Specialized Training Manual (open access)

Specialized Training Manual

This book is the student text for a training course on management for administrative officers in the Air Force Reserve. Each of the book's six lessons contains a set of readings and ends with a list of review questions.
Date: July 1, 1955
Creator: United States. Air Force. Continental Air Command.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Path of Flight: Practical Information About Navigation of Private Aircraft (open access)

Path of Flight: Practical Information About Navigation of Private Aircraft

Manual compiled by the Civil Aeronautics Administration to provide private pilots with essential information on aircraft navigation.
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: I Reached Stars the Hard Way] (open access)

[Clipping: I Reached Stars the Hard Way]

Photocopy of an article discussing Jacqueline Cochran's childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood.
Date: 1954
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copyright Registry, March 26, 1954 #1] (open access)

[Copyright Registry, March 26, 1954 #1]

Copyright registry signed by the Copyright Office of the United States of America in Washington D.C. for "vol. 903, page(s) 271 on March 26, 1954."
Date: March 26, 1954
Creator: Copyright Office of the United States of America
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copyright Registry, September 17, 1954] (open access)

[Copyright Registry, September 17, 1954]

Copyright registry signed by the Copyright Office of the United States of America in Washington D.C. for "vol. 914, page(s) 117 on September 17, 1954."
Date: September 17, 1954
Creator: Copyright Office of the United States of America
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Copyright Certifcate for Jacqueline Cochran's "The Stars at Noon"] (open access)

[A Copyright Certifcate for Jacqueline Cochran's "The Stars at Noon"]

A Copyright certificate given to Jacqueline Cochran for the book "The Stars at Noon." The certificate is from the Canadian Copyright Office, and has a red seal affixed to the bottom left corner.
Date: September 16, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copyright Registry, September 7, 1954] (open access)

[Copyright Registry, September 7, 1954]

Copyright registry signed by the Copyright Office of the United States of America in Washington D.C. for "vol. 913, page(s) 41 on September 7, 1954."
Date: September 7, 1954
Creator: Copyright Office of the United States of America
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Atlantic Monthly Company to Jacqueline Cochran, September 15, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from the Atlantic Monthly Company to Jacqueline Cochran, September 15, 1954]

Letter from the Atlantic Monthly Company to Jacqueline Cochran granting her copyright for an article titled "World's Record in a Jet."
Date: September 15, 1954
Creator: The Atlantic Monthly Company
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Parade Editorial Offices to Jacqueline Cochran, April 23, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Parade Editorial Offices to Jacqueline Cochran, April 23, 1954]

Letter from Associate Managing Editor Robert P. Goldman of Parade Publication, Inc. to Jacqueline Cochran, granting Cochran copyrights to "I Sat on the Doorstep to Heaven."
Date: April 23, 1954
Creator: Goldman, Robert P.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Library of Congress to Mary L. Bryant, September 22, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from the Library of Congress to Mary L. Bryant, September 22, 1954]

Letter from the copyright office of the Library of Congress to Mary L. Bryant discussing documents that were recorded.
Date: September 22, 1954
Creator: Library of Congress
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copyright Registry, June 25, 1954] (open access)

[Copyright Registry, June 25, 1954]

Copyright registry signed by the Copyright Office of the United States of America in Washington D.C. for "vol. 909, page(s) 165 on June 25, 1954."
Date: June 25, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copyright Registry, March 26, 1954 #2] (open access)

[Copyright Registry, March 26, 1954 #2]

Copyright registry signed by the Copyright Office of the United States of America in Washington D.C. for "vol. 903, page(s) 271 on March 26, 1954."
Date: March 26, 1954
Creator: Copyright Office of the United States of America
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Library of Congress to Charles B. Blanchard, April 7, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from the Library of Congress to Charles B. Blanchard, April 7, 1954]

Letter from the copyright office of the Library of Congress to Charles B. Blanchard at Little, Brown and Company discussing Blanchard's request.
Date: April 7, 1954
Creator: Library of Congress
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from The Condé Nast Publications Incorporated to Jacqueline Cochran, February 24, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from The Condé Nast Publications Incorporated to Jacqueline Cochran, February 24, 1954]

Letter from The Condé Nast Publications Incorporated to Jacqueline Cochran detailing the transferring of rights for two Vogue articles about Cochran from Condé Nast to Cochran.
Date: February 24, 1954
Creator: The Condé Nast Publications Incorporated
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Library of Congress to Mary L. Bryant, July 7, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from the Library of Congress to Mary L. Bryant, July 7, 1954]

Letter from the copyright office of the Library of Congress to Mary L. Bryant discussing a request to copy a document for $3.00.
Date: July 7, 1954
Creator: Library of Congress
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright for Jacqueline Cochran's Book, The Stars at Noon] (open access)

[Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Copyright for Jacqueline Cochran's Book, The Stars at Noon]

A completed "Certificate of Registration of a claim to copyright in a book published in the United States of America" form for Jacqueline Cochran's book, The Stars at Noon. The registration number is 153370.
Date: September 16, 1954
Creator: Register of Copyrights
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Assignment of Copyright, Jacqueline Cochran] (open access)

[Assignment of Copyright, Jacqueline Cochran]

Assignment of copyright for the article published in a Life magazine of issue on August 16, 1954 entitled "I Reached Stars the Hard Way." Time, Incorporated issued this copyright to Jacqueline Cochran on August 17, 1954. The top right corner reads "Vol. 913 Page 41."
Date: August 17, 1954
Creator: Time, Incorporated
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catherine Parker Air Reserve Application (open access)

Catherine Parker Air Reserve Application

Application filled out by Catherine Parker for entry into the United States Air Force Reserve.
Date: November 16, 1950
Creator: Parker, Catherine
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Immunization Register for Marjorie Wakeham #1] (open access)

[Immunization Register for Marjorie Wakeham #1]

Immunization register for Marjorie Wakeham with records of vaccination for smallpox, triple typhoid, typhus, tetanus, cholera, and yellow fever.
Date: 1952-02-08/1953-10-27
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inoculation Certificate for Marjorie Wakeham #2] (open access)

[Inoculation Certificate for Marjorie Wakeham #2]

International certificate showing that Marjorie Wakeham received vaccinations for several diseases, with the Yellow Fever section left blank.
Date: October 30, 1953
Creator: United States. Public Health Service
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Reserve Application] (open access)

[USAF Reserve Application]

Application for the United States Air Force Reserve filled out by Catherine Parker.
Date: November 16, 1950
Creator: Parker, Catherine
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 74, Extract 6-9] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 74, Extract 6-9]

Special orders listing assignments for officers in the United States Air Force, including Marjorie Wakeham.
Date: April 1, 1957
Creator: 12th Air Division, Strategic Air Command
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger in Air Force Nursing Uniform]

Portrait of Charlyne Creger wearing her air force nursing uniform with U.S. and WASP Diamond Wing pins on her blazer, posing in front of a light background.
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Immunization Register for Marjorie Wakeham #2] (open access)

[Immunization Register for Marjorie Wakeham #2]

Immunization register for Marjorie Wakeham with records of vaccination for smallpox, triple typhoid, typhus, tetanus, cholera, and yellow fever.
Date: 1952-02-08/1953-10-27
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History