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[Clipping: WASPS Reunion Includes More Than Tea And Old Times]

Description: Newspaper clippings pasted to a flat card, and laminated. The clippings correspond to an article about Mrs. Eleanor "Mickey" Brown, a Stillwater, Oklahoma resident who participated in WWII in WASP. The article includes a brief history of WASP and the personal experiences of former WASP members. Handwritten text on the card expresses fascination, by an unknown author, at Mrs. Brown's experience. The card itself has a text graphic, partially covered up by the clippings, reading "YOU made the NEWS… more
Date: July 2, 1972
Creator: Van Deventer, Micki
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #6]

Description: Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Grand Prairie, Texas.
Date: July 25, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Girl Pilots]

Description: Featured article in LIFE magazine about the WASP members and life at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The article includes many photographs of the women taking classes, performing tasks, and training at the flight school. On the back of one of the pages is part of an article on narcotics.
Date: July 19, 1943
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Academic Year 1968-1969, Unit 2: Decision-Making in the Department of Defense #2

Description: This booklet is the second unit of a training course designed "to stimulate the student's awareness of some of the major problem areas in our national security and to expand his knowledge and understanding of some of the approaches used to solve these problems." This unit discusses the approaches and tools the Department of Defense uses to make decisions and includes background information, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: July 1968
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Academic Year 1968-1969, Unit 2: Decision-Making in the Department of Defense

Description: This booklet is the second unit of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about management. This unit discusses the approaches and tools the Department of Defense uses to make decisions and includes background information, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: July 1968
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Oral History Interview Transcript of Women Airforce Service Pilots]

Description: An oral history interview transcript conducted by Rebecca Wright featuring Helen Wyatt Snapp, Marjorie Popell Sizemore, Doris Elkington Hamaker, Mary Ann Baldner Gordon, Mary Anna "Marty" Martin Wyall, and Teresa D. James. Wrights asks about the group's experiences in either Women Airforce Service Pilots program or the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron and the prejudice of the 1940s.
Date: July 18, 1999
Creator: Snapp, Helen Wyatt; Sizemore, Marjorie Popell; Hamaker, Doris Elkington; Gordon, Mary Ann Baldner; Wyall, Mary Anna Martin & James, Teresa D.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Your Body in Flight

Description: Textbook titled "Your Body in Flight" or Technical Order No. 00-25-13, created July 20, 1943 by authority of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces.
Date: July 20, 1943
Creator: Army Air Forces
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Your Body in Flight

Description: Manual illustrated with cartoons for quick memorization demonstrating the effects of flight on the human body and the best practices for safe aviation.
Date: July 20, 1943
Creator: Aero Medical laboratory
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Correspondence of WASP Class 43-6]

Description: Book compiled by Mary Ruth Rance full of correspondence between herself and other Women Airforce Service Pilots discussing memories of Class 43-6 in the WASP program, life after deactivation, and reconnecting with other members. Various copies of news clippings and other WASP related documents are also included, as well WASP "profiles" self-written by several members,
Date: July 1989
Creator: Rance, Mary Ruth; Monkiewicz, Anna Flynn; Gonzales, Shirley Condit; Bross, Blanche Osburn; Webster, Rita Davoly; Smith, Maxine Steward et al.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Academic Year 1969-1970, Unit 6: Some Aspects of Communist China's International Relations

Description: This booklet is the sixth unit of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the military forces of Communist countries. This unit discusses China's relationships with other countries and includes background information, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: July 1969
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Current Study 3. The Cold War: A Protracted Conflict

Description: This book is the student text for a training course designed "to provide Reserve officers with a better understanding of the cold war; of the organization, resources, and methods used by the enemy to accomplish his aims; and of the strengths and weaknesses of the Communist World and Free World" (Introduction, p. vi). It consists of five lessons: The Communist Threat; The Soviet Nonmilitary Front; The Soviet Military Front: Doctrine and Organization; The Communist World: Strengths and Weaknesses… more
Date: July 1960
Creator: Detachment 1
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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