Tuskegee Institute
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Booker T. Washington, Commemorative Articles and Other Miscellaneous Items
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2705
Overview
Commemorative articles about Tuskegee Institute and its founder, the educator, Booker T. Washington. Also copies of a few articles by this renowned turn of the century leader of Afro-Americans and a copy of his autobiography, Up From Slavery. Also includes photographs of Washington and his family and facsimiles of his passport application and death certificate. This material reflects Washington's philosophy of economic self help for African-Americans.
Dates:
1881-1981
Carl B. Allen Papers Regarding Early Aviation
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2252
Overview
Correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, documents, photographs and other papers of Carl B. Allen, Army Air Corps officer, aviator, and newspaper writer. Subjects include the development of the Autogiro, 1930; air mail, 1933-1935; the Howell Inquiry, 1934-1937; the Army and aviation, 1934-1936; aviation achievements, 1934-1937; George W. Carver's work at Tuskegee; South American round trip, 1936; first trans-Pacific flight, 1936; Amelia Earhart; the Ford Air Tour, 1926-1927; America...
Dates:
1918-1971
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- Aeronautics 1
- African Americans 1
- Air Mail -- 1933-1935 1
- Airships 1
- Autogiros -- Development 1