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[Clipping: WASPs Celebrate First Birthday November 12th]
Newspaper clipping with an article about Mrs. Yount speaking at a WASP graduation, the celebration of their first birthday, their attendance to a local movie premier. There is red text over the clipping that reads: "WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS WWII 50TH ANNIVERSARY AVENGER FIELD SWEETWATER, TX. 22 MAY 1993".
Date:
November 19, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Tours of B-17 bomber will be given at regional airport]
Newspaper clippings of an article about a B-17 bomber on display at Victoria Regional Airport. The article includes a photograph of the plane and one of the men who got the plane to the airport for display, Jim Ryan. On the back of the clippings are local advertisements and articles.
Date:
November 19, 1997
Creator:
Delaney, Tim
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Allotment Authorization]
Allotment authorization between Justin L. Bible and his wife Laura L. Bible.
Date:
October 19, 1950
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, January 19, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr., on January 19, 1943, asking them not to send any socks as he already has too many clothes. He sends his condolences upon the death of a Mrs. Naylor, and says he was sorry to hear about a friend losing his leg in an airplane crash.
Date:
January 19, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 19, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 19, 1944, detailing his day. Since it was Sunday he slept late, and he says he may go to church that night. He also says that he got a call from a Lieutenant who told him he could have an Eversharp Lifetime pen that Robert Evans, Jr. sent with him.
Date:
November 19, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 19, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on May 19, 1944. His friend Wilbur Crawford now works at the hospital and gets Thursdays off, so Willis takes Thursday off as well. He looks forward to going swimming with Crawford, although it rains frequently. He wishes his mother well.
Date:
May 19, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 19, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 19, 1943. He details an "American dinner" he and his friends had in town.
Date:
April 19, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, January 19, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on January 19, 1944. He talks about his day in town where he saw a Red Cross show, and explains how he made himself a spring bed.
Date:
January 19, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, June 19, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on June 19, 1943. He discusses a girl from Waco who knows his family.
Date:
June 19, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, August 19, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis Sr. on August 19, 1943. He asks them to tell him if anything bad happens to them without delay, due to his friend Harmon's family informing him that one of them needed an operation only after it was done.
Date:
August 19, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Inter-Office Memo Regarding the Salary Cost from Corsicana]
Plosser-Prince Air Academy memo regarding salary costs from Corsicana.
Date:
March 19, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Female Pilots Recognized
Printed article about the Congressional Gold Medal being awarded to Women Airforce Service Pilots, featuring interview quotes from Catherine Parker on her feelings about the medal and her time in the WASP program.
Date:
March 19, 2009
Creator:
Phelps, Janet
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Notice of Suspension from Trainee Position Eligibility List]
Notice from the military confirming that Catherine Parker declined the position of Engineer Aide Trainee and that she will be removed from list of eligible appointees. A response is written on the included forms from Catherine Parker further confirming her declination to the position.
Date:
April 19, 1945
Creator:
U.S. Civil Service
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Buck Gibson, October 19, 2002
Interview with Buck Gibson of Waco, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War Two. The interview includes some of Mr. Gibson's background before and after the war as well as his personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of his training, life in the Navy, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and what happened after he was rescued.
Date:
October 19, 2002
Creator:
Cox, Bill & Gibson, Buck
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt from Wilson Bros. Glass and Mirror Co.]
A receipt from the Wilson Brothers Glass and Mirror Company for one hundred dollars' worth of product sold to W.A.S.P, care of Rigdon Edwards.
Date:
March 19, 1987
Creator:
Wilson Bros. Glass and Mirror Co.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Agenda: WASP Committee Meeting, November 19, 1992]
Agenda for the WASP Committee meeting listing action items and discussion points for the November 19, 1992 meeting, followed by the meeting minutes discussing the WASP monument and fundraising, as well a partial balance sheet with an address label for Rigdon Edwards seen on the back.
Date:
November 19, 1992
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Medical Exam for Nathan Billingsley]
Medical examination report for Nathan Alonzo Billingsley Jr., qualifying him for reserve duty as an Air Force Captain.
Date:
September 19, 1956
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes: WASP Committee Meeting, November 19, 1992]
Minutes for the WASP Committee meeting including WASP memorial site plans discussion, fundraising efforts, a historical marker designation.
Date:
November 19, 1992
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of Status of Reservist in Air Reserve Center Training
Certificate reporting the Air Reserve status of Paul A. Hill.
Date:
December 19, 1960
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Reunion Committee Assignments and Roster]
Committee member job assignments for the Women Airforce Service Pilots 2000 reunion, along with a committee roster.
Date:
August 19, 1998
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. C. K. Griggs to his Son Charles R. Griggs, April 19, 1945]
Letter from Mrs. C. K. Griggs to Gharles R. Griggs regarding daily life back home in Sweetwater, Texas; Mrs. Griggs tells that "190 Sweetwater people donated blood." She mentions the marriage between Otto Carter and Lillian Pratt, as well as her and Mr. C. K. Griggs' attempts at getting the yard in better shape.
Date:
April 19, 1945
Creator:
Griggs, Mrs. C. K.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. H. Saulson to Mrs. W. E. Blewett, August 19, 1942]
Letter from E. H. Saulson, director of the USO Club, to Mrs. W. E. Blewett in Sweetwater, Texas. Saulson discusses a meeting to be held August 25, 1942; according to him, the purpose of the club is "to help occupy time and perhaps develop some way of building or maintaining their own morale as well as that of their husbands." Also included is the envelope that this letter was delivered in.
Date:
August 19, 1942
Creator:
Saulson, E. H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. C. Griffith to A. L. McClelland, August 19, 1942]
Copy of a letter from R. C. Griffith to A. L. McClelland discussing an enclosed contract and check for the railroad track spur near Sweetwater, Texas for Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date:
August 19, 1942
Creator:
Griffith, R. C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gordon Stater to James Beale, November 19, 1942]
Copy of a letter from Gordon Stater to James Beale discussing contractual disputes over construction work between Plosser-Prince Air Academy and Victor J. Nelson.
Date:
November 19, 1942
Creator:
Stater, Gordon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History