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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.

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Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1918 - 1931

Creator

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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