Scrapbook #2, ca. 1918 - 1931
Item — Box: 15
Identifier: MSP 9, Series 5, Item 1
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings on Earhart’s early flying career, her work as a nurse’s aid and at Denison House, the first Women’s Air Derby, Wilmer Stultz’s death, a clipping suggesting that Earhart and George Palmer Putnam were engaged, which Earhart denied, clippings of other women pilots, and a 1931 clipping on Ruth Nichols’ plan to fly the Atlantic solo. Also includes Earhart’s flying student instruction contract, automobile permit, and piece of fabric... from Earhart’s plane.
See moreDates
- Creation: ca. 1918 - 1931
Creator
- From the Collection: Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 (Person)
- From the Collection: Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950 (Person)
Access Information
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 31.1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
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Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
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504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu