[Oral History Interview Transcript of Women Airforce Service Pilots]

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An oral history interview transcript conducted by Rebecca Wright featuring Helen Wyatt Snapp, Marjorie Popell Sizemore, Doris Elkington Hamaker, Mary Ann Baldner Gordon, Mary Anna "Marty" Martin Wyall, and Teresa D. James. Wrights asks about the group's experiences in either Women Airforce Service Pilots program or the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron and the prejudice of the 1940s.

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69 p. ; 28 cm.

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Snapp, Helen Wyatt; Sizemore, Marjorie Popell; Hamaker, Doris Elkington; Gordon, Mary Ann Baldner; Wyall, Mary Anna Martin & James, Teresa D. July 18, 1999.

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National WASP WWII Museum

Located at Avenger Field in Nolan County Texas, the WASP World War II Museum commits to preserving the legacy of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WWII. As a teaching museum, it features archives, exhibits, and oral histories that record a significant period in history when women dared to break barriers and contribute to victory.

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  • Main Title: [Oral History Interview Transcript of Women Airforce Service Pilots]
  • Series Title: Helen Snapp Collection

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An oral history interview transcript conducted by Rebecca Wright featuring Helen Wyatt Snapp, Marjorie Popell Sizemore, Doris Elkington Hamaker, Mary Ann Baldner Gordon, Mary Anna "Marty" Martin Wyall, and Teresa D. James. Wrights asks about the group's experiences in either Women Airforce Service Pilots program or the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron and the prejudice of the 1940s.

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69 p. ; 28 cm.

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National WASP WWII Museum

Bringing the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots to life, these archives represent the role of the flight school in training women pilots to fly military planes and show how WASPs responded socially and professionally to new challenges brought by war. Included are financial documents, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, pilots' logs, and flight manuals.

Abilene Library Consortium

Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.

World War Two Collection

These materials focus on World War II and the immediate postwar period of the late 1940s. In addition to materials created during the time period, materials may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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  • July 18, 1999

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Snapp, Helen Wyatt; Sizemore, Marjorie Popell; Hamaker, Doris Elkington; Gordon, Mary Ann Baldner; Wyall, Mary Anna Martin & James, Teresa D. [Oral History Interview Transcript of Women Airforce Service Pilots], text, July 18, 1999; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877319/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.

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