Created by

Crockett, Daisy, American

Subject of

Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946

332d Fighter Group, American, 1942 - 1949

99th Pursuit Squadron, American, 1941 - 1949

100th Fighter Squadron, American, 1942 - 1945

Davis, Benjamin O. Jr., American, 1912 - 2002

Maj. Hall, Charles B., American, 1920 - 1971

The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905

Pittsburgh Courier, American, 1907 - 1965

Rouzeau, Edgar T., 1905 - 1958

Crockett, Woodrow W., American, 1918 - 2012

477th Bombardment Group, American, 1943 - 1947

Medium

paper, ink on newsprint, cardboard, imitation leather

Dimensions

14 1/2 x 12 x 2 3/4 in. (36.8 x 30.5 x 7 cm)

Type

scrapbooks

Place made

Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Tuskegee Army Air Field, Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Selfridge Field, Macomb County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America

Date

1943-1945

Description

A scrapbook filled with newspaper and magazine clippings related to the missions and lives of the Tuskegee Airmen between 1943 and 1945. The scrapbook was compiled by Daisy Crockett, the wife of airman Woodrow W. Crockett. The pages of the scrapbook are bound between two faux leather covers with an open binding on the left side. The cover is red with tooled designs and features two small children dressed in Dutch clothing colored in gold. Below the figures the words [Scrap Book] appear in relief.

The scrapbook is approximately 80 sheets of paper with all but the last 3-4 pages filled with hundreds of clippings, predominantly from magazines and newspapers. The source of most of the clippings is not identified, but those that are identified come from a number of publications, including the Hawk's Cry (a semi-monthly newsletter from the Tuskegee Institute), Yank Army Weekly, Selfridge Field News, Arkansas Survey-Journal, Pittsburgh Courier, Arkansas Democrat, Chicago Defender, and the Afro-American. Many of the articles from the Pittsburgh Courier were written by Edgar T. Rouzeau and feature the double VV for victory campaign. The articles focus almost exclusively on the Tuskegee Airmen and their service. Benjamin O. Davis, Charles B. Hall, Capt. George Spencer Roberts, Othal Dickson, Charles H. Debow, Col. Robert Selway, Bishop John A. Gregg, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the 100th fighter squadron, the 332d Fighter Group, the 553d Fighter-Bomber Squadron, and the 477th Bombardment Group are prominently featured.

There is a small paper parachute folded and placed between two pages near the middle of the book. There are also a series of full page pictures of different aircraft flown by the USAAF.

Topic

African American

Families

Mass media

Military

Segregation

Tuskegee Airmen

World War II

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lt. Col. Woodrow W. Crockett

Object number

2012.43.4

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture