Box 10
Container
Contains 21 Collections and/or Records:
Newsletters and Clippings, 1928 - 2009
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1
Scope and Contents
This series includes Amelia Earhart Society newsletters and various journal issues that feature Earhart. There is also an extensive collection of articles pertaining to Earhart's connection to Purdue. It appears that these were gathered by Keith Dowden, Helen Schroyer and Katie Markee, former heads of Purdue Archives and Special Collections. There are some articles about other famous aviatrices.Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous...
Dates:
1928 - 2009
Los Angeles Times, Man's Privacy of Sky Now Only Myth, May 6, 1929
Item — Box: 10, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 1
Scope and Contents
Front page article about about other famous aviatrixes.
Dates:
May 6, 1929
Morning Outlook, Santa Monica, California, Why Do Women Fly? They Speak For Themselves!, August 11, 1929
Item — Box: 10, Item: 2
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 2
Scope and Contents
Article about other aviatrixes.
Dates:
August 11, 1929
Broun, Heywood, Safe, Sane and Speedy? The Portrait of a Flying Lady. Recreation, pp. 40-41, 104, March 1931
Item — Box: 10, Item: 3
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 3
Scope and Contents
Article about Ruth Nichols.
Dates:
March 1931
Lafayette Journal and Courier. Amelia Earhart Gets Plane For Purdue Research Work: Dual Motor Lockheed Electra Plane Will Be Ready for Delivery in July; Ship Is of Transport Type; Cabin Will Be Equipped With Latest Scientific Aeronautical Devices, No. 95, Vol. 17, April 20, 1936
Item — Box: 10, Item: 4
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
April 20, 1936
The South Bend Tribune. Navy Spurs Hunt for Amelia: Hope for Amelia Wane, July 4, 1937
Item — Box: 10, Item: 5
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
July 4, 1937
Earhart items to be on display: Stewart Center Exhibit to kick off lecture, Inside Purdue, p. 4, March 4, 2003
Item — Box: 10, Item: 6
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
March 4, 2003
Cullen, Keith. Another Side of Amelia: Purdue exhibit to offer insight into Earhart's thoughts, personal life, Journal and Courier, Life Section, E1, E10, March 9, 2003
Item — Box: 10, Item: 7
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
March 9, 2003
Daring young women took to the skies as soon as the airplane was invented, The Capitol Hill Beacon, Oklahoma City, Section B, p. 1, October 16, 1986
Item — Box: 10, Item: 8
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
October 16, 1986
Mannweiler, David. Purdue to salute Amelia Earhart in air centenary, The Indianapolis Star, Travel, Section K, March 9, 2003
Item — Box: 10, Item: 9
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
March 9, 2003
Geller, Marc B. Earhart exhibit shows flier's personal side, Journal and Courier, A1, A6, March 11, 2003
Item — Box: 10, Item: 10
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
March 11, 2003
Schnedler, Jack. When The Future Took Wing, The Indianapolis Star, Travel, K1 - K2, February 23, 2003
Item — Box: 10, Item: 11
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
February 23, 2003
Mannweiler, David. Painting capturing flight's pioneers gets prime display space: Indiana, Amelia Earhart and the Centennial of Flight, The Indianapolis Star, Arts & Entertainment, pp. 1 - 2, April 13, 2003
Item — Box: 10, Item: 12
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
April 13, 2003
Banks, Michael A. Ruth Nichols: The Flying Debutante, Grit, pp. 22 - 23, September 2003
Item — Box: 10, Item: 13
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
September 2003
Worth, Katie. Latest theory on Earhart: Her grave site may be in Marianas, Journal and Courier, Region/State, C4, October 19, 2003
Item — Box: 10, Item: 14
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
October 19, 2003
Special Issue, The Exponent, 100 Years of Flight, Vol. 117, No. 152, October 21, 2003
Item — Box: 10, Item: 15
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
October 21, 2003
A Day in Atchison: A "Good" Place to Visit, A "Great Place to Live," sponsored by the Atchison Area Chamber of Commerce, undated
Item — Box: 10, Item: 16
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 16
Scope and Contents
Publication information unavailable.
Dates:
undated
Copy of Purchase Agreement, Lockheed Electra, 1936
Item — Box: 10, Item: 17
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 17
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
1936
Life magazine article, "A Round-the-World Flight Ends in the Pacific", July 19, 1937
File — Box: 10, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
July 19, 1937
The Record (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) newspaper clipping "Cruisers Race to Fliers Aid in Mid-Ocean", July 5, 1937
File — Box: 10, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Within this sub-series are oversized photographs, newspapers, and other printed material. Some of the items include front-page news stories featuring Earhart and other famous aviatrices, from 1929-1937. One paper is devoted to aviation pioneer, Ruth Nichols. Other items include advertisements featuring Earhart, and Earhart luggage, and a copy of the purchase agreement for her Lockheed Electra from 1936. Also included are articles about Earhart from more recent times, which feature Purdue events...
Dates:
July 5, 1937
Collection of Amelia Earhart related materials
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 188
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Amelia Earhart related materials consists of items collected by the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections over the years as a supplement to the George Palmer Putnam collection of Amelia Earhart papers. There are numerous articles about Earhart, including information about her relationship with Purdue University and activities held in her honor. The collection also contains firsthand accounts of encounters with Earhart written by those who knew her while she was...
Dates:
1928 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1990