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America's Best Kept Military Secret: Its Servicewomen.

Description: Pamphlet advertising the construction of The Women's Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery and its many features. The pamphlet also includes a donation form, a brief history of women in military service, and features two notable women in military history, Eugenie Wilkinson and Deborah (Rober Sutcliffe) Sampson.
Date: unknown
Creator: Women in Military Service for America Foundation (U.S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Blank Postcard of Women's Memorial Model]

Description: Blank postcard with a picture of a miniature model of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial built in Arlington National Cemetery. Text on the back can be seen with information on how to register a name with the memorial or to make donations.
Date: unknown
Creator: Women in Military Service for America Foundation (U.S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Blaylock and Atwell with a Jeep]

Description: Photograph of men named Blaylock and Atwell as they lean against a jeep that is missing its grille while holding tools. Two other men can be seen sitting in the jeep. A truck, trees, and a long building are visible in the background.
Date: September 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Clipping: Military women remember past, celebrate the future]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the first part of an article about military servicewomen being honored with a memorial at the Arlington National Cemetary. The article includes a photograph of Welda Smith, Karen Vaught, Sue Wright, and Dori Johnson at the memorial dedication. On the back of the clipping, there is part of an article with a photo of a woman in a floral dress.
Date: 1997
Creator: Pisano, Marina
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Location: 38.882804 -77.068010
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Monument to women in service dedicated]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about plans for a memorial honoring women who served in the U.S. military, including the meaning of the monument to veterans and family members of veterans, like Ann Freeman, Frieda Hardin, and Dahrie Christiansen. On the back of the clipping is part of an advertisement for supporting local small businesses.
Date: [1993..]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Donor Pamphlet for the Minerva Center]

Description: A pamphlet asking for donations to the Minerva Center, with text on both sides about the publications from the Minerva Center. The Minerva Center provides information and inspiration for those who care about women in the uniformed services and civilian women in defense services.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Flyer: WASP Reunion, October 2004]

Description: Flyer for the 2004 WASP Reunion in Williamsburg, Virginia including information on travel, lodging, and registration. The flyer also includes a schedule of events and details about the tour of Jamestown and the Yorktown Battlefield.
Date: 2004~
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Helen Wyatt Snapp in Her Own Words

Description: A document about Helen Snapp in her own words. She describes growing up, and her inspiration to become a pilot. She also mentions her stations while enlisted and her life after the WASP disbanded. There is also a picture of Snapp about halfway down the page on the left.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Honoring WASP Wartime Leaders Reunion Envelope]

Description: Envelope for the WASP 50th Anniversary Reunion with images of General H. H. Arnold, Jacqueline Cochran, and Nancy Harkness Love, along with the WASP Wings logo and the phrase, "Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII honor their war time leaders".
Date: unknown
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Clara Evans Willis to John C. Lattimore, January 6, 1943]

Description: Letter from Clara Willis to John C. Lattimore on January 6, 1943, lamenting the entrance of Lattimore and Clara Willis's son Todd into the army, and their subsequent departure from Waco. She goes on to mention the weather in Grand Rapids, where Lattimore is stationed, and discusses the weather in Waco. She mentions that her son is on leave in Richmond, Virginia, and expresses her pride in Lattimore's entrance into the army.
Date: January 3, 1943
Creator: Willis, Clara Evans
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 8, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her family, discussing getting to talk with the recipient(s), flying, mechanical problems, a cough, and other news. Written on Hotel John Marshall (Richmond) stationary.
Date: May 8, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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