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[People waving from street corner]

Photograph of ten adults and two children on a streetcorner in Sweetwater, Texas waving at someone to the left of the camera. Various 1970s- and 80s-style automobiles are parked in the background.

Date: September 26, 1986

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cornelia Yerkes commercial airman medical certificate, 1951]

A medical certificate issued to Cornelia Yerkes as a commercial airman.

Date: February 21, 1951

Creator: United States. Department of Commerce. Civil Aviation Administration

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, navigation training, and other work that student pilots have to do.

Date: June 5, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 23, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing catching a ride in a C-47 from Sacramento to Fort Worth, travelling to Houston by bus, how her friends are doing, and plans for future travel. Typed on Edwards Hotel (Jackson) stationary.

Date: February 23, 1945

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP standing in Road]

Photograph of a WASP trainee standing in a road next to a palette yard.

Date: 1944-21~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Veterans sitting in Audience]

Photograph of several WASP veterans seated in an outdoor audience at the 1984 reunion. There are trees in the background, behind which is a building with "Van Lines" on it.

Date: October 1984

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a picture of her training class in a Sweetwater TX newspaper, a Chinese student pilot who got lost on a sortie, and her routine. Typed on folded stationary.

Date: June 5, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Two WASPs with Dog]

Photograph of two WASP trainees by the barracks at Avenger Field. The woman on the left is holding a dog.

Date: 1944-21~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Gayle Snell and Woman in Cockpit]

Photograph of Gayle Snell (right) and another woman seated in the cockpit of an SNJ Texan. A man's head with a hat on is visible on the opposite side next to Snell.

Date: 1986-09-26~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Bobby Willis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich, and Cornelia Yerkes]

Photograph of four WASPs near an aircraft wing, all wearing flight suits. From left to right: Bobby Willis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich, and Cornelia Yerkes.

Date: Summer 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 17, 1944]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents, discussing a flight from Memphis to Newark via Atlanta and her choice to ferry a P-40 or P-63. The postcard is from the Memphis Municipal Airport Red Cross Canteen and features two photos of servicemen recreating.

Date: November 17, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Gayle Snell with Friend on Bed]

Photograph of Gayle Snell, right, sitting with another woman on a bed in a hotel room. Snell is wearing a WASP reunion nametag.

Date: October 1978

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1944?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her day, getting a radio fixed, flying, and being grounded due to a tornado. Written on Hilton Hotel (Long Beach) stationary.

Date: 1944-06-25?

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes October 20, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing her frustration with the Red Cross, preparing to open a new club for enlisted men, getting transferred to Aganus, her work schedule, and friends. Typed on The Neil House (Columbus, OH) stationary.

Date: October 20, 1945

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Season's Greetings Card from Jimmie Rees]

A custom Season's Greetings card with a picture of WASP Jimmie Rees of class 44-W-3 on it.

Date: 1944~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Gary DeWalt to WASP Reunion 1986 participants, September 23, 1986]

Letter from Gary DeWalt of Public Media Arts, Inc. to participants in the 1986 WASP reunion informing them that PMA will be filming a documentary about WASPs during the reunion.

Date: September 23, 1986

Creator: DeWalt, Gary

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and the "Texas Ten Petitioners," September 18, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Gerano and nine other WASP veterans, castigating them and a petition they circulated about the Order of Fifinella and its finances.

Date: September 18, 1979

Creator: Roberts, Lillian

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Gayle Snell with Other WASP by Car]

Photograph of Gayle Snell (right) standing with a fellow WASP veteran next to a car in front of a motel.

Date: 1986~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Herman Fuchs and Two Men near Hangar]

Photograph of Herman F. Fuchs (right) standing with two men next to a hangar window. Fuchs and the man in the middle are wearing flight caps and parachutes; the man on the left is in plain clothes and sunglasses with a working man's cap.

Date: October 1944

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Women Airforce Service Pilots brochure]

An informational brochure explaining the history of the WASP and achievements by WASP veterans since their deactivation. Included is a list of important persons, units, and awards.

Date: [1984..]

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 16, 1942]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing becoming a link trainer instructor, students and instructors, link trainer aircraft, getting her car taken care of, dining on base, and working/flying hours.

Date: 1942-10-16?

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 6, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying in hot weather, sunburns, her hectic schedule, a measles outbreak, news about friends, check flights and washouts, and needing clothes shipped. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary and the back of a graded physics quiz.

Date: April 6, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Sitting next to "No Parking" Sign]

Photograph of a smiling WASP sitting in her uniform on a short wall and holding a jacket. There is luggage on the ground to the left, above which is a "No Parking" sign.

Date: 1944

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 3, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying a UC78, a letter from her husband Dick, and other correspondence. Written on San Juan Hotel (Orlando) stationary.

Date: October 3, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[People waving from street corner]

[Cornelia Yerkes commercial airman medical certificate, 1951]

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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 23, 1945]

[WASP standing in Road]

[WASP Veterans sitting in Audience]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943]

[Two WASPs with Dog]

[Gayle Snell and Woman in Cockpit]

[Bobby Willis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich, and Cornelia Yerkes]

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 17, 1944]

[Gayle Snell with Friend on Bed]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1944?]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes October 20, 1945]

[Season's Greetings Card from Jimmie Rees]

[Letter from Gary DeWalt to WASP Reunion 1986 participants, September 23, 1986]

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and the "Texas Ten Petitioners," September 18, 1979]

[Gayle Snell with Other WASP by Car]

[Herman Fuchs and Two Men near Hangar]

[Women Airforce Service Pilots brochure]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 16, 1942]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 6, 1943]

[WASP Sitting next to "No Parking" Sign]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 3, 1944]