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[Clipping: WASPs Celebrate First Birthday November 12th]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Mrs. Yount speaking at a WASP graduation, the celebration of their first birthday, their attendance to a local movie premier. There is red text over the clipping that reads: "WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS WWII 50TH ANNIVERSARY AVENGER FIELD SWEETWATER, TX. 22 MAY 1993".

Date: November 19, 1943

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Building Under Construction]

Photograph of a building undergoing construction.

Date: [1945..1946]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Cost Estimate for Avenger Field Housing and Utilities]

Cost estimate for additional housing and utilities extensions at Plosser-Prince Air Academy's Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.

Date: unknown

Creator: Smith, Don

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Copy of a Request for Reimbursement]

Copy of a request for reimbursement by the Defense Plant Corporation in Dallas, Texas for expenditures made on the construction of plant of Plosser & Prince Flying School in Sweetwater, Texas totaling $48,185.30.

Date: September 30, 1942

Creator: Defense Plant Corporation

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Documents Related to Construction of Avenger Field]

A collection of correspondence and invoices between Prince and Plosser Air Academy organizers and various companies regarding the construction and transaction of things such as gas, runways, railways, waterlines, sheets and pillowcases, barracks etc. for Avenger Field.

Date: 1942/1945

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Unconnected Water Lines #3]

Photograph of unconnected water lines. Written on the back is a note indicating that the lines were not connected properly and are located near the north end of barracks B and C.

Date: November 24, 1942

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Preliminary Cost Estimate for an Expansion of Plosser-Prince Air Academy]

Preliminary cost estimate for an expansion of Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas. There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the page explaining how the estimate was based on a revised barracks plan.

Date: March 16, 1943

Creator: Harvey, Carl

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Unconnected Water Lines #2]

Photograph of unconnected water lines.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[ Unconnected Water Lines #1]

Photograph of unconnected water lines.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from J. B. Plosser to M. H. Knowles, July 16, 1942]

Copy of a letter from J. B. Plosser to M. H. Knowles discussing updates on the construction at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.

Date: July 16, 1942

Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Hitler at Construction Site]

Photograph of Adolf Hitler observing a railroad construction site in the mountains. Workers and other men stand behind him.

Date: [1939..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of an Automobile and Construction]

Photograph of a parked car situated in the foreground, with a large construction project taking place in the background.

Date: 194X

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association

[Negative Photograph of Two Soldiers by a Tent]

Negative photograph of two soldiers standing in front of their partially constructed tent.

Date: 194X

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association

[Lumber at Construction Site]

Photograph of a pile of lumber, on the left, at a construction site in Wasseralfingen, Germany. Soldiers stand on an elevated rock, looking at several wooden barricades to the right.

Date: June 29, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Vehicles in a Construction Site]

Photograph of several vehicles at a construction site. There is a sign to the left, reading "Calas Ave Area 70".

Date: [1943..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers at Construction Site]

Photograph of a group of unidentified soldiers working with lumber at a construction site in Ellwangen, Germany. Buildings are visible to the left, and there are trees to the right.

Date: June 27, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Letter from R. C. Hoppe to J. Wendall Coombs, June 24, 1942]

Copy of a letter from R. C. Hoppe to J. Wendall Coombs discussing a lack of supervision and inspection by architectural or engineering inspectors on one of the Defense Plant Corporation's construction projects.

Date: June 24, 1942

Creator: Hoppe, R. C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Service Welding and Machine Shop Bill]

A bill for welding services and materials on construction of Avenger Field, addressed to contractor, Victor J. Nelson.

Date: August 28, 1942

Creator: Service Welding Company

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Frank Constant, September 2, 1942]

Copy of a letter from Charles A. Prince to Frank Constant discussing an included list of construction defects and omitted construction projects for Plosser-Prince Air Academy.

Date: September 2, 1942

Creator: Prince, Charles A.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Plosser and Prince, June 5, 1942]

Copy of a letter from M. H. Knowles to Plosser and Prince discussing the mandatory procedures for ordering lumber for construction of the Plosser-Prince Air Academy.

Date: June 5, 1942

Creator: Knowles, M. H.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Victor J. Nelson, June 6, 1942]

Copy of a letter from Charles A. Prince to Victor J. Nelson requesting the completed plans for the construction of Avenger Field.

Date: June 6, 1942

Creator: Prince, Charles A.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Plosser and Prince, May 15, 1942]

Copy of a letter from M. H. Knowles to Plosser and Prince discussing the possibility of an alternative lumber source since the original lumber company, Feather River Pine Mills, experienced damages to their supply.

Date: May 15, 1942

Creator: Knowles, M. H.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Frank Constant, September 28, 1942]

Copy of a letter from M. H. Knowles to Frank Constant discussing funding for final repair and construction projects at the Plosser-Prince Air Academy.

Date: September 28, 1942

Creator: Knowles, M. H.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Victor J. Nelson to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, August 26, 1942]

Copy of a letter from Victor J. Nelson to Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing an estimate cost for new roofing on lean-tos and hangars at Avenger Field.

Date: August 26, 1942

Creator: Nelson, Victor J.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[Clipping: WASPs Celebrate First Birthday November 12th]

[Building Under Construction]

[Cost Estimate for Avenger Field Housing and Utilities]

[Copy of a Request for Reimbursement]

[Documents Related to Construction of Avenger Field]

[Unconnected Water Lines #3]

[Preliminary Cost Estimate for an Expansion of Plosser-Prince Air Academy]

[Unconnected Water Lines #2]

[ Unconnected Water Lines #1]

[Letter from J. B. Plosser to M. H. Knowles, July 16, 1942]

[Hitler at Construction Site]

[Photograph of an Automobile and Construction]

[Negative Photograph of Two Soldiers by a Tent]

[Lumber at Construction Site]

[Vehicles in a Construction Site]

[Soldiers at Construction Site]

[Letter from R. C. Hoppe to J. Wendall Coombs, June 24, 1942]

[Service Welding and Machine Shop Bill]

[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Frank Constant, September 2, 1942]

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Plosser and Prince, June 5, 1942]

[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Victor J. Nelson, June 6, 1942]

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Plosser and Prince, May 15, 1942]

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Frank Constant, September 28, 1942]

[Letter from Victor J. Nelson to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, August 26, 1942]