[50th Anniversary Historic Monument Dedication] (open access)

[50th Anniversary Historic Monument Dedication]

Photocopy of a brochure for the Women Airforce Service Pilots 50th anniversary reunion and monument dedication ceremony, with information about the memorial and a brief history of WASP at Avenger Field. A sketched image of the life size WASP statue at Avenger Field can be seen printed on the page.
Date: March 5, 1993
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agenda: WASP Monument Committee Meeting, March 18, 1993] (open access)

[Agenda: WASP Monument Committee Meeting, March 18, 1993]

Agenda for the WASP Memorial Committee listing action items and discussion points for the March 18, 1993 meeting, followed by the meeting minutes on monument progress and reunion plans.
Date: March 18, 1992
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Airport Data] (open access)

[Avenger Airport Data]

Data notes on the current state of of Avenger Field airport by an engineering company, Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc.
Date: March 4, 1990
Creator: Parkhill, Smith, & Cooper, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Airport Data #2] (open access)

[Avenger Airport Data #2]

Data notes on Avenger Field airport by the engineering company, Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc.
Date: March 9, 1990
Creator: Parkhill, Smith, & Cooper, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Castle Ruins]

Photograph of castle ruins (possibly at the Rock of Cashel) showing a stone structure with crumbled walls green grass in the foreground.
Date: March 29, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Castyle Graveyard]

Photograph of a cemetery (possibly at the Rock of Cashel) with several headstones, including a Celtic cross on the right), and a small tower-like structure in the middle.
Date: March 29, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger with Check]

Photograph of Charlyne Creger holding an oversized check for $500 from the Women in the Military Steering Committee to W.I.M.S.A.
Date: March 4, 1995
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cliffs and Sea]

Photograph of seaside cliffs with waves crashing at the base (possibly in Great Britain or Ireland).
Date: March 29, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Celebration of Women and the Military] (open access)

[Clipping: Celebration of Women and the Military]

Newspaper clipping of a page of The Retired Officer including the columns titled, "Celebration of Women and the Military" which discusses an event on March 4, 1995 to commemorate women's accomplishments in the armed forces. Charlyne Creger is listed as the guest speaker.
Date: March 1995
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Victory Day Celebration-Red Square] (open access)

[Clipping: Victory Day Celebration-Red Square]

Newspaper clippings from a Russian newspaper, with a photograph of WASP members Charlene Creger, Marty Wyall, and Barbara Sazorsky on page 5. Along the photo is handwritten text reading, "Victory Day Celebration - Red Square," as well as the name of women in the photo.
Date: March 10, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: W.A.S.P. sisters in the sky] (open access)

[Clipping: W.A.S.P. sisters in the sky]

Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP experiences serving in WWII. On the back of the clipping, there are advertisements for a television and gift certificates, as well as an article about lambada dancing.
Date: March 17, 1990
Creator: McDaniel, Niki Frances
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Women Flew Military Planes Long Before Desert Storm"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Women Flew Military Planes Long Before Desert Storm"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about who the WASP were, why the WASP program was created, certain WASP experiences throughout their service, and the delay of their veteran benefits.
Date: March 10, 1991
Creator: Taylor, John
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[First Day Cover for Jacqueline Cochran Stamp, March 9, 1996] (open access)

[First Day Cover for Jacqueline Cochran Stamp, March 9, 1996]

First day cover commemorating the issue of a stamp honoring Jacqueline Cochran and her accomplishments in aviation. The cover features an illustration of Cochran on the left and a fifty-cent stamp depicting Cochran in the upper-right corner. Inside the cover is a postcard containing information about Cochran and the WASP.
Date: March 9, 1996
Creator: United States Postal Service
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gravestones and Ruins]

Photograph of several gravestones and the ruins of a stone wall on a heath (possibly in Ireland) with fog in the background.
Date: March 29, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Snapp Standing With Three WASPs #1]

Photograph of WASP Lucille, Helen W. Snapp, Teresa, and another Women Airforce Service Pilot standing shoulder-to-shoulder in front of a table covered in a red table cloth.
Date: March 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Snapp standing with three WASPs #2]

Photograph of WASP Lucille, Helen W. Snapp, Teresa, and another Women Airforce Service Pilot standing shoulder-to-shoulder in front of a table covered in a red table cloth.
Date: March 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House by Hillside]

Photograph of a white single-story house and a small barn at the base of a large hill dotted with trees and plants (possibly in Ireland); there are trees and other plants and a winding road on the right.
Date: March 29, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Inside Rock of Cashel]

Photograph of the interior of ruins at the Rock of Cashel showing a stone wall with a pointed triangular top and three tall narrow window openings; the photograph is taken from inside an arched entry way.
Date: March 29, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation from the United States Postal Service, March 9, 1996] (open access)

[Invitation from the United States Postal Service, March 9, 1996]

Invitation from the United States Postal Service to a ceremony commemorating Jacqueline Cochran and her stamp's first day of issue.
Date: March 9, 1996
Creator: United States Postal Service
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jacqueline Cochran Envelope] (open access)

[Jacqueline Cochran Envelope]

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.
Date: March 9, 1996
Creator: unknown
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
[Letter from Dawn Seymour to Rigdon Edwards, March 9, 1996] (open access)

[Letter from Dawn Seymour to Rigdon Edwards, March 9, 1996]

Letter from Dawn Seymour to Rigdon Edwards discussing the upcoming US Postal Service's dedication ceremony for Jacqueline Cochran.
Date: March 9, 1996
Creator: Seymour, Dawn R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, March 8, 1990] (open access)

[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, March 8, 1990]

Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards further discussing troubles she is experiencing trying to sell her book.
Date: March 8, 1990
Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elaine Harmon, March 1998] (open access)

[Letter from Elaine Harmon, March 1998]

Letter from Elaine Harmon to Sydney Ann Edwards Kent offering her condolences for the death of her father, Rigdon Edwards, and telling her about past experiences with him.
Date: March 1998
Creator: Harmon, Elaine Danforth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History