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[Correspondence Concerning Militarization of the WASPs]

Correspondence between Eleanor Brown, Olin Teague, and Ray Roberts concerning the Women Airforce Service Pilots' (WASP) efforts to obtain veterans' status and benefits through federal legislation.

Date: June 8, 1977

Creator: Roberts, Ray

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Representative Olin E. Teague to Eleanor M. Brown, June 8, 1977]

Letter from Representative Olin E. Teague to Eleanor M. Brown acknowledging her support of pending bills to award veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions the process that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs will follow in scheduling hearings on the legislation.

Date: June 8, 1977

Creator: Teague, Olin E., 1910-1981

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown, June 6, 1977]

Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown discussing legislative bill S. 247, which would award military status and veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions that the Veterans' Affairs Committee has held hearings on the bill and that he will keep her comments in mind when the Committee takes further action on the legislation.

Date: June 6, 1977

Creator: Talmadge, Herman E.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs)

United States customs form endorsed to clear Royal Air Force officer, Paul A. Hill, to depart from La Guardia Airport in New York, bound for Montreal, Canada.

Date: June 3, 1944

Creator: Hill, Paul A.

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[News Clip: D-Day]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: June 6, 1979, 10:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: The Long Walk to Recognition]

Copy of the June 1995 copy of The Washington Post. Articles about Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes, the Women in Military Service for America (WIMSA) Memorial Foundation, and more are included.

Date: June 22, 1995

Creator: Griest, Stephanie

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: New memorial to honor all military women]

Newspaper clippings of an article about plans for a memorial to honor Women in Military Service for America in Arlington, Virginia. There are other articles on the back of the clippings.

Date: June 21, 1995

Creator: Pisano, Marina

Item Type: Clipping

Location: 38.882804 -77.068010

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Dedication of Fifinella Statue]

Photograph of two WASP and a man standing to the right of a woman at a podium in an outdoor yard. On the back of the photograph are handwritten notes, identifying the woman at the podium as Nora Reeves, Sweetwater Women's Forum President, serving as the presiding officer at the dedication ceremony for a statue of the WASP mascot, Fifinella.

Date: June 14, 1976

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet]

Newspaper clipping of an article about finding veterans' burial information on a government database. On the back of the clipping, there are engagement announcements for six couples.

Date: June 27, 2004

Creator: Jones, Martha

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Bee Haydu to Rigdon Edwards, June 23, 1976]

Letter from Bee Haydu to Rigdon Edwards thanking him for his hospitality in Sweetwater, Texas, and a plaque presentation ceremony in which they both participated. The letter is printed on stationery for the WASP 1976 Reunion.

Date: June 23, 1976

Creator: Haydu, Bernice Falk

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Avenger Field Base Historic Marker Inscription]

Typed text of an inscription for a WASP training base historic marker, at Avenger Field. Also included are details for the planned location of the marker, the marker's material, and dimensions for the marker.

Date: 1972-06-05~

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping that includes an article about a report from the Civil Service Investigating Committee, advising the cutting of the WASP program. The grounds for this advice is to make way for excess male pilots in the Air Force. Other articles surround the article about cutting the WASP program, including some about politics and war. At the top of the photocopy, the page number of the article is handwritten.

Date: June 6, 1944

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Avenger Field Historic Marker Inscription]

Typed text of an inscription for a WASP training base historic marker, at Avenger Field. Also included are details for the planned location for the marker, the marker's material, and dimensions for the inscription's lettering.

Date: 1972-06-14~

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Fifinella Statue Dedication]

Photograph of three women standing to the left of a woman at a podium. A large metal building is visible through an opening in a fence behind the women

Date: June 14, 1976

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Lloyd Bentsen, June 27, 1977]

Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Senator Lloyd Bentsen, expressing his appreciation for Senator Bentsen's efforts to gain recognition for WASP. The letter is printed on Rig Edwards Enterprises stationary.

Date: June 27, 1977

Creator: Edwards, Rigdon, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Mayarit to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, June 16, 1983]

Letter from Mayarit to Mr. Rigdon Edwards and Mrs. Mary Emma Edwards acknowledging notes sent in with membership dues, with a separate note at the bottom, specifically addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards.

Date: June 16, 1983

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Texas Representative Omar Burleson to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, June 30, 1977]

Letter from Texas Representative Omar Burleson to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing support for two bills to give veteran benefits to former WASP members, H. R. 3321 and H. R. 5718. He mentions enclosing a copy of the latter bill with his letter.

Date: June 30, 1977

Creator: Burleson, Omar

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Mr. Rigdon Edwards to Representative Omar Burleson, June 27, 1977]

Letter from Mr. Rigdon Edwards to Representative Omar Burleson discussing Burleson's efforts to secure veteran status for WASP members and thanking him for his work. The letter is typed on Rig Edwards Enterprises stationary.

Date: June 27, 1977

Creator: Edwards, Rigdon, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[News Clip: Handicapped Worker of the Year]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Marine Veteran Cecil E. Downey being named Handicapped Worker of the Year.

Date: June 13, 1954

Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Redbird]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: June 10, 1981, 6:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: VFW]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: June 25, 1982, 10:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 185, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1941

Daily newspaper from Borger, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: June 26, 1941

Creator: Phillips, J. C.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch

Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 164, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 2, 1940

Daily newspaper from Borger, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: June 2, 1940

Creator: Phillips, J. C.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch

Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 165, Ed. 1 Monday, June 3, 1940

Daily newspaper from Borger, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: June 3, 1940

Creator: Phillips, J. C.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch

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[Correspondence Concerning Militarization of the WASPs]

[Letter from Representative Olin E. Teague to Eleanor M. Brown, June 8, 1977]

[Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown, June 6, 1977]

Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs)

[News Clip: D-Day]

[Clipping: The Long Walk to Recognition]

[Clipping: New memorial to honor all military women]

[Photograph of Dedication of Fifinella Statue]

[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet]

[Letter from Bee Haydu to Rigdon Edwards, June 23, 1976]

[WASP Avenger Field Base Historic Marker Inscription]

[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots]

[WASP Avenger Field Historic Marker Inscription]

[Photograph of Fifinella Statue Dedication]

[Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Lloyd Bentsen, June 27, 1977]

[Letter from Mayarit to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, June 16, 1983]

[Letter from Texas Representative Omar Burleson to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, June 30, 1977]

[Letter from Mr. Rigdon Edwards to Representative Omar Burleson, June 27, 1977]

[News Clip: Handicapped Worker of the Year]

[News Clip: Redbird]

[News Clip: VFW]

Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 185, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1941

Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 164, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 2, 1940

Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 165, Ed. 1 Monday, June 3, 1940