This collection consists of material collected and organized by Doris L. Rich during research in preparation for her 1989 book, Amelia Earhart: A Biography. Materials include reproductions of newspapers, books, periodicals, correspondence, and typed/handwritten notes by Rich.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of material collected and organized by Doris L. Rich during research in preparation for her 1989 book, Amelia Earhart: A Biography. Materials include reproductions of newspapers, books, periodicals, correspondence, and typed/handwritten notes by Rich.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into 5 series, based upon the original order provided by Doris L. Rich.
Series 1: Biographical Files
Series 2: Amelia Earhart Chronology
Series 3: Historical Chronology
Series 4: Book Correspondence
Series 5: Subject Files and Bibliography
Information added by processing archivist is in brackets. Most notably, Doris L. Rich maintained a very formal tone in her correspondence, frequently addressing women by their married name only, ex. Mollison, Mrs. James. The processing archivist has added additonal name information in brackets when possible, ex. [Amy Johnson].
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. An exhaustive sea and air search, ordered by President Franklin Roosevelt, was unsuccessful in locating Earhart and Noonan.
Doris L. Rich (1920-2009) was a freelance journalist and photographer in Hong Kong from 1949 to 1967. She taught English in Bangladesh and Ghana before moving to Washington, DC in the late 1970s. Her first book, Amelia Earhart: A Biography, was published by the Smithsonian Press in 1989. In the book, Rich downplays Earhart's disappearance and instead focuses on Earhart's many contributions to the aviation field and her championing of women's rights. The book was proclaimed one of the Notable Books of the Year by the New York Times in 1990 and served as the basis for Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight, a made-for-television movie in 1994.
Provenance:
Doris L. Rich, Gift, 1990, NASM.1991.0003
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This series contains biographical research material on people other than Amelia Earhart, who may be associated with her. If the material is specific to a person, it is arranged alphabetically by the person's last name. If the information is general or includes several people, it is filed by the journal or book title. Materials include correspondence, reproductions of newspapers, books, periodicals, and typed/handwritten notes by Doris Rich. The series also contains an undated telegram from Paul Mantz to Troy Vencill--it is unclear why this document is in this collection as there are no other original documents.
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Collection Citation:
Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Acosta, Bert; Alsterbend, Noah; Andrews, Roy Chapman; and selections from the Aircraft Yearbook [AYB] including "Chronology of Aeronautical Events" from 1921-1936, "Epochal Flights of 1927," "Wings for Women 1930," "History Making Flights of 1932," "Notable Flights of 1934," "The Navy Air Forces" (1938), "American Aviation in 1923 as Constrasted with Development Abroad," "Accidents - and the Lack of Air Law."
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Collection Citation:
Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Bailey, Lady Mary; Balchen Bernt; Barnes, Pancho; Mrs. James E. Bassett, Jr. [Wilma]; Bassett, Preston R.; Beard, Melba; Belinn, Clarence M.; Bingham, Hiram; Black, Richard; Bostwick [Floyd]; Boston and Maine Airways (1933); Bradley, Patrick; Bresnik, Albert; [Brittain, Sir Harry]; Brown, [Margery]; Bruno, Harry; Budwig, G.G. [George Gilbert]; Byrd, Adm. Richard E.
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Challis, Lucy "Tootie"; Chamberlain, Clarence D.; Chapman, Sally (Putnam); Chapman, Sam; Chihaya M. [Masataka]; [Christen], Harvey C.; Cobham, Alan; Cochran, Jacqueline; Collins, Paul; Collopy, J.A.; Columbia University; Coste, Dieudonne; Cotterman, Louise Van Dyne; Crosson, Marvel
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Davenport, Harkness; Burke, Davis; DeCarie, Margot; Dolan, Katherine; Doolittle, James; Dragonette, Jessica; Dwiggens, Don [correspondence dealing with Paul Mantz]
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
[Earhart, Amelia--Capsule Biography]; Earhart, Amy O.; Earhart, Helen; Elder, Ruth; Elliott, Purdue [Edward C. Elliott, President of Purdue University]; Encinas, Emma C.; Equal Rights Magazine; Ernst, Mrs. Paul B. [Elizabeth "Betty" Braun Ernst]
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Fahy, Claire May; Fans and Critics; Fashion; Fitzmaurice, James C.; Fleet, Dorothy; Ford, Col. Vincent; Frazer, Ella May
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Garber, Paul; Gentry, Viola; Gillies, Betty Huyler; Gipson, Annette (Way); Gordon, Louis Edward "Slim"; Gorski, Edward "Eddie"; Gurr, Joseph; Gruening, Ernest
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Material dealing with, or by, George Palmer Putnam
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Haizlip, Jim (James A.); Haizlip, Mary May; Hamill, Pete; Hawks, Pete; Headle, Marshall; Heath, Lady Mary; Hepburn, Katherine; Hill, Edwin C.; House in Rye; Howard, Ben O.; Howland Island; Ingalls, Laura
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Johnson, Clarence "Kelly"; Johnson, Irving; Jenkinson, Sir Anthony
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Kalep, Elvy; Kimball, Dr. James H.; Kingsford-Smith, Sir Charles; Kinner, W.B. [also Cora Kinner]; Klingensmith, Florence E.; Kunz, Mrs. George F. [Opal Logan Kunz]
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Lasky, Jesse; Charles LeBoutillier; Leesh, Eleanor; Leh, Dorothea B.; Levine, Charles A.; LIACC [Long Island Aviation Country Club]; Lindbergh, Charles A.; Lindbergh, Anne Morrow; Lockheed; Lyman, Lauren Dwight (Deke)
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
MacFarland [Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher]; Maddux, John Luther "Jack" and Maddux Airlines; Manning, Capt. Harry; Markham, Beryl; Marsalis, Frances Harrell; McCraken, William P.; Mcguire, Grace; [Miller, Jessie Maude "Chubbie" ("Keith-Miller")]; Miller, William T.; Mollison [James "Jim" Mollison and Amy Johnson]; Montijo, John G. "Monty"; Morrissey, Muriel [Earhart]; Musick, Capt. [Edwin Charles "Ed"]
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
About Paul Mantz or comments about Amelia Earhart made by Mantz
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
National Air Races; Newspapers Used; Nichols, Ruth [Rowland]; Ninety-Nines [99s]; Nisewaner [Edna Whiting]; Noonan, Frederick J. "Fred"; Noyes, Blanche
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Pacific Automotive and Air Corporation; Paris, Neva; Pelegreno, Ann Holtgren; Pineau, Capt. Roger; Post, Wiley; Purdue [University, taped speech]; Putnam, David Binney
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Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
[Radcliffe College archival collections] (yellow sheets with notes from correspondence between GPP [George Palmer Putnam], AOE [Amy Otis Earhart], etc.); Railey, Capt. Hilton H.; Rasche, Thea; Reid, Helen Rogers; Richey, Helen; Roosevelt, Eleanor; Royer, Lloyd
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Collection Citation:
Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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