[Clipping: Aviatrixes] (open access)

[Clipping: Aviatrixes]

Newspaper clipping showing a journal photo of the Women Airforce Service Pilots having lunch with one of Russia's Night Witches. The ladies in the photo are wearing business casual attire and are seated around a table with open menu books.
Date: September 21, 1990
Creator: Edwards, Scott
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, January 3, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, January 3, 1992]

Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon and Mary Emma wishing them a happy New Year, telling them about her pet dog, the conference in San Antonio, and military pilots.
Date: January 3, 1992
Creator: Harmon, Elaine Danforth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal: Citizen Ambassador Program, World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots Delegation to the Soviet Union, May 3-16, 1990 (open access)

Journal: Citizen Ambassador Program, World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots Delegation to the Soviet Union, May 3-16, 1990

Journal documenting the trip several Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II took to Moscow, Russia in 1990 to meet with a group of Russian Night Witches who also served in the war. The book includes a biography section of each WASP that made the trip, letters from the WASP to Presidents Bush and Gorbachev, and a letter from the Soviets. Two loose leaflets included with the book are a bibliography of books about the WASP and a flyer from Texas A&M Press about a new book on WASP training at Avenger Field to be released.
Date: 1990-05-03/1990-05-24
Creator: Lazarsky, Barbara Ward
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping with Photos of Pilots] (open access)

[Clipping with Photos of Pilots]

Newspaper clipping of the Washington Post with part of an article of Lazarsky's aviation experiences. The article includes a photo on the first page with a caption, "A copy of a military photo shows Lazarsky in the 1940s. She wanted only one thing in those days: 'To fly.'" and a group photo on the second page with the caption, "Members of the Women Air Force Service Pilots gathered last month for trip to Moscow, where they met their Soviet counterparts in World War II."
Date: June 8, 1990
Creator: Shaffer, Ron
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Barbara Lazarsky to Marge, July 12, 1994] (open access)

[Letter from Barbara Lazarsky to Marge, July 12, 1994]

Letter from Barbara Lazarsky to Marge Sizemore discussing Yevgenia's recent visit to the U.S. from the Soviet Union.
Date: July 12, 1994
Creator: Lazarsky, Barbara Ward
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Irina McClellan, April 29, 1991 captions transcript

Interview with Irina McClellan, April 29, 1991

Interview with Irina McClellan, author of the book "Of Love and Russia." In the interview, McClellan discusses her book, which tells the story of her marriage and life in Russia.
Date: April 29, 1991
Creator: McClellan, Irina & McCaleb, Gary
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Irina McClellan, March 6, 1990 captions transcript

Interview with Irina McClellan, March 6, 1990

Interview with Irina McClellan, author of the book, "Of Love and Russia." In the interview, McClennan discusses her book.
Date: March 6, 1990
Creator: McClellan, Irina & McCaleb, Gary
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Marina Sergeeva, October 18, 1990 captions transcript

Interview with Marina Sergeeva, October 18, 1990

Interview with Marina Sergeeva, from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In the interview, she discusses the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as current events in eastern Europe.
Date: October 18, 1990
Creator: Sergeeva, Marina & McCaleb, Gary
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Declassified reports show Holocaust began in 1941 on Soviet soil (open access)

Declassified reports show Holocaust began in 1941 on Soviet soil

Newspaper article from The Houston Chronicle, discussing new evidence uncovered about the beginning of the Holocaust in 1941.
Date: November 11, 1996
Creator: Dobbs, Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History