Digitized Content Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Collection
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Creators:
Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-
Dates:
1928-1990
Size:
75.03 Cubic feet (168 boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.1992.0023
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of 72 linear feet of the papers of Benjamin O. Davis. Included are the following types of material: programs, invitations, certificates, correspondence, published material, and photographs.

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Digitized Content Lieutenant Ahmed A. "Sammy" Rayner Negatives Collection
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Dates:
1944-1945
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (Legal Folder (creased at 2nd score))
Collection ID:
NASM.1993.0074
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of forty 4 by 5 inch b/w copy negatives relating to the 477th Bombardment Group training activities in the United States, May 1944 to January 1945.

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Digitized Content Black Wings Exhibit and Book Collection
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Creators:
National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
Hardesty, Von, 1939-
Dates:
1917-2000
bulk 1981-1986
Size:
13.38 Cubic feet (11 legal document boxes, 1 shoe box (5 x 8 inches), 6 records center boxes )
Collection ID:
NASM.1993.0060
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of background material collected in support of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) exhibit "Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation" (opened in 1982) and its companion book (published 1983) by curators Von Hardesty and Dominick Pisano, a related symposium, educational materials, and a travelling version of the exhibit. The collection contains photographs and textual materials used in the exhibit and book, internal correspondence and memoranda, and a large amount of material gathered for research purposes but not used in any "Black Wings" production.

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