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Kafka Collection
469
Prince Collection
339
Eleanor Brown Collection
221
Charlyne Creger Collection
126
Gayle Snell Collection
120
Pioneer County City Museum (PCCM) Collection
117
Catherine Parker Collection
102
Herman F. Fuchs Collection
57
Suzette Van Daell Douglas Collection
57
Solange D'Hooghe Collection
35
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[Eleanor Brown Climbing into Plane #4]
Photograph of Eleanor Brown wearing a flight suit and parachute pack while climbing into an airplane.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor McLernon Brown]
Photograph of WASP Eleanor Brown seen from the chest up in uniform with WASP pins and wings attached. Two handwritten notes can be seen on the back of the photo. The first, in pencil, reads, "Eleanor McLernon (Brown) 1944". The second, in pen ink, reads, "Return to: Eleanor McLernon Brown 2201 N. DeLeon, Vicotria, Tx 77901 Wimsa Reg. 137050".
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran]
War Department press release quoting the speech General Arnold gave to the final graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II and a statement made by Jacqueline Cochran on the WASP's accomplishments. The pages are torn away at the edges in several places, most noticeably in the bottom left corner of the first page.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type:
Script
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Form One, Volume 3, Number 7, December 1942
Magazine for pilot class 43-B at Randolph Army Air Field, San Antonio, Texas.
Date:
December 1942
Creator:
Aviation Cadet Club Fund
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor Brown with Plane]
Photograph of Eleanor Brown in a flight suit and cap, carrying a parachute harness over her shoulder and leaning against a plane. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Micky McLernon Brown 2201 N. Deleon Victoria, Tx". "1944" is written in pencil on the top back of the photo.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: WASP Militarization Favored by Stimson]
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping of articles from the New York Times about the U.S.'s involvement in World War II, including an article about an initiative to give WASP members full military benefits. Among the articles are several small advertisements, some with illustrations. At the top of the photocopy is handwritten text identifying the newspaper and its publishing date.
Date:
May 5, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor Brown with Plane #2]
Photograph of Eleanor Brown in a flight suit and cap, carrying a parachute harness over her shoulder and leaning against a plane.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor Brown in Uniform]
Photograph pasted to thick paper board of WASP Eleanor brown in uniform and posed looking off camera. WASP and air force pins can be seen on her breast and lapels. A note in pen written on the back of the paper board reads, "Mickey, Eleanor McLernon (Brown) 1944".
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Group in Uniform]
Photograph of eleven WASP in uniform posed in in two rows on a set of stone steps outside a building. Several notes are written on the back of the photo, including a list naming the group members. First note reads in faded pencil at the top, "Eleanor M. Brown 2201 N. DeLeon", followed by a typed address label for Robert S. Brown. The second note reads, "Back Row L-R, Ann Baron, Elizabeth Stavrum, Elizabeth (Betty) Pettit, Eleanor M. McLernon, Margaret Shaffer, Marry Ann Walker". The note beside that reads, "Front Row-L-R, Muriel Rath, Leona Golbiner, Donna Spellick, Mary Ahlstrom, Kate Lee Harris". The final note in pencil at the bottom reads, "Napier Field, Ala.".
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Brown Posed in WASP Dress Uniform]
Photograph on foam board of Eleanor Brown posed for a portrait while wearing her WASP dress uniform. Printed text at the bottom of the photo reads, "Eleanor 'Mickey' Brown, Service Pilot for Women's Air Force, 1945. Frances Mozisek Collection, courtesy the Photograph Collection at VC/UH-V Library."
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor Brown Climbing into Plane]
Photograph of Eleanor Brown wearing a flight suit and parachute pack while climbing into an airplane. "Mickey 1943" is written in pen on the back of the photo.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP with Cochran at Wishing Well]
Photograph of several WASP and a man in uniform posed behind a short wall of a well. Jackie Cochran can be seen in a dark dress near the center. All have their right hands raised with crossed fingers. "Sweetwater, Texas 1943" is written at the top of the photo, and some of the women are labeled on the photo in pen. These are left to right, "DeBernard,Thompson, Kerr, Cochran, Muccie, Moynahan". A small piece of paper is taped to the back of the photo with a type list of these names in full. it reads, "1943 L-R 1.Kathryn DeBernard, 2.Ruth R. Thompson, 3.- , 4.Margaret E. Kerr, 5.Jacqueline Cochran, 6.Marie Muccie, 7.- , 8.Rita Moynahan, 9.-, At Wishing Well, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas".
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran and Gerald Brant]
Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran and General Gerald C. Brant sitting in folding chairs at the graduation ceremony for the 43-W-1 class of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).
Date:
April 24, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Name Tag for Lyda M. Dunham 43-W-4]
Name tag for WASP trainee Lyda M. Dunham.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Order of Fifinella Membership Card]
1946 membership card for the Order of Fifinella belonging to Eleanor McLernon. The WASP Fifinella logo designed by Walt Disney can be seen illustrated at the the top.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Order of Fifinella
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from the Newmans to M. Carmichael, January 20, 1945]
Letter from the Newmans to M. Carmichael. No letter with text is included.
Date:
January 20, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Instrument Flight Test Certificate]
Certificate showing that flight officer Paul A. Hill passed the instrument flight test at Long Beach Army Air Field.
Date:
April 16, 1944
Creator:
United States Army
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[44-W4 Time Schedule]
Memo from Group Commander E. A. Parker to Flight Commanders discussing the schedule for the 44-W4 class of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
March 7, 1944
Creator:
Parker, E. A.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Charlie Flucher]
Photograph of Charlie Flucher standing in front of an airplane. Handwritten text on the back of the photograph: "Photo taken at Avenger Field - Dec. 1943. Charlie Flucher was a mechanic while WASP were here. This was one of 5 planes of which he was crew chief. Plane - Basic Trainer 13A."
Date:
December 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs)
United States customs form endorsed to clear Royal Air Force officer, Paul A. Hill, to depart from La Guardia Airport in New York, bound for Montreal, Canada.
Date:
June 3, 1944
Creator:
Hill, Paul A.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Eleven WASP and Three Men]
Photograph of eleven members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and three men standing and sitting in front of a building. The typewritten label attached to the photograph's bottom edge repeats the information written on the back of the photograph.
Date:
May 6, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copies of Personnel Order 71 and 79]
Copies of Army Air Force Personnel orders 71 and 79 designating flight officer Paul A. Hill as a service pilot and re-rating a list of several Air Force Second Lieutenants as pilots and service pilots.
Date:
{1944-03-23,1944-11-09}
Creator:
United States. Air Force.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advanced Instructor's Syllabus: Instrument Flying Radio Range-Radio Compass
Instruction booklet created by the Air Force on how to use the radio range-radio compass for flight navigation.
Date:
March 15, 1944
Creator:
United States. Air Army Forces. Air Service Command.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #2]
Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and a long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo. A note can be seen written on the back of the photo: "Sweetwater Municipal Airport- The first hangar built in 1929 on South side of the field. Photo taken in 1941".
Date:
March 29, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History