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Materials:

Stainless Steel

Aluminum

Steel

Rubber

Paint

Cadmium

Paper

Ink

Natural Fiber

Dimensions:

3-D: 7 x 6.5 x 9.5cm (2 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

Type:

AVIONICS-Electronic/Satellite Navigation

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the U.S. Air Force

Inventory Number:

A19601324000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv94033f4d7-edb0-47d8-b48e-ce5b2b6073a6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19601324000

Manufacturer:

Western Electric Co., Inc.  Search this

Materials:

Aluminum

Paint

Copper Alloy

Plastic

Glass

Ceramic

Felt

Synthetic Fabric

Silver Plating

Steel

Dimensions:

3-D: 30.8 x 38.1 x 20.3cm (12 1/8 x 15 x 8 in.)

Type:

AVIONICS-Communication

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the U.S. Air Force

Inventory Number:

A19602542000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9b0a43870-3c66-4efb-bace-07fd7176801a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19602542000

Manufacturer:

Western Electric Co., Inc.  Search this

Materials:

Aluminum, stainless steel, brass, steel, plastic, glass, felt

Dimensions:

3-D: 13.3 x 31.1 x 18.4cm (5 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)

Type:

AVIONICS-Communication

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the U.S. Air Force

Inventory Number:

A19602543000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv943c2cee5-1840-46a8-871b-9b0b8ae86e3a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19602543000

Manufacturer:

Western Electric Co., Inc.  Search this

Materials:

Aluminum

Steel

Paint

Felt

Copper Alloy

Glass

Plastic

Synthetic Rubber

Dimensions:

3-D: 40.6 x 33.7 x 17.5cm (16 x 13 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.)

Type:

AVIONICS-Communication

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the U.S. Air Force

Inventory Number:

A19602546000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93611483c-8c0a-476b-9939-00bdd55764c2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19602546000

Manufacturer:

Western Electric Co., Inc.  Search this

Materials:

AluminumSteelPaintPhenolic ResinSilver PlatingGlass

Ink

Felt

Synthetic Fabric

Rubber

Copper Alloy

Plastic

Lead

Adhesive

Ceramic

Cadmium

Dimensions:

3-D: 35.6 x 40.6 x 16.5cm (14 x 16 x 6 1/2 in.)

Type:

AVIONICS-Communication

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the U.S. Air Force

Inventory Number:

A19602547000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93185114b-035d-48ac-b0db-b2608932addb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19602547000

Manufacturer:

Western Electric Co., Inc.  Search this

Materials:

Aluminum

Paint

Steel

Felt

Copper Alloy

Plastic

Glass

Dimensions:

3-D: 40.6 x 33.3 x 16.2cm (16 x 13 1/8 x 6 3/8 in.)

Type:

AVIONICS-Communication

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the U.S. Air Force

Inventory Number:

A19602548000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9593aa785-7fc6-4f46-a590-5cd9c90ccde5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19602548000

Manufacturer:

Western Electric Co., Inc.  Search this

Materials:

Aluminum

Steel

Ceramic

Glass

Plastic

Copper Alloy

Felt

Paint

Rubber

Synthetic Fabric

Ink

Dimensions:

3-D: 38.1 x 30.8 x 21cm (15 x 12 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Type:

AVIONICS-Communication

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Transferred from the U.S. Air Force

Inventory Number:

A19602554000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv95bcf567f-dbc0-44a2-9a9d-0d8893842b10

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19602554000

Manufacturer:

Chance Vought Aircraft  Search this

Materials:

Wood

Dimensions:

1:10 scale. Missile is 52 inches long, 32 inches wide at the wings, and on the base is 12 inches high.

Type:

MODELS-Missiles & Rockets

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Credit Line:

Gift of Chance-Vought Aircraft, Inc.

Inventory Number:

A19610047000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9568d1461-1e22-4891-8bf3-ded950effc7c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19610047000

Manufacturer:

Richards Corp.  Search this

Materials:

HAZMAT: Cadmium Plating

Ferrous and non-ferrous metal, plastic, glass, paint

Dimensions:

3-D (Overall): 140.3 × 73.7 × 138.4cm (55 1/4 × 29 × 54 1/2 in.)

3-D (Light Table): 137.2 × 61 × 55.9cm (54 × 24 × 22 in.)

3-D (Desk): 102.9 × 61 × 81.3cm (40 1/2 × 24 × 32 in.)

Type:

EQUIPMENT-Photographic

Credit Line:

Transferred from the Central Intelligence Agency

Inventory Number:

A19771125003

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9f6976b63-762f-44e1-89ac-15a4c13f1f54

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19771125003

Created by:

Delta Air Lines, American, founded 1925  Search this

Owned by:

Patricia Grace Murphy, American  Search this

Medium:

metal with ink on plastic

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 11 7/16 × 10 1/8 × 1 3/4 in. (29 × 25.7 × 4.5 cm)

Type:

ring binders

Place used:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

1971

Topic:

African American  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Business  Search this

Education  Search this

Labor  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Travel  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Casey Grant in honor of Patricia Banks Edmiston, Patricia Grace Murphy and Eugene Harmond

Object number:

2018.50.20

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown – Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50ee91039-57eb-47e4-88a6-b802cc679ae4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2018.50.20

Designed by:

Pat Ashley, American  Search this

Distributed by:

Delta Air Lines, American, founded 1925  Search this

Worn by:

Casey Grant, American  Search this

Medium:

polyester with plastic and metal

Dimensions:

L x W: 41 1/8 × 19 11/16 in. (104.5 × 50 cm)

Waist: 13 3/4 in. (35 cm)

Inseam: 30 5/16 in. (77 cm)

Type:

trousers

uniforms

Place used:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

1975-1979

Topic:

African American  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Clothing and dress  Search this

Fashion  Search this

Labor  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Travel  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Casey Grant in honor of Patricia Banks Edmiston, Patricia Grace Murphy and Eugene Harmond

Object number:

2018.50.5

Restrictions & Rights:

No known copyright restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Clothing-Historical

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd512f8fcb8-f101-4dda-ba8e-9821339b5a82

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2018.50.5

Creator:

Davies, R. E. G. (Ronald Edward George)  Search this

Extent:

61.38 Cubic feet (143 document boxes; 4 cassette boxes; 10 shoeboxes; 1 oversize box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Timetables

Annual reports

Memorabilia

Notebooks

Date:

bulk 1910s to 2010

1847 to 2011

Summary:

R. E. G. (Ron) Davies (1921 -2011) was an English airline historian, who worked in airline marketing research before joining the National Air and Space Museum in 1981. He served as a curator until his retirement in 2011. This reference collection was compiled by Davies during his career and consists of historical data and materials—including photographs, timetables, and memorabilia—from the airlines of the world.

Scope and Contents:

This reference collection was compiled by Ron Davies throughout his career both as a market researcher and an academic and curator. Materials consist of 63 loose-leaf binders (called dossiers), each containing historical data on the airlines of a country or region, hand-drawn maps, chronologies, articles and marketing materials; over 5000 aviation prints; over 3500 airline timetables; and miscellaneous airline memorabilia. The collection also contains oral history materials, both transcripts and audio cassettes, and four catalogued videotapes.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in six series:

Series 1: Dossiers

Series 2: Photographs

Series 3: Timetables

Series 4: Oral History

Series 5: Personal Materials

Series 6: Motion Picture Materials

Additional title information has been added by the processing archivist in brackets.

Biographical / Historical:

R. E. G. (Ron) Davies (1921-2011) was born in England and educated in Shaftesbury, Dorset. After spending six and a half years in the British Army, Davies joined the newly formed Ministry of Civil Aviation. Davies then spent six years in economic research with British European Airways, before joining British Aeroplane Company in 1957, where he set up a market research department. Davies worked in various manufacturing companies, specializing in market research and traffic analysis.

In 1968, Davies went to work in the United States for Douglas Aircraft, where he remained for 13 years as head of market research. In 1981, Davies was appointed as the Charles Lindbergh Chair of Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. After his appointment as Lindbergh Chair ended, Davies became a curator in the Aeronautics Division of the Museum. He retired in 2011.

Davies wrote 26 books about airlines, airline personalities and aspects of air transport, including the reference standards: A History of the World Airlines, Airlines of the United States since 1914, Airlines of Latin America since 1919, Airlines of Asia, and Airlines of the Jet Age: A History. He also founded Paladwr Press in 1987, publishing a series of books on various airlines and their aircraft.

Davies was a Fellow of three Royal Societies: Aeronautics, Arts, and Geographical and was an Associate of the Academe National de L'Air et de l'Espace. He was a Fellow National of the Explorers Club and a member of the New York's Wings Club and Washington's Cosmos Club. He received Brazil's Santos Dumont Medal and the Aeronautics Order of Merit.

Provenance:

R. E. G. (Ron) Davies, Gift, 1981, NASM.XXXX.0604.

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Rights:

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

Topic:

Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this

Airlines  Search this

Air travel  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Timetables

Annual reports

Memorabilia -- 20th century

Notebooks

Citation:

R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0604, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.0604

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R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg29424ca5a-d1c8-4305-a392-1808a01b1255

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0604

Creator:

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)  Search this

Names:

McCook Field, Ohio  Search this

United States. Air Force  Search this

United States. Air Force Materiel Division  Search this

United States. Air Materiel Command  Search this

Wright Field, Ohio  Search this

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)  Search this

Extent:

733.77 Cubic feet (1508 document boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Correspondence

Publications

Reports

Photographs

Date:

1915-1955

Summary:

Throughout its history the Engineering Division/Materiel Division at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, maintained a catalogued library of technical documents, which was turned over to the Air Force Museum and later donated to the National Air and Space Museum. The collection consists of reports and other documents on a variety of aviation-related topics, including general science (aeronautics, physics, chemistry, etc); military air service personnel, organization, and equipment for both US and foreign air forces; as well as operations, and so on. Currently, the finding aid only covers documents from the D52.1 subject code (Airplanes, arranged alphabetically) and only those that are physically located in the Wright Field Technical Documents Library.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of reports and other documents on a variety of aviation-related topics, including general science (aeronautics, physics, chemistry, etc); military air service personnel, organization, and equipment for both US and foreign air forces; as well as operations, and so on. Information on foreign services and equipment is usually from military intelligence reports, although some foreign documents or translations are included. The material also includes a large section of test reports from the Material Division itself.

Arrangement:

Every document in the collection has been assigned a multi-part Wright Field Number. This number is adapted from the Air Force central decimal correspondence filing system. Wright Field Numbers are written in the format:

[Subject Code] [Category Suffix] / [Sequence Number] [Sequence Modifier]

• Subject Code: This number begins with an alpha-numeric subject code. For example, D52.1 (Airplanes, arranged alphabetically).

• Category Suffix: A more specific textual subject reference. For example, in the D52.1 subjects, the suffix is usually a manufacturer name, aircraft name, or a general type of aircraft. (Original Wright Field cataloguers could be inconsistent in how they classified an airplane. For example, a document on a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M could be filed alphabetically under A6M, Mitsubishi, Zeke, Zero, or Misc. Japanese.) It is possible to not have a category suffix.

• Sequence Number: The individual number assigned to the document within its subject code and category. If a document was formerly classified as "Security Information," the sequence number starts with "S," for example "S-1." These are usually filed at the beginning of a range of documents. Sometimes technical manuals are filed using the technical order (TO) number. For example, 01-20EE-3 is the sequence number used for a Boeing B-17 Handbook of Overhaul Instructions, TO-01-20EE-3.

• Sequence Modifier: If there is a revision or multiple parts of a document, this is reflected in a sequence modifier. Ex. Dates, revision numbers, etc.

The documents are arranged alpha-numerically by Wright Field Number in the order of:

Subject Code, Category Suffix, Sequence Number, Sequence Modifier

Example of arrangement by Wright Field Number:

D52.1 / 42

D52.1 Aeronca / 2

D52.1 Boeing / S-1

D52.1 Boeing / 422

D52.1 Boeing / 511 Dec 1, 1941

D52.1 Boeing / 511 vol. 2 March 1, 1943

D52.1 Misc. Japanese / 46

Each record contains the title and source from the index cards. Information from the subject field on the cards appears as a scope and content note.

Currently, the finding aid only covers documents from the D52.1 subject code and only those that are physically located in the Wright Field Technical Documents Library. Please contact the NASM Archives regarding additional documents. Some may be located in the Technical Reference Files, cataloguing information may be only on the index cards, or the document has been catalogued as missing from the collection.

Biographical / Historical:

In 1917, the United States Army Air Service established an aviation engineering section at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio. In 1927, the Engineering Division, as it was then known, moved to nearby Wilbur Wright Field and remained there as the Air Force Materiel Division (AFMD) and Air Materiel Command (AMC) until Wright Field combined with Patterson Field to become Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1948. The Engineering Division was responsible for Army Air Services research and development and served as a clearinghouse for information on aviation development worldwide. Throughout its history the Engineering Division/Materiel Division maintained a catalogued library of documents, which was turned over to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson and was later donated to the National Air and Space Museum.

Provenance:

United States Air Force Museum, Transfer, 1962, NASM.XXXX.0428.

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Rights:

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

Topic:

Military intelligence  Search this

Airplanes, Military -- Flight testing  Search this

Aeronautics, Military  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Aeronautics, Military -- Research  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Publications

Reports

Photographs

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.0428

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Wright Field Technical Documents Library

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2124245c3-eb7c-495a-a446-e87ba26d8251

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0428

Extent:

0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder, Printed invitation with hand-lettered name., 4.25 x 5.4 inches)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Invitations

Date:

October 10, 1923

Summary:

This single-item collection consists of an invitation to the christening of the US Navy airship ZR-1 USS Shenandoah at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey, on October 10, 1923.

Scope and Contents:

This single-item collection consists of an invitation to the christening of the US Navy airship ZR-1 USS Shenandoah at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, on October 10, 1923: "The Secretary of the Navy requests the pleasure of the company of Mr. Benjamin Postman at the Christening of the U. S. S. Shenandoah on Wednesday afternoon, October the tenth at two o'clock at the United States Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey."

Arrangement:

No arrangement.

Biographical / Historical:

Plans for the construction of the US Navy airship ZR-1 USS Shenandoah, the first rigid airship to be built in the United States, were begun in September 1919; her parts were manufactured at the Naval Aircraft Factory and then shipped to NAS Lakehurst for final assembly. The assembly began on February 11, 1922, and the Shenandoah was christened on October 10, 1923. Despite her relatively short life of two years, the Shenandoah achieved many firsts during her operational career. She was the first rigid airship to be inflated with helium; the first to use water recovery apparatus for the continuous recovery of ballast from the exhaust gas of fuel burned; and she completed the most extended operation accomplished by an airship up to that time, completing 57 flights, logging 740 hours in the air, and covering about 28,000 miles on flights designed to train crewmen in the science of handling large airships in naval missions. Sadly, the airship was to meet a tragic end. Before dawn on the morning of September 3, 1925, over eastern Ohio, the Shenandoah encountered a severe storm. She broke in two; the control car separated and fell to the ground while the forward section of the ship rose to a great height and remained in the air for the greater part of an hour before making a free balloon landing at Sharon, Ohio, with the bulk of the airship crashing near Ava, Ohio. Fourteen of the 43-person crew were killed.

Provenance:

Alan S. Postman, gift, 1988, NASM. 1988.0054.

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Rights:

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.

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Airships  Search this

Naval aviation  Search this

ZR-1 Shenandoah  Search this

Genre/Form:

Invitations

Citation:

ZR-1 Shenandoah Christening Invitation, Acc. NASM.1988.0054, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.1988.0054

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2806e3536-f695-4e57-bdad-8a77608408b6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-1988-0054

Collection Creator:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Extent:

1 Motion picture film

Container:

Reel AC0358-OF0007

Type:

Archival materials

Moving Images

Motion picture films

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies may be used.

Collection Rights:

Reproduction may be restricted due to copyright or trademark. Contact Archives Center staff for more information.

Collection Citation:

Archives Center Miscellaneous Film and Videotape Collection, 1930-1978, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Archives Center Miscellaneous Film and Videotape Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88fd9daa5-855f-429a-83c8-6440972bb58d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0358-ref37

Collection Creator:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this

Extent:

1 Motion picture film

Container:

Reel AC0358-OF0008

Type:

Archival materials

Moving Images

Motion picture films

Date:

circa 1967

Scope and Contents:

Producer: Raybestos Division Division of Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Bridgeport. Conn.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies may be used.

Collection Rights:

Reproduction may be restricted due to copyright or trademark. Contact Archives Center staff for more information.

Collection Citation:

Archives Center Miscellaneous Film and Videotape Collection, 1930-1978, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Archives Center Miscellaneous Film and Videotape Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8373ead87-70c5-4757-9b23-10fbd83fbd84

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0358-ref38

Creator:

Rich, Doris L.  Search this

Names:

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937  Search this

Mantz, Paul  Search this

Rich, Doris L.  Search this

Extent:

3.89 Cubic feet (8 legal document boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Publications

Photographs

Correspondence

Date:

1890-1990

Summary:

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

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Rights:

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

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Women in aeronautics  Search this

Women air pilots  Search this

Air pilots -- United States -- Biography  Search this

Periodicals  Search this

Genre/Form:

Publications

Photographs

Correspondence

Citation:

Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.1991.0003

See more items in:

"Amelia Earhart: A Biography" [Rich] Collection

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2045b5dff-ef1c-4177-b749-309a502ad83a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-1991-0003

Collection Creator:

Rich, Doris L.  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Scope and Contents:

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.

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.1991.0003, Series 1

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"Amelia Earhart: A Biography" [Rich] Collection

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg28d0b7f59-4ff6-45be-b24d-4890cc027f44

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-1991-0003-ref505

Collection Creator:

Rich, Doris L.  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1922-1960

Scope and Contents:

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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No restrictions on access

Collection Rights:

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

Collection Citation:

Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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"Amelia Earhart: A Biography" [Rich] Collection

"Amelia Earhart: A Biography" [Rich] Collection / Series 1: Biographical Files

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg201c95e63-a170-47eb-9c81-76422917ded4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-1991-0003-ref506

Collection Creator:

Rich, Doris L.  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1928-1985

Scope and Contents:

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.

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Collection Rights:

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

Collection Citation:

Amelia Earhart: A Biography [Rich] Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0003, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

"Amelia Earhart: A Biography" [Rich] Collection

"Amelia Earhart: A Biography" [Rich] Collection / Series 1: Biographical Files

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg257286d2f-7085-486d-8b47-441a6c911f54

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-1991-0003-ref507