Frederick D. Smith appointment to first lieutenant, Army Air Forces, Tuskegee Institute
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2109
Scope and Contents note
A Southeast Army Air Forces Training Center appointment to first lieutenant for Smith, a Tuskegee Airman.
Dates
- 1944 December 29
Language of Materials note
Materials are in English.
Biographical/Historical note
Frederick D. Smith (1917-2001) was born in Kansas. During World War Two he joined the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American pilots. After the war he attended Hastings College of the Law. He became the first African American attorney for the San Francisco's Public Defenders Office. In 1974 he became Chief Attorney under Public Defender, Robert Nico.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 Certificate)
Abstract
A Southeast Army Air Forces Training Center appointment to first lieutenant for Smith, a Tuskegee Airman.
Provenance
Purchase from Bolerium Books, 2006.
General
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Processed by
Rosanne Rumstay, 2008.
Source
- Bolerium Books (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Frederick D. Smith appointment to first lieutenant, Army Air Forces, Tuskegee Institute.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jon Fuller
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository