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[Clipping: The WASP of World War II]

An article fro Aerospace Historian on the origins and life of Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II, with an introduction from aviatrix and WASP flight instructor, Jacqueline Cochran.

Date: 1970

Creator: Aerospace Historian

Item Type: Article

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: War and Remembrance]

Newspaper clipping of photos and an article about efforts to memorialize female participants in World War II, continued on both sides of the clipping.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Special Souvenir Edition Sweetwater Reporter", November 1990]

November 1990 issue of the Sweetwater Reporter of significant historical events from the 20th century.

Date: November 1990

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards, February 22, 1977]

Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards discussing upcoming legislation concerning WASP members. The letter has an illustration of the WASP mascot Fifinella in the top left corner. Also included is an envelope addressed to Rigdon Edwards.

Date: February 22, 1977

Creator: Florey, Ruth

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, August 21, 1973]

Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing a letter she received a letter from Gip D. Oldham, Jr., to which she's not sure how to respond. She asks Mr. Edwards for help with how to respond, and mentions that she has fond memories of Sweetwater, Texas. The letter she discusses, which is included, asks for information from ex-instructors in the WASP air school for the WASP newsletter. Also included is the envelope addressed to Mr. Edwards from Betty Riddle.

Date: August 21, 1973

Creator: Riddle, Betty

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP reunion at Avenger Field... A Flyby of Memories]

Newspaper clippings of an article about WASP members reuniting at Avenger Field, in Sweetwater, Texas, for a special parade. The clippings include a large photograph of WASP members sitting in uniform on the front of a parade float, and smaller photographs of the members at the reunion. The clippings also include large advertisements for anti-aging cream, vacation homes, Leo's Quality Foods, Inc., and Titche's shoe store.

Date: September 10, 1972

Creator: Lynch, Dudley

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Envelope Addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Rig Edwards]

Envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Rig Edwards in Sweetwater, Texas, from Gip D. Oldham.

Date: August 20, 1973

Creator: Oldham, Gip D.

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Sweetwater Club Announcements]

Photocopy with newspaper clippings and announcement cards about the Sweetwater Club's work helping the town's struggling crops.

Date: 1943

Creator: Mathews, Roy & Howard, J. Fred

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Hans A. Klagsbrunn to Charles A. Prince, July 20, 1943]

Letter from Hans A. Klagsbrunn to Charles A. Prince discussing the Bill of Sale for Plosser and Prince and and audit by Defense Plant Corporation's Dallas Agency.

Date: July 20, 1943

Creator: Klagsbrunn, Hans A.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from R. C. Hoppe to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, June 11, 1942]

Copy of a letter from R. C. Hoppe to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince discussing Hoppe's disapproval of the price for the type of pipe being used for a water line being laid on the site of Avenger Field.

Date: June 11, 1942

Creator: Hoppe, R. C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Homer to Ethel, February 12, 1996]

Letter from Homer to Ethel M. Finley discussing transportation and preparation for the 1998 reunion.

Date: February 12, 1996

Creator: Taylor, Homer K.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Rigdon Edwards, Jr. to A General, September 13, 1944]

Letter from Rigdon Edwards, Jr. to a general containing a release form from Aviation Enterprises where he worked as a flight instructor and informing him that he is a wholesale agent for the Magnolia Petroleum Company. He is also requesting permission to be discharged.

Date: September 13, 1944

Creator: Edwards, Rigdon, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Gip Oldham, Jr. to Rigdon Edwards, June 29, 1972]

Letter from Gip Oldham to Rigdon Edwards informing him that he sent a letter to an editor and asking him to make a couple of copies of his paper if it gets published.

Date: July 29, 1972

Creator: Oldham, Gip D.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP Say...Thank You Sweetwater]

Newspaper clipping with an announcement from the WASP thanking the city of Sweetwater for their hospitality and making their 46th reunion enjoyable. Articles about sports are also included.

Date: October 1, 1986

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Life with the Women's Airforce Service Pilots]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Iris Critchell and Peg Calhoun's service with the WASP and how the WASP program began.

Date: May 29, 1986

Creator: Crowley, Sarah E.

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Jewel Estes to Rigdon Edwards, November 16, 1990]

Letter from Jewel Estes to Rigdon Edwards discussing the recent display of the sculpture at Avenger Field, contact with the WASP Treasurer, wanting to build a memorial for all women who served in the military, and the hospitality that was offered to the WASP.

Date: November 16, 1990

Creator: Estes, Jewel Pfeifer

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Special Orders Number 121, Extract 2]

Special orders extract listing several men from Sweetwater who were inducted as flight instructors and Air Corps mechanics that are to remain on inactive status. Rigdon Edwards Jr., known Women Airforce Service Pilots instructor, can be seen listed among the names.

Date: May 20, 1944

Creator: United States. Air Force.

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from H. Harting to Rigdon Edwards et al, July 3, 1972]

Letter from H. Harting to Rigdon Edwards, Ted, Ken, Dale, and others congratulating them for what they did for the WASP.

Date: July 3, 1972

Creator: Harting, H.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Change of Personnel Status for Dora G. Bevis]

A notice for Dora G. Bevis informing her of changes in her military status, including upgrades to her salary and list of duties, as well as a transition from student pilot to civilian pilot.

Date: September 24, 1943

Creator: Army Air Forces

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Jewel Estes to Rigdon Edwards, March 27, 1991]

Letter from Jewel Estes to Rigdon Edwards about Rigdon's daughter Mary and Paula E. Langguth's book.

Date: March 27, 1991

Creator: Estes, Jewel Pfeifer

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Miss Ziggy Hunter: Her Accomplishments in the Field of Aviation

A compilation of the many achievements of Women Airforce Service Pilot flight instructor, Ziggy Hunter, as a pioneer in aviation. Notes on the cover page indicate that the author, Nettie Moore, was a WASP control tower operator and that her attempts to gain national honor for Hunter have gone unsuccessful as of 1980.

Date: May 10, 1975

Creator: More, Nettie D.

Item Type: Pamphlet

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

[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

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Marjorie Osborne Nicol to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, July 30, 1996]

Letter from Marjorie Osborne Nicol to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards discussing a time in the past when Rigdon gave Marjorie a ride, an article she came across, and a recent encounter with Jim Anderson.

Date: July 30, 1996

Creator: Nicol, Marjorie Osborne

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[Clipping: The WASP of World War II]

[Clipping: War and Remembrance]

[Clipping: "Special Souvenir Edition Sweetwater Reporter", November 1990]

[Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards, February 22, 1977]

[Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, August 21, 1973]

[Clipping: WASP reunion at Avenger Field... A Flyby of Memories]

[Envelope Addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Rig Edwards]

[Clipping: Sweetwater Club Announcements]

[Letter from Hans A. Klagsbrunn to Charles A. Prince, July 20, 1943]

[Letter from R. C. Hoppe to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, June 11, 1942]

[Letter from Homer to Ethel, February 12, 1996]

[Letter from Rigdon Edwards, Jr. to A General, September 13, 1944]

[Letter from Gip Oldham, Jr. to Rigdon Edwards, June 29, 1972]

[Clipping: WASP Say...Thank You Sweetwater]

[Clipping: Life with the Women's Airforce Service Pilots]

[Letter from Jewel Estes to Rigdon Edwards, November 16, 1990]

[Special Orders Number 121, Extract 2]

[Letter from H. Harting to Rigdon Edwards et al, July 3, 1972]

[Change of Personnel Status for Dora G. Bevis]

[Letter from Jewel Estes to Rigdon Edwards, March 27, 1991]

Miss Ziggy Hunter: Her Accomplishments in the Field of Aviation

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

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

[Letter from Marjorie Osborne Nicol to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, July 30, 1996]