[Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay] (open access)

[Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay]

An autobiographic essay written by Charlyne Creger describing her experience flying as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot and how it led to her career as a nurse. A handwritten note at the bottom from 1996 states, "I am now retired and getting into mischief".
Date: 1996
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Woman pilot been flying high for last 47 years] (open access)

[Clipping: Woman pilot been flying high for last 47 years]

Newspaper clipping describing the life of Charlyne Creger, how she began flying at an early age and her experiences as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: unknown
Creator: Westerfield, David
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Leldon Creger Report Card] (open access)

[Leldon Creger Report Card]

Report card from Norman City School District for Leldon Creger, signed by Mrs. Rosa Creger and Miss Violet Creger.
Date: 1934/1935
Creator: Norman City Schools
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Woman pilot been flying high for last 47 years] (open access)

[Clipping: Woman pilot been flying high for last 47 years]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping describing the life of Charlyne Creger, how she began flying at an early age and her experiences as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: unknown
Creator: Westerfield, David
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger Handwritten Autobiography] (open access)

[Charlyne Creger Handwritten Autobiography]

Autobiographical essay handwritten by Charlyne Creger, describing major events in her life and career.
Date: unknown
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pilot Lands Meeting With Janet Reno] (open access)

[Clipping: Pilot Lands Meeting With Janet Reno]

Copy of a newspaper clipping describing Charlyne Creger's invitation to meet former Attorney General, Janet Reno in regards to the Women in Military Service Memorial program.
Date: September 19, 1997
Creator: Jackson, Leonard
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Charlyne Creger Chosen As Clothes Model] (open access)

[Clipping: Charlyne Creger Chosen As Clothes Model]

Newspaper clipping explaining how Charlyne Creger was selected to model for the Classy Jean Clothes company of St. Louis, MO and announcing that she was voted television queen in a contest sponsored by Fred Thompson Electric company. This clipping includes six photos of Ms. Creger posing in different clothing types.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Card: Charlyne Creger, WASP] (open access)

[Card: Charlyne Creger, WASP]

Card with a photograph of Charlyne Creger as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot. On the back is a list of information, such as her WASP class number, her station and assignments, and her career after the WASP. A more recent photo of Charlyne is printed in the top left corner of the back, and a quote from her reads, "How do I feel about being a WASP? Out of nothing, it made me something, because it gave me the courage to try anything!".
Date: 2001
Creator: Wings Across America
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WWII Registry of Remembrances Form] (open access)

[WWII Registry of Remembrances Form]

Form filled out by Charlyne Creger to register herself in the World War II Registry of Remembrances in Washington D.C.
Date: 2000
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay] (open access)

[Draft of Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay]

Draft of an autobiographic essay written by Charlyne Creger describing her experience flying as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot, how it led to her career as a nurse and anesthesiologist and her travels in the later years of her life. Correction notes are handwritten in a few places.
Date: unknown
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Miss Creger Qualifies For Duty in WASP] (open access)

[Clipping: Miss Creger Qualifies For Duty in WASP]

Copy of a newspaper clipping announcing that Miss Charlyne Creger of Norman, Oklahoma has qualified to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) and will be among the women training in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Miss Creger Qualifies For Duty in WASP] (open access)

[Clipping: Miss Creger Qualifies For Duty in WASP]

Newspaper clipping announcing that Miss Charlyne Creger of Norman, Oklahoma has qualified to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) and will be among the women training in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Mrs. Rosa V. Creger Obituary] (open access)

[Clipping: Mrs. Rosa V. Creger Obituary]

Newspaper clipping describing the funeral of Mrs. Rosa V. Creger, providing a brief biography and stating survivors among her family.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charlyne Creger: An Oral History (open access)

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
Sugar Ration Book (open access)

Sugar Ration Book

Fragment of a food ration stamp book. Charlyne Creger's signature is filled in on one side.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States Office of Price Administration
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Norman High School Yearbook, 1936] (open access)

[Norman High School Yearbook, 1936]

Norman High School yearbook from 1936 that belonged to Rosa Charlyne Creger. A handwritten list of the book's editors is written inside the front cover and several signatures from students and faculty are written inside the back cover and throughout the pages.
Date: 1936
Creator: Gable, Jack; Fulkerson, Grover; Scott, Rebekah; Holland, LeRoy; Shannon, Esther Beth; Johnson, Earl et al.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger Aeronautics Exam Result] (open access)

[Charlyne Creger Aeronautics Exam Result]

Results for Charlyne Creger's Fundamentals of Instructing Exam.
Date: September 11, 1946
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger Aeronautics Exam Result #2] (open access)

[Charlyne Creger Aeronautics Exam Result #2]

Results for Charlyne Creger's Ground Instructor navigation examination.
Date: September 11, 1946
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pilot Lands Meeting With Janet Reno] (open access)

[Clipping: Pilot Lands Meeting With Janet Reno]

Newspaper clipping describing Charlyne Creger's invitation to meet former Attorney General, Janet Reno in regards to the Women in Military Service Memorial program. There are several advertisements and articles included on this clipping.
Date: September 19, 1997
Creator: Jackson, Leonard
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript Record for Charlyne Creger] (open access)

[Transcript Record for Charlyne Creger]

Charlyne Creger's transcript from Norman High School for the years September 10, 1931 through May 22 1936.
Date: unknown
Creator: Norman High School
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Woman pilot been flying high for last 47 years] (open access)

[Clipping: Woman pilot been flying high for last 47 years]

Copy of a newspaper clipping describing the life of Charlyne Creger, how she began flying at an early age and her experiences as a Women Airforce Service Pilot.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Honorable Discharge for Raymond Vaughan] (open access)

[Honorable Discharge for Raymond Vaughan]

Certificate honorably discharging Raymond Vaughan from the Navy. It reads: "Honorable Discharge from the United States Navy. This is to certify that Raymond Britton Vaughan, a Chief Shipfitter (AA)(T)(CB) is Honorably Discharged from the U.S. Naval Personnel Separation Center, Norman, Oklahoma, and from the Naval Service of the United States this 23rd day of September 1945. This certificate is awarded as a Testimonial of Fidelity and Obedience."
Date: September 23, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notice of Separation] (open access)

[Notice of Separation]

Notice of separation from the U. S. Naval Service for Raymond Vaughan.
Date: September 23, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005

Interview with James William "Bill" Harrison, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He explains how he joined the navy in San Diego without going to boot camp. He worked on an oil tanker that shipped out to Pearl Harbor a month after the attack there and transported fuel out of San Diego to various ships at sea. He was then transfered to Admiral Nimitz's public relations department. There he and two others wrote stories about the action in the Pacific theater, particularly about the Battle of Midway. They also contributed to a radio show and worked with the national press corps. He then worked at the Naval Air Station in Seattle before traveling to Hilo, Hawaii to meet with soldiers who had returned from Tarawa. In Texas, he attended officer training school and college at Southwestern University. After the war ended, he studied at the University of Texas and University of Oklahoma for law school. He recalls an incident in which his office released a story about a cat that had kittens on board a cruiser; they reported this good news from the Pacific prior to the Battle of Midway. He also met Admirals Nimitz …
Date: January 27, 2005
Creator: Parish, Brainerd & Harrison, James William
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History