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Charlyne Creger Collection
322
Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
140
National WASP WWII Museum Collection
115
Helen Snapp Collection
61
Eleanor Brown Collection
46
Gayle Snell Collection
40
National WASP Museum (NWM) Collection
21
WASP News
21
Catherine Parker Collection
17
Mary Ruth Rance Collection
10
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[Clipping: Soaring salute--Memoir reveals wartime exploits of unsung civilian pilots]
Newspaper clipping from the Chicago Tribune, "Soaring salute" by Abigail Foerstner discussing the life and service of a WASP pilot Anne Noggle.
Date:
August 12, 1990
Creator:
Foerstner, Abigail
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Indio aviatrix put stamp on history]
Newspaper clipping from the Daily Sun, "Indio aviatrix puts stamp on history" by Jan Curran discussing the new Jacqueline Cochran Pioneer Pilot stamp that will be issues in a public ceremony on March 9, 1996 in Indio, California. It also discusses Cochran's career and accomplishments.
Date:
February 24, 1996
Creator:
Curran, Jan
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Return of the WASPs]
Photo copy of a magazine article entitled "Return of the WASPs" from the 1990 June/July issue of Air & Space, pages 82 through 87. Photographer and Author WASP Anne Noggle pictured at 1986 reunion and as she was in 1943
Date:
1990
Creator:
Noggle, Anne
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Excerpts From Letters Regarding WASP Life]
Excerpts from letters written May 26 through December 17, 1944. The letters range in various lengths from a full page to only a few sentences. In total there are 63 excerpts which detail life as a WASP at Sweetwater, Tx. The documents came in an envelope labeled "Day to Day training in the WASP's, by Pat Simmons."
Date:
1995
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William G. Morris to Harry Snapp, July 14, 1994]
Letter from Symposium Co-Chairman of Midland College, Dr. William G. Morris to Dr. Harry Snapp discussing the approval of Snapp's proposal "Pilots, female as well as male: Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II."
Date:
July 14, 1994
Creator:
Morris, William G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Legal-Sized Envelope from the Women Airforce Service Pilots #1]
Legal-sized envelope with the Women Airforce Service Pilots insignia in the upper left corner and a 50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication cancellation stamp form Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556 and a twenty-nine-cent U.S. stamp that reads "Allies land in North Africa November 1942."
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #4]
50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a fifty-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring Harriet Quimby the Pioneer Pilot. It shows a cancellation stamp from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A History of Camp Davis]
A pamphlet on the History of Camp Davis, written by David A. Stallman for the 50th Anniversary of the Antiaircraft Artillery School at Camp Davis. It contains the Antiaircraft Artillery School's marching song, the story of Camp Davis from "Birth to Death," Camp Davis as a missile test base, the closing of the camp, and more. The photos included within the pamphlet were provided courtesy of Topsail Island Historical Society, Estelle Haste, Charles Jones, Rachel Magnabosco, Barbara Scholar, Kay Morgan, and Pender Sounds.
Date:
April 27, 1990
Creator:
Stallman, David A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #5]
50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a twenty-nine-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp that features "Japanese invades Aleutian islands." It shows a cancellation stamp from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Obituary Page from Atchison Life Newspaper]
Newspaper page containing a number of obituaries including one for WASP Helen Snapp (left side of page 13) describing her life and service during World War II. The pages include advertisements and obituaries for: Kaddy Steele, David Strachan, Wanda Strassburg, Neal Sutherland, Mary Vermeulen, Martha Volkomener, and Patty Wagstaff.
Date:
June 16, 1999
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History Interview Transcript of Women Airforce Service Pilots]
An oral history interview transcript conducted by Rebecca Wright featuring Helen Wyatt Snapp, Marjorie Popell Sizemore, Doris Elkington Hamaker, Mary Ann Baldner Gordon, Mary Anna "Marty" Martin Wyall, and Teresa D. James. Wrights asks about the group's experiences in either Women Airforce Service Pilots program or the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron and the prejudice of the 1940s.
Date:
July 18, 1999
Creator:
Snapp, Helen Wyatt; Sizemore, Marjorie Popell; Hamaker, Doris Elkington; Gordon, Mary Ann Baldner; Wyall, Mary Anna Martin & James, Teresa D.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorial Dedication for the Women Airforce Service Pilots]
Pamphlet for the memorial dedication for Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII that took place on September 4, 1997, hosted by the United States Air Force Academy. It includes summaries of the lives of Janet Reno, Colonel Theresa Marne' Peterson, Lieutenant Colonel Michelle Johnson, and Dorothy Swain Lewis, as well as a program guide. The back cover of the pamphlet bears the WASP logo of a woman flying.
Date:
September 4, 1997
Creator:
United States Air Force Academy.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ken Jacobs to Harry F. Snapp, May 23, 1994]
Letter from Editor Ken Jacobs from the West Texas Historical Association to Harry F. Snapp discussing the selection of Dr. Snapp's paper for Volume 70 of the WTHA yearbook.
Date:
May 23, 1994
Creator:
Ken Jacobs
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Johnson Space Center Oral History Project to Helen W. Snapp, September 20, 1999]
Letter from Rebecca Wright, project manager for the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project, to Helen W. Snapp discussing Snapp's participation in NASA's oral history project. It also contains a short hand-written note from Carol Butler, reading "Helen, it was so nice to meet you and get to know you. Thank you."
Date:
September 20, 1999
Creator:
Wright, Rebecca
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #2]
50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a twenty-nin-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring "Corregidor Falls to Japanese." It shows a cancellation stand from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sponsor Application Form by Frances Sargent for Helen Wyatt Snapp]
Completed Sponsor Application Form for Helen Wyatt Snapp. The form was completed by Frances Sargent, who sent the $300 check to the International Forest of Friendship on October 8, 1998.
Date:
October 1998
Creator:
Sargent, Frances
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Herbert O. Evans to Holly Ridge Historical Committee, March 2, 1990]
Letter from Herbert O. Evans to Holly Ridge Historical Committee discussing the 50th anniversary and a plane crash Evans experienced in 1943. The accompanying newspaper clipping describes the crash.
Date:
March 2, 1990
Creator:
Evans, Herbert O.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Florida Space Port to Helen Snapp, April 3, 1997]
Letter from Bobbi Lasher, Chairman of the Florida Space Port Chapter of the Ninety-Nines, to Helen Snapp discussing the Spaceport Chapter's invitation for Snapp and other Women Airforce Service Pilots to a meeting on May 17, 1997.
Date:
April 3, 1997
Creator:
Lasher, Bobbi
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flight 1, Region One Newsletter, Volume 10 Number 5, October, 1999
Newsletter for Region I members of the former World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots, including news, events, stories about the group's history, and other information of interest to the members.
Date:
October 1999
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Legal-Sized Envelope from the Women Airforce Service Pilots #2]
Legal-sized envelope with the Women Airforce Service Pilots insignia in the upper left corner and a 50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication cancellation stamp form Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556 and a twenty-nine-cent U.S. stamp that reads "Allies decipher secret enemy codes, 1942."
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
On Final Approach
Book that includes a list of corrections made for Byrd Howell Granger by a number of Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date:
1999
Creator:
Granger, Byrd Howell
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mom to Jeremy, January 23, 1999]
Handwritten letter from Jeremy's mother to Jeremy discussing her recent bill payment and housing plans.
Date:
January 23, 1999
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #1]
50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a fifty-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring Harriet Quimby the Pioneer Pilot. It shows a cancellation stamp from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date:
May 22, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Appreciation for Helen Snapp]
Certificate of appreciation awarded to Helen W. Snapp in recognition of a contribution to the Ninety-Nines Sun 'n Fun Building Fund, Lakeland, Florida.
Date:
June 2, 1999
Creator:
Ninety-Nines
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History