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Tuskegee Airmen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1446
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Scope and Contents

This collection contains photocopies of materials relating to the Tuskegee Airmen, the group of men who participated in the first pilot training program for African-Americans during World War II. The collection includes articles, clippings, press releases, programs, membership rosters, and a typescript of "My Personal History of the Tuskegee Experience," by Walter J. Palmer.

Dates

  • Creation: 1983 - 1989

Extent

0.05 Linear Feet (photocopies)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Photocopied articles, clippings, press releases, programs, membership rosters, and memoirs relating to the Tuskegee Airmen, the group of men who participated in the first pilot training program for African-Americans during World War II.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Ms. Daria G. Neal ; addition by Jerry A. Davis, Jr., 1990

Title
Guide to the Tuskegee Airmen Collection
Status
Completed
Date
July 2010
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0266
205.348.0513