August Ralph Sousa papers

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Title

August Ralph Sousa papers

Description

This collection consists of the papers of August Ralph Sousa, World War II veteran. It contains photographs, a physical training manual for non commissioned officers, a certificate for completion of Physical Training Instructor's School, graduation ephemera and newspaper articles. The 115 page manual resembles a yearbook and contains student biographies, poems, photograhps, student narratives, program descriptions, prayers, and cartoons.  The collection documents August Ralph Sousa's experience during physical training in the U.S. Army Air Forces.  Photographs include: a photo of African American soldiers before integration into the squadrons, a photo of August Ralph Sousa physical training school and a photo of the Poinciana Hotel and McFadden's Deauville and Collins Ave.

Identifier

BAF MS_00025

Alternative Title

Sousa, Ralph papers

Date Valid

1943-2010

Date Created

1943

Date

2010

Creator

Daria Myles, supervised by Emily Gibson

Extent

0.25

Is Part Of

4

Abstract

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Conforms To

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Type

2

Has Part

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Access Rights

There are no access restrictions on this material.

Rights

(c) 2010, 2011 The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Director of The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation, Inc. An image license agreement must be signed prior to recording or copying images.

Source

August Sousa

Accrual Method

Mailed two (2) manila filing folders taped together to The Black Archives.

More information was mailed in April 2010 by one of his children Jean Sousa (unknown method of shipping articles).

Date Accepted

19960300

Spatial Coverage

NULL

Provenance

NULL

Relation

Wars collection

References

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Accrual Policy

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Date Copyrighted

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Language

2081

Bibliographic Citation

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