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Photograph of Rigdon Edwards, one of the instructors of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program at Avenger Field. He is visible from the waist up and wears a peaked cap, leather jacket, button-down shirt, dark tie, and light-colored trousers.
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Certificate presented to Rigdon "Rig" Edwards at the 1978 WASP Reunion in Colorado Springs, Colorado acknowledging his "wholehearted and dedicated service to the WASP organization."
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Photograph of Rigdon Edwards and Hubert Hoogerwerf, instructors in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program. Edwards, on the left, is wearing a flight suit, helmet, sunglasses, and a parachute while Hoogerwerf is wearing sunglasses, a button down shirt, and pants. Sunlight streams through the windows in the background.
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Photograph of male instructor in flight suit, aviator sunglasses, cap and goggles, holding what appears to be a parachute harness with the wings of two planes seen behind him. A note written in pen on the bottom edge of the photo labels him, "Inst Rig Edwards".
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Newspaper clippings of an article about the history of WASP, including comments from historian Sherwood Inkley. Fragments of other articles and advertisements are visible on the back of each clipping.
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Certificate awarded by the University of Texas to Ridgon Edwards acknowledging his participation in a course offered by the Division of Extension.
Date:
February 25, 1966
Creator:
University of Texas at Austin. Division of Extension.
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Scrapbook of various WASP newspaper clippings and pamphlets belonging to former Women Airforce Service Pilot instructor, Rigdon Edwards Jr.
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Photograph of a man an a woman standing together and holding hands outside a house. Both are in uniform and the man appears to be Rigdon Edwards.
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Photograph of an a WASP and flight instructor standing near an airfield, with a building on the left and a planes in the background. A tag on the bottom of the photo reads, "Chilcoat and Rig Edwards", along with the name, "Hoagland", which is crossed out. Pencil notes written on the back of the photo read, "Fall (?), Chilcoat, Hoagland-2, James".
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Photograph of instructor, Rigdon Edwards in front of the tail of a plane. He is wearing a flight suit with harness and smiling for the photo. The typed tag taped to the bottom of the photo reads, "Rig Edwards".
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Photograph of Rigdon Edwards, one of the instructors of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program at Avenger Field. He is visible from the waist up and is wearing a peaked cap, leather jacket, button-down shirt, dark tie, and light-colored trousers.
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Profile on Rigdon Edwards, providing information on his education, background, business experience, club membership, and activities. On the last page, there is handwritten text with additional information about an award he received.
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Letter from Joan McKesson to Rigdon Edwards discussing his plans to attend the 1984 WASP Reunion, and encouraging him to urge other instructors to attend as well.
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Letter from Robert Baty to Rigdon Edwards discussing a movie script about the WASP members who served in WWII, asking for Mr. Edwards's first-hand experience to help them write the script. He mentions that Mrs. Maureen Stracener referred him to Mr. Edwards for information.
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Newsletter from the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce, including news, events, and announcements. The newsletter includes photographs for some of the articles. Includes article titled; "WASP Return for 30th Reunion"
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Letter from Ardis Gaither to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing the possibility of making a documentary about the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The letter also includes Gaither's business card for Blue Sky Productions Inc.
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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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Letter from Irene Manney to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing a book being sent to Mr. Edwards by Mr. Gene Hausenfluke. She informs him that she is also enclosing some brochures. The letter bears an illustration of cowboys on a wagon train, with letterheads for Western Heritage Films and Western Heritage Press.
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Letter from Ruth Florey to Rigdon Edwards discussing upcoming legislation concerning WASP members. The letter has an illustration of the WASP mascot Fifinella in the top left corner. Also included is an envelope addressed to Rigdon Edwards.
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Letter from Mary Jones to Rigdon Edwards discussing the WASP 30th anniversary event, and an upcoming pictorial. The letter mentions two women, Dedie and Dottie Young who have been working on the pictorial. The letterhead is from the Order of Fifinella in Gates Mills, Ohio.
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Newspaper clippings of an article about Rigdon Edwards, Jr., a prominent member of the Sweetwater, Texas community who passed away at the age of 88. The article includes some personal details about Edwards, including his work as a primary flight trainer at the WASP air school in Sweetwater, Texas. The article includes a photograph of Edwards, and there are advertisements on the backs of the clippings.
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Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about different guest speakers at Sweetwater Club meetings, including E. H Saulson, Lucile Oglesby, and Frederick William Moxham.
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