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[Clipping: "WASP Trainer Plane Restored to 1940s Glory"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about how Elizabeth Strohfus joined the WASP and the restoration of a 1942 Boeing Stearman PT-17 and another article about how a woman joined the WASP. Other articles about weather and current events are also included.

Date: May 29, 2011

Creator: Kendall-Ball, Greg

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Barney Driscoll to Lt. Col. Al Bennett, Dec 7, 2009]

Letter from Barney Driscoll to Lt. Col. Al Bennett discussing a copy of the history of the WASP that was enclosed and the veterans museum in Huntsville, Texas.

Date: December 7, 2009

Creator: Driscoll, Barney

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Cornelia Clark Fort Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony

Pamphlet for the Cornelia Clark Fort Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony, held on October 6, 2000 at 2 pm, at Mulberry Canyon by the Taylor County Historical Commission. Inside are images of WASP and airplanes and a bio of Cornelia Clark Fort.

Date: October 6, 2000

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Cornelia Clark Fort: Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony

Pamphlet for a historic marker dedication ceremony in honor of Women Airforce Service Pilot, Cornelia Clark Fort, at Mulberry Canyon. The pamphlet includes a program for the ceremony and a short passage about Fort's life.

Date: 2000

Creator: Taylor County Historical Commission

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP 2000 Committee Chair Persons]

List of chairpersons and their roles and responsibilities for the 2000 Women Airforce Service Pilots reunion committee. Many notes can be seen scratched onto several pages.

Date: 2000

Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Dawn Seymour to Hugh King, November 30, 1997]

Letter from Dawn Seymour to Hugh King discussing the making of a historical marker in Mulberry Canyon, Texas. A sticky note with a message to Rigdon Edwards is also included.

Date: November 30, 1997

Creator: Seymour, Dawn R.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: 'Like a homesick angel']

Newspaper clipping containing two articles about the fiftieth reunion of the WASP by Loretta Fulton: "Reno, Gov. Richards Salute Women Pilots" and "WASP's Return to Sweetwater."

Date: May 23, 1993

Creator: Fulton, Loretta

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: 'Like a homesick angel']

Newspaper clipping of an article about the celebration of the 50th WASP Anniversary Reunion and some experiences from former WASPs. Part of another article about Governor Ann Richards attending the reunion is also included.

Date: May 23, 1993

Creator: Fulton, Loretta

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: 'Like a homesick angel']

Newspaper clipping about WASPs attending their 50th anniversary and the unveiling of a statue dedicated to them. An account of June Drew flying again for the first time in fifty years is also shared.

Date: May 23, 1993

Creator: Fulton, Loretta

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Lucile Wise to Mr. & Mrs. Frances, June 24, 1989]

Letter from Lucile Wise to Mr. and Mrs. Frances thanking them for the invitation to hold their 50th birthday reunion in Sweetwater, Texas in 1992 and potentially building a memorial wall for WASP. Included are other papers that give information about the history of WASP and specific members.

Date: June 24, 1989

Creator: Wise, Lucile

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Zoot Suits, Parachutes, and Wings of Silver, Too"]

Magazine clipping of an article about the history of the WASPs and some of their personal experiences in aviation.

Date: September 1987

Creator: Henderson, Sheila

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Nancy Shaw, November 18, 1986]

Letter from Nancy Shaw to Rigdon Edwards asking if she could meet with him to ask him about his experiences as a WASP instructor.

Date: November 18, 1986

Creator: Shaw, Nancy W.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Micki Wright to Rigdon Edwards, October 12, 1986]

Letter from Micki Wright to Rigdon Edwards with a list of "99s" that greeted the WASP at the airport, saying that it was a pleasure to meet the WASP, him, and his wife, discussing a project they want to work on, and thanking him for the air show tickets.

Date: October 12, 1986

Creator: Wright, Micki

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASPs Had to Fight for Veteran Recognition]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Nancy Robinson's Aviation. Space Writer's Association award and the article that earned her that award.

Date: September 27, 1986

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Obscured View of B-1 Bomber at Airshow (negative)]

Photograph of a B-1 Lancer's nose, cockpit and front landing gear at an airshow, surrounded by pilots and visitors as part of a tour of Dyess Air Force Base for WASP veterans at the 1986 reunion. The left third of the photo is obscured.

Date: September 26, 1986

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Crowd with B-1B]

Photograph of several people standing around the front-port side of a Rockwell B-1B Lancer, with open bomb bay doors, as part of a tour of Dyess Air Force Base for WASP veterans at the 1986 reunion.

Date: September 25, 1986

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Crowd with B-1B]

Photograph of a crowd standing around a Rockwell B-1, as part of a tour for WASP veterans of Dyess Air Force Base.

Date: September 25, 1986

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Crowd with B-1B (negative)]

Photograph of several people standing around the front-port side of a Rockwell B-1B Lancer, with open bomb bay doors, as part of a tour of Dyess Air Force Base for WASP veterans at the 1986 reunion.

Date: September 25, 1986

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Obscured View of B-1 Bomber]

Date: September 25, 1986

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Schedule of Events for the 1986 WASP Reunion]

Schedule of events at the Sweetwater WASP reunion in September, 1986.

Date: 1986

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Cornelia Fort

Biography of Cornelia Fort, a pilot in the Women's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron (WAFS) who died in a plane crash on March 21, 1943. It includes details about Fort's childhood, education, and love of flying.

Date: November 1980

Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: 'Putt-Putt' Flew With WASPs]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Mary Vanderventer's service with the WASP, Congress' failure to recognize WASP as veterans, Jimmy Carter granting them veteran status, and Vanderventer's current whereabouts.

Date: May 26, 1979

Creator: Robinson, Nancy

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Unpaid Debt of Recognition to WASP Lingers in Congress"]

Newspaper clipping about the WASP, their service, and Congress' failure to recognize them as veterans.

Date: August 27, 1977

Creator: Robinson, Nancy

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Unpaid Debt of Recognition to WASP Lingers in Congress"]

Photocopy of a newspaper article about the WASP, their accomplishments, and Congress' failure to recognize them as veterans.

Date: August 27, 1977

Creator: Robinson, Nancy

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[Clipping: "WASP Trainer Plane Restored to 1940s Glory"]

[Letter from Barney Driscoll to Lt. Col. Al Bennett, Dec 7, 2009]

Cornelia Clark Fort Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony

Cornelia Clark Fort: Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony

[WASP 2000 Committee Chair Persons]

[Letter from Dawn Seymour to Hugh King, November 30, 1997]

[Clipping: 'Like a homesick angel']

[Clipping: 'Like a homesick angel']

[Clipping: 'Like a homesick angel']

[Letter from Lucile Wise to Mr. & Mrs. Frances, June 24, 1989]

[Clipping: "Zoot Suits, Parachutes, and Wings of Silver, Too"]

[Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Nancy Shaw, November 18, 1986]

[Letter from Micki Wright to Rigdon Edwards, October 12, 1986]

[Clipping: WASPs Had to Fight for Veteran Recognition]

[Obscured View of B-1 Bomber at Airshow (negative)]

[Crowd with B-1B]

[Crowd with B-1B]

[Crowd with B-1B (negative)]

[Obscured View of B-1 Bomber]

[Schedule of Events for the 1986 WASP Reunion]

Cornelia Fort

[Clipping: 'Putt-Putt' Flew With WASPs]

[Clipping: "Unpaid Debt of Recognition to WASP Lingers in Congress"]

[Clipping: "Unpaid Debt of Recognition to WASP Lingers in Congress"]