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[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]

Special orders extract authorizing a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to fly military aircraft.

Date: November 6, 1944

Creator: 2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[General Hap Arnold Address in Sweetwater, Texas, December 7, 1944]

Text of a speech given by General Hap Arnold to the WASP at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, just days before their deactivation. Arnold thanks and commends the women pilots for their service and offers encouragement for their futures.

Date: December 7, 1944

Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley (Hap)

Item Type: Script

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Hap Arnold to Each Member of the WASP, October 1, 1944]

Letter from General Hap Arnold to each member of the WASP expressing his thanks to them for their service and explaining the rationale for ending the WASP program at the end of the year and releasing all its women from service.

Date: October 1, 1944

Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley (Hap)

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]

Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.

Date: November 6, 1944

Creator: Aviation Enterprises, Limited

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]

Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.

Date: November 6, 1944

Creator: Aviation Enterprises, Limited

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell, November 30, 1993?]

Letter from WASP Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell discussing a recent memorial event at Avenger Field. Typed on Women Air Force Service Pilots, World War II stationary.

Date: 1993-11-30?

Creator: Bartlett, Julia Lamm

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Eleanor McLernon Brown to Gayle Snell, October 10, 1986]

Letter from Eleanor "Mickey" Brown to Gayle Snell discussing the recent 1986 WASP reunion in Sweetwater and recent correspondence.

Date: October 10, 1986

Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Eleanor "Mickey" Brown to Betty, October 23, 1978?]

Letter from WASP Mickey Brown to a friend named Betty discussing pictures from the reunion in Colorado Springs, flying, recent correspondence, and other minor topics.

Date: 1978-10-23?

Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon (Mickey)

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #3]

Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.

Date: December 20, 1944

Creator: Buckingham, George E.

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Paul E. Cannon to Gayle M. Snell, December 22, 1944]

Letter from CAA inspector Paul E. Cannon to Gayle Snell regarding retaking her instrument rating flight test. Envelope is included.

Date: December 22, 1944

Creator: Cannon, Paul E.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Gayle Snell, March 8, 1944]

Letter from Jackie Cochran to Gayle Snell discussing her entrance into a WASP training class and the need to defer her to a later one. There are several doodles penciled on the paper.

Date: March 8, 1944

Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, October 2, 1944]

Letter from Jacqueline Cochran, Director of Women Pilots, U. S. Army Air Forces, to all WASPs informing them that the program will be disbanded on December 20, 1944, and outlining the process of leaving the program.

Date: October 2, 1944

Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Telegram from Jacqueline Cochran and Hap Arnold to Gayle Snell, April 4, 1944]

Telegram sent from Jacqueline Cochran and General Hap Arnold to Gayle Snell discussing the pending approval of a medical exam.

Date: April 4, 1944

Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline & Arnold, Henry Harley (Hap)

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASPs Got Niche in History With Goldwater's Help]

Newspaper clipping from the Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph discussing the recent recognition of the WASP as military veterans due to legislation sponsored by Barry Goldwater, with a picture of Millicent Young. On the back are excerpts about the Palestinian and Lebanese conflicts.

Date: October 1, 1978

Creator: Colorado Springs Gazette

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Gayle Snell tally sheet]

A War Department tally sheet indicating that WASP Gayle Snell returned a parachute on December 20, 1944.

Date: December 20, 1944

Creator: Cox, Doris

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: About the Covers]

A clipping from the Summer 2004 issue of the Daedalus Flyer explaining the cover, which featured images of WASP veterans.

Date: Autumn 2004

Creator: Daedalus Flyer

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Order of Fifinella meeting minutes, May 10, 1979]

Minutes for the Order of Fifinella meeting of May 10, 1979, including the secretary's report, treasurer's report, issues with an order of prints from artist Rick Broom, selecting a site for the 1980 WASP reunion, commissions and organization, old business, and new business. The first page is not included.

Date: May 10, 1979

Creator: Davis, Edna Modisette

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Gary DeWalt to WASP Reunion 1986 participants, September 23, 1986]

Letter from Gary DeWalt of Public Media Arts, Inc. to participants in the 1986 WASP reunion informing them that PMA will be filming a documentary about WASPs during the reunion.

Date: September 23, 1986

Creator: DeWalt, Gary

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Organizations adopt Wings Across America, National WASP Museum

A printed webpage article from Air Force Print News discussing the Arnold Air Society's adoption of the Wings Across American WASP Museum project.

Date: April 20, 2004

Creator: Easterling, Ann

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #4]

An incomplete individual flight record for Gayle Snell.

Date: March 8, 1945

Creator: Estes, Otis

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Otis Estes to Gayle Snell, March 8, 1945]

Letter from 1st Lt. Otis Estes to Gayle Snell enclosing a copy of her flight records.

Date: March 8, 1945

Creator: Estes, Otis

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Colorado celebrates 60 years of air mail]

Newspaper clipping from The Falcon Flyer discussing the 60th anniversary of air mail in Colorado, celebrated by the Colorado Aviation Historical Society.

Date: May 23, 1986

Creator: Falcon Flyer

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Belated But Classy News, October 1987

A compilation of brief news statements from dozens of WASP veterans for October, 1987, printed by Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII.

Date: October 1987

Creator: Fine, Kathryn

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Gayle Snell Certificate of Pilot Status]

A Certificate of Pilot Status issued for WASP Gayle Snell and sent to the Civil Aeronautics Administration by her Army Air Force commanders, listing her hours, training period, and qualified airframes.

Date: December 14, 1944

Creator: Geer, George R. & Buckingham, George F.

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]

[General Hap Arnold Address in Sweetwater, Texas, December 7, 1944]

[Letter from Hap Arnold to Each Member of the WASP, October 1, 1944]

[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]

[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]

[Letter from Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell, November 30, 1993?]

[Letter from Eleanor McLernon Brown to Gayle Snell, October 10, 1986]

[Letter from Eleanor "Mickey" Brown to Betty, October 23, 1978?]

[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #3]

[Letter from Paul E. Cannon to Gayle M. Snell, December 22, 1944]

[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Gayle Snell, March 8, 1944]

[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, October 2, 1944]

[Telegram from Jacqueline Cochran and Hap Arnold to Gayle Snell, April 4, 1944]

[Clipping: WASPs Got Niche in History With Goldwater's Help]

[Gayle Snell tally sheet]

[Clipping: About the Covers]

[Order of Fifinella meeting minutes, May 10, 1979]

[Letter from Gary DeWalt to WASP Reunion 1986 participants, September 23, 1986]

Organizations adopt Wings Across America, National WASP Museum

[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #4]

[Letter from Otis Estes to Gayle Snell, March 8, 1945]

[Clipping: Colorado celebrates 60 years of air mail]

Belated But Classy News, October 1987

[Gayle Snell Certificate of Pilot Status]