[Avenger Field Biscuit Recipe] (open access)

[Avenger Field Biscuit Recipe]

Photocopy of a recipe for biscuits with an introduction claiming that the recipe came from the Lena Spencer, a pastry chef at Avenger Field. The page is contained in a manila file folder with the handwritten note, "Biscuit Recipe from Avenger Field cook published in church cook-book".
Date: unknown
Creator: Etheridge, Edwin
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Brochure for Cruise to Pearl Harbor] (open access)

[Brochure for Cruise to Pearl Harbor]

Brochure for a cruise via yacht to visit Pear Harbor that includes information on the battle and a map of the area surrounding the base.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hawaiian Cruises, LTD.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Say... Thank You Sweetwater] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Say... Thank You Sweetwater]

Newspaper clipping announcing how grateful the Women Airforce Service Pilots are of the Sweetwater, Texas community for hosting their 1986 reunion.
Date: 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buster Brown's Aircraft Spotters Chart (open access)

Buster Brown's Aircraft Spotters Chart

Foldout pamphlet with silhouettes and identification markers of various types of aircraft. An advertisement on the back panel is for Buster Brown Shoes for Boys.
Date: 194X
Creator: Brown Shoe Company
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wooden Plane]

Small, wooden plane with the words, "Keep 'em flying" burned into the wings and "Abilene, Tx" burned into the back. A label is attached to the plane with string and is address from "Mother" to Moris Baxter.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watch for These Enemy Planes with Your Warden Scope (open access)

Watch for These Enemy Planes with Your Warden Scope

Page with drawings of Italian, German , and Japanese, military aircraft and their respective insignia. The other side contains illustrations of United States military aircraft their accompanying insignia as well.
Date: 194X
Creator: {{{name}}}
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Leather WASP Reunion Patch]

Leather, circular patch with the Women Airforce Service Pilots Fifinella mascot stamped into the material along with the text, "Sweetwater, Texas 1986".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Appreciation for the National WASP World War II Museum] (open access)

[Certificate of Appreciation for the National WASP World War II Museum]

Certificate of Appreciation awarded to the National WASP World War II Museum from the 64th annual Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs convention and Educational Conference.
Date: September 17, 2015
Creator: Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sara P. Hayden to Dr. Herb Robbins, October 12, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Sara P. Hayden to Dr. Herb Robbins, October 12, 1986]

Letter from Sara P. Hayden to Dr. Herb Robbins thanking him for bringing together the Women Airforce Service Pilots at the WASP Reunion in 1986.
Date: October 12, 1986
Creator: Hayden, Sara P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jacqueline Cochran WASP Bio] (open access)

[Jacqueline Cochran WASP Bio]

Brief bio of Jacqueline Cochran with "Dawn J. Seymour Chair, WASP WWII Memorials" handwritten in blue pen at the bottom.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas Woman's University. Libraries.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jacqueline Cochran Envelope #2] (open access)

[Jacqueline Cochran Envelope #2]

Empty envelope with a portrait of Jacqueline Cochran in WASP Uniform printed on the left side above the text, "Jacqueline Cochran Founder and Leader of Women Airforce Service Pilots World War II". The envelope also has the official Jacqueline Cochran postage stamp in the top right corner, with "First day of issue" ink-stamped beneath it. On the far left edge is a handwritten nbote that reads, "Dawn J Seymour, WASP WWII 43-5".
Date: March 9, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dancing in Combat Boots Greeting Card] (open access)

[Dancing in Combat Boots Greeting Card]

Blank greeting card featuring art of a woman in coveralls from the cover of the book, "Dancing in Combat Boot: and other stories of American Women in World War II". Information on the book is printed on the back of the card.
Date: unknown
Creator: Teresa Funke & Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication] (open access)

[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication]

Agenda for the Women Airforce Service Pilots Historic monument dedication ceremony and reunion.
Date: 1993
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. H. Dausey, June 1, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from W. H. Dausey, June 1, 1986]

Letter from W. H. Dausey discussing the BFGoodrich booth set up and advertisement at the OADA auction in Oklahoma City.
Date: June 1, 1986
Creator: Dausey, W. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Address By Gen. Henry H. Arnold To Last W.A.S.P. Graduate Class] (open access)

[Address By Gen. Henry H. Arnold To Last W.A.S.P. Graduate Class]

Speech addressed to the last WASP graduation class, dated 7, December 1944, and delivered by Air Force General Henry H. Arnold.
Date: 1944-12-07~
Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Women Air Force Service Pilots (open access)

The Women Air Force Service Pilots

Brochure containing information about the Women Airforce Service Pilots and the role they played during World War Two.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Roberts, March 6, 1979] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Roberts, March 6, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts that appears to be discussing the WASP news clippings album prepared for Senator Goldwater, and her rejection to discussing preliminary research related to proposals in the fields of television, films and grants with the full WASP board.
Date: March 6, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Annual Meeting of Officers Order of Fifinella] (open access)

[Annual Meeting of Officers Order of Fifinella]

Order of Fifinella Officer meeting meeting minutes that discusses, among other things, the WASP newsletter, the group historian's activities, militarization of WASP, the next reunion, and the Order of Fifinella Award.
Date: April 14, 1973
Creator: Jones, Mary
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
BT 15 Cockpit Procedure (open access)

BT 15 Cockpit Procedure

Take-off, flight, and landing instructions for a BT-15 aircraft.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program for the WASP 30th Anniversary Reunion Dinner #8] (open access)

[Program for the WASP 30th Anniversary Reunion Dinner #8]

A program for the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the WASP. It includes information about the Fifinella mascot, the names of WASP officers and Reunion Committee members, a schedule of events, and a list of acknowledgements at the end.
Date: 1972
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Air: Battle of the Sexes] (open access)

[Clipping: Air: Battle of the Sexes]

Photocopy of a Time magazine article from May 1944 about male pilots wanting to take the WASPs' positions.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Business Card for Kirby Kinsey, Printer] (open access)

[Business Card for Kirby Kinsey, Printer]

Business card for Kirby Kinsey's print shop in Sweetwater, advertising personalized stationary. A WASP Fifinella logo and various other Air Force and military icons can be seen printed on the border of the card.
Date: unknown
Creator: Kinsey, Kirby
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Air Force Memo to WASP] (open access)

[Air Force Memo to WASP]

Brief memo to Women Air Force Service Pilots notifying them where to request their individual flight record files form the Air Force.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[60th Anniversary Reunion Schedule] (open access)

[60th Anniversary Reunion Schedule]

Copies of the schedule for the 2002 WASP reunion in Tucson, along with information about the planned reunion tours and a copy of a board meeting agenda.
Date: 2002
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History