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Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) Papers, 1853, 1928-1947
GC 1061
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Title: Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) Papers, 1853, 1928-1947
Dates: 1853-1947
Collection Number: GC 1061
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Extent: .6 linear feet
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: Letters, flight logs, radiograms and clippings by and about Amelia Earhart (AE).
Language of Material: English
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Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) Papers, 1853, 1928-1947. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles County
Scope and Content of Collection
Letters, flight logs, radiograms and clippings by and about Amelia Earhart (AE). There are two letters (ms) from AE to George
Putnam, one about their upcoming marriage and the other expressing her belief that women must challenge themselves. Also
in AE's hand is a will (1928) and two flight logs (1928, undated). A scrapbook contains photographic copies of sketches of
AE, clippings, AE's handprints, and other related items. Several 1937 radiograms deal with the search for AE after her disappearance.
A large portion of the collection consists of letters from AE's mother, Amy Otis Earhart, to Betty Bowers. An addendum to
the collection contains information gathered after the Museum received the collection. There is correspondence regarding
the plane Earhart used on her last flight, a script by Carol Sobieski entitled "AE," and four audio tapes of lectures about
AE.
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937