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[Clipping: Off she went into the wild blue yonder] (open access)

[Clipping: Off she went into the wild blue yonder]

Newspaper clipping titled "Off she went into the wild blue yonder," written by Frog Smith for The News-Press. It discusses the life of Jacqueline Cochran and continues on 2D under the title of "Pilot."
Date: December 6, 1980
Creator: Smith, Frog
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Main Street Cafe in Sweetwater, Texas]

Photograph of two WASP standing outside the Main Street Cafe in the R. A. Ragland building during the WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: November 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four WASP Around Fifi Statue]

Photograph of four WASP huddled around a "Fifi" statue inside the Nolan County Courthouse during the WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: November 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate from the National Air and Space Museum for Stan Stokes, April 4, 1984] (open access)

[Certificate from the National Air and Space Museum for Stan Stokes, April 4, 1984]

Certificate from the National Air and Space Museum presenting first prize to Stan Stokes for the Golden Age of Flight Aviation Art Competition. It is dated April 4, 1984 and signed by Director Walter J. Boyne.
Date: April 4, 1984
Creator: Boyne, Walter J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Six WASP in Front of a WASP Memorial]

Photograph of six WASP sitting in front of a WASP memorial monument outside the Nolan County Courthouse during the WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: November 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo of Two WASP]

Photograph of two WASP standing outside a building with glass doors. Suzette Van Daell Douglas, the woman on the left, is wearing a pink WASP shirt and blue pants. The woman on the right is wearing her WASP uniform.
Date: November 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Jacqueline Cochran's lifetime set records of speed, courage] (open access)

[Clipping: Jacqueline Cochran's lifetime set records of speed, courage]

Newspaper clipping from the Daily News, "Jacqueline Cochran's lifetime set records of speed, courage" by Christine Mahr discussing her accomplishments and death.
Date: August 11, 1980
Creator: Mahr, Christine & Power, John
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Jacqueline Cochran Dies at 74] (open access)

[Clipping: Jacqueline Cochran Dies at 74]

Newspaper clipping of Jacqueline Cochran's obituary. It includes details about her early life, flying career, leadership of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, and later years.
Date: August 10, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from LyAnne F. Rennie] (open access)

[Letter from LyAnne F. Rennie]

Letter advising that Scott K. McHenry picked up items of items previously belonging to Jacqueline Cochran on March 19, 1981. The letter notes that only item remaining in Rennie's possession is the WASP plaque and requests help in determining what to do with it.
Date: March 19, 1981
Creator: Rennie, LyAnne F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four WASP on a Boat Dock]

Photograph of four WASP on a boat dock. Three of them are sitting on the dock with their feet in the water.
Date: November 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Next to Fifi Statue]

Photograph of a WASP in uniform posing next to the Fifi statue in the Nolan County Courthouse.
Date: 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Posing by a Plane]

Photograph of WASP posing for a picture next to an AT-6. One woman is standing on the wing and another is kneeling in front. Written on the back of the photo is "AT-6 and group, The Crazy Ladies of 44-W-10, 1986."
Date: 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Next to Fifi Statue #2]

Photograph of a WASP in uniform posing next to the Fifi statue in the Nolan County Courthouse during a WASP reunion. Her hand is on one of the statue's wings and she is looking off to the right.
Date: 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three WASP by an AT-6]

Photograph of three WASP posing by the wing of an AT-6. "Pat, Sue, and Jean 1986" is written on the back.
Date: 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Women Exiting AT-6]

Photograph of WASP Sue and Jean making their exit from an AT-6. A man in a flight suit is assisting the women.
Date: 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clippings about WASPS and WAVES] (open access)

[Clippings about WASPS and WAVES]

Newspaper clipping from the Chicago Tribune, written by the Associated Press, discussing the death of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot) Jacqueline Cochran. Includes an article from Good Housekeeping, written by John Mack Carter, discussing plans to built a memorial for women in military service (including the WASPs and the WAVES or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), the first of its kind.
Date: {1980-08-10,1989-05}
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Marty Vokomener to WASP Class 43-W-4, October 22, 1988] (open access)

[Letter from Marty Vokomener to WASP Class 43-W-4, October 22, 1988]

Letter from Marty Volkomener to members of class 44-W-4 of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) discussing the recent reunion in Charleston, changes in the organization's leadership, and changes to the newsletter's publication schedule. She also includes an article about the WASP and their history from the Charleston Air Force Base's newspaper.
Date: October 22, 1988
Creator: Volkomener, Martha Lawson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James E. Burnett to Helen W. Snapp, September 27, 1982] (open access)

[Letter from James E. Burnett to Helen W. Snapp, September 27, 1982]

Letter from James E. Burnett, Director of the Office of External Affairs of NASA Lewis Research Center, to Helen W. Snapp discussing Snapp's recent visit. The letter came with copies of pictures belonging to Helen Snapp.
Date: September 27, 1982
Creator: Burnett, James E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Wilma L. Vaught to Helen Snapp, February 11, 1989] (open access)

[Letter from Wilma L. Vaught to Helen Snapp, February 11, 1989]

Letter from President Wilma L. Vaught of the Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation to Helen Snapp discussing the recent mandate for the creation of a memorial to honor military women and the Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation. Vaught urges for Snapp to contact all women in the military and all women veterans and urge them to register.
Date: February 11, 1989
Creator: Vaught, Wilma L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plane Propeller]

Photograph of a wooden plane propeller hanging above a window with orange curtains and below a ceiling of white tiles. The wall behind the propeller is wood-paneled, and the propeller itself has two blades, each tipped with bronze-colored metal.
Date: April 1985
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Snapp at a book signing]

Photograph of Helen Snapp attending a signing book signing event, standing in a group of several men and women, One is a WASP and is wearing her WASP uniforms, The photo suggests that the subject of the book surrounds the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Title of book is not readable in the photo.
Date: 1980/1995
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Charles C. Ziegler to Helen Snapp, May 7, 1984] (open access)

[Letter from the Charles C. Ziegler to Helen Snapp, May 7, 1984]

Letter from Charles C. Ziegler from the Department of the Air Force to Helen Snapp discussing the correction of her DD Form 214 in compliance with changes in legislation concerning Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: May 7, 1984
Creator: Ziegler, Charles C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Memorial Remarks by Dora Dougherty Strother] (open access)

[WASP Memorial Remarks by Dora Dougherty Strother]

Remarks for a WASP Memorial service in Sweetwater, Texas by Dora Dougherty Strother.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Strother, Dora Dougherty
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Class 43-4]

Photograph of the Women Airforce Service Pilot class 43-4, sitting in two rows in front of a wall with floral wallpaper. There are nineteen women total, and five in the first row wear their WASP uniforms.
Date: 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History