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- [Catherine Parker WASP Promotion]
- Photocopy of a notice of personnel action from the War Department promoting Catherine Parker from WASP Trainee to Women's Army Service Pilot with new pay-grade.
- [Certificate of Elimination, April 1943]
- Text certifying that five women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) in March and April 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person; one name has been stricken from the list with a handwritten note.
- [Certificate of Pilot Trainees Eliminated in March 1943]
- Text certifying that three women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) on March 31, 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person.
- [Clipping: Letter to the Editor]
- Newspaper clipping displaying letters written by Charlyne Creger and Helen Holland to show appreciation for the honors and recognition they received as members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
- [Clipping photocopies: Female fliers' wartime work finally winning recognition]
- Photocopies of newspaper clippings of an article about female pilots from WWII being recognized for their service. The article includes photographs of the pilots, including Betty Williamson Shipley, Madge Leon Moore, Dorothy Smith Lucas, and Holly Hollinger Grasso.
- [Clipping: "Woman Recalls World War II Pilot Days"]
- Newspaper clipping with an article about Ruth Florey's and Clinnie Lovvorn's service with the WASP.
- [Clipping: Women contributed to WWII campaign]
- Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP, who served in WWII as pilots, and their experiences in service. The article includes two photographs of two WASP, Madge Moore and Betty Shipley. On the back of the clipping are three different advice columns, about parenting, working life, and interpersonal relationships.
- [Gayle Snell Graduation Award]
- Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
- [Gayle Snell Graduation Award]
- Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
- [Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #1]
- Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.
- [Gayle Snell promotion]
- Promotion form ordering higher pay for WASP Gayle Snell and changing her designation from trainee to pilot.
- [Gayle Snell's Flight Training Diploma]
- Diploma given to Gayle Snell at Avenger Field upon graduating from flight training as a Women Airforce Service Pilot.
- [Individual Flight Record for Catherine Parker #2]
- Chart listing the flight times of Catherine Parker during day and night, as well hours worked on instrument flying and in the LINK trainer, ain Sweetwater, Texas. A statement on the chart also notes the date she received her instrument flying certification.
- [Letter from Charles A. Prince to Victor J. Nelson, June 6, 1942]
- Copy of a letter from Charles A. Prince to Victor J. Nelson requesting the completed plans for the construction of Avenger Field.
- [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.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944]
- Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying out of Kansas City, news about the invasion of Normandy, her friend Nancy Nesbitt, recent correspondence, flying P-51s at high altitude, books, physical examinations, and her friend Bobby's marriage. Typed on the back of official memo cards.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, March 6, 1943?]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing food, weather, flight training, ground school, and fellow students.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, July 6, 1943]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing an injured family member, a problem with her wrist, the heat at Avenger Field, her mother's birthday, Don Clifford, letters, instructor pilots and flying training, and going to a barbeque.
- [Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, June 6, 1996]
- Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards discussing the printing of her book and how to go about purchasing one.
- [Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards, August 6, 1995]
- Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon Edwards including video tapes and discussing a couple of reunions she will be attending.
- [Minutes: WASP Meeting, May 6, 1992]
- Minutes for the WASP committee meeting including corrections from the previous meeting, details on the WASP monument, and fundraising.
- [Plosser-Prince Memorandum of Meeting]
- Minutes from a meeting at the office of Plosser-Prince Air Academy between several parties discussing faults in construction of Avenger Field and the Wilson Glider School and the possibility of the contractor, Victor J. Nelson, correcting the issues.
- [Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]
- Special Order from Sid C. Pinskton listing the names of women who completed the Women's Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) training program and are authorized to fly military aircraft.
- [Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]
- Special orders extract authorizing a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to fly military aircraft. Eleanor McLernon's name can be seen underlined in red on the list.
- [Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]
- Special orders extract authorizing a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to fly military aircraft.
- [Special Orders Number 99, Extract 3 & 2]
- Special orders to a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots for reassignment and pay change.
- [Special Orders Number 99, Extract 3 - November 6, 1944]
- Special orders reassigning a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to different stations.
- [Sweetwater Scrapbook]
- Scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings, letters, and some photos, primarily relating to the Women Airforce Service Pilots reunion and memorial dedication ceremony held in Sweetwater in 1972, as well as another WASP reunion held in 1986.