[Clipping: "The WASPS"] (open access)

[Clipping: "The WASPS"]

Magazine clipping comparing how safe the WASP were compared to the entire United States, Virginia Moffett's service with the WASP, and the amount of hours they logged.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater, Texas and Sweetwater Club News] (open access)

[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater, Texas and Sweetwater Club News]

Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about local news in Sweetwater, Texas, including a teacher winning a contest (with the winning poem she wrote included), speakers attending Sweetwater Club meetings, and the operation of the USO in West, Texas.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documents pertaining to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A Prince, Victor J. Nelson, A. L. Leaverenz, Charles R. Carpenter, Nicholas K. Marshall, A. E. Hrbacek, and Elton Taylor, cause no. 1718, 1943] (open access)

[Documents pertaining to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A Prince, Victor J. Nelson, A. L. Leaverenz, Charles R. Carpenter, Nicholas K. Marshall, A. E. Hrbacek, and Elton Taylor, cause no. 1718, 1943]

Documents that relate to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A Prince, Victor J. Nelson, A. L. Leaverenz, Charles R. Carpenter, Nicholas K. Marshall, A. E. Hrbacek, and Elton Taylor, accused of fraud, filed April 28, 1943. Documents include the verdicts as delivered by the foreman, Aubry D. Anderson, and a certificate of authenticity from the office of the Clerk of the District Court, George W. Parker.
Date: 1943
Creator: Parker, George W.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs to Henry H. Arnold, May 13, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from the United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs to Henry H. Arnold, May 13, 1943]

Letter from the United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs to Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold discussing the conspiracy case against Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, operators of a military training facility in Sweetwater, Texas. They conclude that the charges and consequent contract cancellation were unjustified and urge the general to reinstate the contract.
Date: May 13, 1943
Creator: United States Senate
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harry C. Claiborne to Joe B. Plosser, April 30, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Harry C. Claiborne to Joe B. Plosser, April 30, 1943]

Letter from Harry C. Claiborne to Joe B. Plosser offering Claiborne's assistance in helping Plosser through his trial.
Date: April 30, 1943
Creator: Claiborne, Harry C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wooden Plane]

Small, wooden plane with the words, "Keep 'em flying" burned into the wings and "Abilene, Tx" burned into the back. A label is attached to the plane with string and is address from "Mother" to Moris Baxter.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aeronautical Chart of Abilene]

Aeronautical chart with various pieces of aviation information for flight and descent over Abilene. A handwritten note at the bottom edge reads, "Revised 8-25-44 for contact practice, Inst. Board."
Date: August 25, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. O. Pearson to Prince and Plosser, May 5, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from R. O. Pearson to Prince and Plosser, May 5, 1942]

Copy of a letter from R. O. Pearson to Prince and Plosser discussing Prince and Plosser's request for more information about using natural gas at their flight at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 5, 1942
Creator: Pearson, R. O.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 13, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 13, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying from Camden AK to Dallas, waiting for clearance to continue on from Dallas but being delayed, and flying open-cockpit aircraft.
Date: November 13, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, Spring 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, Spring 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing receiving some skin oil from a friend, a disastrous check ride, a trip to Abilene, and fellow flight students getting lost. Typed on an old physics test from primary flight training, on which Yerkes scored a 100.
Date: {1943-04-06,1943-22~}
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 15, 1943?] (open access)

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

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying planes from Dallas, coffee, staying at Abilene Army Air Base, and recent correspondence.
Date: 1943-11-15?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 16, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 16, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying from Dallas to Abilene, getting a hotel, and dealing with cold. Written on Hilton Hotel stationary.
Date: 1943-10-16?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 18, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 18, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying across Texas, including issues with weather, lodging, and related events. Written on Alberts Hotels stationary.
Date: 1943-11-18?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History