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Students in Shop

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band standing in a shop in Mexico. They are standing on the left of a counter, with a shopkeeper woman on the right. Many of the girls are wearing woven hats, and one is holding maracas. Other items are visible in the back of the store.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Banquet

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band trip to Mexico. Many people sit at a table. One person is eating and the others are engaged in conversation. There are three waiters standing in the background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Band in Uniform

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band standing on a sidewalk outside a shop in Black Rocks, Mexico. One student is wearing a sombrero and having his shoes shined by a boy. Another is balancing baskets on his head.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Band at Fountain

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band in uniform posing at a fountain in Mexico. There are children playing on the left and children and adults standing on the right, and a gazebo, trees, and buildings in the background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Man Conducting Band

Description: Copy negative of Truitt Mitchell conducting the McMurry Band from Abilene, Texas in Mexico. He is standing at the front of a room with a baton and the students are seated with their instruments and music facing him. They are all in uniform.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Twirlers in Parade

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band Twirlers standing in a foyer preparing for a parade in Mexico. There is a local girl holding the Mexican flag in between the four McMurry twirlers. The flag reads "Estadoes Unidos Mexicanos" which means the United States of Mexico. They are all wearing school uniforms.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Band in Uniform

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band in Mexico sitting in a building and drinking a beverage out of bottles. Most sit at tables but some are standing. They are in band uniforms.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Band Students at Bull Ring

Description: Copy negative of students in the McMurry Band at a bullfighting ring in Villa Acuña, Mexico. Villa Acuña was Del Rio's twin city across the Rio Grande River in Mexico and is now known as Ciudad Acuña. Most of the group members are in uniform and they are standing at the barrera, the fence encircling the bull ring, looking into the bullfighting ring, or anillo. A few band members stand behind the callejon, a narrow passageway between the barrera and the spectators' stands.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Man and Woman

Description: Copy negative of John Wagner standing with another person. They are both holding a bottled drink. He is wearing a skinny tie and glasses. She is carrying a bag on her left arm.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[McLernon Autobiographic Sketch]

Description: Short autobiographic essay written by Eleanor McLernon on her life, family, career, and experience with the WASP program. A note paired with the paper reads, "Brief autobiographic sketch for the ALL-WASP lino graphic book Betty Turner currently working on (1999)".
Date: 1999
Creator: McLernon, Eleanor Michel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Biographical Sketch of Eleanor Brown]

Description: Biographical sketch of Eleanor Brown including details about her service with the WASP, personal life, career, family, interests, and community involvement. In the last paragraph, Brown states that "the time has come to hire an Executive Director to assist us."
Date: 2006
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Program: A Tattoo at the Taj]

Description: Program for an aviation demonstration and tattoo drumming event, with information on the history of military musical tattoo and on performers of the event, which include the U.S. Air Force Band of the West, the 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph Air Force Base, The United states Air Force Honor Guard, and the The San Antonio Pipes and Drums.
Date: 2001
Creator: The 12th Flying Training Wing
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Speech: Veteran Benefits for Individuals who Served in Civilian Capacity in the Armed Forces]

Description: Copy of two pages from the Congressional Record containing a speech by Texas Representative Olin Teague regarding pending bills that would grant civilian veterans benefits as well as the history of Avenger Field. The pages include other text, including partial text before the speech discussing a memorial dance for Jess Nevarez, his service in the military, his involvement with his community and church and supplemental statements to Teague's speech after his statements.
Date: April 6, 1977
Creator: United States. Congress.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Miltary History of Eleanor McLernon Brown]

Description: Document containing a biography of Eleanor Brown, including details of her early life, her interest in aviation, and her service in the WASP organization. The first page is flyer about the Victoria Schools Veterans Interview Project, which includes a list of potential interview topics.
Date: November 7, 2001
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Train #3100 in Mexico]

Description: Photograph of a train engine with the number "3100" printed on the cab, connected to a train car. Several buildings are partially visible in the background, including a large, two-story building on the right. Handwritten text below the image says, "N.de M. #3100 (ex T&P) #531 AgnosCalientes [sic] Mex. Apr. 1952."
Date: April 1952
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #3103 and Car]

Description: Photograph of train engine #3103, viewed from the front. "3103" is visible on the front and side, along with "N. DE M." Additional tracks lay in front on the right. Two buildings sit off to the left in the background, a person leaning against the one closest. Other people stand off to the side. Handwritten text below the image says, "Mexico City, Mexico Aug 4th 1941 (ex T&P 535) Retired Oct 27th 1953."
Date: August 4, 1941
Creator: Best, Gerald M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum
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