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[People waving from street corner]

Photograph of ten adults and two children on a streetcorner in Sweetwater, Texas waving at someone to the left of the camera. Various 1970s- and 80s-style automobiles are parked in the background.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, navigation training, and other work that student pilots have to do.
Date: June 5, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP standing in Road]

Photograph of a WASP trainee standing in a road next to a palette yard.
Date: 1944-21~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a picture of her training class in a Sweetwater TX newspaper, a Chinese student pilot who got lost on a sortie, and her routine. Typed on folded stationary.
Date: June 5, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two WASPs with Dog]

Photograph of two WASP trainees by the barracks at Avenger Field. The woman on the left is holding a dog.
Date: 1944-21~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bobby Willis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich, and Cornelia Yerkes]

Photograph of four WASPs near an aircraft wing, all wearing flight suits. From left to right: Bobby Willis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich, and Cornelia Yerkes.
Date: Summer 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gary DeWalt to WASP Reunion 1986 participants, September 23, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Gary DeWalt to WASP Reunion 1986 participants, September 23, 1986]

Letter from Gary DeWalt of Public Media Arts, Inc. to participants in the 1986 WASP reunion informing them that PMA will be filming a documentary about WASPs during the reunion.
Date: September 23, 1986
Creator: DeWalt, Gary
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herman Fuchs and Two Men near Hangar]

Photograph of Herman F. Fuchs (right) standing with two men next to a hangar window. Fuchs and the man in the middle are wearing flight caps and parachutes; the man on the left is in plain clothes and sunglasses with a working man's cap.
Date: October 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Women Airforce Service Pilots brochure] (open access)

[Women Airforce Service Pilots brochure]

An informational brochure explaining the history of the WASP and achievements by WASP veterans since their deactivation. Included is a list of important persons, units, and awards.
Date: [1984..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 6, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 6, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying in hot weather, sunburns, her hectic schedule, a measles outbreak, news about friends, check flights and washouts, and needing clothes shipped. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary and the back of a graded physics quiz.
Date: April 6, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, March 18, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, March 18, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent letters, the weather and flying, ground school, being able to fly solo, taking a trip to San Angelo, missing socks, maintaining her car, a new class of trainees, pictures from her dad, problems with dry skin, and her next phase of training.
Date: March 18, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herman F. Fuchs with Four WASPs on Snowy Day]

Photograph of Herman F. Fuchs (center) with four WASP trainees of class 44-W-5 crouching in front of a biplane on a snowy day. Three of the WASPs are wearing headwraps, while the fourth WASP and Fuchs are wearing flight caps. All have winter flying gear on.
Date: 1944-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 20, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 20, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father thanking him for recent packages and discussing a solo flight, a check ride, taxiing at Avenger Field, calisthenics, weather, menial work, and money.
Date: March 20, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd and Cars outside Nolan County Courthouse (negative)]

Photograph of a crowd of people along East Broadway Avenue and on the steps of the Nolan County Courthouse, viewed from the intersection of Locust and Broadway in Sweetwater, Texas. The crowd is watching a parade. Various 1980s-style cars are parked in the parking lot and along Broadway.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City-County Pioneer Museum brochure] (open access)

[City-County Pioneer Museum brochure]

Brochure for the City-County Pioneer Museum in Sweetwater, Texas, briefly advertising its collection and contact/visiting information.
Date: [1986..]
Creator: City-County Pioneer Museum
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Avenger, Volume 2, Issue 2, May 2006 (open access)

The Avenger, Volume 2, Issue 2, May 2006

Newsletter of the National WASP WWII Museum including news, events, and other information of interest to the museum's membership.
Date: May 2006
Creator: National WASP World War II Museum
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 3 - November 6, 1944] (open access)

[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.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ann Richards speaking on stage]

Photograph of Governor Ann Richards speaking on stage at an event for the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Several people sit on stage behind her, with two uniformed WASP veterans on the right.
Date: 1993-08?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herman Fuchs and WASP Student with Biplane]

Photograph of instructor Herman F. Fuchs seated in the rear cockpit of a Stearman primary trainer biplane as a student WASP boards the forward cockpit with her parachute. Both are looking back and smiling at the photographer, who is on the port rear side of the aircraft.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: News of Women in Service] (open access)

[Clipping: News of Women in Service]

Newspaper clipping profiling WASP Gayle Snell. On the back is part of an advertisement for flowers.
Date: 1944~
Creator: MacLachlan, Frances
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, Summer 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, Summer 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing buying a bond, being grounded from maintenance, night flying, food, doing laundry, future WASP assignments, and busyness and noise on the base.
Date: Summer 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Female Pilots Hold Reunion in Sweetwater] (open access)

[Clipping: Female Pilots Hold Reunion in Sweetwater]

Newspaper clipping discussing a WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas, with some advertisements on the back.
Date: 1986-09?
Creator: A-J News Services
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herman Fuchs with Five WASP Students and Biplane]

Photograph of Herman F. Fuchs (center) discussing flying maneuvers with five WASP students on the starboard side of a biplane.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The 318th Army Air Forces Training Detachment Announces the Graduation of Class 43-W-4 (open access)

The 318th Army Air Forces Training Detachment Announces the Graduation of Class 43-W-4

Letter with envelope announcing the graduation of 318th FTD Class 43-W-4 at Avenger Field, the members of which became Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: [..1943-08-07]
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. 318th Flying Training Detachment
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History