Thomas Garvin Korean War Scrapbook
name: label: Creator
content: Garvin, Thomas
label: Creator
content: Vines, Gail
topic: label: Topic
content: War in art
label: Topic
content: Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Art and war
label: Topic
content: Fighter pilots
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The scrapbook was donated to the Archives Center by Ms. Gail Vines, Garvin's daughter, in December 2000.
label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Ms. Gail Vines, daughter of the artist.
creator: label: Creator
content: Garvin, Thomas
label: Creator
content: Vines, Gail
setName: label: See more items in
content: Thomas Garvin Korean War Scrapbook
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Thomas Garvin was a fighter pilot during the Korean War.  During his tour he wrote letters home with a hand-drawn illustration on each envelope.  He also edited an Air Force magazine calledAir Scoop.

According to an unidentified article sent by Gail Vines, Garvin's daughter:

"Thomas Garvin graduated from the Army Air Corps cadets as a second lieutenant in 1945.  He served as a flight instructor at Perrin Field, Texas, and was then transferred to Williams AFB, Arizona.  His next duty assignment was to Korea, where he served through 1952, flying 100 missions in F-86 and being credited with one confirmed MIG-15 kill and one probable kill.  

"After Korean combat, he was assigned to the 50th Fighter Wing, Cannon AFB, New Mexico, and then to duty as operations officer of the 38th Squadron, Alexandria, Louisiana...."
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951-1953
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0756
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Envelopes
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Jennifer Synder, January 2002.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Envelopes
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings -- 1930-1970
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: One scrapbook of fourteen pages consisting of hand-drawn illustrations cut from envelopes and glued to the scrapbook pages.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Of interest to researchers might be collection #755, Stephen A. Douglas World War II Envelopes, 1942-1945.  Douglas used watercolors to decorate envelopes he sent home to his family during the war.

The Archives Center also has numerous collections containing scrapbooks and war related materials.