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[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #1] (open access)

[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #1]

50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a fifty-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring Harriet Quimby the Pioneer Pilot. It shows a cancellation stamp from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date: May 22, 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #2] (open access)

[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #2]

50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a twenty-nin-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring "Corregidor Falls to Japanese." It shows a cancellation stand from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date: May 22, 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #3] (open access)

[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #3]

50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a twenty-nine-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring the "food and other commodities rationed, 1943." It shows a cancellation stamp from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #4] (open access)

[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #4]

50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a fifty-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring Harriet Quimby the Pioneer Pilot. It shows a cancellation stamp from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date: May 22, 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #5] (open access)

[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #5]

50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a twenty-nine-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp that features "Japanese invades Aleutian islands." It shows a cancellation stamp from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date: May 22, 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #3] (open access)

[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #3]

Script of an address given by General Henry H. Arnold, the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, to the last graduating WASP class.
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement seeking WASP Items] (open access)

[Advertisement seeking WASP Items]

Bright yellow advertisement seeking Women Airforce Service Pilot items by Jeff Spielberg. It requests unusual items from "groups such as the AVG, the Eagle Squadron, the WASP, and the Doolittle Raiders" and offers cash. There is a toll-free number to call and information for what he will pay for specific items. The back of the ad reads "Trevor Timmons 3rd floor, From Sargent, 1435 Room, Roommate Jerry Johnson McKay 43-2."
Date: unknown
Creator: Spielberg, Jeff
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blue Circular Sticker for the WASP] (open access)

[Blue Circular Sticker for the WASP]

Blue circular sticker for the WASP. There is a set of wings in the middle, and on the bottom, there is text that reads, "Women Air Force Service Pilots WWII."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blue Circular Sticker for the WASP] (open access)

[Blue Circular Sticker for the WASP]

Blue circular sticker for the WASP. There is a set of wings in the middle, and on the bottom, there is text that reads, "Women Air Force Service Pilots WWII." The text on the top reads, "The Year of the WASP."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blue Circular Sticker for the WASP] (open access)

[Blue Circular Sticker for the WASP]

Blue circular sticker for the WASP. There is a set of wings in the middle, and on the bottom, there is text that reads, "Women Air Force Service Pilots WWII."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blue Rectangular Sticker for the WASP] (open access)

[Blue Rectangular Sticker for the WASP]

Blue rectangular sticker for the WASP. There is a set of wings on top, and on the bottom, there is text that reads, "Women Air Force Service Pilots WWII."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bookmark from Greenbrier Pet Loss Services] (open access)

[Bookmark from Greenbrier Pet Loss Services]

Bookmark from Greenbrier Pet Loss Services that includes a butterfly adornment, meant to be planted in one's garden so wildflowers will "blossom in memory of [one's] loved one." The back of the bookmark includes information for the company and the printer, while the front includes a poem about grief.
Date: unknown
Creator: Greenbrier Pet Loss Services
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Carbon Copy Page of Speech] (open access)

[Carbon Copy Page of Speech]

Carbon copy final page of a speech for a graduation of WASP.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Card: WASP Happy Veterans Day] (open access)

[Card: WASP Happy Veterans Day]

Veterans Day card. On the front of the card is a photograph of three WASP members marching with flag in front of Avenger Field hangar, while other WASP members march behind them and a crowd looks on. On the inside of the card are a photograph of four WASP members and a man in uniform standing around the cake, as well as well wishes.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Card With the WASP "Fifi" Insignia] (open access)

[A Card With the WASP "Fifi" Insignia]

Card bearing the WASP "Fifi" insignia designed by Disney and "Helen Wyatt Snapp, WASP WWII, 43-4" written in blue ink.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Appreciation for Helen Snapp] (open access)

[Certificate of Appreciation for Helen Snapp]

Certificate of appreciation awarded to Helen W. Snapp in recognition of a contribution to the Ninety-Nines Sun 'n Fun Building Fund, Lakeland, Florida.
Date: June 2, 1999
Creator: Ninety-Nines
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Honorary Membership] (open access)

[Certificate of Honorary Membership]

Honorary Membership certificate from The Woman's Club of Raleigh to Helen Snapp "in recognition of her service to our country during World War II and with appreciation for being a trailblazer for women everywhere." The certificate includes a thick border around the edge and the blue seal of the club at the top.
Date: July 11, 2008
Creator: Umstead, Barbara
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Christmas Card List] (open access)

[Christmas Card List]

Handwritten list of names for Christmas cards. There are sixty names on the front and thirty-three names on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Circular Sticker for the 2011 WASP Homecoming] (open access)

[Circular Sticker for the 2011 WASP Homecoming]

Sticker of the 2011 homecoming to Avenger Field. There is a Fifi logo in the middle and a plane on top of her.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cockpit Procedure Part 19A (open access)

Cockpit Procedure Part 19A

Part 19 of the official cockpit procedure for Women Airforce Service Pilots. It includes twenty-six steps.
Date: 1943/1944
Creator: Army Air Forces
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Compilation of WASP Songs] (open access)

[Compilation of WASP Songs]

Compilation of WASP songs including: The Army Air Corps Song, Rugged but Right, You Ain't Gonna Be Here No Longer, Yankee Doodle Pilots, The Pilot and The Maid, Zoot Suits and Parachutes, Miss H.P., The Gay Desperado, I Used to Fly at Avenger, and Goin' Back to Where I Come From.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Compilation of WASP Songs #1] (open access)

[Compilation of WASP Songs #1]

A compilation of WASP songs including: The Army Air Corps Song, I'm a Flying Wreck, The Gay Desperado, Rugged but Right, Zoot-Suits and Parachutes, and Do You Have Your Wings?.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Compilation of WASP Songs # 2] (open access)

[Compilation of WASP Songs # 2]

A compilation of WASP songs including: The Army Air Corps Song, I'm a Flying Wreck, The Gay Desperado, Rugged but Right, Zoot-Suits and Parachutes, and Do You Have Your Wings?.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 113th Congress, Second Session (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 113th Congress, Second Session

Congressional Record in which Representative Ros-Lehtinen honors the life of Woman Airforce Service Pilot, Frances Sargen, describing her service with the WASP and her life after retirement.
Date: January 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The Portal to Texas History