The Descriptive Finding Guide for the Virginia Streeter Personal Papers SDASM.SC.10183
Alan Renga
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
1/30/2015
2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park
San Diego 92101
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
Title: Virginia Streeter Personal Papers
Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.SC.10183
Physical Description:
0.3 Cubic Feet
One Archival Box
Date (inclusive): 1941-1945
Abstract: Virginia Streeter served with the WASPs during the Second World War
Biographical / Historical
Virginia Streeter was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on November 10, 1913 to Clark and Edith (Nielsen) Streeter. On August 11,
1943, she graduated with the fifth class of women pilots training at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, and as a WASP, served
as a ferry pilot in the Army Air transport Command (ATC), directed by Jackie Cochran. She first started flying in 1941 after
leaving her job as a dietician at the American Telephone & Telegraph Company to spend the summer at home in Cedar Falls. While
there, she was admitted into the local civilian pilot training course at Livingston Field and gained enough flying time to
achieve the thirty-five hours necessary for acceptance to train at Avenger Field. On June 24, 1945, she married naval officer
Frank Ross Cutler in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and settled in Long Beach, CA. She died December 11, 1978 and is buried at Fairview
Cemetery, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Conditions Governing Use
Some copyright may be reserved. Consult with the library director for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials in this Collection were donated to the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
Preferred Citation
[Item], [Filing Unit], [Series Title], [Subgroups], [Record Group Title and Number], [Repository “San Diego Air & Space Museum
Library & Archives”]
Scope and Contents
Documents, photos and a book related to Virginia Streeter's life.
Related Materials
Related SDASM Resources: Women of Aviation Collection https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/sets/72157629690156903
Related Research Institutions: Texas Women’s University http://www.twu.edu/library/wasp/wasppdf/cutler.pdf
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women Airforce Service Pilots
Women in aeronautics
World War, 1939-1945
Streeter, Virginia (Cutler)
Folder One – WASP roster, 1949; typed address roster.
Folder Two – two sleeves of newspaper and magazine articles.
Folder Three – four sleeves of B&W photographs; three Fifinella stickers.
Folder Four – magazine pages with images of aircraft
Folder Five – six aeronautical charts.
Folder Five – six aeronautical charts.
Three panoramic photographs
