A Chronological History of Avenger Field

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Scrapbook with a chronological history of Avenger Field, collected from newspaper clippings from the Sweetwater Reporter. It includes news stories surrounding price negotiations for the Sweetwater airport to the construction of Plosser-Prince Air Academy to naming the site of the school to its official opening.

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[13] p. ; 38 x 30 cm.

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Sweetwater Reporter Creation Date: Unknown.

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This collection is part of the collection entitled: National WASP WWII Museum and was provided by the National WASP WWII Museum to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 150 times. More information about this collection can be viewed below.

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National WASP WWII Museum

Located at Avenger Field in Nolan County Texas, the WASP World War II Museum commits to preserving the legacy of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WWII. As a teaching museum, it features archives, exhibits, and oral histories that record a significant period in history when women dared to break barriers and contribute to victory.

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  • Main Title: A Chronological History of Avenger Field
  • Series Title: Prince Collection

Description

Scrapbook with a chronological history of Avenger Field, collected from newspaper clippings from the Sweetwater Reporter. It includes news stories surrounding price negotiations for the Sweetwater airport to the construction of Plosser-Prince Air Academy to naming the site of the school to its official opening.

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[13] p. ; 38 x 30 cm.

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National WASP WWII Museum

Bringing the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots to life, these archives represent the role of the flight school in training women pilots to fly military planes and show how WASPs responded socially and professionally to new challenges brought by war. Included are financial documents, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, pilots' logs, and flight manuals.

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Abilene Library Consortium

Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.

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World War Two Collection

These materials focus on World War II and the immediate postwar period of the late 1940s. In addition to materials created during the time period, materials may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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  • July 6, 2017, 8:23 a.m.

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  • Aug. 31, 2017, 9:39 a.m.

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Sweetwater Reporter. A Chronological History of Avenger Field, collection, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth862456/: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.

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