- Created by
- Major Raney, Della Hayden, American, 1912-1987
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- United States Army Air Force, American, 1941 - 1947
- Date
- 1940-1945
- Medium
- ink on paper with leather cover
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 13 × 10 5/16 × 1 13/16 in. (33 × 26.2 × 4.6 cm)
- Description
- A scrapbook created by Della Hayden Raney, the principal chief nurse at Tuskegee Army Airfield during World War II. The scrapbook has a leather cover with the Air Force Pilot crest and a depiction of three planes flying amidst a cloud. The bottom right corner of the front of the cover has text that reads: [TUSKEGEE ARMY FLYING SCHOOL]. The interior pages contain photographs, clippings, an Association of Military Surgeons' Certificate, a signed photograph of Colonel Bousefield, head of the African American Medical Group at Tuskegee, and other ephemera connected with the Tuskegee Flying School. The back cover is blank.
- Place depicted
- Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- scrapbooks
- Topic
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Medicine
- Military
- Nursing
- Tuskegee Airmen
- Women
- World War II
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.63.81a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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