Collection Number:	2010/08
Provenance:	Personal research collection created by Betty Kaplan Gubert. Ms. Gubert donated the collection in December 2010. She wrote that she selected the Harsh Research Collection because Chicago played such a huge role in the training and history of early African American pilots.
Size:	12 linear feet (14 archival boxes)
Repository:	Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library (Chicago Public Library), 9525 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60628
Access:	No restrictions
Citation:	When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Betty Gubert Collection of African Americans in Aviation (Box #, Folder #), Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, Chicago Public Library.
Processed by:	Beverly A. Cook, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature

Biographical Note

Betty Kaplan Gubert began her career at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, in September 1969. Then called the Schomburg Collection, it was part of the branch libraries, although its books never circulated. In 1972, NYPL renamed this unique collection and moved it to the research libraries division. Gubert retired in May 1991 as assistant chief librarian for general research and reference at Schomburg.

The Schomburg Collection began in 1926 when Arthur A. Schomburg, a Puerto Rican bibliophile of African and German descent, donated his collection of books, printed materials and artwork to the Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints at the 135th Street Branch. The collection was renamed in his honor in 1940 and is considered one of the premier repositories of black history and culture in the United States. Schomburg served as curator from 1932 until his death in 1938.

Betty Kaplan Gubert graduated from City College of New York (CCNY) with a bachelor of arts in English and received a master of science in library science from Columbia University School of Library Service. Post-graduate study included language courses (Italian) at Middlebury College, Vermont; black studies courses at the New School for Social Research, New York; and art history courses at CCNY. She has published two books on African Americans in aviation. They are Invisible Wings: An Annotated Bibliography on Blacks in Aviation, 1916-1993 (1994) and Distinguished African Americans in Aviation and Space Science (2002), a biographical dictionary of a hundred men and women historically or presently active in this field.

Both books grew out of increasing inquiries from the public about black aviators, but the great impetus was the 1983 visit to Schomburg by Von Hardesty and Dom Pisano of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.; the pair came to do research for their groundbreaking exhibition “Black Wings.” They were most generous in exchanging information with Schomburg. The catalyst for publication was Richard Newman, an editor at Garland Publishing. He wanted to sign up librarians to create bibliographies on little-known areas of the black experience. Garland also published bibliographies on black dance by Alice Adamczyk and black photographers by Deborah Willis Thomas.

Gubert’s other published works include Early Black Bibliographies, 1863-1918 (1982) with Richard Newman and Nine Decades of Scholarship: A Bibliography of the Writings 1892-1983 of the Staff of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (1986). Gubert served as art editor of MultiCultural Review for its first 13 years. She has contributed articles on art, aviation and other subjects to African Arts, American Libraries, Encarta Africana, Black Women in America, Notable Black Women, Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History, St. James Guide to Black Artists and The Harvard Guide to African American History.

Sources

• Blacks in the Army Air Forces during World War II: The Problems of Race Relations. United States Air Force, 1986.
• Gubert, Betty Kaplan. Invisible Wings: An Annotated Bibliography on Blacks in Aviation, 1916-1993. Greenwood Press, 1994.
• Gubert, Betty Kaplan, Miriam Sawyer and Caroline Fannin. Distinguished African Americans in Aviation and Space Science. Oryx Press, 2002.
• Hardesty, Von. Black Wings: Courageous Stories of African Americans in Aviation and Space History. Smithsonian, 2007.
• Holway, John B. Red Tails, Black Wings: The Men of America’s Black Air Force. Yucca Tree Press, 1997.

Scope and Content Note

These files grew out of research Betty Gubert amassed in the writing of Invisible Wings: An Annotated Bibliography of Blacks in Aviation, 1916-1993 [1994] and Distinguished African Americans in Aviation and Space Science [2002]. Gubert’s papers range in date from 1927 to 2002, with the predominant range from the 1930s through the1960s. The collection includes a small group of monographs (many signed and inscribed), pamphlets, letters, photographs, funeral programs, aviation publications, newspaper clippings, audiovisuals, serials and memorabilia. The papers have been arranged in four series: Research Notes, Subject Research Files, Photographs and Memorabilia.

These files represent more than 20 years of research on African American astronauts, educators and commercial pilots, and African Americans in the airline industry. One can trace the development of the friendships between Gubert and the African American pilots and their families in the subject research files, which contain ongoing correspondence. All files are arranged in alphabetical and then chronological order.

Series 1: Research Notes
This series includes Betty Gubert’s personal notes and research methodology. Brochures, grants and information on the Smithsonian’s ongoing exhibits honoring blacks in aviation are also included. There is also a file containing Clementine Skinner’s Christmas holiday letters. Skinner was a longtime Chicago resident, activist and educator, as well as past president of the Chicago chapter of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. Skinner was very helpful in Gubert’s search for information on Willa Brown.

Series 2: Subject Research Files
This series includes correspondence, funeral programs and newspaper clippings. Most of the documents and correspondence span the period from individual African American pilots’ entry into aviation until their death. The files on Chauncey Spencer, son of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer, are of particular interest. They detail his career and the fight to desegregate the armed forces during the 1940s. There are a number of files pertaining to Willa Brown. Gubert had planned to write a biography of Willa Brown. Even though the project was never completed, the research was incorporated in the Leadership Project (SP Films)—“Willa Brown, Aviator” in 1999. This became a one-hour film. There are also comprehensive files on the Tuskegee Airmen, both as a group and individual airmen.

Series 3: Photographs
Most of the photographs are from the U.S. government and are in the public domain. There is a series of photographs from the Bessie Coleman stamp dedication ceremony. The ceremony took place in 1995 in Chicago at Lincoln Cemetery, where she is buried, DuSable Museum and Midway Airport.

Series 4: Memorabilia
This series includes memorial programs, buttons, pins and tributes to Bessie Coleman and other black astronauts and pilots.

Related Collections

At the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature:

• Robert S. Abbott-John H. Sengstacke Family Papers
• Timuel D. Black, Jr. Papers
• Horace Cayton Papers
• Robert O. French Papers
• McGill Family Papers
• Clementine Skinner Papers
• Eugene Winslow Papers

Container List

Series 1: Research Notes
Box 1	Folder 1	Betty Gubert. Bibliography and research notes, [n.d.]
Box 1	Folder 2	Betty Gubert. Business cards and address notes, [n.d.]
Box 1	Folder 3	Betty Gubert. Correspondence from Clementine Skinner, 1995-2000
Box 1	Folder 4	Brochures. African Americans in Aviation, 1995-2000
Box 1	Folder 5	Newsclippings and notes. African Americans in Aviation, 1958-1998
Box 1	Folder 6	Newsclippings and notes. African Americans in Aviation, [A-M], 1953-1994
Box 1	Folder 7	Newsclippings and notes. African Americans in Aviation, [N-Z], 1938-2008
Box 1	Folder 8	Skeel Fund, 1990-1991
Series 2: Subject Research Files
Box 2	Folder 1	Allen, George W.
Box 2	Folder 2	Anderson, Charles A. Sr.
Box 2	Folder 3	Anderson, Michael
Box 2	Folder 4	Anyadike, Kimberly
Box 2	Folder 5	Archer, Lee A.
Box 2	Folder 6	Ashby, Robert
Box 2	Folder 7	Astronauts
Box 2	Folder 8	Newspaper clippings, Aviation, 1931-1993
Box 2	Folder 9	Bailey, George
Box 2	Folder 10	Banning, Herman and Thomas C. Allen
Box 2	Folder 11	Barnett, Earsly and Carl
Box 2	Folder 12	Bluford, Guion Stewart
Box 2	Folder 13	Bolden, Charles F. Jr.
Box 2	Folder 14	Bostic, Ruby
Box 2	Folder 15	Bragg, Janet Harmon Waterford
Box 2	Folder 16	Brown, Jesse Leroy
Box 2	Folder 17	Brown, Jill
Box 2	Folder 18	Brown, Roscoe
Box 2	Folder 19	Brown, Willa. Biography, general (1 of 2)
Box 2	Folder 20	Brown, Willa. Biography, general (2 of 2)
Box 2	Folder 21	Brown, Willa. Biography, 1927-1929
Box 2	Folder 22	Brown, Willa. Biography, 1929
Box 3	Folder 1	Brown, Willa. Biography, 1930
Box 3	Folder 2	Brown, Willa. Biography, 1931
Box 3	Folder 3	Brown, Willa. Biography, 1933
Box 3	Folder 4	Brown, Willa. Biography, 1934-1936
Box 3	Folder 5	Brown, Willa. Biography, 1938
Box 3	Folder 6	Brown, Willa. Biography, 1939
Box 3	Folder 7	Brown, Willa. Biography, 1940-1942
Box 3	Folder 8	Brown, Willa. Biography, 1944-1946
Box 3	Folder 9	Brown, Willa. Biography. Census information
Box 3	Folder 10	Brown, Willa. Biography. Chicago Public Library
Box 3	Folder 11	Brown, Willa. Biography. Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP)
Box 3	Folder 12	Brown, Willa. Biography. Gary, Indiana schools
Box 3	Folder 13	Brown, Willa. Biography. Gary, Indiana history
Box 3	Folder 14	Brown, Willa. Biography. Wilbur Hardaway
Box 3	Folder 15	Brown, Willa. Biography. Interviews. 1 audiocassette with Chauncey Spencer, 6/3/1995 1 audiocassette with Janet Harmon-Bragg, 6/8/1989
Box 3	Folder 16	Brown, Willa. Biography. Theodore K. Lawless, M.D.
Box 3	Folder 17	Brown, Willa. Biography. Obituary. Funeral program and newspaper clippings
Box 3	Folder 18	Brown, Willa. Biography. Research Correspondence (1 of 3)
Box 4	Folder 1	Brown, Willa. Biography. Research Correspondence (2 of 3)
Box 4	Folder 2	Brown, Willa. Biography. Research Correspondence (3 of 3)
Box 4	Folder 3	Brown, Willa. Biography. Tuskegee Airmen, Chicago DODO Chapter
Box 4	Folder 4	Brown, William E. Jr.
Box 4	Folder 5	Bullard, Eugene
Box 4	Folder 6	Burns, Isham Albert, Jr. “Rusty”
Box 4	Folder 7	Cable, Theodore
Box 4	Folder 8	Carruthers, George
Box 4	Folder 9	Cherry, Fred
Box 4	Folder 10	Coffey, Cornelius
Box 4	Folder 11	Coker, Marie Dickerson
Box 4	Folder 12	Coleman, Bessie
Box 4	Folder 13	Crockett, Woodrow
Box 4	Folder 14	Curbeam, Robert L.
Box 4	Folder 15	Custis, Lemuel Rodney
Box 4	Folder 16	Darby, Dorothy
Box 4	Folder 17	Darden, Christine M.
Box 4	Folder 18	Davis, A. Porter
Box 5	Folder 1	Davis, Benjamin O. Jr.
Box 5	Folder 2	Deiz, Robert W.
Box 5	Folder 3	DeBow, Charles H. Jr.
Box 5	Folder 4	Driver, Elwood T.
Box 5	Folder 5	Dwight, Edward J.
Box 5	Folder 6	Ellis, Rachel Carter
Box 5	Folder 7	Ericsson-Jackson, Aprille
Box 5	Folder 8	Esquerre, Jean
Box 5	Folder 9	Forsyth, Roger A.
Box 5	Folder 10	Freeman, Lou
Box 5	Folder 11	Gibbs, Edward A.
Box 5	Folder 12	Gilliam, Isaac T. IV
Box 5	Folder 13	Gomer, Joseph P.
Box 5	Folder 14	Goodman, Robert
Box 5	Folder 15	Green, Marlon D.
Box 5	Folder 16	Green, John W.
Box 5	Folder 17	Gregory, John W.
Box 5	Folder 18	Hall, Charles Blakely
Box 5	Folder 19	Harris, Bernard A. Jr.
Box 6	Folder 1	Harris, David E.
Box 6	Folder 2	Harris, Marcelite J.
Box 6	Folder 3	Harris, Wesley L.
Box 6	Folder 4	Hayes, Marcella A.
Box 6	Folder 5	Haynes, Joseph H.
Box 6	Folder 6	Hollis, Michael L.
Box 6	Folder 7	Hunt, Rufus A.
Box 6	Folder 8	Hutcherson, Fred Jr.
Box 6	Folder 9	Jackman, Melva
Box 6	Folder 10	Jackson, Lewis
Box 6	Folder 11	James, Daniel Jr.
Box 6	Folder 12	Jemison, Mae Carol
Box 6	Folder 13	Jones, Darryl
Box 6	Folder 14	Jones, Willie
Box 6	Folder 15	Julian, Hubert F.
Box 6	Folder 16	Knighten, James B.
Box 6	Folder 17	LaGrone, Roy E.
Box 6	Folder 18	Lawrence, Robert A.
Box 6	Folder 19	Lester, Clarence
Box 6	Folder 20	Loving, Neal V.
Box 6	Folder 21	Marchbanks, Vance H.
Box 7	Folder 1	McIntyre, Dorothy A. Layne
Box 7	Folder 2	McNair, Ronald E.
Box 7	Folder 3	Murphy, Doris H.
Box 7	Folder 4	Negro Airmen International (NAI) Black Pilots of New York anniversary program, 1992
Box 7	Folder 5	Nash, Grover
Box 7	Folder 6	Newton, Lloyd W. “Fig”
Box 7	Folder 7	Norwood, William R.
Box 7	Folder 8	Organization of Black Airline Pilots (OBAP)
Box 7	Folder 9	Peck, James Lincoln Holt
Box 7	Folder 10	Peterson, Frank E.
Box 7	Folder 11	Plinton, James O. Jr.
Box 7	Folder 12	Powell, William J.
Box 7	Folder 13	Purnell, Louis R.
Box 7	Folder 14	Richards, Michael
Box 7	Folder 15	Robinson, Brenda
Box 7	Folder 16	Robinson, John C.
Box 7	Folder 17	Robinson, Theodore
Box 7	Folder 18	Ross, Mac
Box 7	Folder 19	Sheffield, Maceo B.
Box 7	Folder 20	Smith, Ida Van
Box 8	Folder 1	Smith, Luther
Box 8	Folder 2	Spencer, Chauncey
Box 8	Folder 3	Stovall, Emmett
Box 8	Folder 4	Taylor, Carol
Box 8	Folder 5	Terry, Roger C.
Box 8	Folder 6	Tilmon, James
Box 8	Folder 7	Tuskegee Airmen (1 of 3), 1940-1989
Box 8	Folder 8	Tuskegee Airmen (2 of 3), 1990s
Box 8	Folder 9	Tuskegee Airmen (3 of 3), ca. 2000-2010
Box 9	Folder 1	Tuskegee Airmen. Calendar, 1985
Box 9	Folder 2	Tuskegee Airmen. Heart of America Chapter biographical profiles, 2001
Box 9	Folder 3	Tuskegee Airmen. Newsletters
Box 9	Folder 4	Tuskegee Airmen. Roster, 1999
Box 9	Folder 5	Tyus, Shirley
Box 9	Folder 6	Ward, Melissa
Box 9	Folder 7	Washington, Charles E.
Box 9	Folder 8	Washington, Patrice Clarke
Box 9	Folder 9	Watson, Douglas
Box 9	Folder 10	Watson, George Sr. (1 of 2)
Box 9	Folder 11	Watson, George Sr. (2 of 2)
Box 9	Folder 12	Wheeler, Warren H.
Box 9	Folder 13	Whitehead, John L.
Box 9	Folder 14	Williams, Oswald S. Jr.
Box 9	Folder 15	Williams, Paul
Box 9	Folder 16	Young, Perry H. Jr.
Series 3: Photographs
Box 10	001	Major Carl F. Barnett, [n.d.]
Box 10	002	Earsly Taylor Barnett from Jamaican Defence Force, [n.d.]
Box 10	003	Earsly Taylor Barnett from Jamaican Defence Force, [n.d.]
Box 10	004	Ruby L. Bostic, [n.d.]
Box 10	005	Chicago Defender photos (“N.A.A. Defender flyers welcomed home after 3,000-mile tour”), 1938
Box 10	006	Lemuel Rodney Custis, Tuskegee, 99th Fighter Squadron, [n.d.]
Box 10	007	Aprille Ericsson-Jackson, [n.d.]
Box 10	008	Lou Freeman, chief pilot at Midway Airport, [n.d.]
Box 10	009	Lou Freeman, chief pilot at Midway Airport, [n.d.]
Box 10	010	Marlon D. Green, Bob Brown and Calvin Allen at Organization of Black Airline Pilots awards banquet, 2003
Box 10	011	Marlon D. Green and Eleanor Green at OBAP, 2003
Box 10	012	Joseph H. Hayes with aircraft, [n.d.]
Box 10	013	Hubert F. Julian cemetery view, 1992
Box 10	014	Hubert F. Julian headstone, 1992
Box 10	015	Hubert F. Julian headstone, 1992
Box 10	016	Hubert F. Julian headstone, 1992
Box 10	017	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house/historical marker, 1995
Box 10	018	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house/historical marker, 1995
Box 10	019	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house-interior, 1995
Box 10	020	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house-interior, 1995
Box 10	021	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house, 1995
Box 10	022	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house, 1995
Box 10	023	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house-exterior, 1995
Box 10	024	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house-interior, 1995
Box 10	025	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house-interior, 1995
Box 10	026	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house-interior, 1995
Box 10	027	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house-interior, 1995
Box 10	028	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house-decorated cabinet, 1995
Box 10	029	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house-guest room, 1995
Box 10	030	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house-guest room, 1995
Box 10	031	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house-interior, 1995
Box 10	032	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house-lily pond, 1995
Box 10	033	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house, 1995
Box 10	034	Chauncey Spencer at Anne Spencer’s house-interior, 1995
Box 10	035	Chauncey Spencer with wife Anne and Betty Gubert, 1995
Box 10	036	Chauncey Spencer with wife Anne at home, 1995
Box 10	037	Chauncey Spencer with wife Anne, 1995
Box 10	038	Chauncey Spencer, “Edankraal” cottage, 1995
Box 10	039	Chauncey Spencer, “Edankraal” cottage, 1995
Box 10	040	Chauncey Spencer, unidentified home, 1995
Box 10	041	Statue of Thomas McGuire at McGuire Air Force Base, [n.d.]
Box 10	042	Oswald S. Williams, [n.d.]
Box 10	043	Oswald S. Williams, [n.d.]
Box 10	044	Perry H. Young, Jr., [n.d.]
Transparencies
Box 10	045	Guion S. Bluford, Jr., [n.d.]
Box 10	046	Guion S. Bluford, Jr., [n.d.]
Box 10	047	Charles F. Bolden, Jr., [n.d.]
Box 10	048	Yvonne Cagle, [n.d.]
Box 10	049	Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., [n.d.]
Box 10	050	Woody Driver, 1988
Box 10	051	Frederick D. Gregory, [n.d.]
Box 10	052	Frederick D. Gregory, [n.d.]
Box 10	053	Bernard A. Harris, Jr., [n.d.]
Box 10	054	Bernard A. Harris, Jr. at Johnson Space Center, 1991
Box 10	055	Bernard A. Harris, Jr. on space shuttle Discovery, 1995
Box 10	056	Bernard A. Harris, Jr. on space shuttle Discovery, ca. 1990
Box 10	056	Bernard A. Harris, Jr. on space shuttle Discovery, ca. 1990
Box 10	057	Joan E. Higginbotham, 1996
Box 10	058	Mae C. Jemison, [n.d.]
Box 10	059	Mae C. Jemison, [n.d.]
Box 10	060	Ronald E. McNair, 1980
Box 10	061	Ronald E. McNair, [n.d.]
Box 10	062	Nichelle Nichols on tour of Shuttle Astronaut Program, 1977
Box 10	063	Nichelle Nichols on tour of Shuttle Astronaut Program, 1977
Box 10	064	Winston Scott, 1992
Box 10	065	Astronauts Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Frederick Gregory, Mae C. Jemison and Guion S. Bluford, Jr., [n.d.]
8x10 Photos
Box 11	066	Charles Alfred Anderson and Albert E. Forsythe, [n.d.]
Box 11	067	Charles Alfred Anderson, [n.d.]
Box 11	068	Lee Archer, [n.d.]
Box 11	069	J. Herman Banning, [n.d.]
Box 11	070	Charles F. Bolden, Jr., [n.d.]
Box 11	071	Janet H. Bragg, [n.d.]
Box 11	072	Jesse Leroy Brown, [n.d.]
Box 11	073	Jill E. Brown, [n.d.]
Box 11	074	Willa Brown, 1936
Box 11	075	Willa Brown, Dr. A. Porter Davis, Edward and Anne Spencer, Chauncey Spencer, et al., 1939
Box 11	076	Willa Brown, seated in restaurant, [n.d.]
Box 11	077	Willa Brown, 1939
Box 11	078	Willa Brown with Chauncey Spencer, Dale White, Sinclair Drake, Horace Cayton, et al., 1939
Box 11	079	Willa Brown (wearing glove), [n.d.]
Box 11	080	Willa Brown with aircraft, 1940
Box 11	081	Willa Brown, Cornelius Coffey at left, [n.d.]
Box 11	082	Willa Brown with unidentified person on airfield, [n.d.]
Box 11	083	William E. Brown, Jr., [n.d.]
Box 11	084	William E. Brown, Jr. with King Juan Carlos I of Spain, 1981
Box 11	085	Eugene Bullard, [n.d.]
Box 11	086	Isham “Rusty” Burns, [n.d.]
Box 11	087	George R. Carruthers, ca. 1970
Box 11	088	George R. Carruthers receiving NASA medal, 1972
Box 11	089	Cornelius Coffey, [n.d.]
Box 11	090	Cornelius Coffey with Ben Hall, Dale White and Chauncey Spencer, 1939
Box 11	091	Bessie Coleman, [n.d.]
Box 11	092	Bessie Coleman with airplane, [n.d.]
Box 11	093	Patricia S. Cowings, [n.d.]
Box 11	094	Lemuel R. Custis,.[n.d.]
Box 11	095	Christine Mann Darden, [1990s]
Box 11	096	Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., [n.d.]
Box 11	097	Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., [n.d.]
Box 11	098	Robert W. Deiz, USAF 99th Fighter Group pilot, [n.d.]
Box 11	099	Edward Dwight, [n.d.]
Box 11	100	Jean R. Esquerre at Tuskegee Airmen banquet, 1972
Box 11	101	Jean R. Esquerre at Tuskegee Airmen banquet, 1972
Box 11	102	Jean R. Esquerre at Tuskegee Airmen banquet, 1972
Box 11	103	Jean R. Esquerre, [n.d.]
Box 11	104	First transcontinental flight, Thomas C. Allen and J. Herman Banning, 1932
Box 11	105	First transcontinental flight, Thomas C. Allen and J. Herman Banning, 1932
Box 11	106	First transcontinental flight, Thomas C. Allen and J. Herman Banning, 1932
Box 11	107	James Green, Marlon Green and Allen Green; Duane Lawrence and Samuel Adeboga, in Little Rock, Arkansas, 2005
Box 11	108	J.W. Green, [n.d.]
Box 11	109	Charles B. Hall, [n.d.]
Box 11	110	Marcellite J. Harris, [n.d.]
Box 11	111	Fred Hutcherson, Jr., ca.1945-1946
Box 11	112	Eight Tuskegee airmen, pre-1954
Box 11	113	Daniel “Chappie” James, [n.d.]
Box 11	114	Daniel “Chappie” James, ca. 1966
Box 11	115	Daniel “Chappie” James, [n.d.]
Box 12	116	Dr. Harriet Jenkins [n.d.]
Box 12	117	Colonel Hubert F. Julian, “The Black Eagle,” [n.d.]
Box 12	118	Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., [n.d.]
Box 12	119	Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. with U.S. Air Force plane, [n.d.]
Box 12	120	Neil V. Loving, [n.d.]
Box 12	121	Lowry Field Technical School, 41st Squadron band, 1940s
Box 12	122	Marlon Green Collection with Abby Hoverstock, 2005
Box 12	123	Dorothy Layne McIntyre, 1939
Box 12	124	Ronald E. McNair, [n.d.]
Box 12	125	Leslie A. Morris, [n.d.]
Box 12	126	Grover C. Nash, [n.d.]
Box 12	127	National Airmen of America conference, 8/2/1938
Box 12	128	Lloyd Newton, [1974-1978]
Box 12	129	Nichelle Nichols, [n.d.]
Box 12	130	William R. Norwood, [n.d.]
Box 12	131	Frank E. Peterson, Jr., [n.d.]
Box 12	132	Pete Peterson of USAF Thunderbirds, [n.d.]
Box 12	133	Jame O. Plinton , 1949
Box 12	134	John C. Robinson, 1936
Box 12	135	John C. Robinson, [n.d.]
Box 12	136	Ida Van Smith-Dunn, [n.d.]
Box 12	137	Chauncey Spencer, [n.d.]
Box 12	138	Chauncey Spencer after parachute jump in Chicago, 1939
Box 12	139	Spencer-White trip to Washington, D.C., 1939
Box 12	140	Tuskegee Air Corps cadets in flying school, 1940s
Box 12	141	Tuskegee Spartan School of Aeronautics, [n.d.]
Box 12	142	Women aviators: Doris Murphy, Lola Jones, Janet H. Bragg and Willa Brown, 1936
Box 12	143	Unidentified male instructor at NASA, [n.d.]
Box 12	144	Portia Bachman at NASA, [n.d.]
Box 12	145	Lola Jones at Harlem Airport, ca. 1935
Box 12	146	Black officers in front of a B-25 Mitchell bomber at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama, March 1945. Quentin R. Smith is standing, fourth from left.
Box 13	147	Ruby Bostic, 1995
Box 13	148	George Gay Daniel, 1995
Box 13	149	Betty Gubert and Melba Jackman, 1995
Box 13	150	Joe Haynes, 1995
Box 13	151	Joe Haynes and Betty Gubert, 1995
Box 13	152	Joe Haynes, 1995
Box 13	153	Melba Jackman, 1995
Box 13	154	Melba Jackman, 1995
Box 13	155	Melba Jackman, Joe Haynes and Betty Gubert, 1995
Box 13	156	Robert Abbott headstone, 1995
Box 13	157	Robert Abbott headstone, 1995
Box 13	158	Robert Abbott headstone, 1995
Box 13	158	Robert Abbott headstone, 1995
Box 13	160	Robert Abbott headstone, 1995
Box 13	161	Robert Abbott headstone, 1995
Box 13	162	Bessie Coleman ceremony at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	163	Bessie Coleman ceremony at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	164	Bessie Coleman ceremony at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	165	Bessie Coleman ceremony at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	166	Bessie Coleman ceremony at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	167	Bessie Coleman ceremony at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	168	Bessie Coleman ceremony at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	169	Bessie Coleman ceremony at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	170	Bessie Coleman ceremony at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	171	Bessie Coleman ceremony at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	172	Bessie Coleman ceremony at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	173	Bessie Coleman ceremony at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	174	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	175	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	176	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	177	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	178	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	179	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	180	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	181	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	182	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	183	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	184	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	185	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	186	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	187	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	188	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	189	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	190	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	191	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	192	Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at Midway Airport, 1995
Box 13	193	Bessie Coleman stamps,1995
Box 13	194	Bessie Coleman and Willa Brown negatives, 1995
Box 13	195	Bessie Coleman’s relatives at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	196	Bessie Coleman’s relatives at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	197	Bessie Coleman’s relatives at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	198	Bessie Coleman’s relatives at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	199	Bessie Coleman’s relatives at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	200	Bessie Coleman’s relatives at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	201	Bessie Coleman’s relatives at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	202	Doris Rich and Marian Coleman at the Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at DuSable Museum, 1995
Box 13	203	Stanley Rich at the Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at DuSable Museum, 1995
Box 13	204	Captain Lou Freeman and Dr. Jilda Motley-Coleman at the Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at DuSable Museum, 1995
Box 13	205	Dr. Jilda Motley-Coleman/Northeastern State University at the Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at DuSable Museum, 1995
Box 13	206	David Brown, Sr. and David Brown, Jr. (brother and nephew of Willa Brown) at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	207	Harold Hurd at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	208	Harold Hurd at Lincoln Cemetery, 1995
Box 13	209	Pam and Gervis Cash at Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at DuSable Museum, 1995
Box 13	210	Pam and Gervis Cash at Bessie Coleman stamp dedication at DuSable Museum, 1995
Series 4: Memorabilia
Box 14	Folder 1	Audiovisual: CD-R Photographs. Bessie Coleman exhibit, France 2007. Sent by Norman Weinstein
Box 14	Folder 2	Microfilm. Gary Sun, [Jan 8, 1927-April 27, 1929], UMI
Box 14	Folder 3	Memorabilia. Commemorative Buttons [3] Bessie Coleman Foundation, Inc., [n.d.]
Box 14	Folder 4	Memorabilia. Commemorative Pin. National Association of Black Pilots of New York, [n.d.]
Box 14	Folder 5	Memorabilia. Official Dedication Patch (framed) Astronauts Memorial Foundation, Center for Space Education, [1992]
Box 14	Folder 6	Memorabilia. Posters. Black Aviation Project [8 in canister] Willa Beatrice Brown, Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr., Eugene Jacques Bullard, Bessie Coleman, Frederick Drew Gregory, Mae Carol Jemison, Ronald McNair and Tuskegee Airmen
Box 14	Folder 7	Memorabilia. Poster (Reproduction, unidentified) “Keep Us Flying! Buy War Bonds.”
Box 14	Folder 8	Memorabilia. Photocopy of photograph of National Airmen’s Association conference in Chicago, 1939. Includes Edward Alexander Spencer and Anne Spencer signatures on back in Chauncey Spencer’s handwriting