Earl Vernon Stallcup Collection

Earl Vernon Stallcup Collection

Stallcup, Earl Vernon, Sr., 1921-2011

1940-1993

This collection consists of papers and artifacts of an African-American World War II veteran, Earl Vernon Stallcup, who became one of the first students to enroll in the Civilian Flight Training Program offered by Philander Smith College in cooperation with the Central Flying Service of Little Rock, Arkansas during the 1940’s. The collection contains 29 photographs, 4 newspaper articles, 10 certificate and awards, 2 plaques, a Pilot Log Book and Flight Record, his Private Airplane Pilot License, and a civilian identification card issued to him during his employment at the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Arsenal.

Stallcup, Earl Vernon, Sr., 1921-2011

World War, 1939--African Americans

Philanders Smith College, Civilian Flight Training Program

African Americans in aeronautics

2 boxes

Special Collections

Box 1

Photographs, correspondence, awards, certificates, oral history interview (April 2006) on DVD and VHS cassette tapes

Box 2

Textile: Heat resistant flight suit 

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Collection

This collection is available for viewing at D. W. Reynolds Library, Archives and Special Collections.

L. Stacey

L. Stacey

2017-01-31

09.STAL.2017.01

Donation

Earl Vernon Stallcup was bom in Plainview, Arkansas in 1921, the oldest child of George and Ada Stallcunp. The family relocated to Wrightsville, Arkansas where he attended school and completed the 8* grade. In 1938, the family moved to Little Rock, Arkansas where Mr. Stallcup worked as a sharecropper with his father until he was 19 years of age. He then married his wife, Annette. To this union three children were born. Mr. Stallcup was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1942. After basic training, he was shipped to Guadalcanal where he completed his duty and returned to the United States. Upon his return to the U.S., he completed his General Educational Development Test (GED). In 1945, he entered the Civilian Flight Training Program at Philander Smith College. Upon completing the program he was issued a Civil Aeronautics Pilot License on August 13, 1948.

D. W. Reynolds Library, Philander Smith College

ARC STORAGE 37D-E