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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes and Phil Kafka to Frances Yerkes, April 11, 1950?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes and Phil Kafka to Frances Yerkes, April 11, 1950?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes and Phil Kafka to Cornelia's mother discussing various outings they had had with different friends in New York. Envelope is included.
Date: 1950-04-11?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes & Kafka, Phillip Eric
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 15, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 15, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing delivering an aircraft to Washington D.C., traveling to Wilmington and Philadelphia, and mentions that she will be returning to Dallas.
Date: 1943-12-15?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, April 12, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, April 12, 1950]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent travels. Envelope is included.
Date: April 12, 1950
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Requiem For The WASP] (open access)

[Clipping: Requiem For The WASP]

Newspaper clipping about the history of the WASP from their creation to disbandment.
Date: unknown
Creator: Poole, Barbara E.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1]

Special orders extract reassigning a list of Women Air Force Service Pilot members, having completed their training, to be transferred to new air base stations.
Date: September 9, 1943
Creator: 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: The Woman's Collection] (open access)

[Pamphlet: The Woman's Collection]

Pamphlet from Texas Women's University advertising their Woman's Collection and describing Women Airforce Service Pilots history and the story of their militarization.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas Woman's University. Libraries.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASPS] (open access)

[Clipping: The WASPS]

Photocopied magazine clipping about the squadron that led to the use of women in military aviation and life as a WASP.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History