Tuskegee Airmen scrapbook compiled by Daisy McMurray Crockett
date: label: Date
content: 1943-1945
name: label: Created by
content: Daisy McMurray Crockett, American, died 2000
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
label: Subject of
content: 332d Fighter Group, American, 1942 - 1949
label: Subject of
content: 99th Pursuit Squadron, American, 1941 - 1949
label: Subject of
content: 100th Fighter Squadron, American, 1942 - 1945
label: Subject of
content: Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American, 1912 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Maj. Charles B. Hall, American, 1920 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
label: Subject of
content: Pittsburgh Courier, American, 1907 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Edgar T. Rouzeau, 1905 - 1958
label: Subject of
content: Woodrow W. Crockett, American, 1918 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: 477th Bombardment Group, American, 1943 - 1947
notes: label: Description
content: A scrapbook filled with newspaper and magazine clippings related to the missions and lives of the Tuskegee Airmen between 1943 and 1945. The scrapbook was compiled by Daisy McMurray Crockett, the wife of airman Woodrow W. Crockett. The pages of the scrapbook are bound between two faux leather covers with an open binding on the left side. The cover is red with tooled designs and features two small children dressed in Dutch clothing colored in gold. Below the figures the words [Scrap Book] appear in relief.
label: Description
content: The scrapbook is approximately 80 sheets of paper with all but the last 3-4 pages filled with hundreds of clippings, predominantly from magazines and newspapers. The source of most of the clippings is not identified, but those that are identified come from a number of publications, including the Hawk's Cry (a semi-monthly newsletter from the Tuskegee Institute), Yank Army Weekly, Selfridge Field News, Arkansas Survey-Journal, Pittsburgh Courier, Arkansas Democrat, Chicago Defender, and the Afro-American. Many of the articles from the Pittsburgh Courier were written by Edgar T. Rouzeau and feature the double VV for victory campaign. The articles focus almost exclusively on the Tuskegee Airmen and their service. Benjamin O. Davis, Charles B. Hall, Capt. George Spencer Roberts, Othal Dickson, Charles H. Debow, Col. Robert Selway, Bishop John A. Gregg, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the 100th fighter squadron, the 332d Fighter Group, the 553d Fighter-Bomber Squadron, and the 477th Bombardment Group are prominently featured.
label: Description
content: There is a small paper parachute folded and placed between two pages near the middle of the book. There are also a series of full page pictures of different aircraft flown by the USAAF.
place: label: Place made
content: Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Tuskegee Army Air Field, Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Selfridge Field, Macomb County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Aeronautics
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Tuskegee Airmen
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lt. Col. Woodrow W. Crockett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.43.4
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: paper, ink on newsprint, cardboard, imitation leather
label: Dimensions
content: 14 1/2 x 12 x 2 3/4 in. (36.8 x 30.5 x 7 cm)