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Box 1

 Container

Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:

Zelda Gould collection of Amy Otis Earhart correspondence and photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 79
Scope and Contents The Zelda Gould collection of Amy Otis Earhart correspondence and photographs documents the thoughts and feelings Amelia Earhart's mother, Amy Otis Earhart, was experiencing after the disappearance of her daughter, and then coming to terms with her fate. Topics also include World War II and the events following the war, politics and elections, current events of the era, hobbies, personal concerns, thank-you notes, among other topics. There are some newspaper clippings about Amelia...
Dates: 1930 - 1950; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1949

Letters to Zelda Gould from Amy Otis Earhart, January 14, 1939 - January 10, 1950

 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 79, Series 1
Scope and Contents Included are seventy letters and three clippings from The Centerville Crusader. There is a listing available of the exact dates of the correspondence. Ask an archivist for the internal inventory. Additional items were found among the letters, and include a Beeman's pepsin gum wrapper in the July 26, 1943 letter. The December 19, 1943 letter includes a clipping of a poem. The April 5, 1944 letter includes clippings; newspaper photo of Mrs. Earhart and an article, "Amelia Earhart...
Dates: January 14, 1939 - January 10, 1950