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Agreement for Dissolution of Partnership (open access)

Agreement for Dissolution of Partnership

An agreement of dissolution between Gayle Snell and Robert Schaefer for their company Schell Air-Photo Service, describing specific financial arrangements and rights between them and signed by a Los Angeles County notary.
Date: July 21, 1950
Creator: Snell, Gayle M. & Schaefer, Robert C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Big Job: Basic Magnesium News Letter, Number 30, January 21, 1943 (open access)

The Big Job: Basic Magnesium News Letter, Number 30, January 21, 1943

Newsletter published by Basic Magnesium Inc. that discusses various topics regarding the company, the magnesium industry, and news local to the town in which the company is located. One article included is about the dormitory room decoration former Woman Airforce Service Pilot, Charlyne Creger.
Date: January 21, 1943
Creator: Basic Magnesium, Incorporated
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Aviatrixes] (open access)

[Clipping: Aviatrixes]

Newspaper clipping showing a journal photo of the Women Airforce Service Pilots having lunch with one of Russia's Night Witches. The ladies in the photo are wearing business casual attire and are seated around a table with open menu books.
Date: September 21, 1990
Creator: Edwards, Scott
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Dorothea 'Didi' Moorman"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Dorothea 'Didi' Moorman"]

Newspaper clipping about women dispelling male fears about the B-29 Superfortress. A photo of Dorothea "Didi" Moorman standing with Brig. General Paul Tibbets in Fort Walton Beach Florida is shown.
Date: October 21, 1997
Creator: Associated Press
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Girl Flyers Who Tow Targets May Be Real "Soldiers" Soon] (open access)

[Clipping: Girl Flyers Who Tow Targets May Be Real "Soldiers" Soon]

Newspaper clipping of articles about the WASP, how it feels to fly a plane, a dance that will be held to raise funds for infantile paralysis, the marriage of teacher Batrice Howell, war bonds, and more.
Date: January 21, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Last Minute Touch] (open access)

[Clipping: Last Minute Touch]

Newspaper clipping of a photograph of workers finishing the WASP memorial. Parts of two other articles are included on the back.
Date: June 21, 1972
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: New memorial to honor all military women] (open access)

[Clipping: New memorial to honor all military women]

Newspaper clippings of an article about plans for a memorial to honor Women in Military Service for America in Arlington, Virginia. There are other articles on the back of the clippings.
Date: June 21, 1995
Creator: Pisano, Marina
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Revised WASP Schedules of Events] (open access)

[Clipping: Revised WASP Schedules of Events]

Newspaper clipping with a schedule for the events planned for the 50th WASP Anniversary.
Date: May 21, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Senate Helps WASPS"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Senate Helps WASPS"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about veteran benefits being granted to former WASP.
Date: October 21, 1977
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "State Group Supports Memorial"] (open access)

[Clipping: "State Group Supports Memorial"]

Newspaper clipping about a group of Oklahoman female veterans supporting the building of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial
Date: September 21, 1997
Creator: Jackson, Leonard
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: State Group Supports Memorial] (open access)

[Clipping: State Group Supports Memorial]

Newspaper clipping of an article about funds being collected for building of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial.
Date: September 21, 1997
Creator: Jackson, Leonard
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Forgotten Gals of WWII] (open access)

[Clipping: The Forgotten Gals of WWII]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the WASP and their efforts to obtain veterans' status and benefits. Two photographs of WASP and San Antonio resident Ann Holaday accompany the article. The back of the clipping includes a listing of sports scores, two articles, and a photograph of Ethel Kennedy and her children.
Date: November 21, 1976
Creator: Towery, Bill
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Efforts Taking Off] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Efforts Taking Off]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column about the WASPs efforts to obtain veterans' status. It also includes a profile of WASP Dora Dougherty Strother. The remainder of the page contains an article about Girls Nation and the continuation of two articles from the front page. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, several letters to the editor, and an editorial about the VA Hospital System.
Date: July 21, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Reunion Set] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Reunion Set]

Newspaper clipping of an article about certain WASPs planning to attend the 30th WASP anniversary and a brief history of the WASPs.
Date: June 21, 1972
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: What Was Training Like For WASP Trainees When They Trained Here] (open access)

[Clipping: What Was Training Like For WASP Trainees When They Trained Here]

Clipping of a newspaper article about what training and service was like for the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: June 21, 1972
Creator: Gordon, Patsy
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women pay tribute to those who served] (open access)

[Clipping: Women pay tribute to those who served]

Newspaper clipping of part of an article about women who served in WWII being honored for their service. The article includes a photograph of women in large coats standing behind a large, flat monument stone. There are local television listings on the back of the clipping.
Date: October 21, 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cornelia Yerkes commercial airman medical certificate, 1951] (open access)

[Cornelia Yerkes commercial airman medical certificate, 1951]

A medical certificate issued to Cornelia Yerkes as a commercial airman.
Date: February 21, 1951
Creator: United States. Department of Commerce. Civil Aviation Administration
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas - Ft Worth Sectional Aeronautical Chart, 27th Edition

Aeronautical map of the Oklahoma and Texas regions surrounding the Dallas/Fort Worth area that shows cities, topographical features, flight training areas, and various aeronautical symbols for flight navigation. Scale 1:500,000.
Date: January 21, 1982
Creator: United States. Department of Commerce.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor McLernon Airman Certificate] (open access)

[Eleanor McLernon Airman Certificate]

Airman certificate showing that Eleanor McLernon is qualified to perform the duties of commercial pilot.
Date: December 21, 1944
Creator: Hudson, D. K.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor McLernon Rating Record] (open access)

[Eleanor McLernon Rating Record]

Pilot rating document certifying that Eleanor McLernon is qualified to fly single engine aircraft between 110 and 825 horsepower.
Date: December 21, 1944
Creator: United States. Department of Commerce.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Instruction Manual for Military Correspondence] (open access)

[Instruction Manual for Military Correspondence]

Instruction manual for how to prepare military type correspondence. The manual is divided into seven sections: I. General, II. Channels of Communication, III. Military Letters, IV. Indorsements, V. Inclosures, VI. Nonmilitary Letters, and VII. Telegrams, Radiograms, and Cablegrams.
Date: August 21, 1942
Creator: United States Department of War
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Investigation Report from George Woods, March 21, 1943] (open access)

[Investigation Report from George Woods, March 21, 1943]

Investigation Report from George Woods containing a copy of an attached signed statement by one Logan Pierson for the case of U.S. vs. Plosser et al.
Date: March 21, 1943
Creator: Woods, George
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alvah Densmore to the Surgeon General, October 21, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from Alvah Densmore to the Surgeon General, October 21, 1960]

Letter from Alvah Densmore to the Surgeon General discussing possible ways to prepare for and enact civil defense in the event of a thermonuclear, chemical, or biological attack on the country.
Date: October 21, 1960
Creator: Densmore, Alvah N.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, August 21, 1973] (open access)

[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
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History