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"Amelia Earhart: A Biography" [Rich] Collection

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

"Blackie" Captain Harold F. Blackburn, a pioneering, twentieth century pilot in peace and war by William F. Cass

Author:
Cass, William F. 1942-  Search this
Physical description:
471 pages 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2016
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Air pilots  Search this
Air pilots, Military  Search this
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Jet transports--Piloting--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
Pilotes d'aéronef  Search this
Pilotes d'aéronef militaires  Search this
Aéronautique--Histoire  Search this
Avions de transport à réaction--Pilotage--Histoire  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Jet transports--Piloting  Search this
Military operations, Aerial--American  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1113562

"Fly papers." Being leaves from the diary of a war pilot. By "the Whip" (Captain Arthur E. Illingworth, R.A.F.)

Title:
Leaves from the diary of a war pilot
Author:
Illingworth, Arthur E.  Search this
Former owner:
Dixon, A. B. DSI  Search this
Donor:
Brown, K. S (Kimbrough S.) DSI  Search this
Publisher:
R. Ward & Sons  Search this
Subject:
Illingworth, Arthur E  Search this
Great Britain Royal Air Force  Search this
Physical description:
107 pages 19 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1919
Topic:
World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations  Search this
Air pilots  Search this
Call number:
UG626.2.I45 I45 1919
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_553471

"G" sense / issued by Aviation Training Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy

Title:
G sense
Illustrator:
Osborn, Robert Chesley 1904-1994  Search this
Author:
United States Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Aviation Training Division  Search this
Subject:
United States Navy  Search this
Physical description:
31, [1] pages. : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Date:
1943
[1943]
Topic:
Airplanes--Piloting  Search this
Acceleration (Physiology)  Search this
Air pilots, Military  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Call number:
D805.A2 U55 1943
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1045042

"G" sense / issued by Aviation Training Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy

Title:
G sense
Publications issued by the Training Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy DSI
Former owner:
Steen, Richard E. DSI  Search this
Illustrator:
Osborn, Robert Chesley 1904-1994  Search this
Author:
United States Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Aviation Training Division  Search this
Subject:
United States Navy  Search this
Physical description:
31, [1] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Date:
1943
[1943]
Topic:
Airplanes--Piloting  Search this
Acceleration (Physiology)  Search this
Air pilots, Military  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Call number:
D805.A2 U55 1943
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_943696

"Go-around" : the story of Mary Gaffaney / by Jean Via Tracy

Author:
Tracy, Jean Via  Search this
Subject:
Gaffaney, Mary  Search this
Physical description:
160 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1979
Topic:
Women air pilots  Search this
Stunt flying  Search this
Call number:
TL540.G16T73X 1979
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_300019

"Parlo con Bruno" / Benito Mussolini

Author:
Mussolini, Benito 1883-1945  Search this
Subject:
Mussolini, Bruno 1918-1941  Search this
Physical description:
169 pages, XLIII pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Quelle
Place:
Italy
Date:
1942
Topic:
Air pilots  Search this
Call number:
DG575.M8 A338 1942
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_554707

"Schneidige deutsche Mädel" : Fliegerinnen zwischen 1918 und 1945 / Evelyn Zegenhagen

Author:
Zegenhagen, Evelyn  Search this
Physical description:
504 p. : ill ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Germany
Date:
2007
C2007
1918-1933
1933-1945
Topic:
Women air pilots  Search this
National socialism and women  Search this
Women in aeronautics--Political aspects  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_837406

"Smithy" : Sir Charles Kingsford Smith--the world's greatest aviator / by Fred Morton

Author:
Morton, Fred  Search this
Subject:
Kingsford-Smith, Charles Edward Sir 1897-1935  Search this
Physical description:
48 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Australia
Date:
1984
C1984
Topic:
Air pilots, Australian--Biography  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Call number:
TL540.K55 M88 1984
TL540.K55M88 1984
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_329251

"So few"; the immortal record of the Royal Air Force, by David Masters

Author:
Masters, David b. 1883  Search this
Subject:
Great Britain Royal Air Force  Search this
Physical description:
340 p. plates, ports. 23cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1941
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations  Search this
Air pilots  Search this
Call number:
D786 .M42
D786.M42
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_80636

"Stand easy!" An account of the lighter side of service life, by B.J. Hurren, R.A.F.; with a Foreword by Sir Max Pemberton. Illustrated with sketches by John Ensor

Author:
Hurren, B. J (Bernard John)  Search this
Subject:
Great Britain Royal Air Force Correspondence, reminiscences, etc  Search this
Physical description:
277 p. illus. 21 cm
Type:
Biography
Correspondence
Date:
1934
[1934]
Topic:
Air pilots  Search this
Call number:
TL540.H96A1
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_109522

"Upside-down" Pangborn, King of the Barnstormers / Carl M. Cleveland

Author:
Cleveland, Carl M. 1903-  Search this
Subject:
Pangborn, Clyde Edward, ca. 1893-1958  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 208 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1978
C1978
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Air pilots  Search this
Call number:
TL540.P29 C57X
TL540.P29C57X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_112349

"Vi" : min flyvemaskine og jeg / Charles A. Lindbergh ; paa dansk ved A. P. Botved

Author:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
Green, Fitzhugh 1888-1947  Search this
Former owner:
Filippi, Bernard P. DSI  Search this
Subject:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
Physical description:
168 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1927
Topic:
Air pilots  Search this
Aeronautics--Flights  Search this
Call number:
TL540.L5 A3 D1927
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_483865

"We" / by Charles A. Lindbergh ; the famous flier's own story of his life and his transatlantic flight, together with his views on the future of aviation ; with a foreword by Myron T. Herrick ; fully illustrated

Author:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
Green, Fitzhugh 1888-1947  Search this
Former owner:
Winslow, Alan J. DSI  Search this
Subject:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
Physical description:
318 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1927
Topic:
Air pilots  Search this
Call number:
TL540.L5 A3 1927X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_483431

"We" / by Charles A. Lindbergh ; the famous flier's own story of his life and his transatlantic flight, together with his views on the future of aviation ; with a foreword by Myron T. Herrick ; fully illustrated

Author:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
Green, Fitzhugh 1888-1947  Search this
Subject:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
Physical description:
318 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1927
Topic:
Air pilots  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_704611

"We" / by Charles A. Lindbergh ; the famous flier's own story of his life and his transatlantic flight, together with his views on the future of aviation ; with an introduction by Myron T. Herrick

Author:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
Contributor:
Herrick, Myron T (Myron Timothy) 1854-1929  Search this
Green, Fitzhugh 1888-1947  Search this
Author:
Green, Fitzhugh 1888-1947 Little of what the world thought of Lindburgh  Search this
Inscriber:
Putnam, G. P.  Search this
Former owner:
Stuart, C. G. B. DSI  Search this
Publisher:
G.P. Putnam's Sons  Search this
Printer:
Knickerbocker Press  Search this
Associated name:
National Aviation Club (U.S.) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
Physical description:
[2], 308 pages, [52] leaves of plates : illustrations (etchings, photographs), facsimiles, portraits ; 26 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1927
Topic:
Transatlantic flights  Search this
Air pilots  Search this
Aeronautics--Flights  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1083518

"We" / by Charles A. Lindbergh ; the famous flier's own story of his life and his transatlantic flight, together with his views on the future of aviation ; with an introduction by Myron T. Herrick ; fully illustrated

Author:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
Contributor:
Herrick, Myron T (Myron Timothy) 1854-1929  Search this
Green, Fitzhugh 1888-1947  Search this
Author:
Green, Fitzhugh 1888-1947 Little of what the world thought of Lindburgh  Search this
Inscriber:
Putnam, G. P.  Search this
Publisher:
G.P. Putnam's Sons  Search this
Printer:
Knickerbocker Press  Search this
Subject:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
Physical description:
[2], 308 pages, [52] leaves of plates : illustrations (etchings, photographs), facsimiles, portraits ; 26 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1927
Topic:
Transatlantic flights  Search this
Air pilots  Search this
Aeronautics--Flights  Search this
Call number:
TL540.L5 A3 1927c
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_483862

"We" / by Charles A. Lindbergh ; the famous flier's own story of his life and his transatlantic flight, together with his views on the future of aviation ; with foreward by Myron T. Herrick ; fully illustrated

Author:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
Herrick, Myron T (Myron Timothy) 1854-1929  Search this
Former owner:
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 21, [17] p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1927
Topic:
Air pilots  Search this
Aeronautics--Flights  Search this
Call number:
TL540.L5 A3p 1927
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_483858

(No Title Given) [drawing] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Kallem, Morris J. 1889-1953  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Occupation--Transportation--Pilot  Search this
Dress--Uniform--Aviator Suit  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0004094
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_4094

... Die ausbildung zum flugzeugführer, von Heinz Erblich ... mit 78 abbildungen

Author:
Erblich, Heinz 1891-  Search this
Physical description:
148 p. illus. 17 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1917
Topic:
Airplanes--Piloting  Search this
Air pilots  Search this
Call number:
TL710.E7X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_169364

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