[13 Women Standing Around the Graduate Statue]

Photograph of thirteen women wearing blue hats and holding red roses at the WASP homecoming, posing with a statue in the National WASP WWII Museum. Nine of the women are arranged in two rows on the left side of the statue and four others are to the right. A blue backdrop is behind the statue with the name "Aviation Enterprises Ltd." across the top.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[An Air Force Association Certificate Presented to Helen Snapp] (open access)

[An Air Force Association Certificate Presented to Helen Snapp]

An Air Force Association certificate presented to Helen Snapp, recognizing her service to her country as a pilot in the WASP program. The certificate was presented by the Air Force Association Florida Region. The certificate is inside a blue holder, with a design on the cover and the words, "Air Force Association."
Date: unknown
Creator: Air Force Association
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Newsletter] (open access)

[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Newsletter]

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association newsletter from September 1945. Page 69 includes six pictures of British Commercial Planes, both the outside of the plane and the cockpit; pages 70 and 71 list the "most complete releasable list of aircraft in use by the United States armed forces; page 72 shows eight pictures of planes that the reader is meant to identify, with an answer key below, as well as two diagrams of plane silhouettes; page 79 includes an add for Flightex; and page 80 includes information on new civil air regulations.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[An Airplane at Liberty Field]

Photograph of an airplane at Liberty Field in Georgia. There is a star on the aft, and there is text under the photo that reads, "Liberty Field, Ga., 1944 PQ 14 and C-45."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Airplanes in Sky]

Photograph, taken from the ground looking up, of three planes flying against the bottom of a thin layer of white clouds. A small bird can also be seen flying.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
America's Spaceport, John F. Kennedy Space Center (open access)

America's Spaceport, John F. Kennedy Space Center

Book about the John F. Kennedy Space Center organized into sections entitled "Origins," "Mission," "People and Facilities," "Manned Flight - The First Era," "A New Approach - The Space Shuttle," "Unmanned Space Missions," "A Place to Visit," and "Future Outlook." A note inside the cover says "Paintings courtesy of NASA Art Program."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Area Map of Brevard County "The Space Coast"

Map of Brevard County, "The Space Coast," revealing the location of Helen Snapp's home in reference to major highways, landmarks and attractions in Orlando, Florida. It contains a map legend in the top right corner of the page and directions written in ink at the bottom.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Art of Fighter Jet Flying Over an Island]

Photograph of artwork depicting two fighter jets flying above a hexagon-shaped building on an island. The jets read FM 266 Makos on their tails.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Art of single-propellor plane flying over yellow fields]

Photograph of a gray and red single propellor plane flying with a single pilot above yellow fields and clouds. The plane is painted with the numbers 717 and a white star surrounded by a black disk, and there is another plane flying in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: McLachlen, A., II
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Article Mock-up on Helen Snapp] (open access)

[Article Mock-up on Helen Snapp]

Article mock-up with edits containing the story of Helen Wyatt Snapp's experience with WASP and flying the B-17F Memphis Belle. A portrait of Snapp and illustration of the plane are also included.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Snapp, Helen Wyatt
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
Articles of Incorporation: By-Laws for Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII (open access)

Articles of Incorporation: By-Laws for Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII

Booklet of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws for the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II. The booklet was presented as a copy of a bill passed by Congress for the Congressional Gold Medal to WASPS by residence of Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bee Falk Haydu in WASP Dress Uniform]

Photograph of Women Airforce Service Pilot, Bee Falk Haydu, looking into the distance with her back to a WASP historical display. She wears her WASP dress uniform, complete with a name tag and a number of medals and pins, as well as a black handbag.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bell and Howell Manual] (open access)

[Bell and Howell Manual]

Instruction manual from Bell and Howell for their autoload model 456 super 8 / regular 8 compatible movie projector.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell & Howell
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bell & Howell Filmo Editor Instruction Manual] (open access)

[Bell & Howell Filmo Editor Instruction Manual]

Instruction manual for a Bell & Howell Filmo Editor for 8mm film discussing how to splice film and operate the device, and containing instructional photographs.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History