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[Ruth Underwood Florey Personal WASP Scrapbook]

Scrapbook collection clippings, photos, and papers documenting life for Ruth Underwood during and after the Women Airforce Service Pilots, including items such as enlistment forms and a WASP uniform handbook.

Date: November 4, 1986

Creator: Florey, Ruth Underwood

Item Type: Book

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

A Time To Keep #2

Booklet of photographs about the 44-W-4 class of Women Airforce Service Pilots at Sweetwater, Texas. A handwritten note on the cover reads, "Doris Tanner at Indio 12-6-87 copies given to 44w4 Dor. Allen, Marg. Diffin, Peg Parker, Scotty Folkins, Hazel Stamper, McCart, Roulstone, Rohrer, Stines, (and Dolly Wethey)".

Date: 1986~/1987~

Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Pamphlet: The Return of the WASP]

Program for the 1986 reunion of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes a color illustration of the organization's mascot on the cover, letters from the governor of Texas and mayor of Sweetwater, a biography of Leni Leoti "Dede" Clark Deaton, photographs, a list of the organization's board of directors, a schedule of events, and a roster for the reunion's planning committee.

Date: 1986

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Flyer: WASP Reunion '86 #2]

Flyer with information about the 1986 WASP Reunion in Sweetwater, Texas, including information on lodging, travel, and registration. The flyer also includes a registration form for the reunion, a schedule of events, and two maps - one of Sweetwater, and one of Nolan County.

Date: 1986~

Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Flyer: WASP Reunion '86 #1]

Flyer for the 1986 WASP Reunion in Sweetwater, Texas, including information on lodging, travel, and registration. The flyer also includes a registration form for the reunion, a schedule events, and two maps - one of Sweetwater, and one of Nolan County.

Date: 1986~

Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Raymond A. Christ to WASP Reunion Committee, March 3, 1986]

Letter from Raymond A. Christ to members of the WASP Reunion Committee discussing information for an upcoming WASP meeting.

Date: March 3, 1986

Creator: Christ, Raymond A.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Information on WASP Reunion, 1986]

Piece of paper with typed information on the 1986 WASP Reunion in Sweetwater, Texas, including some of the people invited to the reunion.

Date: 1986~

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Sweetwater is all abuzz with WASPs]

Newspaper clippings of an article about an air-show in Sweetwater, Texas. The article also includes information on the history of the WASP program, quotes from several WASP, and a photograph of a navy parachuter at the air-show.

Date: September 28, 1986

Creator: Lazorko, Catherine

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Pamphlet: WASP WWII Guidons]

Pamphlet covering some of the historic research on whether the Women Airforce Service Pilots used military guidons and Avenger Field.

Date: 1986

Creator: Reynolds, F. G. Shutsy

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Deaton introduced WASPs to Sweetwater]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Leoti Deaton, her involvement with Red Cross, the WASP, and the Order of Fifinella.

Date: September 25, 1986

Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Welcome Back to Sweetwater WASP"]

Newspaper from the Sweetwater Reporter with the front page bearing a Fifinella illustration and welcoming the WASP for their 46th reunion. Articles about the WASP, their impact on an Air Force colonel, their mascot, and more are included.

Date: September 25, 1986

Item Type: Clipping

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

[Letter from Virginia Wise to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, October 26, 1986]

Letter from Virginia Wise to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards thanking him for his participation in the last reunion.

Date: October 26, 1986

Creator: Wise, Virginia F.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Training was tough, but 1,102 WASPs made it]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the women who trained at Avenger Field and upcoming events the WASP will be having in Sweetwater. Another article giving more information about the WASP events is also included.

Date: September 23, 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 Rigdon Edwards to Dorothy McCracken, November 9, 1986]

Letter from Dorothy McCraken to Rigdon Edwards apologizing for not attending the past reunion, explaining why she didn't, and her communication with Polly White.

Date: November 9, 1986

Creator: McCracken, Dorothy

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Mark White to WASP, September 25, 1986]

Official statement from Texas Governor Mark White welcoming former World War II pilots to Sweetwater and thanking them for their service.

Date: September 25, 1986

Creator: Texas. Governor (1983-1987 : White)

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Nancy Shaw, November 18, 1986]

Letter from Nancy Shaw to Rigdon Edwards asking if she could meet with him to ask him about his experiences as a WASP instructor.

Date: November 18, 1986

Creator: Shaw, Nancy W.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Alberta to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, October 9, 1986]

Letter from Alberta to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards discussing the recent reunion, telling him that it was good to see him, and thanking him for making it possible.

Date: October 9, 1986

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "WASPS Wasn't 'Wash Out' For Pilot Florey"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about what training at Avenger Field was like for both trainees and instructors and how selective the Army Air Forces were about admitting the women into WASP training.

Date: September 19, 1986

Creator: Redden, Gail

Item Type: Clipping

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

[WASP in Uniform Cartoon]

Black and white cartoon illustration of a woman in Women Airforce Service Pilots Uniform with the text, "Classbook Picture", seen at the bottom edge. The name, "Charlyne Creger", can be seen written in pencil on the back of the artwork along with the date 86-11-26.

Date: 1986-11-26?

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Pilot instructor had one fear: 'Fire in the air']

Newspaper clipping of an article about a time when Margaret Tamplin's plane caught fire in the middle of her flight and brief mention of the upcoming reunion.

Date: September 26, 1986

Creator: Redden, Gail

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "WASPS Wasn't 'Wash Out' For Pilot Florey"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about what training was like for a trainee and an instructor at Avenger Field.

Date: September 19, 1986

Creator: Redden, Gail

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[Ruth Underwood Florey Personal WASP Scrapbook]

A Time To Keep #2

[Pamphlet: The Return of the WASP]

[Flyer: WASP Reunion '86 #2]

[Flyer: WASP Reunion '86 #1]

[Letter from Raymond A. Christ to WASP Reunion Committee, March 3, 1986]

[Information on WASP Reunion, 1986]

[Clipping: Sweetwater is all abuzz with WASPs]

[Pamphlet: WASP WWII Guidons]

[Clipping: Deaton introduced WASPs to Sweetwater]

[Clipping: "Welcome Back to Sweetwater WASP"]

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

[Letter from Virginia Wise to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, October 26, 1986]

[Clipping: Training was tough, but 1,102 WASPs made it]

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

[Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Dorothy McCracken, November 9, 1986]

[Letter from Mark White to WASP, September 25, 1986]

[Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Nancy Shaw, November 18, 1986]

[Letter from Alberta to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, October 9, 1986]

[Clipping: "WASPS Wasn't 'Wash Out' For Pilot Florey"]

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

[WASP in Uniform Cartoon]

[Clipping: Pilot instructor had one fear: 'Fire in the air']

[Clipping: "WASPS Wasn't 'Wash Out' For Pilot Florey"]