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[Email from Betty Jane Williams, August 23, 2005]
Email from Betty Jane Williams to WASP members discussing the Women Military Aviators (WMA) conference. She mentions the connection between the WMA and the WASP and encourages the recipients to show their support of the WMA by attending the event in San Diego.
Date:
August 23, 2005
Creator:
Williams, Betty Jane
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Catherine Murphy to Eleanor Brown, August 3, 2004]
Email from Catherine Murphy to Eleanor Brown requesting clarification on Brown's identity so that she can link Brown's email address to the correct name in the roster.
Date:
August 3, 2004
Creator:
Murphy, Catherine A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Email from Catherine Murphy to Eleanor Brown, August 15, 2004]
Email from Catherine Murphy to Eleanor Brown discussing additions to the WASP roster.
Date:
August 15, 2004
Creator:
Murphy, Catherine A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Email from the Women's Memorial Foundation, August 2005]
Email from the Women's Memorial Foundation discussing events commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the end of WWII, including a program about the WASP and their contributions to the war. A handwritten note states, "Call to see if we're represented."
Date:
August 2005
Creator:
Women's Memorial Foundation
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alan Cranston to Charlyne Creger, August 12, 1977]
Letter from Alan Cranston to Charlyne Creger explaining that he recognizes the services provided by the Women Airforce Service Pilots(U.S.) during World War II. He also states that the U.S. Senate is working with the U.S. House of Representatives Committees on Veterans Affairs to extend the benefits held by veterans to WASPs as well.
Date:
August 12, 1977
Creator:
Cranston, Alan, 1914-2000
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ben N. Roberts to Cornelia Yerkes, August 5, 1943]
Letter from mayor Ben N. Roberts of Sweetwater, TX, to Cornelia Yerkes on the occasion of her pinning as a Women Airforce Service Pilot.
Date:
August 5, 1943
Creator:
Roberts, Ben N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, August 21, 1973]
Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing a letter she received a letter from Gip D. Oldham, Jr., to which she's not sure how to respond. She asks Mr. Edwards for help with how to respond, and mentions that she has fond memories of Sweetwater, Texas. The letter she discusses, which is included, asks for information from ex-instructors in the WASP air school for the WASP newsletter. Also included is the envelope addressed to Mr. Edwards from Betty Riddle.
Date:
August 21, 1973
Creator:
Riddle, Betty
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine A. Murphy to Maxine Flournoy, Aug. 24, 2002]
Letter from Catherine A. Murphy to Maxine Flourney discussing the growing WASP member email list and the number of members that the group has lost track of.
Date:
August 24, 2002
Creator:
Murphy, Catherine A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Governor Dan Moody, August 23, 1943]
Letter from Charles A. Prince to Governor Dan Moody discussing an alleged Bill of Sale from the "Dallas Agency."
Date:
August 23, 1943
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 2, 1945?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her flight to a new station, conditions there, and different people she met. Typed on Hotel Lenox (Buffalo) stationary.
Date:
1945-08-02~
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 5, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing seeing a movie, extreme heat, meeting a group of bombardiers, borrowing shoes, pay, and flight training graduation.
Date:
August 5, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 7, 1945]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing remaining with the Red Cross on Guam, stories from an indigenous woman about the Japanese occupation, going to a dance, talking with aviators, life on Guam, photos, and Red Cross staffing.
Date:
August 7, 1945
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 12, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing riding on an airliner, her divorce and related legal proceedings, including changing her name from Colby back to Yerkes, and news about friends. Written on 5th Ferrying Group stationary.
Date:
August 12, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 15, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a repaired fountain pen, seeing a friend, orders and transfers, moving out of quarters, and a book. Typed on Eastern Airlines stationary.
Date:
1943-08-15?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 16, 1945]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing celebrations of the end of hostilities between the US and Japan, talking with Marine veterans, throwing a party, recent correspondence, an uncertain future, and the view on Guam.
Date:
August 16, 1945
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 18, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing her trip from Jacksonville to Dallas. Written on Hotel Texas (Fort Worth) stationary.
Date:
1943-08-18?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 18, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a new pen, flying, dinner, and catching an airliner. Written on American Airlines stationary.
Date:
1944-08-18?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 19, 1946?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing travelling from New Orleans to Houston and Dallas, and visiting and correspondence with friends. Written on White Plaza Hotels (Dallas) stationary.
Date:
1946-08-19?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 21, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing transferring from Avenger Field to Love Field, getting uniform items, paperwork, and her car. Written on the back of a 5th Ferrying Group "photographic badge" request form.
Date:
August 21, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 21, 1945]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a Life Magazine article on Guam, bonds and finances, the end of hostilities with Japan, a visit from an admiral, a friend trying to get in touch, withdrawal of Marines, recent work, indoor flooding, sewing panties from cloth maps, running a "bulletin board of the air," swimming, and her friend Phyllis. Typed on Red Cross stationary.
Date:
August 21, 1945
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 22, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a trip from Houston to Dallas, new bedspreads, recent correspondence, and ferrying planes.
Date:
August 22, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 25, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying P-51s, a hurricane and bad weather, and a friend's divorce. Written on Neil House (Columbus, Ohio) stationary.
Date:
1944-08-25?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 27-28, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing traveling to Long Beach, food, landing in El Paso with a major crosswind and nearly colliding with another plane, staying the night in El Paso, and flying on to Midland.
Date:
1944-08-27/1944-08-28
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 27, 1945]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing the recipient's letters, the weather, her assignment by the Red Cross to work with the 314th Bomb Wing on Guam, transfers, boots, and her friend Billy Ball. Typed on Sheraton Hotel stationary.
Date:
August 27, 1945
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System:
The Portal to Texas History