Documents from an architecture workshop at Tuskegee University

Created by

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

Subject of

National Endowment for the Arts, American, founded 1965

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

Bond, J. Max Jr., American, 1935 - 2009

Dr. Dozier, Richard K., American

Anthony, Carl, American, born 1939

Foy, Isaac

Taylor, Robert Robinson, American, 1868 - 1942

Lankford, John A., American, 1874 - 1946

Box, John Harold, American, 1929 - 2011

Fly, Everett L., American

Dr. Warfield, John, American, died 2007

Dr. Vlach, John Michael

Britt, Stanford

Owned by

Williams, Harold Louis, American, 1924 - 2015

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 11 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (28.6 × 21.6 cm)

Type

documents

Classification

Documents and Published Materials

Archival Collections

Place used

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

January 17-18, 1980

Description

Folder with documents from an architecture workshop at Tuskegee University. The cover of the folder has a central image of unidentified students working at drafting tables. There are architectural drawings and building images in the background. Printed black text above the image reads [CENTER FOR AFRO-AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE / Tuskegee, Alabama / Planning Workshop #4 / January 17-18, 1980 / Tuskegee Institute, Alabama]. At the bottom there is text for [Sponsored By: / Department of Architecture, Tuskegee Institute and the National Endowment of the Arts – A Federal Agency.] The back of the folder has an image of uniformed men outside of a columned building identified as [NEGRO BUILDING].

Inside the folder are three (3) packets of paper, each stapled together. The first packet, titled “Final Workshop,” discusses the proposed creation of a National Resource Center on Afro-American Architecture. There is a workshop schedule on the last page. The other two (2) packets discuss workshop abstracts and speakers, the first on “History, Tradition and Directions of African American Architecture” and the second on “Afro-American Environmental Arts: Relationships and Research.” The packets have black printed text on white paper and the reverse of each page is blank.

Topic

Architecture

Education

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Betty Smith Williams in memory of Harold Louis Williams

Object number

TA2017.53.5.1.14.1

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

Army Air Force jumpsuit worn by Frederick E. White

Used by

White, Frederick E., Jr., American, 1911 - 1991

Manufactured by

Cleveland Overall Company, American, 1915 - 1961

Medium

cotton (textile) , metal , leather and thread

Dimensions

H x W (Flat): 62 × 18 in. (157.5 × 45.7 cm)

Type

jump suits

Classification

Clothing-Historical

Place used

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

1942 - 1947

Description

Light brown Army Air Force jump suit with zippers. The center front has a zip closure that runs from neck to inseam. The sleeves of the jump suit both have a split cuff with a single button closure. The proper left sleeve has a pen pocket. There are two diagonal zipper breast pockets and two inset pockets at the hip with zippers. Additional pockets with zipper closures are also on the front knees of both legs, as well as, on the outside bottom of each leg. There are two zipper closures at the foot of both legs. There is a faded stamped insignia on the proper left arm. The insignia is round with a blue background. In the lower half, centered, is a white, five-pointed star with a red circle in the center. A pair of white wings extends out from the star. Faded, below the insignia is white text that reads: [ARMY AIR FORCE]. A similar stamped insignia is found at the nape of the neck inside, below the clothing tag. This insignia is a white outline of the star, circle, and wings, also with white text centered below it that reads: [ARMY AIR FORCE]. The sewn on clothing tag, found above the insignia, is black with yellow text that reads: [SUIT FLYING, VERY LIGHT, COTTON TWILL/TYPE K-1/SPECIFICATION NO. 3232/SIZE MEDIUM REGULAR/AAF STOCK NO. 8300-810000/ORDER NO. (33-038) 45-10365-AF/CLEVELAND OVERALL CO.].

Topic

Clothing and dress

Military

Tuskegee Airmen

World War II

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vivian Gilliam in memory of Stu Gilliam

Object number

2014.178.14

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

P. H. Polk photog. at Tuskegee Institute

Photograph by

Barboza, Anthony, American, born 1944

Subject of

Polk, P. H., American, 1898 - 1984

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (sheet): 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)

H x W (image): 9 15/16 × 6 11/16 in. (25.2 × 17 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Place captured

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

1970s

Description

A black and white photographic portrait of P. H. Polk at Tuskegee Institute. Polk stands with his right shoulder leaning against a white wall, with his face and shoulders facing towards the camera. His right hand rest above his right hip. He wears glasses and a buttoned cardigan sweater with broad dark and light-colored stripes. The print is signed by the artist on the front bottom right corner. In the opposite corner is the title [P.H. Polk photo at Tuskegee Institute]. Polk was the head of the photography department at the Tuskegee Institute from 1938 until he retired in 1984.

Topic

Education

Photography

Credit Line

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

Object number

2016.99.24

Restrictions & Rights

© Anthony Barboza

Girls of the Booker Washington School, Tuskegee, Ala. -- Mrs. McKinley in near carriage.

Photograph by

Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901

Published by

Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s

Subject of

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

McKinley, Ida, American, 1847 - 1907

Unidentified Woman or Women

Unidentified Man or Men

Medium

albumen, sodium chloride and silver nitrate on photographic paper and cardboard

Dimensions

H x W: 3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.9 x 17.8 cm)

Type

stereographs

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Place filmed

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

1899

Description

A stereograph produced by Underwood & Underwood, dated 1899, of an outdoor scene titled: [Girls of the Booker Washington School, Tuskegee, Ala. -- Mrs. McKinley in near carriage / Copyright 1899 by Strohmeyer & Wyman]. The stereograph is rectangular in shape with two identical albumen photographs that are square-shaped with a curved top edge attached to a piece of cardboard. The images feature a large procession of students in the middle of a street flanked by crowds of people. In the bottom left of each image, First Lady Ida McKinley is seated in a carriage that lines the street. The background of the photograph contains a large arch made of streamers and American flags. The left edge of the stereograph contains the following textual information: [Underwood & Underwood, Publishers / New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas] and the right side contains: [Works and Studios / Arlington, N.J. Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C.].

Topic

Education

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

Photography

Women

Credit Line

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

Object number

2011.155.185

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

J. Max Bond, Sr. Home Movie #3

16mm motion picture film of J. Max Bond, Sr. home movie #3

Created by

Bond, J. Max, Sr., American, 1902 - 1991

Medium

16mm Film (a): acetate film;

Film Reel (b): metal

Dimensions

Duration: 13 Minutes

Length (Film): 350 Feet

Type

home movies

Collection title

J. Max Bond, Sr. Family Home Movies

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Place captured

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

1939-1941

Caption

This 16mm film is from a collection of home movies shot by J. Max Bond Sr. between 1930-1960. The collection features travel footage, family outings, and gatherings with family and friends.

Description

This 16mm color film is one of ten home movies shot by J. Max Bond, Sr. from 1930 to 1960. The footage mainly focuses on family, travel, and educational institutions with which J. Max Bond Sr. was associated.

Consists of: 16mm Film (a) and Original 400 foot Film Reel (b).

2016.16.3.1a: 16mm film. The film opens with a wide shot of men cheering from a covered grandstand at a homecoming football game. This is followed by pan shots of finely dressed women standing in a line and seated men cheering for the camera. Subsequently, there are wide shots of the football team warming up and of the game itself. Next, there are multiple shots of the Tuskegee marching band performing on the football field. The camera then shoots a man speaking to the crowd. This is followed by more shots of the marching band and the football game. The film then cuts to scenes from a ceramics class. There are multiple shots of ceramic objects and a close up of a bust of Booker T. Washington being sculpted. The following scene depicts children in a classroom with wide shots of the children and a teacher seated in a circle and multiple portrait-style shots of the children and teachers. Next, a weaving class is shown with wide shots of a loom in operation and students showing off objects they've made in the class. This is followed by multiple shots of a cooking class where a teacher is training students in various techniques. The next several shots are out of focus, but appear to depict people formally entering a room. The film ends with multiple shots from a funeral with both wide and portrait-style shots of the mourners.

2016.16.3.1b: Original 400 foot film reel.

Topic

Art

Cooking and dining

Education

Film

Football

Funeral customs and rites

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Family of George Clement Bond

Object number

2016.16.3.1ab

Restrictions & Rights

© Alison Bond

George Washington Carver, Tuskegee, Alabama

Created by

Rothstein, Arthur, American, 1915 - 1985

Subject of

Carver, George Washington, American, 1860s - 1943

Published by

Hyperion Press Ltd, American, founded 1978

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 12 x 9 1/8 in. (30.5 x 23.2 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 x 11 1/16 in. (35.4 x 28.1 cm)

H x W (Mat): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

1941; printed 1981

Description

A black-and-white photograph of George Washington Carver, shown bust-length, wearing a suit and boutineer. An arrangement of flowers is in the lower right corner of the image, and there is a brick wall behind him.

Topic

Education

Photography

Science

Credit Line

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

Object number

2012.107.33

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Souvenir Program for the Southern Tennis Association Annual Tournament

Created by

Southern Tennis Association, American, founded 1881

Subject of

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

American Tennis Association, American, founded 1916

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (26.7 x 18.4 cm)

Type

programs

Classification

Documents and Published Materials

Place used

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

August 1933

Description

A souvenir program for an annual tennis tournament sanctioned by the Southern Tennis Association held at the Tuskegee Institute August 2nd through August 5th, 1933.

Topic

Associations and institutions

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

Tennis

Credit Line

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

Object number

2012.46.68.28

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

George Washington Carver in Laboratory

Created by

Polk, P. H., American, 1898 - 1984

Subject of

Carver, George Washington, American, 1860s - 1943

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image and Sheet): 9 7/16 × 7 3/8 in. (24 × 18.7 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Place captured

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 1930

Description

Silver gelatin photograh featuring an image of George Washington Carver shown in a laboratory wearing an apron and holding a beaker in his left hand.

Topic

Education

Photography

Science

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Delano A. Willis

Object number

2009.30.2

Restrictions & Rights

© Tuskegee University Archives

Memorial Quilt for Tuskegee Airman 2d Lt. James McCullin

Created by

McCullin, Vivian Lucille, American

Subject of

Second Lieutenant McCullin, James L., American, 1919 - 1943

Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946

99th Pursuit Squadron, American, 1941 - 1949

Medium

cloth and ink

Dimensions

H x W: 41 x 39 3/4 in. (104.1 x 101 cm)

Type

quilts

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Textiles-Quilts

Place depicted

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Italy, Europe

Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America

Date

after 1943

Description

A quilt made in memory of Lt. James McCullin. The majority of the quilt's background is a tan fabric with a dotted blue floral design. The border of the quilt is navy blue fabric with a dotted tan floral design. In the center of the quilt is a printed photograph of James McCullin dressed as a World War II pilot. Around the portrait are triangular pieces of the blue fabric forming a sunburst pattern. Around the edges of the quilt are pieces of fabric with images and text printed on them. Many of these pieces are McCullin's personal documents such as his diploma, Army certification, and correspondence with the War Department concerning his disappearance in 1943. The images include the plane he flew, his grave, and the building named after him at Kentucky State University.

Topic

Families

Military

Tuskegee Airmen

World War II

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the McCullin Family, in memory of Second Lieutenant James L. McCullin

Object number

2013.52.2

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

The Sharecropper

Created by

Battey, C. M., American, 1873 - 1927

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 7 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. (20 x 17.1 cm)

Sheet size: 17 x 13 15/16 in. (43.2 x 35.4 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Place made

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

1920

Description

A black-and-white image of an elderly man seated with a blanket draped over his legs. He is looking at his hands, which are holding something in front of him. the photographer's mark is in the lower right corner of the image: [C.M. BATTEY / TUSKEGEE INST., ALA. / COPYRIGHTED].

Topic

Agriculture

Domestic life

Labor

Photography

Credit Line

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

Object number

2009.37.4

Restrictions & Rights

© Tuskegee Archives

Photograph of the 1929 Tuskegee Institute men's basketball team

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Falkener, George Harold, American, 1898 - 1984

Unidentified Man or Men

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Sheet): 11 7/8 × 13 1/2 in. (30.2 × 34.3 cm)

H x W (Image): 7 3/8 × 9 5/16 in. (18.8 × 23.7 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

1929

Description

A black and white photograph of the 1929 Tuskegee Institute men's basketball team in a black, cardboard mat. There are fifteen boys and two men posing in two rows. Most of the boys are wearing basketball uniforms with dark shorts and white shirts with the word [TUSKEGEE] written on the front of the white tank tops. The player seated in the middle of the bottom row is holding a basketball. The man pictured on the far left side of the photograph is wearing an officer’s military service uniform and the man pictured on the far right side of the photograph is wearing a newsboy cap, medium toned three-piece suit and striped tie. George Harold Falkener is standing in the top row, third player from the right. The team in sitting outside with trees and buildings in the background. There is a white inscription on the bottom, right corner of the photograph, a hyphenated name and location. A handwritten note on the back in pencil identifies the class name and date.

Topic

Athletes

Basketball

Education

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

Men

Photography

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme

Object number

2014.94.29

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Pillow sham with Tuskegee Flying School poem

Manufactured by

Unidentified

Subject of

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

United States Army, American, founded 1775

Medium

silk (textile)

Dimensions

H x W (Without Fringe): 17 × 17 in. (43.2 × 43.2 cm)

H x W x D (With Fringe): 19 3/4 × 19 1/4 × 1/2 in. (50.2 × 48.9 × 1.3 cm)

Type

pillow shams

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Exhibition

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Place depicted

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

1941-1946

Description

A square-shaped silk pillow sham used by the Tuskegee Flying School. The sham has an applique of American Eagle in red above a poem in blue edged with decorative tasseled edges. The poem beneath the eagle reads: [To my wife, a lovely darling little wife/ has made my dreams come true/ She's lightened all the cares of life/ her name my sweet is YOU. My memories are quite complete-You share in all I do/ My heart's a sanctum that I keep/ Reserved for thoughts of you].

Topic

Families

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

Military

World War II

Credit Line

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

Object number

2012.46.57

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

The Boss

Created by

Polk, P. H., American, 1898 - 1984

Subject of

Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Place captured

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

1932

Description

Silver gelatin photograh featuring an image of African American woman wearing headscarf with her hands placed on her hips.

Topic

Agriculture

Photography

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Delano A. Willis

Object number

2009.30.1

Restrictions & Rights

© Tuskegee University Archives

Booker T. Washington

Created by

Battey, C. M., American, 1873 - 1927

Subject of

Washington, Booker T., American, 1856 - 1915

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (23.5 x 17.1 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Place made

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 1908

Description

A black-and-white print of a bust-length portrait of Booker T. Washington, seated left.

Topic

Education

Photography

Social reform

Credit Line

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

Object number

2009.37.2

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

W.E.B. Du Bois

Created by

Battey, C. M., American, 1873 - 1927

Subject of

W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image and Sheet): 13 5/8 × 10 5/16 in. (34.6 × 26.2 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

1918

Description

A black-and-white, bust-length portrait of W.E.B. Du Bois. Du Bois has a mustache and wears a bow tie.

Topic

Civil rights

Photography

Social reform

Credit Line

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

Object number

2009.37.3

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

J. Max Bond, Sr. Home Movie #2

16mm motion picture film of J. Max Bond, Sr. home movie #2

Created by

Bond, J. Max, Sr., American, 1902 - 1991

Medium

16mm Film (a): acetate film;

Film Reel (b): metal

Dimensions

Duration: 12 Minutes

Length (Film): 300 Feet

Type

home movies

Collection title

J. Max Bond, Sr. Family Home Movies

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Place filmed

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 1941

Caption

This 16mm film is from a collection of home movies shot by J. Max Bond Sr. between 1930-1960. The collection features travel footage, family outings, and gatherings with family and friends.

Description

This 16mm color film is one of ten home movies shot by J. Max Bond Sr. from 1930 to 1960. The footage mainly focuses on family, travel, and educational institutions with which J. Max Bond, Sr. was associated.

Consists of: 16mm Film (a) and Original 400 foot Film Reel (b).

2016.16.2.1a: 16mm film. The film opens with color footage of a group men, women, and children sitting on a porch and smiling at the camera. This is followed by scenes of various people working on farms. Next, there is an out of focus wide shot of a family standing on a porch. There are multiple portrait-style shots of children. Followed by multiple shots of cattle. This is followed by black and white footage of school children and three female school teachers entering a rural school house. There are some interior and exterior portrait-style shots of children smiling at the camera. The same portrait-style shots are then used to capture adults standing in a field on a farm.

2016.16.2.1b: Original 400 foot film reel.

Topic

Agriculture

Children

Education

Film

Rural life

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Family of George Clement Bond

Object number

2016.16.2.1ab

Restrictions & Rights

© Alison Bond

Kathleen Cleaver, Ph. D. Oral History Interview

Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Cleaver, Kathleen Ph. D., American, born 1945

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998

Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 02:03:09

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Collection title

Civil Rights History Project

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Place collected

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

India, Asia

Philippines, Asia

Date

September 16, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.51.1a, 2011.174.51.1b, 2011.174.51.1c, 2011.174.51.1d, 2011.174.51.1e, 2011.174.51.1f, 2011.174.51.1g, 2011.174.51.1h, 2011.174.51.1i, and 2011.174.51.1j.

Kathleen Cleaver, Ph. D. recalls growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, India, and the Philippines while her father worked for the Foreign Service. She remembers dropping out of college to work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as a secretary, and witnessing the dissolution of that organization. She discusses meeting her former husband, Eldridge Cleaver, joining the Black Panther Party, and organizing against police brutality.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp005

Topic

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Social reform

United States--History--1945-1953

United States--History--1953-1961

United States--History--1961-1969

United States--History--1969-2001

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number

2011.174.51.1a-j

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Tuskegee Airmen scrapbook compiled by Daisy Crockett

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

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

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

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

Photograph of the 25th anniversary of the founding of Tuskegee Institute

Photograph by

Johnston, Frances B., American, 1864 - 1952

Subject of

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

Unidentified Woman or Women

Abbott, Lyman, American, 1835 - 1922

Carnegie, Andrew, Scottish-American, 1835 - 1919

Eliot, Charles W., American, 1834 - 1926

Dr. Frissell, Hollis Burke, American, 1852 - 1917

Macy, V. Everit, American, 1871 - 1930

Schieffelin, William Jay, American, 1866 - 1955

Seligman, Isaac N., American, 1855 - 1917

Spence, Clara B., American, 1862 - 1923

Wilcox, William G., American, 1851 - 1917

Unidentified Man or Men

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (image): 7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (19.7 × 24.8 cm)

H x W (mount): 8 × 13 in. (20.3 × 33 cm)

H x W (mat): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Place captured

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

1906

Description

A black-and-white photograph taken at the 25th anniversary of the founding of Tuskegee University. At center of the photograph is a reviewing stand on which supporters of the University, including Trustees, dignitaries, educators, and philanthropists, are gathered to watch the proceedings. The reviewing stand is decorated with American flags and bunting. In the foreground, female Tuskegee students march past the reviewing stand, from proper right to proper left. The women are wearing full-length, long-sleeved dresses and hats. In the background are campus buildings, rolling hills and fences.

Topic

American South

Education

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

Photography

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

United States--History--1865-1921

Women

Credit Line

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

Object number

2016.49.5

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions