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The Avenger, Volume 1, Number 1, May 11, 1943 (open access)

The Avenger, Volume 1, Number 1, May 11, 1943

First issue of The Avenger, a newsletter by the WASPs at Avenger Field featuring news, cartoons, essays, and photos.
Date: May 11, 1943
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aviation Enterprises Limited Operations] (open access)

[Aviation Enterprises Limited Operations]

Large book describing the WASP training operations at Avenger Field and Aviation Enterprise's plane repair and overhaul operations at Houston Municipal Airport.
Date: unknown
Creator: Aviation Enterprises, Ltd.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Card: Charlyne Creger, WASP] (open access)

[Card: Charlyne Creger, WASP]

Card with a photograph of Charlyne Creger as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot. On the back is a list of information, such as her WASP class number, her station and assignments, and her career after the WASP. A more recent photo of Charlyne is printed in the top left corner of the back, and a quote from her reads, "How do I feel about being a WASP? Out of nothing, it made me something, because it gave me the courage to try anything!".
Date: 2001
Creator: Wings Across America
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger Handwritten Autobiography] (open access)

[Charlyne Creger Handwritten Autobiography]

Autobiographical essay handwritten by Charlyne Creger, describing major events in her life and career.
Date: unknown
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger Nursing Exam Results] (open access)

[Charlyne Creger Nursing Exam Results]

Results for Charlyne Creger's state nursing exams.
Date: 1950
Creator: Board of Nurse Examiners for State of Texas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger Nursing School Scrapbook]

Scrapbook full of photographs of Charlyne Creger and her nursing school classmates and teachers. Many of the photos are taken in and around Houston, Texas.
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Christenson in Plane]

Photograph of a woman, earlier identified as Dorothy Christenson, sitting in the cockpit of a plane and wearing a headset while looking off camera to the right. Handwriting on the back of the photo reads, "Dorothy C., Feb 14, 1943, Houston, Texas, WASP".
Date: February 14, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Christenson in Plane #2]

Photograph of Dorothy Christenson in the cockpit of an airplane and looking off camera to the right. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo read, "Dorothy Christenson", "WASP School 43-W-3, Feb 1943", Houston Airport (Howard Hughes?)", "AT-6 from Ellington Field". A note on the right edge of the back possibly reads, "Alan D. Christenson 5".
Date: February 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Class 3 Achieves First Goal] (open access)

[Clipping: Class 3 Achieves First Goal]

Newspaper clipping describing the quality of the parachutes used at Avenger Field and the Link training process for the WASPs. The clipping also provides details about the graduation ceremony for the Women AIrforce Service Pilots, class of 43-W-3.
Date: July 26, 1943
Creator: Clements, Betty; Seip, Margaret & Baumgartner, Ann
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Second Class Graduates] (open access)

[Clipping: Second Class Graduates]

Newspaper clipping describing the maintenance process for the airplanes used by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The clipping also describes the renovations at Avenger Field's Medical Department and graduation ceremony for the class of 43-W-2.
Date: June 28, 1943
Creator: Buchner, Faith & Helburn, Margaret
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Secret role of women fliers recalled] (open access)

[Clipping: Secret role of women fliers recalled]

Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP being hidden from public knowledge, including the U.S. Department of Defense withholding veteran status from the women who served in WWII. The article includes a photograph of a group of young women in jumpsuits walking away from a small propeller plane. On the back of the clipping is a large advertisement for a sale, and part of an article about Fort Concho.
Date: November 24, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASPS] (open access)

[Clipping: The WASPS]

Photocopied magazine clipping about the squadron that led to the use of women in military aviation and life as a WASP.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs finally getting their due] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPs finally getting their due]

Newspaper clipping describing a bill introduced by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots for their services during World War II. The clipping also provides a brief background about the experiences of former WASP, Lois Hailey and how she became a member of the organization.
Date: unknown
Creator: Turner, Allan
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs finnaly getting their due] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPs finnaly getting their due]

Newspaper clipping describing a bill introduced by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots for their services during World War II. The clipping also provides a brief background about the experiences of former WASP, Lois Hailey and how she became a member of the organization.
Date: unknown
Creator: Turner, Allan
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WASPs Fitted For Uniforms"] (open access)

[Clipping: "WASPs Fitted For Uniforms"]

Newspaper clipping of the 10th issue of The Avenger. It includes 12 articles that update the reader about events in Avenger Field.
Date: January 7, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs' role in stinging Axis noted] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPs' role in stinging Axis noted]

Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP involvement in WWII, with a photograph of several WASP pilots walking under the wing of a plane. There is a two-panel political cartoon on the back of the clipping.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WWII WASP recalls her high-flying days] (open access)

[Clipping: WWII WASP recalls her high-flying days]

Newspaper clipping describing Florence Watson's visit to Zundy Junior High in Wichita Falls, Texas. The clipping also includes a brief summary of Ms. Watson's experiences as a WASP and a photograph of her with the students.
Date: March 10, 2002
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Zoot Suits, Parachutes, and Wings of Silver, Too"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Zoot Suits, Parachutes, and Wings of Silver, Too"]

Newspaper clipping about the 1986 WASP reunion, Avenger Field, woman aviation history, the WFTD, WAFS, the combat they participated in, what training consisted of, what they did after the war, minor and serious crashes, and the deactivation of the WASP.
Date: September 1987
Creator: Henderson, Sheila
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Davis by Park Bench]

Photograph of a soldier identified as Glen Davis standing in front of a park bench in Houston, Texas. Several buildings are visible in the background.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Declassified reports show Holocaust began in 1941 on Soviet soil (open access)

Declassified reports show Holocaust began in 1941 on Soviet soil

Newspaper article from The Houston Chronicle, discussing new evidence uncovered about the beginning of the Holocaust in 1941.
Date: November 11, 1996
Creator: Dobbs, Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay] (open access)

[Draft of Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay]

Draft of an autobiographic essay written by Charlyne Creger describing her experience flying as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot, how it led to her career as a nurse and anesthesiologist and her travels in the later years of her life. Correction notes are handwritten in a few places.
Date: unknown
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
["Fifinella" Statue Unveiling Schedule] (open access)

["Fifinella" Statue Unveiling Schedule]

Schedule of events for the ceremonial unveiling of a Fifinella statue at Avenger Field, Texas State Technical Institute, including speeches from WASP officers, the director of NASA, and a tribute to WASP flight instructor, Rigdon Edwards, Jr.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Women Sitting in Field]

Photograph of five women sitting in a field outside several buildings. Notes written on the back read, "Bertha Link, Mabel Rawbinson, Evelyn Laesch, 43W3, March 1943, Houston".
Date: March 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: Who Were the WASP?] (open access)

[Flyer: Who Were the WASP?]

Photocopied flyer with an image on the front of the Fifinella gremlin designed by Walt Disney and a quote from General H.H. "Hap" Arnold, "To the Best Women Pilots in the World". Text seen on the back contains a message from Disney granting the WASP use of the Fifinella image and notes the reception from the women to hearing said message.
Date: unknown
Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History