piece.
Date: December 2, 1982
Creator: Brown, Eleanor
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP Newsletter, December 1, 1987 (open access)

WASP Newsletter, December 1, 1987

Quarterly newsletter of the former World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots including news, events, stories about the group's history, and other information of interest to the members.
Date: December 1, 1987
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Rigdon Edwards] (open access)

[Envelope Addressed to Rigdon Edwards]

Envelope addressed to Rigdon Edwards in Sweetwater, Texas, from Rexroat in Skyview Acres in New Mexico.
Date: December 11, 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Off she went into the wild blue yonder] (open access)

[Clipping: Off she went into the wild blue yonder]

Newspaper clipping titled "Off she went into the wild blue yonder," written by Frog Smith for The News-Press. It discusses the life of Jacqueline Cochran and continues on 2D under the title of "Pilot."
Date: December 6, 1980
Creator: Smith, Frog
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mary Ruth Rance Leaning on a Car]

Photograph of Mary Ruth Rance leaning on her car. The car is identified as a VW rabbit and has a California liscense plate reading "43WASP6." "Dec 1981, Mary Ruth Rance, My new VW Rabbit planning to drive to Cleveland for our Convention" is written on the back.
Date: December 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Wasp Newsletter, December 1986 (open access)

The Wasp Newsletter, December 1986

Newsletter of the former World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots including news, events, stories about the group's history, and other information of interest to the members.
Date: December 1986
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women Airforce Service Pilots Reunited] (open access)

[Clipping: Women Airforce Service Pilots Reunited]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping showing photos of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, classes of 43-W-6 and 43-W-7.
Date: December 10, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joy Lewis to Lynne Carlson, December 14, 1989] (open access)

[Letter from Joy Lewis to Lynne Carlson, December 14, 1989]

Letter from Joy Lewis to Lynne Carlson discussing the setting up and cost of a bronze statue. Included are sketches and blueprints of the potential statue.
Date: December 14, 1989
Creator: Lewis, Joy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP Regional News, Area One, Volume 3, Number 1, December 3, 1988 (open access)

WASP Regional News, Area One, Volume 3, Number 1, December 3, 1988

Regional newsletter for the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II with information on aviation news, upcoming reunions, and future newsletters. The brief newsletter is addressed on the back to WASP, June S. Leckie.
Date: December 3, 1988
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Homer K. Taylor to Joan McKesson, Dec. 11, 1984] (open access)

[Letter from Homer K. Taylor to Joan McKesson, Dec. 11, 1984]

Letter from Homer K. Taylor to Joan McKesson discussing the possibility of the town of Sweetwater hosting the 1986 WASP reunion.
Date: December 11, 1984
Creator: Taylor, Homer K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History