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Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
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Prince Collection
29
National WASP WWII Museum Collection
27
Gayle Snell Collection
18
Catherine Parker Collection
13
Forts Heritage Region
12
Historic Marker Application: Women Airforce Service Pilots
12
Charlyne Creger Collection
10
National WASP Museum (NWM) Collection
10
Eleanor Brown Collection
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[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 3 - November 6, 1944]
Special orders reassigning a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to different stations.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Base Unit, 2563rd.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #3]
Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.
Date:
December 20, 1944
Creator:
Buckingham, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pilot Instrument Certificate Application and Flight Check Form
A check flight test administered to WASP Gayle Snell during training. Directions for performing the flight are on the back.
Date:
September 9, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #1]
Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Nance, Walter L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
I Am Your Flag
A card from the Texas Bank and Trust Company with a soliloquy by an American flag, illustrated with an image of the flag and a drawing of the company's bank in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
1970~/1979~
Creator:
The Texas Bank and Trust Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell's WASP portrait identifications]
List of names written by Gayle Snell identifying the WASPs in five portraits.
Date:
[1944-06-22..]
Creator:
Snell, Gayle M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Timeline of Cornelia Yerkes Kafka's World War II service]
A handwritten timeline with details of Cornelia Yerkes' service as a WASP and Red Cross worker in World War II, with details on her training, duty stations, aircraft and routes flown, and some personal details.
Date:
2000~/2009~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cleo Fuchs Name Card for WASP 30th Reunion]
Name card for Cleo Fuchs for the WASP 30th Reunion events in Sweetwater, Texas June 23-24 in 1972. The Fifinella image is in the upper left corner.
Date:
~1972-06-23
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Go Sweetwater sticker]
A sticker that says "Go Sweetwater" with stylized lettering over an outline of Texas and a star on the town's location.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP 50th Anniversary envelope]
An envelope printed by Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII for the 50th anniversary of the WASP and a monument dedication at Avenger Field. It features a drawing of an Avenger Field hangar and tower, a trainer aircraft, and a WASP wearing a flight cap. Included is a first class stamp commemorating World War II rationing.
Date:
1993
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[T.C. memorandum certificate]
A certificate signed by WASP Gayle Snell affirming that she read "T. C. Memorandum 62-10."
Date:
November 9, 1944
Creator:
Snell, Gayle M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell promotion]
Promotion form ordering higher pay for WASP Gayle Snell and changing her designation from trainee to pilot.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]
Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises, Limited
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Honorable Service for Gayle Snell]
A certificate signed by General Hap Arnold and Jacqueline Cochran affirming that Gayle Snell completed pilot training to become a WASP.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Headquarters
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1972 Reunion Map and Schedule #4]
Map of Sweetwater and schedule of events for the 1972 Women Airforce Service Pilots reunion.
Date:
1972
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Order of Fifinella: Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws
Booklet containing the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Order of Fifnella, founded for the WASP.
Date:
1945?
Creator:
Marsh, Clara Jo; Petry, Ruth Mary & Stires, Hally
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce Envelope with names]
A Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce envelope with five names on it: Micky Levenson (WASP class 44-3), Carol Nicholson (class 44-7), Isabelle McRoe, Jimmy Parlor, and Phylis Ryder.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Welcome to Sweetwater" notecard]
A notecard with "Welcome to Sweetwater" printed on it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell's Flight Training Diploma]
Diploma given to Gayle Snell at Avenger Field upon graduating from flight training as a Women Airforce Service Pilot.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Ward, Roy D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Certificate of Pilot Status]
A Certificate of Pilot Status issued for WASP Gayle Snell and sent to the Civil Aeronautics Administration by her Army Air Force commanders, listing her hours, training period, and qualified airframes.
Date:
December 14, 1944
Creator:
Geer, George R. & Buckingham, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Statement by Dora Dougherty Strother before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Text of the statement given by WASP Dora Dougherty Strother before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, in support of legislation sponsored by Barry Goldwater to militarize the WASP. In support of the argument for their military status, the statement includes statistics about the WASP, their history, and historical images.
Date:
1977
Creator:
Srother, Dora Dougherty
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]
Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises, Limited
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]
Special orders extract authorizing a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to fly military aircraft.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History