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21 October 1943
Office of the Director of Fighter Training
to Cordelia Williams
Telegram from the Office of the Director of Fighter Training offering sympathies on the loss of LeRoi Williams written to Cordelia Williams.
GLC09587.404
21 August 1939
[Photograph of three women]
A photograph of three African American women. They are standing with their arms around each other in front of a house porch. Another woman stands on the porch, but her face is not visible. The woman on the left is identifiable from other photographs...
GLC09587.410
1929-1939
Sophomore High class photo
A school photo of five rows of students. There are four rows of girls and one row of boys. Everyone is dressed nicely and most are smiling. They are all white, except for one female student in the top row on the far right. On the reverse, "Sophomore...
GLC09587.411
1941-1945
[Tuskegee pilots]
A group photo of three rows African American pilots: the Tuskegee airmen. In the top row on the far right is Eugene Williams; he is identifiable by the name badge sewn onto his uniform: "Williams, E.W." They all wear jumpsuit uniforms and helmets...
GLC09587.412
[Williams family photo]
A group photo of nine people. From left to right, there is James Williams Jr., his wife, Cordelia Williams, Geraldine Williams, Harold Hamilton Williams, Booker Kent, Virginia, an unknown woman, and Eugene Williams. These names are listed in...
GLC09587.413
James T. Williams II
A portrait of James T. Williams II in his uniform. In the lower left corner, he has signed the photograph: "Lo Ma & Dad from your son James."
GLC09587.414
1943
[Casket of LeRoi Williams]
A photograph of LeRoi Williams' casket surrounded by flowers at his funeral service. On the wall behind the casket, there is a portrait of LeRoi.
GLC09587.415
Polk's Studio
[Photograph of LeRoi S. Williams]
Photograph of LeRoi S. Williams in his pilot's uniform with a helmot and goggles on. He is looking off to the left pensively. The photograph is mounted on cardboard in a cardboard frame. At the bottom of the frame is printed "Tuskegee Inst. Ala."...
GLC09587.416
20 October 1943
Western Union
to Mrs. Cordelia Williams
Sympathy telegram sent to Cordelia Williams by Cynthia and William Brown, after the death of LeRoi Williams.
GLC09587.105
23 February-28 June1940
U.S. Government Printing Office
Civil Aeronautics Authority Washington Student Pilot Log Book
A log book kept by LeRoi Williams' instructors while he did his flight training. Each sheet contains the name of a course and a checklist of the maneuvers completed for each course, along with the times and dates of the flights, the make and model of...
GLC09587.131.01
29 October 1945
Department of Commerce
Airman Certificate
A certificate ensuring Eugene Williams is qualified to be a pilot. It is signed by the Acting Chief of Certificates and Records, as well as Eugene himself. The Civil Aeronautics Administration seal is printed on the paper behind the text. The upper...
GLC09587.151
Airman Rating Record
A rating record accompanying the certificate [see GLC09587.151], ensuring that Eugene Williams is rated as "commercial pilot - airplane single-engine land." The Civil Aeronautics Administration seal is printed on the paper behind the text. The upper...
GLC09587.152
14 October 1949
Vandenburg, Hoyt S., fl. 1949
My dear Mrs. Williams
A condolence letter to Cordelia Williams from Hoyt S. Vandenburg, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, regarding the death of Eugene Williams.
GLC09587.177
circa 1919-1943
Grogan Photo Company
North-West from Headquarters, Selfridge Field, Michigan
A postcard titled "North-West from Headquarters, Selfridge Field, Michigan" with a photo of Selfridge Field Air Base in Michigan.
GLC09587.054
Control Tower, Selfridge Field, Mich.
A postcard titled "Control Tower, Selfridge Field, Mich." with a photo of four white airmen in the control tower. One looks out through binoculars while the others wear aviator sunglasses.
GLC09587.055
[Flight chart]
A handwritten chart with several columns: check points, "M.h. / CH," distance in miles, ETA, ATA, and marks. The chart is filled out with various flights executed by LeRoi Williams to check points such as Dadeville, Summerville, Chickamauga...
GLC09587.056
Williams, Eugene, fl. 1940
To LeRoi Williams
A letter from Eugene Williams to his brother LeRoi. He asks LeRoi how farm life is and how the Greens are doing. He mentions that Geraldine is always asking when he'll come home. He finishes the letter by imploring LeRoi to ask if he may come to the...
GLC09587.057
A handwritten chart that appears to list flight distances and times.
GLC09587.058
[Flight plan]
A handwritten flight plan without destinations. The plans are notated by dots and lines, along with several numbers.
GLC09587.059
A handwritten flight plan detailing the voyage from Atlanta to Chattanooga and back. On the back of the second page, there are handwritten math equations.
GLC09587.060
Circa 1941-1943
Williams, LeRoi S., 1919-1943
to the family of LeRoi Williams
LeRoi Williams writes to his family about his flight training and a recent cross country flight he made at night, from Chattanooga to Atlanta. He says he has enclosed the flight plan he used and describes how to read it.
GLC09587.062
circa 1943
[Eulogy for LeRoi Williams by his Family]
Eulogy for LeRoi Williams, attributed to his family. It lists LeRoi's accomplishments at both the Hampton Institute and the Tuskegee Army Air Force School, including his playing of chimes and his devotion to his family, country, and God. It ends with...
GLC09587.063
Pickett, Ludo C., fl. 1943-1944
to Mrs. Cordelia S. Williams
Letter to Cordelia Williams from Ludo C. Pickett, the Director of Retirement Claims at the Railroad Retirement Board. Pickett says he has enclosed application forms that Williams must complete and return. The first page is missing. This may be the...
GLC09587.064
1942
[Vultee "Valiants"]
Newspaper clipping from unknown newspaper. Front is black and white photograph of planes and a man. Caption says: "late in 1943, when Kelly became a training center for instructors, these Vultee 'Valiants' joined its fleet." Handwritten notes say "BT...
GLC09587.066
["Swoose" plane]
This newspaper clipping is from an unknown newspaper. The front is a black and white photograph of a plane in flight. Caption reads: "designed for use in snow, this novel ski-wheel gear is on North American 'Texan' (AT-6, SNJ). It was dubbed 'Swoose...
GLC09587.067
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