[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater, Texas and Sweetwater Club News]

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Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about local news in Sweetwater, Texas, including a teacher winning a contest (with the winning poem she wrote included), speakers attending Sweetwater Club meetings, and the operation of the USO in West, Texas.

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1 photocopy : b&w ; 36 x 22 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 1942.

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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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Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about local news in Sweetwater, Texas, including a teacher winning a contest (with the winning poem she wrote included), speakers attending Sweetwater Club meetings, and the operation of the USO in West, Texas.

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1 photocopy : b&w ; 36 x 22 cm.

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  • "Winner of $50 Naming Contest Writes Poem On 'Avenger Field,' Sweetwater," The Nolan County News, Sweetwater, Texas, 1942.
  • "Saulson Speaker for Thursday," The Nolan County News, Sweetwater, Texas, 1942.
  • "Citizens Vital In Operation of USO, Club Hears," The Nolan County News, Sweetwater, Texas, May 28, 1942.
  • "Camp Director Is Club Speaker," The Nolan County News, Sweetwater, Texas, 1942.

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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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  • 1942

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[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater, Texas and Sweetwater Club News], clipping, 1942; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth894149/: accessed December 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.

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