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[50th Anniversary Historic Monument Dedication]

Photocopy of a brochure for the Women Airforce Service Pilots 50th anniversary reunion and monument dedication ceremony, with information about the memorial and a brief history of WASP at Avenger Field. A sketched image of the life size WASP statue at Avenger Field can be seen printed on the page.

Date: March 5, 1993

Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: New Deal In Ground School Calls For Six Day Week]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the three phases of the new training program recently adopted for the female pilots.

Date: May 5, 1944

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Prothros endow A&M Photography series; first book beautiful]

Newspaper clipping describing the details of the book "For God, Country, and the Thrill of It: Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II" by former WASP, Anne Noggle along with a brief history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) and their experiences.

Date: May 5, 1990

Creator: Gregg, Louise

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Women of World War II reunited]

Newspaper clipping discussing the 1986 WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas.

Date: October 5, 1986

Creator: Redden, Gail

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Ben N. Roberts to Cornelia Yerkes, August 5, 1943]

Letter from mayor Ben N. Roberts of Sweetwater, TX, to Cornelia Yerkes on the occasion of her pinning as a Women Airforce Service Pilot.

Date: August 5, 1943

Creator: Roberts, Ben N.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing seeing a movie, extreme heat, meeting a group of bombardiers, borrowing shoes, pay, and flight training graduation.

Date: August 5, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, navigation training, and other work that student pilots have to do.

Date: June 5, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a picture of her training class in a Sweetwater TX newspaper, a Chinese student pilot who got lost on a sortie, and her routine. Typed on folded stationary.

Date: June 5, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her repaired typewriter, sleeping on a flight, delaying a ferrying flight because a ground crew member stepped through the wing, friends, the B-24, and a AT-6 check flight. Typed on Wells Roberts Hotel (Oklahoma City) stationary.

Date: November 5, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred Yerkes, May 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her father Fred discussing money, dust storms and weather, a new flight instructor, and her friend Shelton.

Date: May 5, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Deanie Parrish to Rigdon Edwards, September 5, 1996]

Letter from Deanie Parrish to Rigdon Edwards discussing the motive for initiating the WASP Project, what is hoped to accomplish with the project, asking if he could contact individuals who could potentially provide assistance with funds.

Date: September 5, 1996

Creator: Parrish, Deanie Bishop

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, July 5, 1993]

Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards discussing their appearance on the newspapers, her son's recent marriage, her son's life, a visit to the Dyes Air Force Base, and wanting to review a book.

Date: July 5, 1993

Creator: Harmon, Elaine Danforth

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from H. D. Norris to Truett Latimer, December 5, 1960]

Letter from H. D. Norris to Truett Latimer expressing concern with the lack of interest in school legislation.

Date: December 5, 1960

Creator: Norris, H. D.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Plosser and Prince, June 5, 1942]

Copy of a letter from M. H. Knowles to Plosser and Prince discussing the mandatory procedures for ordering lumber for construction of the Plosser-Prince Air Academy.

Date: June 5, 1942

Creator: Knowles, M. H.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[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.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards, October 5, 1986]

Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards thanking him for the time and effort he spent on the reunion.

Date: October 5, 1986

Creator: Florey, Ruth Underwood

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Newsletter from Lyda Keefe to WASP, April 5, 1986]

Newsletter from Lyda Keefe to WASP about Helen Schaefer, people she met, Barbara Heinrich, the upcoming meeting in Sweetwater, and other WASP. On the front is a photograph of a group of WASP and a note about Dora Dougherty and Didi Moorman.

Date: April 5, 1986

Creator: Keefe, Lyda Dunham

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Avenger Field Base Historic Marker Inscription]

Typed text of an inscription for a WASP training base historic marker, at Avenger Field. Also included are details for the planned location of the marker, the marker's material, and dimensions for the marker.

Date: 1972-06-05~

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Reunion Committee Minutes]

Minutes form a WASP reunion committee meeting discussing a tentative agenda for the reunion weekend.

Date: October 5, 1999

Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[50th Anniversary Historic Monument Dedication]

[Clipping: New Deal In Ground School Calls For Six Day Week]

[Clipping: Prothros endow A&M Photography series; first book beautiful]

[Clipping: Women of World War II reunited]

[Letter from Ben N. Roberts to Cornelia Yerkes, August 5, 1943]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 5, 1943]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 5, 1943]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred Yerkes, May 5, 1943]

[Letter from Deanie Parrish to Rigdon Edwards, September 5, 1996]

[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, July 5, 1993]

[Letter from H. D. Norris to Truett Latimer, December 5, 1960]

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Plosser and Prince, June 5, 1942]

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

[Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards, October 5, 1986]

[Newsletter from Lyda Keefe to WASP, April 5, 1986]

[WASP Avenger Field Base Historic Marker Inscription]

[WASP Reunion Committee Minutes]