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Big County Obituaries: 1977

Description: Compiled transcription of obituaries printed in the Abilene Reporter-News during 1977, collected by volunteers and personnel of the Abilene Public Library.
Date: 1977
Creator: Mount, Ann
Partner: Abilene Public Library

[Card sent from Old & Third National Bank to Doris Tanner]

Description: Card from the Old & Third National Bank of Union City, Tennessee congratulating Doris Tanner on her recent appearance in the newspaper. The card contains a clipping about Tanner's recent visit to Washington, D.C. advocating on behalf of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: 1977~
Creator: Old & Third National Bank of Union City
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Congressional Record - Senate - January 14, 1977]

Description: Photocopied text of an excerpt from the Congressional Record containing Senator Barry Goldwater's introduction of bill S. 247 to provide veterans' benefits to the WASPs. Goldwater's remarks are followed by five articles on the WASPs, their service during WWII, and their efforts to obtain veterans' status.
Date: January 14, 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Oral History Interview with Sam Holt, March 9, 1977

Description: Interview with Sam Holt, a church member from Holtsville, Tennessee. The interview includes Holt discussing church history, his background within it, his life from childhood, and race relations in the community he was raised in. The interview also includes Holt's recounting of the history of interracial children during and after slavery and his family's connection to it.
Date: March 9, 1977
Creator: Boyd, R. Vernon & Holt, Sam
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Petition to Militarize the WASP]

Description: Petition circulated by the WASP Congressional Hearings Committee in support of legislation militarizing the WASP so that they can receive veterans benefits for their service during WWII. The petition contains forty signatures from individuals in and around Victoria, TX, the hometown of WASP Eleanor Brown.
Date: 1977?
Creator: WASP Congressional Hearings Committee
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Song Lyrics for Dedicated to the WASP--God Bless 'Em]

Description: A song written by Frances "Frankie" B. McInerney Warms dedicated to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, inspired by her own WASP class of 43-W-8. It praises the WASPs for their service, and it includes a "Post Script" for 1977 celebrating the WASP's recent recognition by the United States government. The back of the second page contains several groups of numbers written in pencil: "1014" and "471-8680."
Date: 1977
Creator: Warms, Frances B. McInerney
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Special Pre "Red Alert" Notice

Description: A notice from Bee Haydu, asking members of a former WASP organization to contact their local Captains with their contact information, and information on upcoming legislation concerning the veteran status of former WASP members.
Date: February 1977
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Statement by Dora Dougherty Strother before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Description: Text of the statement given by WASP Dora Dougherty Strother before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, in support of legislation sponsored by Barry Goldwater to militarize the WASP. In support of the argument for their military status, the statement includes statistics about the WASP, their history, and historical images.
Date: 1977
Creator: Srother, Dora Dougherty
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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