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[Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board and Committee Chairs, February 4, 2005] (open access)

[Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board and Committee Chairs, February 4, 2005]

Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors and Committee Chairs discussing the newsletter, the WAI Conference in Dallas, and the WASP reunion in Washington, D.C.
Date: February 4, 2005
Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Ruth Underwood Florey Personal WASP Scrapbook] (open access)

[Ruth Underwood Florey Personal WASP Scrapbook]

Scrapbook collection clippings, photos, and papers documenting life for Ruth Underwood during and after the Women Airforce Service Pilots, including items such as enlistment forms and a WASP uniform handbook.
Date: November 4, 1986
Creator: Florey, Ruth Underwood
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Leticia Van de Putte to Eleanor Brown, October 4, 2007] (open access)

[Letter from Leticia Van de Putte to Eleanor Brown, October 4, 2007]

Letter from Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte to Eleanor Brown thanking Brown for her service during WWII as well as her attendance at a recent ceremony in Austin honoring women and their accomplishments.
Date: October 4, 2007
Creator: Van de Putte, Leticia
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP in Graduation Uniform]

Photograph of tow women in light colored uniforms standing on a wood platform with chairs behind them. A man in uniform can be seen to the right. Writing on the back of the photo reads, " Mrs. Berry Giles, Jacqueline Cochran, Col. Geer, Air Inspector Randolph Field" and "Graduation 44-W-6 Aug 4, 1944". The same information is relayed on a tag seen taped to the bottom of the photo.
Date: August 4, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women Airforce Service Pilots WWII Memorial Dedication (open access)

Women Airforce Service Pilots WWII Memorial Dedication

A program for a WASP memorial dedication, with information on the left side of the page about the speakers, and a schedule on the right.
Date: September 4, 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three WASP in Front of a Lake #2]

Photograph of three former Women Airforce Service Pilots, all wearing blue clothing with name tags and WASP memorabilia, posing shoulder-to-shoulder in front of a large group, with a blue and white tent and a large lake in the background. A man wearing a red jacket inside the tent sits, reading a book.
Date: April 4, 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP attending USAFA WASP statue dedication]

Group photograph of Women Airforce Service Pilots posed on the steps of a building with an apex roof. All women wear their WASP dress uniforms, as they are attending the USAFA (United States Air Force Academy) WASP statue dedication.
Date: September 4, 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three WASP in Front of a Lake]

Photograph of three Women Airforce Service Pilots, all wearing blue clothing with name tags and WASP memorabilia, posing shoulder-to-shoulder in front of a large group, with a blue and white tent and a lake in the background.
Date: April 4, 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Memorial Statue, The Graduate]

Photograph of a statue titled "The Graduate" during the dedication ceremony at Texas State Technical College. The statue is on a round pillar in the center of a fountain and a number of people are standing around the edges of the fountain including several who are wearing military or WASP uniforms.
Date: September 4, 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Otto Koecher, August 4, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Otto Koecher, August 4, 1942]

Recommendation letter from Otto Koecher discussing Eleanor McLernon's loyalty to the United States and war effort.
Date: August 4, 1942
Creator: Koecher, Otto E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notice of Request for Jacqueline Cochran Memorial Fund] (open access)

[Notice of Request for Jacqueline Cochran Memorial Fund]

Notice of a request for donations for the Jacqueline Cochran Memorial Fund, with information on the how to donate and how to attend the memorial ceremony for Cochran.
Date: September 4, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Chronicle a testament to WASPs] (open access)

[Clipping photocopy: Chronicle a testament to WASPs]

Photocopy of a newspaper article about Byrd Howell Granger writing a book about WASP members titled 'On Final Approach.' The article also includes information about the author's death, as well as a photograph of Granger writing with a typewriter.
Date: December 4, 1991
Creator: Hawley, Chuck
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, October 4, 1985] (open access)

[Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, October 4, 1985]

Letter from Francie Meisner Park to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing her donations to a WASP museum and a WASP ceremony she attended in 1972.
Date: October 4, 1985
Creator: Park, Francie Meisner
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorial Dedication for the Women Airforce Service Pilots] (open access)

[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 Harry R. Snapp to Helen Wyatt Snapp, August 4, 1994] (open access)

[Letter from Harry R. Snapp to Helen Wyatt Snapp, August 4, 1994]

Letter from UNT History Professor Harry F. Snapp to Helen Wyatt Snapp discussing the development of a book meant to "preserve a number of WASPs as historical personages as well as the best context for preserving historically the place of WASPs as a group." The book's intended audience will be college women, high school girls, and young adult women. Harry Snapp asks Helen Snapp for her cooperation in making the book possible. The letter contains a handwritten P. S. that includes his contact information, should Helen wish to contact him.
Date: August 4, 1944
Creator: Snapp, Harry F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Business and Defense Coordinator Instructions for Filing] (open access)

[Business and Defense Coordinator Instructions for Filing]

Booklet of instructions for filing from Business and Defense coordinator, Edition 3, No. 28. There are indexes and chapters of instructions.
Date: June 4, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. C. Hoppe to Charles A. Prince, April 4, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from R. C. Hoppe to Charles A. Prince, April 4, 1942]

Letter from City Manager R. C. Hoppe to Charles A. Prince discussing the enclosed lease for the Sweetwater Municipal Airport.
Date: April 4, 1942
Creator: Hoppe, R. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank X. Mara to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, May 4, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Frank X. Mara to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, May 4, 1943]

Letter from Frank X. Mara to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince discussing a recent wire transfer from Plosser and Prince to Mara and Mara's willingness to help Plosser and Prince in their endeavor to reinstate their government contract.
Date: May 4, 1943
Creator: Mara, Frank X.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Grand Jury Decision, January 19, 1943] (open access)

[Transcript of Grand Jury Decision, January 19, 1943]

Statement of Grand Jurors impaneled in the District Court of the United States Northern District of Texas regarding their decision on indictments against eleven defendants accused of fraudulent representation to agents of the Defense Plant Corporation. In the decision, the jurors find that the defendants did commit "unlawful conspiracy" with an outline of sixteen instances and pieces of evidence of relation to the case.
Date: February 4, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate from the National Air and Space Museum for Stan Stokes, April 4, 1984] (open access)

[Certificate from the National Air and Space Museum for Stan Stokes, April 4, 1984]

Certificate from the National Air and Space Museum presenting first prize to Stan Stokes for the Golden Age of Flight Aviation Art Competition. It is dated April 4, 1984 and signed by Director Walter J. Boyne.
Date: April 4, 1984
Creator: Boyne, Walter J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from Thomas P. Hennessey, June 4, 1943] (open access)

[Memo from Thomas P. Hennessey, June 4, 1943]

Memo from Thomas P. Hennessey explaining the proper format to use when filling out form 1 and stating the penalties of failing to properly fill out and send the forms.
Date: June 4, 1943
Creator: Hennessey, Thomas P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from William H. Turner, June 4, 1943] (open access)

[Memo from William H. Turner, June 4, 1943]

Memo from William H. Turner discussing the significance of filling out forms 1 and 1A along with instructions of how to properly fill out the forms.
Date: June 4, 1943
Creator: Turner, William H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of Cash Purchases, November 4, 1944] (open access)

[Receipt of Cash Purchases, November 4, 1944]

Receipts for the cash purchase of two shirts, signed at the bottom by Catherine Parker.
Date: November 4, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order from L. W. Yandell to Charlyne Creger, June 4, 1951] (open access)

[Order from L. W. Yandell to Charlyne Creger, June 4, 1951]

Order from L. W. Yandell to Charlyne Creger discussing the details of her assigned training headquarters.
Date: June 4, 1951
Creator: Yandell, L. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History