Papers, 1894-1987 (bulk 1930-1987).

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Papers, 1894-1987 (bulk 1930-1987).

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Correspondence, speeches and writings, academic and military files, family papers, photographs and slides, and other papers, relating to Parrish's military and academic careers. Much of the collection relates to his post as commander of Tuskegee Army Air Field, Ala., where he was responsible for training the Army Air Forces' first African American pilots during World War II. Other topics include Defense Dept. politics, Vietnam Conflict, Women's Army Corps air pilots, and Parrish's training at the Air Command Staff School and Air War College, duties with NATO Defence College in Paris, graduate work at Rice University, and tenure at Trinity University, San Antonio, Tex., as professor of military history. Family papers include diaries and writings of his brother, Garland C. Parrish. Correspondents include Adrian Bosch, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., Bonner Fellers, Alfred Goldberg, Alfred M. Gruenther, John T. Hazard, F.D. Henderson, Lena Horne, Austin Hoyt, Langston Hughes, Richard H. Kohn, Pam A. McClellan, Frederick D. Patterson, Donald B. Robinson, and Roy Wilkins.

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Hazard, John T.

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Kohn, Richard H.

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