[Graded Test Answer Sheet For Horace Bartlett] (open access)

[Graded Test Answer Sheet For Horace Bartlett]

Filled in and graded answer sheet for a test taken by Horace E. Bartlett, along with a blank student progress sheet, a book order form, and a list of books available to purchase from Maxwell Air Force Base. These are paired with an envelope addressed to Bartlett in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: October 1, 1957
Creator: Bartlett, Horace E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Men in Front of Airplane]

Photograph of nine men in uniform, hats, and bomber's jackets, posed together in front of the nose of a plane.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Outside Hangar]

Photograph of several men and possibly a woman outside an aircraft hangar near a couple planes. Three of the men can be seen squatting in a circle near the center of the photo with others standing around nearby.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ice Skater in Uniform]

Photograph of a man in a dark uniform with side cap ice skating.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Instructions for ECI Students (open access)

Instructions for ECI Students

Pamphlet with instructions for students on how to begin and see to completion the Air Force Extension Course Institute.
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Instructor's Manual: Basic Flying (open access)

Instructor's Manual: Basic Flying

Training manual developed for U.S. Army flight instructors that details methods and steps for teaching students to fly aircraft.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Air Training Command.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Instrument Flight Test Certificate] (open access)

[Instrument Flight Test Certificate]

Certificate showing that flight officer Paul A. Hill passed the instrument flight test at Long Beach Army Air Field.
Date: April 16, 1944
Creator: United States Army
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced (open access)

Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced

Special edition of a technical manual containing training documentation on three subjects related to instrument flying. The name, "Hottman, W. B." is written in the top left corner of the cover, followed by a handwritten note about returning the manual.
Date: January 15, 1944
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Key Points Chapter 2: United States Air Force Weapons (open access)

Key Points Chapter 2: United States Air Force Weapons

Photocopied text describing key points of a chapter from an Air Force extension course. The chapter covers the complexity of modern Air Force weapons, the Air Force Arsenal, nuclear bombs, and chemical warfare.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alvah Densmore to the Surgeon General, October 21, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from Alvah Densmore to the Surgeon General, October 21, 1960]

Letter from Alvah Densmore to the Surgeon General discussing possible ways to prepare for and enact civil defense in the event of a thermonuclear, chemical, or biological attack on the country.
Date: October 21, 1960
Creator: Densmore, Alvah N.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lubbock County Water Analysis] (open access)

[Lubbock County Water Analysis]

Water survey report from Lubbock County in 1945 listing records of all "wells and springs, drillers' logs, water analyses, and map showing locations of wells and springs".
Date: April 1945
Creator: Clark, C. S.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Male Pilot in Plane Cockpit]

Photograph of an unidentified male pilot dressed in flight gear and sitting in the cockpit of a large plane.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Male Pilot in Plane Cockpit #2]

Photograph of an unidentified male pilot dressed in flight gear and sitting in the cockpit of a large plane.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and Woman Sitting on Lawn]

Photograph of a man in uniform and a woman in a floral dress and sunglasses sitting together on a grassy lawn. Bushes and a building are seen in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man in a Small Plane]

Photograph of a man with dark hair and a mustache sitting in the cockpit of a small airplane. The number "27" is stamped on the back of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man in a Snowy Landscape]

Photograph of a uniformed man visible from the knees up. He stands with his waist slightly bent and his arms folded behind his back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man in Bomber Jacket and Cap]

Photograph of a man outside a building, wearing a thick bomber's jacket, aviator cap, and goggles.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man in British Royal Air Force Uniform]

Photograph of a British Royal Air Force personnel looking off camera to the right. Insignia pins or patches can be seen on his shirt and hat, and a striped scarf can be seen around his neck. An empty field and another person walking can be seen in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man In Dark Suit and Bow Tie]

Photograph of a slightly balding man in a dark bow tie with light polka dots and a dark suit with a light colored, buttoned shirt underneath. He is seen from the waist up, looking off camera to the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man in Flight Suit Next to Plane]

Photograph of man dressed in a flight suit, aviator cap, goggles, and parachute harness. He is standing next to a small biplane. An aircraft hangar with the word, "Madison", over the entrance can be seen in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man in the Cockpit of an Airplane]

Photograph of a man seated in the cockpit of an airplane. The number "27" is stamped on the back of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Inspecting Negatives]

Photograph of a man wearing a disheveled uniform in a small kitchen, sitting in a chair and holding up what look to be photo negatives to the room's light.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Next to an Airplane]

Photograph of a man grasping the door handle to an airplane as he prepares to climb into the cockpit.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Posing with Plane]

Photograph of a man with an aviator cap and goggles on, standing with one foot on the edge of the wing of a plane. One of his arms is reaching up towards the cockpit.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History