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International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001

Supplementary publication outlining events and information for the 25th International Forest of Friendship celebration, which memorializes contributors to aviation and aerospace with engraved plaques in the forest. It includes portraits and biographical sketches for the 40 people to be honored in 2001.

Date: June 14, 2001

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter From Irv Rubin to Helen Snapp, October 18, 1991]

Letter from Irv Rubin to Helen Snapp written on Irv Rubin letterhead. Rubin writes about his time in the military, and thanks Snapp for her service.

Date: October 18, 1991

Creator: Rubin, Irv

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "A WASP Goes to Washington"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Doris Tanner and her meetings with congressional representatives to discuss WASP receiving veteran status.

Date: March 29, 1977

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: About Town]

Newspaper clipping with an article about a phone call Ouida Jewell got from someone about a news story about the WASP seeking veteran benefits from the government, her experience in the WASP program, and a story about Casey Jones.

Date: October 29, 1976

Creator: Jewell, Ouida

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Senate Helps WASPS"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about veteran benefits being granted to former WASP.

Date: October 21, 1977

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Cornelia Fort

Biography of Cornelia Fort, a pilot in the Women's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron (WAFS) who died in a plane crash on March 21, 1943. It includes details about Fort's childhood, education, and love of flying.

Date: November 1980

Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: 'Silver Wings and Santiago Blue' Retells the Story of the WASPs]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the history of the WASP, the death of Cornelia Fort, training at Avenger Field, and Barbara Robinson's experiences in the program.

Date: January 25, 1981

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP Hunt Centers on Some Recognition]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the WASP, their contribution to the war effort, their lack of veterans' benefits, and their reunions.

Date: October 20, 1976

Creator: Kueck, Bruce

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: First Women Set To Fly Jets"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about female Air Force pilots being trained to fly jets.

Date: September 11, 1976

Creator: Rowland, Diane

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Postcard of Tanks and Plane]

Postcard of tanks on a road with a plane flying over. Typed text on the front of the postcard says "Air Ground Support by Armored Regt. Tenn. Maneuvers." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard says "Lois, please put these with my other pictures when you finished with 'em. Thanks. Love, Clarence."

Date: [1952..1954]

Creator: Whitefield, Clarence

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 17, 1944]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents, discussing a flight from Memphis to Newark via Atlanta and her choice to ferry a P-40 or P-63. The postcard is from the Memphis Municipal Airport Red Cross Canteen and features two photos of servicemen recreating.

Date: November 17, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 26, 1943?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing Christmas gifts, traveling by train, meeting a Russian fur trapper, recent correspondence, the WASP program and pay. Typed on Hotel John Marshal (Richmond) stationary.

Date: 1943-12-26?

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 15, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing flying from Nashville to Newark. The postcard features a photograph of a Douglas A-20 at low level practicing "skip bombing."

Date: August 15, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 20, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flyers being grounded by a hurricane, new pilot suits and uniforms, commercial licenses, her typewriter, and her car. Typed on Hotel Andrew Jackson (Knoxville) stationary.

Date: September 20, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 20, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying aircraft and trouble with weather, flying between Dallas, Wichita, Pampa, and Walnut Ridge, her friends, and food. Written on Hotel Chisca (Memphis) starionary.

Date: January 20, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, 1943?]

Undated letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing moving into living quarters at a new base and her new Army Air Force uniform. Typed on Hotel Andrew Jackson (Knoxville) stationary.

Date: 1943-23~

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 5, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her morning and taking a train to Memphis. Written on 4th Ferrying Group Officers Club stationary.

Date: January 5, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 14, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her uniform and clothing, a check ride, a Red Cross canteen, vaccinations, news from home, and seeing "The More the Merrier." Typed on Hotel Andrew Johnson (Knoxville) stationary.

Date: September 14, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 23, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing Christmas, correspondence, the end of the WASP, and trying to get transportation. Written on Red Cross stationary.

Date: December 23, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, September 24, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent letters, clothes, news from home, flying, and her friend Marion. Typed on Hotel Andrew Johnson (Knoxville) stationary.

Date: September 24, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 22, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing recent work. The postcard is from the Medici Society's Herb Garden Series and features an image of borage and camomile, and accompanying short text.

Date: November 22, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Efficiency Report: Smyrna Army Air Field, Smyrna, Tenn., June 30, 1945]

Efficiency report prepared by Victor E. Balant discussing Clifford B. Baird's military assignments and status as officer, stations, degrees of success regarding teamwork and physical work and other general information, also discussing his reliability and interest in learning training organization.

Date: June 30, 1945

Creator: Squadron C, 2140th AAF Base Unit

Item Type: Report

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Efficiency Report: Tactical Air Command, June 30, 1946]

Efficiency report prepared by Gilbert E. Goodman discussing Clifford R. Baird's general information, status as officer, stations and assignments served, degrees of success regarding team work and physical work and describing his mechanical experience toward aircraft, although suggesting he should read more paper work.

Date: June 30, 1946

Creator: 342d AAF Base Unit, SAAFld, Smyrna, Tenn.

Item Type: Report

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Efficiency Report: Tactical Air Command, December 31, 1946]

Efficiency report prepared by R. Baez, Jr. discussing Clifford R. Baird's general information, status as officer, stations and assignments served, grades of success based on team work and physical activity and describing him as energetic, hardworking, dependable and as having excellent knowledge of aircraft maintenance.

Date: December 31, 1946

Creator: 342d AAF Base Unit, SAAFld, Smyrna, Tenn.

Item Type: Report

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001

[Letter From Irv Rubin to Helen Snapp, October 18, 1991]

[Clipping: "A WASP Goes to Washington"]

[Clipping: About Town]

[Clipping: "Senate Helps WASPS"]

Cornelia Fort

[Clipping: 'Silver Wings and Santiago Blue' Retells the Story of the WASPs]

[Clipping: WASP Hunt Centers on Some Recognition]

[Clipping: First Women Set To Fly Jets"]

[Postcard of Tanks and Plane]

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 17, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 26, 1943?]

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 15, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 20, 1943]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 20, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, 1943?]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 5, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 14, 1943]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 23, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, September 24, 1943]

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 22, 1944]

[Efficiency Report: Smyrna Army Air Field, Smyrna, Tenn., June 30, 1945]

[Efficiency Report: Tactical Air Command, June 30, 1946]

[Efficiency Report: Tactical Air Command, December 31, 1946]