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Cleveland (U-8) Sectional Aeronautical Chart

Aeronautical map of Cleveland, Ohio and its surrounding region, showing cities, topographical features, radio frequency ranges and various aeronautical symbols for flight training and navigation. Scale 1:500,000.
Date: November 11, 1943
Creator: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Herald Tribune Sends Its Plane to Air Races] (open access)

[Clipping: Herald Tribune Sends Its Plane to Air Races]

Newspaper clipping with articles about the New York Herald Tribune participating in air races, the death of Jack Woolams, Senator Carl Hatch's opposition to bomb tests, and more.
Date: August 31, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Two Women in Bendix Race] (open access)

[Clipping: Two Women in Bendix Race]

Newspaper clipping featuring an article about the National Air Races and the annual convention of the Ninety-Nines. A photograph of Emma Coulter Ware and former WASP Clara Jo Marsh standing next to a small airplane accompanies the article.
Date: August 30, 1946
Creator: Mountsier, Robert
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George V. Voinovich to WASP Members, April 12, 1982] (open access)

[Letter from George V. Voinovich to WASP Members, April 12, 1982]

Letter from Cleveland Mayor, George V. Voinovich to WASP members discussing the city welcoming the 1982 Convention of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: April 12, 1982
Creator: Voinovich, George V.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jean Hixson and Marry Ellen Keil to WASP members, March, 1982] (open access)

[Letter from Jean Hixson and Marry Ellen Keil to WASP members, March, 1982]

Letter from Jean Hixson and Marry Ellen Keil to WASP members discussing upcoming events around the country. The letter includes a tear-off form for registering for the 1982 WASP reunion at the bottom, and on the back of the letter, there is a schedule of events for the reunion.
Date: March 1982
Creator: Hixson, Jean & Keil, Marry Ellen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Jones to Rigdon Edwards, January 24, 1973] (open access)

[Letter from Mary Jones to Rigdon Edwards, January 24, 1973]

Letter from Mary Jones to Rigdon Edwards discussing the WASP 30th anniversary event, and an upcoming pictorial. The letter mentions two women, Dedie and Dottie Young who have been working on the pictorial. The letterhead is from the Order of Fifinella in Gates Mills, Ohio.
Date: January 24, 1973
Creator: Jones, Mary
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Order of Fifinella to Suzette Van Daell Douglas, July 25, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from the Order of Fifinella to Suzette Van Daell Douglas, July 25, 1946]

Letter from the Order of Fifinella's WASP Reunion Committee to Suzette Van Daell Douglas inviting her to attend the first National WASP reunion and includes an enclosed questionnaire for her to complete and send back. It also includes two envelopes, one the letter was originally enclosed in, addressed to Suzette Van Dael Douglas, and the other addressed to WASP.
Date: July 25, 1946
Creator: Order of Fifinella
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Name Tag for Helen Snapp] (open access)

[Name Tag for Helen Snapp]

A yellow name tag for Helen Snapp for the 1982 WASP reunion. There is an embroidered flower attached to the name tag.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Room Reservation Form for Bond Court Hotel] (open access)

[Room Reservation Form for Bond Court Hotel]

Pre-addressed form for reserving a room at the Bond Court Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bond Court Hotel
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Class 43-4 at the 1982 Reunion]

Photograph of the Women Airforce Service Pilot class 43-4, arranged in three rows in front of a wall with floral wallpaper and the banner for the Order of Fifinella. There are nineteen women total, and five in the first row wear their WASP uniforms. Two women on the the first row hold a sign with their class number and four women in the second row hold a large set of WASP wings.
Date: 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Reunion]

Photograph of Helen Snapp at a Women Airforce Service Pilot reunion in Cleveland Ohio in 1982. Helen, a man, and three WASP surround a round table, all wearing yellow name tags.
Date: 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII: 1982 Bi-ennial Convention (open access)

Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII: 1982 Bi-ennial Convention

Schedule of events for the 1982 biennial Women Airforce Service Pilots convention that includes agenda items such as committee reports, change of officers, and a requiem honoring deceased WASP members.
Date: 1982
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History