Guide to the Ralph Smith collection on the Tuskegee Airmen
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Title: Ralph Smith collection on the Tuskegee Airmen
Collection Number: 159
Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Extent:
4.75 linear feet
Date: circa 1985-2009
Abstract: The Ralph Smith collection on the Tuskegee Airmen is contained within the Tuskegee Airmen Archive. This archive consists of
material related to those individuals who served at Tuskegee Army Air Field, and its predecessors, as well as material pertaining
to Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., a non-profit organization.
This collection contains press clippings, posters, videocassettes, and commemoratives regarding the Tuskegee Airmen and Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. that were collected by Colonel Ralph Smith (USAF-Ret).
This collection contains press clippings, posters, videocassettes, and commemoratives regarding the Tuskegee Airmen and Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. that were collected by Colonel Ralph Smith (USAF-Ret).
Creator:
Smith, Ralph
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Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Ralph Smith collection on the Tuskegee Airmen is contained within the Tuskegee Airmen Archive. This archive consists of
material related to those individuals who served at Tuskegee Army Air Field, and its predecessors, as well as material pertaining
to Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., a non-profit organization.
This collection contains press clippings, posters, videocassettes, and commemoratives regarding the Tuskegee Airmen and Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. that were collected by Colonel Ralph Smith (USAF-Ret).
This collection contains press clippings, posters, videocassettes, and commemoratives regarding the Tuskegee Airmen and Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. that were collected by Colonel Ralph Smith (USAF-Ret).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African American fighter pilots.
Clippings (information artifacts).
Posters.
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd History.
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th History.
Videocassettes.
World War II.