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Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
273
Gayle Snell Collection
149
Prince Collection
132
Kafka Collection
89
National WASP WWII Museum Collection
84
Eleanor Brown Collection
57
Herman F. Fuchs Collection
55
Avenger Field Nomination
42
Charlyne Creger Collection
35
Catherine Parker Collection
28
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[WASP Veterans with SNJ Texan, Blurry]
Out-of-focus photograph of fifteen WASP veterans posing at an airshow on the starboard side of a Navy SNJ Texan. Two of them are wearing WASP uniforms. A child is visible sitting in the rear cockpit, while more people stand around on the opposite side.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cars Parked Outside Avenger Field Administration Building]
Photograph of various late-1930s and early-1940s cars parked outside of an administration building at Avenger Field. The building is lettered "Aviation Enterprises Ltd." and has a statue on top of it.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, Spring 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a newspaper report on the Women's Flying Training Detachment, buying boots, going to a rodeo, her car, and recent letters.
Date:
1943-21~
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women of World War II reunited]
Newspaper clipping discussing the 1986 WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
October 5, 1986
Creator:
Redden, Gail
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[43-W-4 Trainees in Formation]
Photograph of trainees with WASP class 43-W-4 standing in formation at Avenger Field. Behind them are two AT-6 trainers. A guide-on bearer carries a flag with a "B" on it.
Date:
Summer 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Four WASPs sitting on Wishing Well at Avenger Field]
Photograph of four WASPs sitting on the Wishing Well at Avenger Field. Three trucks are visible in the right background, and in the left and center background some buildings and trees.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with Flag]
Photograph of 21 WASP veterans standing outside on and in front of bleachers at the 1986 convention; two at the front are in uniform and holding a WASP flag.
Date:
[1986-09-24..1986-09-28]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, Spring 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing bonds, rumors about Army commissions, a check flight, and her car. At the top right of page one and the lower-back of page two are handwritten notes about finances. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary.
Date:
Spring 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
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.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Line of WASPs sitting on Truck Bed]
Photograph of six WASP veterans sitting on the edge of what appears to be a flat truck bed. Four of them are wearing their uniforms. More women sit on the left end of the bed, behind which are two standing uniformed women, as well as a man with a camera to their right and a younger woman walking behind them.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Biplane Flying in Formation]
Photograph of a Stearman primary trainer biplane flying on the port side of the photographer's plane. Two pilots are visible in their respective cockpits.
Date:
[1943..1944]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with American and WASP Flags (Negative)]
Photograph of four WASP veterans in uniform standing on a street, two of them displaying a WASP flag while one holds up an American flag behind them. A brown 1980s sedan is parked behind them to the right. Two pedestrians walk past a white and red truck and some houses in the top left.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Veterans with SNJ Texan (Negative)]
Photograph of fifteen women posing at an airshow on the starboard side of a Navy SNJ Texan. Two of them are wearing WASP uniforms. A child is visible sitting in the rear cockpit, while more people stand around on the opposite side.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater Jaycees Rattlesnake Round-up brochure]
Brochure for the Sweetwater Jaycees Rattlensake Round-up with information for round-ups in 1986, 1987, 1988.
Date:
1986
Creator:
Sweetwater Jaycees
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Kneeling on T-6 Wing]
Photograph of a WASP kneeling and smiling on the port wing of a T-6 Texan advanced trainer. She appears to be writing on a pad on her knee, and is wearing a parachute.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Veterans and Others with Flag]
Blurry photograph of a group of twenty-one standing WASP veterans and two kneeling younger women posing with a WASP flag at the 1986 reunion.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Veterans with SNJ Texan, Blurry]
Out-of-focus photograph of fifteen WASP veterans posing at an airshow on the starboard side of a Navy SNJ Texan. Two of them are wearing WASP uniforms. A child is visible sitting in the rear cockpit, while more people stand around on the opposite side.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with Primary Trainer]
Photograph of a WASP in the cockpit of a primary trainer aircraft, while another stands next to the fuselage behind the wing.
Date:
[1943..1944]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943]
A father's day card from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing clothing, a visit from aviator Nancy Love, the Women Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, and her future. The card features a cartoon of a girl saying "I may not be no mental whizz, but dad, I know what day this is!"
Date:
June 17, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Formation in Parade (negative)]
Photograph of a formation of WASP veterans in uniform, preparing to march in a parade in Sweetwater, Texas. Several more sit in the foreground on the back of a truck, while a hatchback, pickup, military truck, and fire truck bring up the rear. Several people in civilian clothes and at least three people in Battle Dress Uniforms stand near the formation. Two WASPs carry guide-on flags.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two WASPs standing on barracks porch]
Photograph of two WASP trainees standing against a post on the porch of a barracks at Avenger Field, while a child walks through a door in the left background.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP on Primary Trainer]
Photograph of a WASP standing on the wing of a primary trainer biplane, looking at something beneath the upper wing.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Plaque of Class 44-W-9 Graduates and Trainees]
Photograph of a plaque displaying the names of WASP training class 44-W-9.
Date:
[1990..2000]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History