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- Family in Yard
- Copy negative of H. L, Edna, Lucille, Ray and Roy Knight. There are two images, the one on the left is of a baby on a yard looking down at a tilted over tricycle, with a big two story house in the background. The picture on the right is of a family, with a man and a woman standing behind four young children of different ages.
- Hospital Exterior
- Copy negative of the exterior of a hospital out in an big field. The building is two stories high. There are two trucks parked outside the hospital. In the background there seems to be other houses and buildings surrounded by trees.
- Group Camping
- Copy photograph of a group of seven people camping. There appear to be three men and four women present. The man in the foreground is holding a shotgun. Seated on the ground near two kettles are a man and a woman, and behind them are three other women and a man shielding his face with his hat.
- Woman Conducting Band
- Copy negative of guest conductor Judy Mathis directing the McMurry Band on tour in Roscoe in the mid 1960's, viewed from behind the band. The band members are seated with Judy Mathis facing them, and there is an audience.
- Hotel Exterior with People
- Copy negative of several people, including the Hefner family, gathered in front of Hotel Hefner. The hotel is two-stories tall with a wrap-around porch and balcony. The group includes fourteen men, nine women, a small boy and a baby. The men mostly wear suits and hats and the women wear long with high collars.
- Man and Woman in Farm Yard
- Copy negative of two images. The image on the left shows Matilda Skenell Key Hefner as an elderly woman. She is wearing a shawl around her head, holding a basket and standing in front of a house. The image on the right shows Francis Marion Hefner in a cowboy hat holding Kit Carson Hefner as a baby. Behind them is a picket fence.
- Man and Woman on Vacation
- Copy negative of two images. The image on the left shows Francis Marion Hefner standing on a dirt road with a shovel. He is wearing suspenders and a hat. In the background is a horse-drawn buggy and wooden buildings. The image on the right shows Jim and Alpha Norton on vacation in California. Mr. Norton is wearing a suit, tie and hat and Mrs. Norton is wearing a long dress.
- Man and Woman on Vacation
- Copy negative of two images. The image on the left shows Francis Marion Hefner standing on a dirt road with a shovel. He is wearing suspenders and a hat. In the background is a horse-drawn buggy and wooden buildings. The image on the right shows Jim and Alpha Norton on vacation in California. Mr. Norton is wearing a suit, tie and hat and Mrs. Norton is wearing a long dress.
- Man and Woman in Farm Yard
- Copy negative of two images. The image on the left shows Matilda Skenell Key Hefner as an elderly woman. She is wearing a shawl around her head, holding a basket and standing in front of a house. The image on the right shows Francis Marion Hefner in a cowboy hat holding Kit Carson Hefner as a baby. Behind them is a picket fence.
- Man and Woman in Farm Yard
- Copy negative of two images. The image on the right shows Matilda Skenell Key Hefner as an elderly woman. She is wearing a shawl around her head, holding a basket and standing in front of a house. The image on the left shows Francis Marion Hefner in a cowboy hat holding Kit Carson Hefner as a baby. Behind them is a picket fence.
- Family in Car
- Copy negative of a family in a car. In the front seat are Francis Marion Hefner and Jonathan Stone driving. In the back seat are mother Lela Hefner Cummings and children Maurice, Alpha Theta, and Imogene.The car is on a dirt road with a field and fence in the background, and has a trunk tied to the side.
- Woman Working Garden; Children in Yard
- Copy negative of two pictures. The top picture is of Matilda Skenell Key Hefner standing in a large garden in Sweetwater, Texas with a fence and trellises in the background. The bottom picture is of children, from left to right, LaNelle Hefner, Imogene Cummings, and Maurice Hefner Cummings standing in a yard in front of a house with porch and bushes in Alvarado, Texas.
- Exterior of Hospital
- Copy negative of the exterior of Andrew Hefner Hospital in Sweetwater, Texas in 1912. Several people are posing for the picture on the porch and steps.
- Building Exterior
- Copy negative of the exterior of Hefner Hotel in Sweetwater, Texas. There are a few men posing in front, and two vehicles can be seen off to the side.
- Building Exterior
- Copy negative of a card, showing a picture of the Hotel Hefner in Sweetwater, Texas. The card has the address, rates, and a description of the services provided by Doctors Hefner and Brown, who are located at the hotel.
- Child in Yard; Child in Yard
- 1 copy negative of 2 images. The first image is of a baby, Kit Carson Hefner. She is in the yard, opening the gate of a white fence. Several other houses can be seen in the background. The second image is of Kit standing in the middle of the same yard, wearing a hat.
- Man with Fish
- Copy negative of a portrait of Dr. Andrew Hefner holding a string of several fish. He is wearing a hat, collared shirt, and tie.
- Baby in Chair; Baby in Stroller
- Copy negative of two pictures. The picture on the left is a portrait of baby LaNelle Hefner in 1914. The picture on the right is of LaNelle sitting in a chair and baby Kit Carson Hefner in a stroller on a porch in front of a door in 1916.
- Girls with Dolls; Portrait of Mother and Child
- Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of Ova Milling Brown and LaNelle Hefner in costumes holding baby dolls with men, a horse and buggy, and houses in the background, taken in Sweetwater in 1916. The second picture is a portrait of mother and daughter Lydia Young and Verna Nell Young taken in the mid 1920's in Eastland.
- Three Men with Horses
- Copy negative of three men with horses in a field in Dora, Texas. Two men are riding the horses, and one man is standing in front of his horse.
- Map of Nolan County, Texas
- Blue line print of survey map of Nolan County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, towns, mountains, railroads, boundaries, original land grants or surveys, roads, and blocks of land. A diagram of a section is included in the upper-right corner. A handwritten note has been made at the top of the map to give an explanation for the yellow-colored blocks of land. Yellow land was unsold as of the date June 11, 1921. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
- Map of Nolan County
- Blue line print of survey map of Nolan County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:190,476] (5000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
- Big Springs
- Topographic quadrangle map of Big Spring, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, landmarks, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. A location diagram is included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
- Map of Sweetwater, Texas
- Map of Sweetwater, Texas, showing the city broken up into zones, such as the retail, commercial, manufacturing, and residential districts. The map also includes streets, schools, cemeteries, a court house, parks, and roads. No scale indicated.
- Combination Map of Parts of Jones, Taylor, Fisher, and Nolan Counties.
- Survey map of parts of Jones, Taylor, Fisher, and Nolan Counties, showing rivers, towns, boundaries, creeks, original land grants or surveys, roads, and blocks of land. A legend indicating drilling wells, gas wells, abandoned wells, and dry holes is included in the lower-left corner of the second sheet. Handwritten notes have been made on the map in red pencil to outline specific tracts of land. Scale [ca. 1:66,667] (2000 varas to the inch).
- Nolan County, Texas.
- Blueline format of survey map of Nolan County, Texas, showing land ownership, creeks, rivers, general land grants or surveys, and railroads. A diagram of a section is included in the upper-right corner. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil, "CL 70, 1-43, Mile 57th. For correction of CL see Book 71 51-53." Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
- Man on Horse
- Copy negative of Herman McDaniel riding his horse in Maryneal, Texas. There is another rider on horseback in the background.
- Picnic on Roundup
- Copy negative of W. A. Williams, Marilyn Williams, Jay Jameson, Pat McDaniel, and Bob Proctor at a picnic in Maryneal, Texas. Four people are shown but are not identified.
- Woman on Horseback
- Copy negative of Marilyn Williams riding her horse in Maryneal, Texas. She is wearing boots, jeans, a short sleeved shirt and glasses.
- [Congressional Record - Senate - January 14, 1977]
- Photocopied text of an excerpt from the Congressional Record containing Senator Barry Goldwater's introduction of bill S. 247 to provide veterans' benefits to the WASPs. Goldwater's remarks are followed by five articles on the WASPs, their service during WWII, and their efforts to obtain veterans' status.
- [WASP Regular Board Meeting Minutes]
- Minutes from the WASP's regular board meeting held October 7, 2000 in Sweetwater, TX. Includes a list of members present and a summary of the business discussed and motions made during the meeting.
- [Group Petition #1]
- Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, from ten members living in Texas. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter. The signatures found at the bottom of the page include the member's WASP class and street address.
- [Program for the WASP 30th Anniversary Reunion Dinner #6]
- A program for the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the WASP. It includes information about the Fifinella mascot, the names of WASP officers and Reunion Committee members, a schedule of events, and a list of acknowledgements at the end.
- [Biographical Sketch of Eleanor Brown]
- Biographical sketch of Eleanor Brown including details about her service with the WASP, personal life, career, family, interests, and community involvement. In the last paragraph, Brown states that "the time has come to hire an Executive Director to assist us."
- [Memo from Lucile Wise and Eleanor Brown to Caro Bosca, June 9, 2005]
- Memo from WASP members Lucile Wise and Mickey Brown to President Caro Bosca discussing the results of a survey to determine if their organization should donate money to the WASP museum in Sweetwater.
- [Program for the WASP 30th Anniversary Reunion Dinner #5]
- A program for the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the WASP. It includes information about the Fifinella mascot, the names of WASP officers and Reunion Committee members, a schedule of events, and a list of acknowledgements at the end.
- [Letter from Betty Jane Williams to Maxine Flournoy, February 23, 2001]
- Letter from Betty Jane Williams to WASP President Maxine Flournoy discussing the decision to pay Mildred Carter's expenses to attend the WASP's next national conference. During WWII, Carter had applied to join the WASP but was denied because the government excluded African-American women from serving in the program. Williams disagrees with the action taken at the October business meeting and urges the WASP to rescind their offer to pay Carter's expenses.
- [Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran]
- War Department press release quoting the speech General Arnold gave to the final graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II and a statement made by Jacqueline Cochran on the WASP's accomplishments. The pages are torn away at the edges in several places, most noticeably in the bottom left corner of the first page.
- [Eleanor McLernon Brown Autobiography]
- Autobiography of Eleanor McLernon Brown written for the 44-9 class history book published in 1998.
- [WASP of WWII Regular Board Meeting Minutes]
- Minutes from the Spring 2005 board meeting of the WASP of WWII, held in Washington, D.C.
- [WASP Songbook]
- Songbook containing lyrics and illustrations about the WASP, created for the organization's 50th anniversary reunion in San Antonio, Texas. Songs in this collection include: The WASP Song; Hymn to Avenger; You'll Go Forth; Yankee Doodle Pilots; Rugged But Right; I Wanna Be a Miss H.P.; Buckle Down, Fifinella; I'm a Flying Wreck; Roll Out the Airplanes!; The Mess Hall Song; Do You Have Your Wings?; Deep in the Heart of Texas; We Were Only Only Fooling; Zoot-Suits and Parachutes; I've Got Sixpence; The Gay Desperado; Gee, Mom, I Want to Go Home; We Got the Stuff, The Right Stuff; Would You Like to Swing on a Star; Show Me; and the Army Air Corps Song. The last page includes a dedication to the WASP who died and a poem.
- [Clipping: The WASP of World War II]
- An article fro Aerospace Historian on the origins and life of Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II, with an introduction from aviatrix and WASP flight instructor, Jacqueline Cochran.
- [Clipping: Out of the kitchen and into the cockpit]
- Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP member Mickey Brown, who reminisces over her time as a test pilot.
- The Avenger, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 25, 2005
- Newsletter of the National WASP WWII Museum including news, events, and other information of interest to the museum's membership.
- [Flyer: Hangar One Dinner Dance]
- Flyer advertising "Homecoming at Hangar One", an event held at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas on May 27, 2006. The second page of the flyer includes a list of activities and a registration form.
- [Miltary History of Eleanor McLernon Brown]
- Document containing a biography of Eleanor Brown, including details of her early life, her interest in aviation, and her service in the WASP organization. The first page is flyer about the Victoria Schools Veterans Interview Project, which includes a list of potential interview topics.
- [National WASP WWII Museum Bookmark]
- Bookmark advertising the National WASP WWII Museum in Sweetwater, Texas. The front of the bookmark contains a picture of a procession at Avenger Field and portraits of Jacqueline Cochran, General "Hap" Arnold, and Nancy Love. The back of the bookmark includes a brief history of the WASP organization as well as the museum's address, website, and phone number.
- [Biographical Sketch of Eleanor Brown]
- Biographical sketch of Eleanor Brown including details about her service with the WASP, personal life, career, family, interests, and community involvement.
- [Letter from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors, July 15, 2005]
- Letter from WASP President Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors informing them of the results from a membership survey regarding a donation to the WASP museum in Sweetwater.
- [Schedule of Events #1]
- Schedule listing the dates and times of events planned for the 1986 reunion of the Women Airforce Service Pilots in Sweetwater, Texas. Some of the events are crossed out in black ink and others are highlighted in yellow.