Cecil Peterson collection on the Tuskegee Airmen, 1916-2003, undated, 1940-1952. 1916-2003.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Cecil Peterson collection on the Tuskegee Airmen, 1916-2003, undated, 1940-1952. 1916-2003.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/775793797

This collection consists largely of research material collected by Cecil Peterson on the Tuskegee Airmen and the units with which they were affiliated. Material relating to Peterson's personal life is present, and to a much lesser extent there is material regarding African Americans and military history. Peterson compiled an extensive collection of material on the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American pilots in the United States Army Air Corps. Information on personnel and military units associated with the training at Tuskegee Army Air Field and its predecessor training sites, race relations within the military, the Freeman Field Mutiny, the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. and Peterson's personal and professional life are also included.

33.0 linear feet (17 record storage boxes, 3 document boxes, 24 index card boxes)

University of California, Riverside, UCR

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8198609

University of California, Riverside, UCR

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Tuskegee Army Flying School (Tuskegee, Ala.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fn5wtt (corporateBody)

United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6935g7g (corporateBody)

The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African-American military pilots who fought in World War II. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces. The name also applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew chiefs, nurses, cooks and other support personnel. All black military pilots who trained in the United States trained at Moton Field, the Tuskegee Army Air Field, and were educated at Tuskegee ...

Peterson, Cecil,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hq4kf3 (person)

United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b323tq (corporateBody)

Moton Field

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pc7rvs (corporateBody)