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Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
589
Eleanor Brown Collection
375
Kafka Collection
231
Prince Collection
207
National WASP WWII Museum Collection
175
Gayle Snell Collection
167
Charlyne Creger Collection
84
Catherine Parker Collection
78
Helen Snapp Collection
69
Herman F. Fuchs Collection
63
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[Line of WASPs sitting on Truck Bed]
Photograph of six WASP veterans sitting on the edge of what appears to be a flat truck bed. Four of them are wearing their uniforms. More women sit on the left end of the bed, behind which are two standing uniformed women, as well as a man with a camera to their right and a younger woman walking behind them.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Biplane Flying in Formation]
Photograph of a Stearman primary trainer biplane flying on the port side of the photographer's plane. Two pilots are visible in their respective cockpits.
Date:
[1943..1944]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with American and WASP Flags (Negative)]
Photograph of four WASP veterans in uniform standing on a street, two of them displaying a WASP flag while one holds up an American flag behind them. A brown 1980s sedan is parked behind them to the right. Two pedestrians walk past a white and red truck and some houses in the top left.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Veterans with SNJ Texan (Negative)]
Photograph of fifteen women posing at an airshow on the starboard side of a Navy SNJ Texan. Two of them are wearing WASP uniforms. A child is visible sitting in the rear cockpit, while more people stand around on the opposite side.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 4, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing an upcoming flight, clothes, an acquaintance having a car accident, bonds, the weather, flying to an airfield on the border, and spending the night in Mexico. Typed and written on Hutson Hotels stationary.
Date:
1943-10-04?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater Jaycees Rattlesnake Round-up brochure]
Brochure for the Sweetwater Jaycees Rattlensake Round-up with information for round-ups in 1986, 1987, 1988.
Date:
1986
Creator:
Sweetwater Jaycees
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Kneeling on T-6 Wing]
Photograph of a WASP kneeling and smiling on the port wing of a T-6 Texan advanced trainer. She appears to be writing on a pad on her knee, and is wearing a parachute.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Veterans and Others with Flag]
Blurry photograph of a group of twenty-one standing WASP veterans and two kneeling younger women posing with a WASP flag at the 1986 reunion.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 5, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent work ferrying aircraft. Written on Delta Air Lines stationary.
Date:
February 5, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Veterans with SNJ Texan, Blurry]
Out-of-focus photograph of fifteen WASP veterans posing at an airshow on the starboard side of a Navy SNJ Texan. Two of them are wearing WASP uniforms. A child is visible sitting in the rear cockpit, while more people stand around on the opposite side.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 18, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing picking up a P-47, being grounded by fleet-wide defective landing gear, going to a street market, and trying to get transportation from Evansville to Dallas. Written on Hotel Vendome (Evansville) stationary.
Date:
June 18, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with Primary Trainer]
Photograph of a WASP in the cockpit of a primary trainer aircraft, while another stands next to the fuselage behind the wing.
Date:
[1943..1944]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943]
A father's day card from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing clothing, a visit from aviator Nancy Love, the Women Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, and her future. The card features a cartoon of a girl saying "I may not be no mental whizz, but dad, I know what day this is!"
Date:
June 17, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Formation in Parade (negative)]
Photograph of a formation of WASP veterans in uniform, preparing to march in a parade in Sweetwater, Texas. Several more sit in the foreground on the back of a truck, while a hatchback, pickup, military truck, and fire truck bring up the rear. Several people in civilian clothes and at least three people in Battle Dress Uniforms stand near the formation. Two WASPs carry guide-on flags.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two WASPs standing on barracks porch]
Photograph of two WASP trainees standing against a post on the porch of a barracks at Avenger Field, while a child walks through a door in the left background.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP on Primary Trainer]
Photograph of a WASP standing on the wing of a primary trainer biplane, looking at something beneath the upper wing.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Plaque of Class 44-W-9 Graduates and Trainees]
Photograph of a plaque displaying the names of WASP training class 44-W-9.
Date:
[1990..2000]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two WASP Trainees sitting on Grass]
Photograph of two WASP trainees sitting on grass. A building and some trees are in the background.
Date:
Spring 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman in Cockpit]
Photograph of a woman in a white cap sitting in a World War II era cockpit at an airshow, probably a North American SNJ.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 1942?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing taking intelligence and personality tests, pay, a letter from Jackie Cochran inviting her to join the "women's ferry training group" (probably the Women's Flying Training Detachment), not getting Christmas off, graduation celebration for her flight class, living accommodations, and coffee. The letter is typed on the back of a sheet for instruction on "nose and tail nulls."
Date:
1942-12~
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, July 3, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing photos of a graduating class at Avenger Field, basing, hope that they'll be inducted into the Army Air Force, and correspondence with friend Bob Price.
Date:
July 3, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #1]
Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Nance, Walter L.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, May 17, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents Fred and Frances discussing issues with supplies of P-51s for graduating fighter pilots, skipping ground school classes, gifts, her mother's health, her friend Bobby, marriages, applying to join the British ferry command, and rumors about cancellation of the WASP program. Typed on Hotel John Marshall (Richmond) stationary.
Date:
May 17, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flying Instructor's Course Certificate of Proficiency for Herman Fuchs]
A Certificate of Proficiency given to Herman Fuchs upon completion of the Flying Instructor's Course at Randolph Field.
Date:
August 11, 1943
Creator:
Daugherty, J. F.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History