Box 9
Container
Contains 17 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
Binder containing gift from alum, Carole Lizer Mallett; first day cover from Earhart's "Friendship Flight," signed by Earhart, Wilmer Stultz (co-pilot) and Lou Gordon (mechanic), 1928
Item — Box: 9, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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
Invitation to Purdue President, Amelia Earhart Memorial by the Amelia Earhart Post 678, American Legion Department of California at the Smithsonian Institution National Air Museum, Washington, DC, October 7, 1949
Item — Box: 9, Item: 2
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
October 7, 1949
First day of issue stamps, honoring Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937, includes special envelopes with Atchison, Kansas postmark, 1963
Item — Box: 9, Item: 3
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 8
Scope and Contents
Includes a sheet of stamps. There are four envelopes.
Dates:
1963
Envelopes, signed by pilot Pellegreno, and stamped at various stops along route, correspondence from event planning, articles, and signed photograph of Ann Pellegreno, pilot of 30th anniversary commemorative flight, 1967
Item — Box: 9, Item: 4
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1967
Special Earhart envelopes, 1975 - 1989
Item — Box: 9, Item: 5
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 10
Scope and Contents
Includes first day of issue for International Women's Year 1975, along with three envelopes.
Dates:
1975 - 1989
Earhart stamp from Mexico, 1935
Item — Box: 9, Item: 6
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 11
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1935
Telegrams, correspondence, and communications from Guinea Airways Ltd., covering report on the official flight of Earhart, July - September, 1937
Item — Box: 9, Item: 7
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 12
Scope and Contents
Original folder retained, and labeled, "Bulolo Gold Dredging, Ltd., Amelia Earhart," also contains negatives of papers, publication; "The Amelia Earhart Mystery Touches Placer Dome," and donation correspondence between Placer Dome Incorporated and the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections.
Dates:
July - September, 1937
Button, Bond Bread™, Amelia Earhart's Friendship featured, "For Firmer Muscles, Sunshine Vitamin D, Bond Bread," General Baking Company, circa 1930s
Item — Box: 9, Item: 8
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 13
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
circa 1930s
Postcards and bookmark, undated
Item — Box: 9, Item: 9
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
undated
Women of Distinction matchbook cover, and sugar packet, both featuring Earhart's image, undated
Item — Box: 9, Item: 10
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 15
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
undated
First Women's Transcontinental Air Derby Pin, replica of the pin each participant received in 1929, lists all participants, including Earhart, Little Buttes Publishing Company, 2000
Item — Box: 9, Item: 11
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 16
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
2000
Programs (Earhart on cover or inside) from various Purdue events, 1983 - 1997
Item — Box: 9, Item: 12
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 17
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1983 - 1997
Series of Amelia Earhart: The Purdue Years, postcards, Purdue Research Foundation, undated
Item — Box: 9, Item: 13
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
undated
Commemorative china dinner plate with Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10E on it, plate by 222 Fifth Slice of Life, PTS International, illustration by Antar Dayal, undated
Item — Box: 9, Item: 14
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 19
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
undated
Amelia Earhart Spring Fling pin, 2010
Item — Box: 9, Item: 15
Identifier: MSP 188, Series 6, Item 21
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
2010
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