Official Archive and Endowment

Decades ago, our venerable WASP had the foresight to establish their official archives at Texas Woman’s University (TWU) in Denton, TX. Their comprehensive collection is maintained by a sizable endowment that preserves their stories and artifacts in perpetuity.

Following in their footsteps, WMA established our official archives at TWU in 2013 to collect and preserve our history. The WMA Endowment is still in its early stages but ready to support and enhance WMA’s Archival Collection as it grows. Through our organizational and personal collections, the WASP legacy as well as our own, will live on!

WMA’s Archival Collection is made up of two distinct but sometimes overlapping types of holdings – organizational and personal collections. By contract, the WMA Endowment supports the organizational collection which includes, but is not limited to, our founding documents, membership rosters, newsletters, convention proceedings, scrapbooks, member biographies and board of director files.

Personal collections are created from member-donated items such as military orders, personal records, photographs, news clippings and articles, logbooks, journals, uniforms, medals and decorations, and other service-related memorabilia. Before you donate personal items to our archives we suggest coordinating with the Historical Committee so we may advise you on how to organize, package and send your items to TWU. Please contact us at one of the addresses below.

A Few Notes:

The TWU Woman’s Collection adheres to strict Personal Information Protection procedures. You may also assign privacy controls on individual files and other items.
If you would like to retain any original documents or photos, the Woman's Collection staff can scan the items and return the originals to you.
Items that belong in both the organizational files and your personal collection, (e.g., articles on the Combat Exclusion Law Repeal, group photos) will be reviewed, copied, filed and catalogued in both collections.
After the Woman's Collection staff creates your collection, the Historical Committee will review it to generate an expanded inventory, which will be catalogued according to accepted archival standards.
After donating your files and artifacts, Woman's Collection staff will compose a gift agreement for your signature.

Your tax-exempt donation to the endowment will ensure that funds are available to process and store our individual and organizational collections as well as make them available for research and educational exhibits.

Support WMA’s Archive

Please support WMA’s archive by making a donation to the endowment in any of these ways:

For information on estate planning, please contact:

Patrice Benfield Frisby
Senior Director of Development-Major Gifts
940-898-3867
pfrisby@twu.edu

Thank you in advance for your support!

WMA Historical Committee
History@womenmilitaryaviators.org