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[Clipping: Life with the Women's Airforce Service Pilots] (open access)

[Clipping: Life with the Women's Airforce Service Pilots]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Iris Critchell and Peg Calhoun's service with the WASP and how the WASP program began.
Date: May 29, 1986
Creator: Crowley, Sarah E.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Requiem For The WASP] (open access)

[Clipping: Requiem For The WASP]

Newspaper clipping about the history of the WASP from their creation to disbandment.
Date: unknown
Creator: Poole, Barbara E.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Reunion Brought Memories of High-Flying Pilot Days"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Reunion Brought Memories of High-Flying Pilot Days"]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the 30th WASP anniversary reunion. Certain WASPs' experience in service is also shared.
Date: June 28, 1972
Creator: Randerson, Middy
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Standby Warriors] (open access)

[Clipping: Standby Warriors]

Photocopy of a magazine article about what led to the creation of the WAFs, what training was like, and the formation of the WASPs.
Date: July 1986
Creator: DeArmond, Rita Victoria
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASPS] (open access)

[Clipping: The WASPS]

Photocopied magazine clipping about the squadron that led to the use of women in military aviation and life as a WASP.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]

Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date: May 28, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]

Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date: May 28, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes and Phil Kafka to Frances Yerkes, April 11, 1950?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes and Phil Kafka to Frances Yerkes, April 11, 1950?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes and Phil Kafka to Cornelia's mother discussing various outings they had had with different friends in New York. Envelope is included.
Date: 1950-04-11?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes & Kafka, Phillip Eric
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 15, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 15, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing delivering an aircraft to Washington D.C., traveling to Wilmington and Philadelphia, and mentions that she will be returning to Dallas.
Date: 1943-12-15?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, April 12, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, April 12, 1950]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent travels. Envelope is included.
Date: April 12, 1950
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, June 21, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, June 21, 1945]

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing the weather, past travels, Mickey's job, and briefly mentioning his own.
Date: June 21, 1945
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dawn Seymour to Hugh King, November 30, 1997] (open access)

[Letter from Dawn Seymour to Hugh King, November 30, 1997]

Letter from Dawn Seymour to Hugh King discussing the making of a historical marker in Mulberry Canyon, Texas. A sticky note with a message to Rigdon Edwards is also included.
Date: November 30, 1997
Creator: Seymour, Dawn R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, August 6, 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, August 6, 1995]

Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards including video tapes and discussing a couple of reunions she will be attending.
Date: August 6, 1995
Creator: Harmon, Elaine Danforth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ethel Finley to Rigdon Edwards, December 21, 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Ethel Finley to Rigdon Edwards, December 21, 1995]

Letter from Ethel Finley to Rigdon Edwards informing him that she will be making cookies from his pecans and dates, discussing the future reunion, and wishing happy holidays.
Date: December 21, 1995
Creator: Finley, Ethel M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ethel to Rigdon Edwards, December 20, 1994] (open access)

[Letter from Ethel to Rigdon Edwards, December 20, 1994]

Letter from Ethel M. Finley to Rigdon Edwards discussing his upcoming visit to the North Texas area with another former WASP.
Date: December 20, 1994
Creator: Finley, Ethel M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Homer to Ethel, February 12, 1996] (open access)

[Letter from Homer to Ethel, February 12, 1996]

Letter from Homer to Ethel M. Finley discussing transportation and preparation for the 1998 reunion.
Date: February 12, 1996
Creator: Taylor, Homer K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: The Woman's Collection] (open access)

[Pamphlet: The Woman's Collection]

Pamphlet from Texas Women's University advertising their Woman's Collection and describing Women Airforce Service Pilots history and the story of their militarization.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas Woman's University. Libraries.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1]

Special orders extract reassigning a list of Women Air Force Service Pilot members, having completed their training, to be transferred to new air base stations.
Date: September 9, 1943
Creator: 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History