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Box 11

 Container

Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:

Artifacts, 1928 - 2010

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6
Scope and Contents Among the artifacts is a piece of Amelia Earhart brand luggage and the accompanying brochure, several Earhart collectible dolls, and various first day cover stamps, including a binder containing a first day cover from Earhart's 1928 "Friendship Flight," signed by Earhart, Wilmer Stultz (co-pilot) and Lou Gordon (mechanic). Also included is various memorabilia, including programs from Purdue events, a series of "Amelia Earhart: The Purdue Years," postcards, © Purdue Research Foundation, and a...
Dates: 1928 - 2010

Bronze plaque commemorating Amelia Earhart's aviation achievements and death, 1963

 Item — Box: 11, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 20
Scope and Contents The plaque is a replica of one hanging in the National Air Museum of the Smithsonian Institute. Also includes one photocopied newspaper clipping depicting the presentation of the plaque to Purdue's vice-president Dr. Donald R. Mallett by a charter member of the 99s, Miss Viola Gentry.
Dates: 1963