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[Draft of Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay]

Description: Draft of an autobiographic essay written by Charlyne Creger describing her experience flying as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot, how it led to her career as a nurse and anesthesiologist and her travels in the later years of her life. Correction notes are handwritten in a few places.
Date: unknown
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Nursing Class from Herman Hospital]

Description: Photograph of a group women all wearing dresses and standing in five rows on the steps of a stone building. At the bottom edge of the photo is printed the caption, "In Coming Class - Herman Hospital Houston Texas - September 4, 1947". Charlyne Creger can be seen standing in the center of the bottom, foremost row.
Date: September 4, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Second Class Graduates]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing the maintenance process for the airplanes used by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The clipping also describes the renovations at Avenger Field's Medical Department and graduation ceremony for the class of 43-W-2.
Date: June 28, 1943
Creator: Buchner, Faith & Helburn, Margaret
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASPs finnaly getting their due]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing a bill introduced by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots for their services during World War II. The clipping also provides a brief background about the experiences of former WASP, Lois Hailey and how she became a member of the organization.
Date: unknown
Creator: Turner, Allan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Class 3 Achieves First Goal]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing the quality of the parachutes used at Avenger Field and the Link training process for the WASPs. The clipping also provides details about the graduation ceremony for the Women AIrforce Service Pilots, class of 43-W-3.
Date: July 26, 1943
Creator: Clements, Betty; Seip, Margaret & Baumgartner, Ann
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASPs finally getting their due]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing a bill introduced by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots for their services during World War II. The clipping also provides a brief background about the experiences of former WASP, Lois Hailey and how she became a member of the organization.
Date: unknown
Creator: Turner, Allan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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Oral History Interview with Jessie Clark, June 6, 2002

Description: Interview with Jessie Clark regarding her experiences during World War II. She discusses having to adjust to a lifestyle of rationing for food products and shoes as well as blackouts and scrap metal drives. Her husband worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad and was often absent while she stayed home to raise their children in Houston. She discusses the scarcity of toys during Christmas and hosiery.
Date: June 6, 2002
Duration: 26 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Loyd, Ms. & Clark, Jessie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

["Fifinella" Statue Unveiling Schedule]

Description: Schedule of events for the ceremonial unveiling of a Fifinella statue at Avenger Field, Texas State Technical Institute, including speeches from WASP officers, the director of NASA, and a tribute to WASP flight instructor, Rigdon Edwards, Jr.
Date: 1976
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Flyer: Who Were the WASP?]

Description: Photocopied flyer with an image on the front of the Fifinella gremlin designed by Walt Disney and a quote from General H.H. "Hap" Arnold, "To the Best Women Pilots in the World". Text seen on the back contains a message from Disney granting the WASP use of the Fifinella image and notes the reception from the women to hearing said message.
Date: unknown
Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Christenson in Plane #2]

Description: Photograph of Dorothy Christenson in the cockpit of an airplane and looking off camera to the right. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo read, "Dorothy Christenson", "WASP School 43-W-3, Feb 1943", Houston Airport (Howard Hughes?)", "AT-6 from Ellington Field". A note on the right edge of the back possibly reads, "Alan D. Christenson 5".
Date: February 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Medical Consideration of WASP

Description: Report on the physical, psychological, medical, and emotional capabilities of women in aviation, formed from several studies on the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The report concludes that women can typically meet all requirements for safe flight without hindrance, and suggests that any similar future program to the WASP should be militarized.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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