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[Clipping: Death Notice for Helen Snapp]

Description: Newspaper clipping discussing the death of Women Airforce Service Pilot Helen W. Snapp. The back of the clipping reveals other memorials for Reverend Richard E. Garner, Sr. and Karen R. Moreno.
Date: February 24, 2013
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Indio aviatrix puts stamp on history]

Description: Newspaper clipping with articles about how Jacqueline Cochran became interested in flying and her aviation career.
Date: February 24, 1996
Creator: Curran, Jan
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Snapp, Helen]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a death notice for WASP member Helen Wyatt Snapp. The clipping includes other articles about local news, including medical care and immigration.
Date: February 24, 2013
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "WASP's Only Footnote to USAF History Now"]

Description: Newspaper clipping from The Sentinel-Record titled "WASP's only footnote to USAF history now" written by Don Thomason. It discusses the advanced the training the Women Airforce Service Pilots went through and their sacrifices, only for none of them to receive proper military recognition, government insurance, or familial compensation for the 38 WASPs lost in service. It also discusses Col. Bruce Arnold's failed attempt at getting WASP-centered bills passed through Congress and the death of Nanc… more
Date: October 24, 1976
Creator: Thomason, Don & Brown, Vivian
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Secret role of women fliers recalled]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP being hidden from public knowledge, including the U.S. Department of Defense withholding veteran status from the women who served in WWII. The article includes a photograph of a group of young women in jumpsuits walking away from a small propeller plane. On the back of the clipping is a large advertisement for a sale, and part of an article about Fort Concho.
Date: November 24, 1991
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Indio aviatrix put stamp on history]

Description: Newspaper clipping from the Daily Sun, "Indio aviatrix puts stamp on history" by Jan Curran discussing the new Jacqueline Cochran Pioneer Pilot stamp that will be issues in a public ceremony on March 9, 1996 in Indio, California. It also discusses Cochran's career and accomplishments.
Date: February 24, 1996
Creator: Curran, Jan
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Taylor County, Texas, Greeting]

Description: Newspaper clipping announcing the hearing date for the condemnation of property in Abilene, Texas owned by J. H. Miller, Hannah J. Miller, A. K. Levy, and their unknown heirs, and instructing the people of Taylor County, Texas to serve the summons to the named persons and their unknown heirs by publicizing this notice.
Date: June 24, 1909
Creator: Motz, Charles; McKinney, P. M.; McDonald, A. F. & McDavid, J. L.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: Earhart route flier set to go]

Description: Newspaper clipping discussing the plans of pilot Grace McGuire to travel over the Pacific Ocean from Lae, New Guinea to Howland Island; similar to the route which Amelia Earhart took and ended up missing.
Date: July 24, 1983
Creator: Welde, Deena
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Memories Take Wing at an Airfield in West Texas]

Description: Newspaper clipping providing a brief history about the Women Airforce Service Pilots including the experiences of former members, Mary Ruth Rance and Ola Rexroat.
Date: May 24, 1993
Creator: Pressley, Sue Ann
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP Bill Should Be Signed by 11-26]

Description: Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the status of the WASP bill. The page also contains a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA and three articles. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, and an editorial about GI education.
Date: November 24, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Waiting patiently]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a picture of four veteran WASP waiting for the unveiling of the new airport sign.
Date: May 24, 1989
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP 2000 Reunion to be here]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about the WASP reunion to be held in Sweetwater in 2000.
Date: August 24, 1998
Creator: Rogers, Don
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Earhart route flier set to go]

Description: Photocopy of an article about Grace McGuire and the dangerous journey she will fly from New Guinea to Howland Island in an attempt to "duplicate" Amelia Earhart's last flight.
Date: July 24, 1983
Creator: Welde, Deena
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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