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[Clipping: Above and Beyond]

Newspaper clipping from the LA Times with the article "Above and Beyond," which discusses the Women Airforce Service Pilots and their struggle to gain recognition for their service, as well as interviews with veterans. Excerpts from other articles and a Doonesbury comic are also included.

Date: October 2, 1996

Creator: Howlett, Susan

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cartoon of pointing man with biplane]

A cartoon of a male pilot in a flight jacket looking and pointing at the viewer with a biplane behind him.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Pat Chadwick Erikson P.O. box]

PO box address of Pat Chadwick Erikson.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Belated But Classy News, October 1987

A compilation of brief news statements from dozens of WASP veterans for October, 1987, printed by Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII.

Date: October 1987

Creator: Fine, Kathryn

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: About the Covers]

A clipping from the Summer 2004 issue of the Daedalus Flyer explaining the cover, which featured images of WASP veterans.

Date: Autumn 2004

Creator: Daedalus Flyer

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: World War II Women Pilots Reminisce at First Reunion]

Newspaper clipping discussing the first reunion of WASP veterans.

Date: 1969

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[United States Army Quartermaster Corps medical supply receipt]

A memorandum receipt for "medical supplies" from a US Army quartermaster depot, listing issued items including a dresser, a mattress, bedding, a lamp, a chair, and a table.

Date: November 10, 1944

Creator: United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Jacqueline Cochran "First Woman to Fly Faster than Sound" envelope]

A "first day of issue" envelope commemorating Jacqueline Cochran's supersonic flight on May 18, 1953, with a reproduction of a photo of Cochran posing next to a jet cockpit, and a drawing of a fighter jet flying over some mountains. A stamp also commemorating Cochran is in the top right.

Date: [1993?,1996?]

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Fly Girls of WWII

A brochure from Wings Across American advertising the "Fly Girls of WWII" exhibit on display at the Baylor University Mayborn Museum Complex, including photos of the exhibit and the faces of dozens of WASP veterans.

Date: [..2008-04-01]

Creator: Wings Across America

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Army Air Forces Headquarters to all personnel, November 13, 1944]

Letter from USAAF Headquarters to all personnel regarding the deactivation of the WASP, discussing issued items WASPs may retain at deactivation and the return of others.

Date: November 13, 1944

Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Headquarters

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[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.

Date: November 6, 1944

Creator: Ward, Roy D.

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell, November 30, 1993?]

Letter from WASP Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell discussing a recent memorial event at Avenger Field. Typed on Women Air Force Service Pilots, World War II stationary.

Date: 1993-11-30?

Creator: Bartlett, Julia Lamm

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Those Magnificent Women in their Flying Machines (continued)]

Magazine clipping with an article from Viva discussing the history of the WASP, continued. Included is an excerpt from an article on dreams.

Date: May 1977

Creator: Kel, Sally Van Wegenen

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Wings Across America pamphlet]

A pamphlet from Wings Across America discussing its mission and the history of the WASP.

Date: 2000~/2009~

Creator: Wings Across America

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Envelope from War Department to Gayle Snell, November 27, 1944]

Envelope from the War Department sent to Gayle Snell.

Date: November 27, 1944

Creator: United States. War Department.

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Paul E. Cannon to Gayle M. Snell, December 22, 1944]

Letter from CAA inspector Paul E. Cannon to Gayle Snell regarding retaking her instrument rating flight test. Envelope is included.

Date: December 22, 1944

Creator: Cannon, Paul E.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Check receipt for Robert Schaefer and Gayle Snell]

Receipt for a check of $25 paid to Robert Schaefer and Gayle Snell, who owned a aerial photography business, by the California State Board of Equalization.

Date: July 25, 1950

Creator: State Board of Equalization

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Eleanor McLernon Brown to Gayle Snell, October 10, 1986]

Letter from Eleanor "Mickey" Brown to Gayle Snell discussing the recent 1986 WASP reunion in Sweetwater and recent correspondence.

Date: October 10, 1986

Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Hap Arnold to Each Member of the WASP, October 1, 1944]

Letter from General Hap Arnold to each member of the WASP expressing his thanks to them for their service and explaining the rationale for ending the WASP program at the end of the year and releasing all its women from service.

Date: October 1, 1944

Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley (Hap)

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Gayle Snell Certificate of Pilot Status]

A Certificate of Pilot Status issued for WASP Gayle Snell and sent to the Civil Aeronautics Administration by her Army Air Force commanders, listing her hours, training period, and qualified airframes.

Date: December 14, 1944

Creator: Geer, George R. & Buckingham, George F.

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Gayle Snell Women Airforce Service Pilots identification card]

Gayle Snell's Women Airforce Service Pilots ID card, issued to her as a veteran and member of Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII (aka the Order of Fifinella) and including her photo.

Date: April 30, 1985

Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Statement by Dora Dougherty Strother before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Text of the statement given by WASP Dora Dougherty Strother before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, in support of legislation sponsored by Barry Goldwater to militarize the WASP. In support of the argument for their military status, the statement includes statistics about the WASP, their history, and historical images.

Date: 1977

Creator: Srother, Dora Dougherty

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Nancy Parrish to Gayle Snell, Christmas 2007]

Letter from Nancy Parrish to Gayle Snell enclosing Snell's interview on Wings Across America in DVD format, as well as some other related media items, and holiday wishes.

Date: 2007-12-25~

Creator: Parrish, Nancy

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #2]

Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.

Date: November 6, 1944

Creator: Whitaker, Richard H.

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[Clipping: Above and Beyond]

[Cartoon of pointing man with biplane]

[Pat Chadwick Erikson P.O. box]

Belated But Classy News, October 1987

[Clipping: About the Covers]

[Clipping: World War II Women Pilots Reminisce at First Reunion]

[United States Army Quartermaster Corps medical supply receipt]

[Jacqueline Cochran "First Woman to Fly Faster than Sound" envelope]

Fly Girls of WWII

[Letter from Army Air Forces Headquarters to all personnel, November 13, 1944]

[Gayle Snell's Flight Training Diploma]

[Letter from Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell, November 30, 1993?]

[Clipping: Those Magnificent Women in their Flying Machines (continued)]

[Wings Across America pamphlet]

[Envelope from War Department to Gayle Snell, November 27, 1944]

[Letter from Paul E. Cannon to Gayle M. Snell, December 22, 1944]

[Check receipt for Robert Schaefer and Gayle Snell]

[Letter from Eleanor McLernon Brown to Gayle Snell, October 10, 1986]

[Letter from Hap Arnold to Each Member of the WASP, October 1, 1944]

[Gayle Snell Certificate of Pilot Status]

[Gayle Snell Women Airforce Service Pilots identification card]

Statement by Dora Dougherty Strother before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

[Letter from Nancy Parrish to Gayle Snell, Christmas 2007]

[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #2]