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[Agenda: WASP Committee Meeting, November 19, 1992]

Description: Agenda for the WASP Committee meeting listing action items and discussion points for the November 19, 1992 meeting, followed by the meeting minutes discussing the WASP monument and fundraising, as well a partial balance sheet with an address label for Rigdon Edwards seen on the back.
Date: November 19, 1992
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

An Air Force Reading Guide

Description: Air Force pamphlet listing a reading list of books written under relevant military subjects, such as economics, government, science, and military history.
Date: 1958-12-19/1959
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Army Mobilization Buildings: Elevations & Sections

Description: Mess hall elevation and sections for mobilization buildings in support of war efforts. They include front elevation for a 250 man mess hall, plan showing typical knee brace at walls, cross section, left end elevation, kitchen end elevation, half plan of louver, detail of built up corner, and section of kitchen entrance.
Date: December 19, 1940
Creator: United States. Office of the Quartermaster General. Construction Division.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Technical Drawing
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

[Clipping: Girl Pilots]

Description: Featured article in LIFE magazine about the WASP members and life at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The article includes many photographs of the women taking classes, performing tasks, and training at the flight school. On the back of one of the pages is part of an article on narcotics.
Date: July 19, 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASPs Celebrate First Birthday November 12th]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article about Mrs. Yount speaking at a WASP graduation, the celebration of their first birthday, their attendance to a local movie premier. There is red text over the clipping that reads: "WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS WWII 50TH ANNIVERSARY AVENGER FIELD SWEETWATER, TX. 22 MAY 1993".
Date: November 19, 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WWII Veterans Dardanelle Brown and Annelle Bulechek]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing a commemorative reception put on by the Shreveport Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution to honor Women Airforce Service Pilot veterans. The clipping feature of a photograph of two WASP at the ceremony, Dardanelle Brown and Annelle Bulechek. Partial wedding announcements and a wedding ad are printed on the back of the clipping.
Date: June 19, 1994
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Female Pilots Recognized

Description: Printed article about the Congressional Gold Medal being awarded to Women Airforce Service Pilots, featuring interview quotes from Catherine Parker on her feelings about the medal and her time in the WASP program.
Date: March 19, 2009
Creator: Phelps, Janet
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, November 19, 1944]

Description: Letter from Beal S. Powell to Lena Lawson, discussing his distaste for the army. Powell suggests that is it better to voluntarily enlist into the military rather than waiting to be drafted. Powell also discusses his discontent for the current political climate in Texas and the recent election.
Date: November 19, 1944
Creator: Powell, Beal S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - August 19, 1944]

Description: Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including a visit with a friend name Sally and a trip planned for Gonzales with Baby and John, a suggestion about an address book to track the information that she gives him, and an update that Jessie got a job in San Antonio.
Date: August 19, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - July 19, 1944]

Description: Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including a trip to Gonzales with Sue Merle to see Mother, breakfast with Mammy, plans to eat dinner with Nell and Thelma, and the death of Morris Dowell and Willie Appling.
Date: July 19, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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