[Clipping: Cornelia Fort, WASP [1919-1943] Remembers...] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Clipping: Cornelia Fort, WASP [1919-1943] Remembers...]
  • Series Title Eleanor Brown Collection

Creator

  • Author: Hughes, Patricia Collins
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: WASP

Publisher

  • Name: The National Tribune Corporation
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 1977-12-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes about Cornelia Fort, who died while serving as a ferry pilot during World War Two. Hughes also includes Fort's account of the attack of Pearl Harbor. To the right of Hughes' column are two pictures of veterans at VFW posts and one picture of a US Congressman meeting with an airman stationed in the U.K. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, and an editorial about the VA Hospital system.
  • Physical Description: 1 clipping : ill. ; 41 x 29 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Keyword: female military pilots
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Communications - Newspapers
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Keyword: newspaper clippings
  • Named Person: Fort, Cornelia

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1919/1943

Source

  • Newspaper: "Cornelia Fort, WASP [1919-1943] Remembers..," The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Washington D.C., December 8, 1977. p. 3

Collection

  • Name: National WASP WWII Museum
    Code: WASP
  • Name: Abilene Library Consortium
    Code: ABCM

Institution

  • Name: National WASP WWII Museum
    Code: WASP

Resource Type

  • Clipping

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: WASP_2014-08-069AI
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1009748
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