Item Summary

A scrapbook compiled by Willis J. Hubert (1919-2007) while he was an undergraduate at the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Va. After graduating from the Hampton Institute, Hubert entered the U.S. Air Force and trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field, where he was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. He went on to be the first African American to earn an M.A. and Ph.D. (New York University) while on active duty, as well as the first to complete the Harvard Business School (Military Co-op) Statistics Training Program. There are a number of programs from plays and musicals in the scrapbook, including a program for an appearance by the opera singer Marian Anderson, as well as report cards and horticultural club prizes.

Descriptive Information

Title
Hampton Inst. / W.H.
Call Number
E-000061
Identifier
ark:/88435/1z40m205s
Publisher
[Hampton, Va. : Hampton Institute, 1940]
Language
English
Date Created
1940
Extent
1 v. : ill. ; 30 x 46 cm.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Title from cover.
Binding Note
GAX copy: Bound in carved wooden boards; in cloth clamshell box.

Discovery Information

Subject
African American college students
Scrapbooks—20th century
Clippings

Physical Characteristics

File Count
102

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/14370697-16fd-4a21-8248-55aacd904397/manifest