Box 10
Container
Contains 2 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
Oversized newspapers, advertisements and Lockheed Electra purchase agreement, 1929 - 2003
Sub-Series — Box: 10
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 1, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents
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:
1929 - 2003