Collection Summary
Texas Woman's University, the Woman's Collection
Robertson, Jeanne, 1919-2005.
Jeanne Robertson Papers
1943-2000
Mss. 631
1 cubic foot; 1 oversized box
Personal papers of a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II,
including biographical information, pilot logbooks, photographs, military aviation records, a WASP scrapbook and training manuals
pertaining to her training as a civilian pilot for the U.S. Army Air Force (AAF) and service with the Air Transport Command (ATC) at
Long Beach Army Air Base, California. Also contains records describing a 1990 trip to Russia to meet WWII Soviet women military pilots and records from post-war reunions of the WASP.
Biographical Note
Aviator and artist, native of San Francisco, California. Served as a member of the Women Airforce Pilots (WASP) of World War II, class 43-4.
Robertson was also a member of the American Association of University Women (AAUW),
Pen Women, and the Hawaii Watercolor Society, Oahu, Hawaii.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Jeanne Robertson collection consists of 1 cubic foot of materials the bulk of which pertain to her service with the WASP including a scrapbook, 1943-44, with 225 photographs take primarily during training.
The oversized materials include Army Air Force training manuals and an original watercolor by Robertson.
Arrangement of the Collection
- Series 1: Biographical Material, 1990, 2005
- Series 2: Private Aviation Records, 1941
- Series 3: WASP Records, 1943-1944
- Series 4: Russia Trip, 1990
- Series 5: Awards and Certificates
- Series 6: Photographs, 1940-2000
- Series 7: Artifacts
- Series 8: Oversized Material
Related Materials
The Jeanne Robertson collection forms part of the WASP Collection at Texas Woman's University.
For more information about the WASP and related collections please visit
The Woman's Collection / WASP website
Access to the Collection:
Open for research.
Publication and Copyright Statements:
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Coordinator
for Special Collections. Where copyright is unclear, all responsibility must be assumed by the user.
Provenance
These materials were donated to the Woman's Collection by Anne Thomas, daughter of Jeanne and Robert Robertson, 2006.
Processed/Encoded by:
T.L. MacGowan, 2006/T.L. MacGowan, 2007
Biographical
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1
Funeral program with a brief biographical sketch of the lives of Jeanne and her husband, Robert. News clipping 1990
with information regarding Jeanne's service with the WASP.
Private Aviation Records
1
2
Student Pilot Rating Book,1941.
1
3
Airman Identification Card and Certificates, 1941.
WASP Records
1
4
Correspondence including penny postcards written home to family while in training, a graduation
announcement for WASP Class 43-W-4, and letter of congratulations from the Mayor of Sweetwater, TX, 1943-1944.
1
5
Pilot qualifications record for Air Transport Command (ATC), photo identification card and pin for civilian employee of the ATC/AAF at Long
Beach Army Air Base, 1944.
1
6
Pilot logbooks (2) 1943-1944 covering Roberts training and service with the WASP.
1
7
Training records, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, 1943-44. Including class worksheets and notes by Robertson
and WASP graduation diploma.
1
8
AAF military orders, 1944-1943, including orders, flight logs, pay schedule, and r
esignation in March 1944, to be with her husband.
1
9
Honorable Discharge and accompanying paper work from the Veterans Administration (VA).
1
10
WASP classbook, classes 43-1, 43-2, 43-3, entitled The Logbook, a yearbook style book with candid photographs of WASP
during training at Houston Municipal Airport and
Avenger Field, along with graduation pictures of WASP,1943.
WASP Trip to Russia, 1990
In 1990, WASP, Inc., the post-war organization for the Women Airforce Service Pilots,
arranged a trip to Russia through
the Citizens Ambassador Program to meet their contemporaries, the Soviet women military pilots who flew in World War II, including
the fighter pilots and bomber pilots, sometimes called "Night Witches."
1
11
Paperwork, personal notes, brochures and memorabilia pertaining to Russia trip.
1
12
Photographs (82) taken during trip, May 1990 depicting the WASP
and Soviet women pilots at various functions and locations.
1
13
Russian souvenir medals.
Awards and Certificates
1
14
Certificates and awards from various community and civic groups primarily honoring her for her service as
a WASP during World War II.
1
15
United States Air Force (USAF) 50th Anniversary
of World War II Commemoration program folder and medallion, 1995.
Photographs
1
16
Prewar photographs (6) of Jeanne and friend, n.d.
1
17-18
WASP photographs (130) depicting WASP during training at Avenger Field. Also photographs
of WASP instructors, graduation, flight line and ready room, black and white ,1943-1944.
1
19
WASP photograph negatives.
1
20-21
Scrapbook, 32-pages, (225) black and white photographs news clippings and anecdotes written by Robertson about WASP, training,
and social life, 1943-1944.
1
22
WASP reunions, (163) color photographs of WASP reunion gatherings and activities arranged by
date, 1969-2000.
Artifacts
1
23
AAF patches: ATC transport (1) and AAF shoulder (3), 1944.
Oversized Materials
631X
(1) WASP training manual, 1944, with
handwritten notes.
(2) Watercolor print by Robertson entitled, <emph render="italic">The Magic Mountains of Maui</emph>
,1989, 21" x 28".