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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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003

Recorded by

Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American

Interview of

Harris, Charles A., American, 1927 - 2016

Interviewed by

Salahu-Din, Deborah Tulani, American

Subject of

Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998

Flash Newspicture Magazine, American, founded 1937

Pittsburgh Courier, American, 1907 - 1965

Negro League Baseball Players Association, American, founded 1990

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration (2016.129.11.1a): 59.6 minutes

Duration (2016.129.11.2a): 59.8 minutes

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date

August 2, 2016

Description

The oral history consists of 2016.129.11.1a and 2016.129.11.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.

99.64389 GB

Charles A. Harris was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. The Harris family donated a camera, two magazines, an award, and several photographs to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

In this oral history interview, Charles "T" Harris, Jr. talks in detail about his father, the photographer, Charles H. Harris. He describes his father’s work as a photographer for Flash Magazine, where he got his start, and for the Pittsburgh Courier. He also discusses his father’s involvement in the Negro League Baseball and with the professional African American basketball team.

Unedited File: Unedited digital file of oral history interview. This file is necessary in case we need to refer to the original recording for any reason and/or want to use a portion of the file that has been edited out.

Edited File: Videographer has minimized or eliminated interruptions, false starts and any unnecessary sounds. An agreed upon slate has also been added with title, date, and logo. Separate files of the same interview have been concatenated. This is the copy that will be made available to the public and/or researchers and uploaded to the website.

Topic

African American

Baseball

Basketball

Communities

Families

Mass media

Museums

Photography

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2016.129.11.1a-2a

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture

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Collection title

The Collection Donor Oral History Project

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture