Scrapbook of Major Della Hayden Raney
date: label: Date
content: 1940-1945
name: label: Created by
content: Major Della Hayden Raney, American, 1912-1987
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
label: Subject of
content: United States Army Air Force, American, 1941 - 1947
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place depicted
content: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Nursing
label: Topic
content: Tuskegee Airmen
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: World War II
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.63.81a-d
objectType: label: Type
content: scrapbooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with leather cover
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 13 × 10 5/16 × 1 13/16 in. (33 × 26.2 × 4.6 cm)