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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Amelia Earhart Letter to Joel Schaffer
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0010
- Creators:
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Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937
- Dates:
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1929
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.05 Cubic feet1 folder
- Repository:
Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) in 1928 was the first woman to fly (as a passenger) across the Atlantic, and in 1932 the first woman (and second person, after Charles Lindbergh) to fly solo and nonstop across that ocean. This item is a letter sent to Joel Schaffer in 1929 by Amelia Earhart which includes a typed listing of books, compiled by New York University Professor Alexander Klemin for the Guggenheim Foundation, on the subject of aeronautics.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This item is a letter sent to Joel Schaffer in 1929 by Amelia Earhart. The cover letter is typed, but signed by Amelia Earhart. The packet includes a typed listing of books, compiled by New York University Professor Alexander Klemin for the Guggenheim Foundation, on the subject of aeronautics.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection is in original order.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) in 1928 was the first woman to fly (as a passenger) across the Atlantic, and in 1932 the first woman (and second person, after Charles Lindbergh) to fly solo and nonstop across that ocean. She flew many record flights, published several books and accomplished much for women in aviation before attempting on June 1, 1937, an around-the-world flight from Miami, Florida in a twin-engine Lockheed Electra. She and navigator Frederick J. Noonan were flying from Lae, New Guinea to Howland Island when they disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937. A exhaustive sea and air search, ordered by President Franklin Roosevelt, was unsuccessful in locating Earhart and Noonan.
Administration
Author
Patricia Williams
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Teri Jensen-Brosh and Jean Roblyer, Gift, 2012, NASM.2013.0010.
Processing Information
Arranged and described by Patricia Williams, 2012. Encoded by Jessamyn Lloyd, 2022.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
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Preferred Citation
Amelia Earhart Letter to Joel Schaffer, NASM.2013.0010, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
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Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Women air pilots | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Correspondence | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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