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[Clipping: DOD Certifies WASP Service as "Active Duty"] (open access)

[Clipping: DOD Certifies WASP Service as "Active Duty"]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the Department of Defense's recent determination that the WASPs' "service should be treated as active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes of laws administered by the Veterans Administration" (lines 18-20). The page also contains a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA and the continuation of an article from page 2. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, two opinion columns, and an editorial.
Date: November 3, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Harry Hansen, the Literary Critic for World-Telegram, Dies at 93] (open access)

[Clipping: Harry Hansen, the Literary Critic for World-Telegram, Dies at 93]

Newspaper clipping with an obituary of Harry Hansen, former literary critic for the New York World-Telegram. The back of the clipping includes the headline and photograph for an article about police in the Highbridge Precinct.
Date: January 3, 1977
Creator: Sheppard, Nathaniel, Jr.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Veterans at Last] (open access)

[Clipping: Veterans at Last]

Newspaper clipping of a brief article about House Resolution 8701, which awarded full veterans' status to the WASP. A picture of Victoria resident and WASP Eleanor Brown accompanies the article. The back of the clipping includes an article and a photograph.
Date: February 3, 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from Strom Thurmond to Eleanor Brown, December 3, 1976] (open access)

[Correspondence from Strom Thurmond to Eleanor Brown, December 3, 1976]

Correspondence from Strom Thurmond to Eleanor Brown discussing military benefits for the women who served in the WASP program. The first enclosure is a letter from the Department of the Air Force on this issue and the second enclosure is a copy of Thurmond's initial response to Brown.
Date: December 3, 1976
Creator: Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ardis Gaither to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, November 3, 1973] (open access)

[Letter from Ardis Gaither to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, November 3, 1973]

Letter from Ardis Gaither to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing the possibility of making a documentary about the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The letter also includes Gaither's business card for Blue Sky Productions Inc.
Date: November 3, 1973
Creator: Gaither, Ardis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Betty and Ross to Elaine, September 3, 1974] (open access)

[Letter from Betty and Ross to Elaine, September 3, 1974]

Letter from WASP Betty and Ross to WASP Elaine discussing recent family affairs, mentioning that Betty last flew a plane in 1966. There is a handwritten note in blue ink on the back of the last page, saying, "See you soon!"
Date: September 3, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Betty Jo Reed and Mary Helen Chappell to WASP, April 3, 1978] (open access)

[Letter from Betty Jo Reed and Mary Helen Chappell to WASP, April 3, 1978]

Letter from Betty Jo Reed and Mary Helen Chappell to WASP discussing an upcoming conference for former WASP members in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The letter is printed on WASP Conference stationary, and includes a form for registering for tours at the conference. Also included is a second letter from Penny Garrett to WASP members about contributing to a souvenir program for the event.
Date: April 3, 1978
Creator: Reed, Betty Jo & Chappell, Mary Helen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. Harting to Rigdon Edwards et al, July 3, 1972] (open access)

[Letter from H. Harting to Rigdon Edwards et al, July 3, 1972]

Letter from H. Harting to Rigdon Edwards, Ted, Ken, Dale, and others congratulating them for what they did for the WASP.
Date: July 3, 1972
Creator: Harting, H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Peggy Poe to Captain Quinlan, May 3, 1976] (open access)

[Letter from Peggy Poe to Captain Quinlan, May 3, 1976]

Letter from Peggy Jo Poe to Captain Quinlan requesting that the Color Guard attend the WASP ceremonies on Texas State Technical Institute.
Date: May 3, 1976
Creator: Poe, Peggy Jo
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History