Amelia Earhart (48 page)

18
Aeronautical Society: PSC, Scrapbook #6: unidentified clipping.

19
John Montijo: Jim Montijo, interview, October 19, 1985.

20
Pancho Barnes: Greenwood and Greenwood,
Stunt Flying in the Movies
, 70–71.

21
“there were very few women”:
IAT
, November 17, 1985, pt. 4, pp. 15–19.

22
Transcontinental speed record:
LAT
, August 26, 1932, p. 1;
AYB
1933, p. 382.

23
“displaying heroic courage”: PSC, 1932 Atlantic Flight, Postflight Correspondence.

24
“women can do most things”: Earhart, “Flying the Atlantic,” 17.

25
Track fan: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 9.

26
Celebrities: PSC, Scrapbook #6: unidentified clipping.

27
Pickfair: David Putnam, interview, November 11, 1985.

28
“in a week or so”: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 9.

29
Distance record:
AYB
1933, p. 383.

30
“Don’t come near me”:
LAT
, August 26, 1932, p. 1.

31
Long-distance flights: C. L. Zakhartchenko, interview, February 10, 1985.

32
Flying a routine affair:
New York American
, August 26, 1932, p. 1.

33
“Splendid flight”: PSC, 1932 Miscellaneous Correspondence.

34
“If I had had the weather”:
LAT
, August 26, 1932, p. 1.

35
Jimmy Haizlip:
AYB
1933, p. 383.

36
“in any legitimate way”: PSC, Scrapbook #7: unidentified clipping, June 22, 1932.

37
Stationery: National Archives, RG 59. 124.023/33, Box 740.

38
Essex Terraplane:
Detroit Times
, July 20, 1932, p. 1.

39
Ninety-Nines: Cochran Papers, DDEL, Ninety-Nines Series, Box 11, Official Correspondence, 1932 (1).

40
Nancy Hopkins Tier: Tier, interview.

41
Ninety-Nines magazine: Cochran Papers, DDEL, Ninety-Nines series, Box 12, Clare Studer (3).

42
Helen Weber: Mrs. Robert C. Canavello, Correspondence, January 20, 1985.

43
Portland and Poughkeepsie: PSC, Scrapbook #9: unidentified Poughkeepsie newspaper clipping, November 20, 1932.

44
Lectures during fall: PSC, Scrapbook #9:
Mining Journal
(Marquette), October 24, 1932;
Sentinel
(Milwaukee), October 20, 1932;
Times
(Erie), November 30, 1932;
Sun-Telegram
(Williamsburg), December 3, 1932;
Detroit News
, December 3, 1932;
Tribune
(Johnstown), December 5, 1932;
Union
(Springfield, Mass.), November 30, 1932; Detroit Women’s City Club Bulletin;
Chatauqua Weekly
, December 15, 1932, p. 2; unidentified and undated newspaper clipping.

45
Paul Mantz: David Putnam, interview, November 11, 1985.

46
Invitations to Amy: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 9.

47
“This is her stunt”:
NYWT
, May 21, 1932, p. 3.

48
“Tell them about your lunch”:
NYHT
, June 21, 1932, p. 2.

49
“It was much harder”:
NYT
, June 21, 1932, p. 1.

50
Chances of crossing Atlantic:
Redbook
, September 1932, pp. 22–23, 97.

51
Putnam: Stabler, interview.

52
“Putnam would never speak”: Bradford Washburn, interview, October 5, 1984.

53
Wheelbarrow ride: Canavello, correspondence.

54
Entertaining:
Globe
, July 21, 1963.

55
Party, December 30, 1932: PSC, Scrapbook #9: Walter Trumbull, “New York Lights” column, unidentified newspaper, December 31, 1932.

56
“Amelia Earhart Putnam”:
U.S. Air Services
, June 1932, p. 13.

1
“It’s a routine now, Bert”: Winfield Kinner, Jr., interview, October 27, 1985.

2
Franklin Institute:
PEB
, June 11, 1930, p. 2.

3
“After some bickering”: Cochran Papers, DDEL, Ninety-Nines Series, Box 2, Official Correspondence, 1933 (4).

4
Dorothy Leh: ibid.

5
“The First Lady of the Sky”:
Vogue
, January 15, 1933, pp. 30–31.

6
Anne Lindbergh: Lindbergh,
Locked Rooms and Open Doors
, 5.

7
Dinner party:
NYT
, January 24, 1933, p. 21; Putnam,
Soaring Wings
, 180–83.

8
Flight over Manhattan:
NYT
, January 24, 1932, p. 21.

9
Flight to West Coast:
Pioneer Press
(St. Paul), January 29, 1933, sec. 1, p. 1.

10
Northwest Airways tour: PSC, Scrapbook #10:
Tribune
(Bismarck), January 30, 1933;
Independent
(Helena), January 29, 1933;
Spokesman Review
(Spokane), January 31, 1933;
News Telegram
(Portland), February 1, 1933.

11
Training program for women: Samuelson, “Equality in the Cockpit.”

12
“If women were drafted”: PSC, Scrapbook #10:
Post Intelligencer
(Seattle), February 4, 1933.

13
“So far as sex is concerned”: PSC, Scrapbook #9:
Daily Province
(Vancouver), February 4, 1933.

14
Lecture fee: PSC, Scrapbook #13:
Register
(Des Moines), October 19, 1933.

15
Paramount films: PSC, Scrapbook #10:
LAT
, February 8, 1933.

16
“the world’s only regular airplane commuters”: PSC, Miscellaneous: Mortimer Franklin, “Amelia Earhart Looks at Films,”
Screenland
(June 1933): 28.

17
Helen Weber: Cochran Papers, DDEL, Ninety-Nines Series, Box 3, Official Correspondence 1933 (4).

18
“much more intense”: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, February 14, 1933.

19
“I join with the National Women’s Party”:
Evening Star
, September 22, 1932, p. 1.

20
Separate political party: Putnam,
Soaring Wings
, 137–38.

21
Minimum wage for women: PSC, Scrapbook #10:
Sun
(New York), March 7, 1933.

22
“I loathe the formal kind”: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10.

23
Vacation: PSC, Scrapbook #10:
Daily News
(Sandhill, N.C.), February 21, 1933.

24
“women like to do such things”: Transcript of CBS radio script, Canavello, correspondence, January 22, 1985.

25
Three important women: PSC, Scrapbook #9: unidentified Poughkeepsie newspaper, November 20, 1932.

26
Committee for the Recognition of Soviet Russia: Swarthmore College Peace Collection, National Council for Prevention of War, DG
₂₃
, Series
₄
, Box 32;
NYT
, March 25, 1933, p. 12.

27
Eleanor Roosevelt flying: Lash,
Eleanor and Franklin
, 368.

28
D.A.R.: PSC, Scrapbook #10:
NYWT
, April 21, 1933.

29
“be made to do the dirty work”:
Yale Daily News
article, November 10, 1933, from Whitelaw Reid, interview, October 10, 1984.

30
“A woman with Miss Earhart’s fine courage”:
NYT
, November 14, 1933, op-ed page.

31
Resigning: Letter from Earhart to Bingham, May 6, 1933, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.

32
“a promoter”: PSC, Scrapbook #10:
New York Sun
, May 8, 1933.

33
Disagreement over NAA magazine: PSC, Scrapbook #10:
NYWT
, May 4, 1933.

34
“too dissimilar”: Letter from Earhart to Bingham, May 6, 1933, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.

35
Honorary membership: Letter from Bingham to Earhart, May 17, 1933, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.

36
Air meets: PSC, Scrapbook #10:
NYWT
, May 4, 1933;
New York American
, May 7, 1933.

37
Amy and Muriel: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, February 14, March 6, April 20, June 8, August 4, and September 17, 1933.

38
Ninety-Nines: Cochran Papers, DDEL, Ninety-Nines Series, Box 2, Official Correspondence (6).

39
Vogue:
ibid., (6)(1).

40
All-woman air race:
Sportsman Pilot
, July 1933, p. 47.

41
Letter to Cooper: Letter, June 24, 1933, Earhart Collection, NASM Library. World’s Fair: PSC, Scrapbook #10:
News
(Chicago), June 10, 1933.

42
Takeoff:
NYT
, July 2, 1933, p. 1.

43
End of race:
NYT
, July 3, 1933, p. 5;
The Ninety-Niner
, July 15, 1933, Earhart Collection, NASM Library.

44
Boardman and Thaw:
NYT
, July 4, 1933, p. 1.

45
Nichols: Nichols,
Wings for Life
, 226–30.

46
Pickford and Arnold:
NYT
, July 5, 1933, p. 10.

47
Pickford’s divorce:
NYT
, July 3, 1933, p. 1.

48
Amelia with Pickford: Ninety-Nines Archives:
Herald and Examiner
, July 7, 1933.

49
Broken hatch: PSC, Scrapbook #10:
Newark Sunday Call
, July 9, 1933, p. 1;
NYT
, July 8, 1933, p. 8.

50
New record: ibid.

1
“She loved flying”: Harry A. Bruno, COHC, vol. 6, pt. 1, p. 16.

2
Mollisons’ flights: McDonough,
Atlantic Wings
.

3
Mollisons’ crash:
Hartford Courant
, July 25, 1933, pp. 1–3.

4
Mollisons in Rye: Putnam,
Soaring Wings
, 233–34.

5
Lunch with the Roosevelts:
NYT
, July 30, 1933, pp. 1, 3–4.

6
Publicity with Mollisons: PSC, Scrapbook #10:
Midweek Pictorial
, August 12, 1933, p. 5;
Atlantic City Evening Union
, p. 1; unidentified clipping.

7
“49-5 Club”:
International Herald Tribune
, August 2, 1983, edit. page.

8
G. P. and Douglas Fairbanks:
Pictorial Review
, December 1932, pp. 12–13.

9
Northwest Airlines: PSC, Scrapbook #10:
Tribune
(Bismarck), January 30, 1933; Scrapbook #16: Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen, “Merry-Go-Round,” unidentified newspaper, July 1, 1936.

10
Vidal’s appointment: Vidal, “Love of Flying,” 15–20.

11
“To Eugene Vidal”: Vidal Collection, Box 4.

12
Amelia in love: Vidal, “Love of Flying,” 15–20.

13
Investment: Haggerty,
Aviation’s Mr. Sam
, 22–28.

14
Air service operation: ibid.

15
National Airways: Mudge,
Adventures of a Yellowbird
, 38–40.

16
Checking each stop: Collins,
Tales of an Old Air-Faring Man
, 134.

17
Contract: ibid., 135.

18
Stockholders:
NYT
, August 6, 1933.

19
“You will see me often”: Mudge,
Adventures of a Yellowbird
, 50.

20
Marcia-Marie Weber: Canavello, correspondence.

21
Press coverage:
NYT
, August 21, 1933, p. 19.

22
Winter operations: Collins,
Tales of an Old Air-Faring Man
, 135.

23
Completing flights: Mudge,
Adventures of a Yellowbird
, 54.

24
Amelia on airline: Collins,
Tales of an Old Air-Faring Man
, 135.

25
“members of the code agree”: Ninety-Nines newsletter, September 15, 1933, Ninety-Nines Archives.

26
Kodak:
House and Garden
(April 1933): 62–63.

27
“Everyone is very cordial”: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 10, October 15, 1933.

28
Theo Otis: Morrissey, interview, April 20, 1983.

29
“I tried to forget”: SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 36.

30
“If you can stand it”: PSC, Scrapbook #13:
Evening Telegraph
(Alton, Ill.), October 22, 1933.

31
Toledo to Lansing:
News Bee
(Toledo), October 20, 1933.

32
Mary Yvonne Scales: PSC, Scrapbook #13:
Banner
(Logan, W.V.), November 7, 1933.

33
“a fellow who will get an idea”: PSC, Scrapbook #13: Lucinda Reed, “Mrs. and ‘Mr.’ Earhart,”
Family Circle
(December 8, 1933).

34
Functional clothing: Putnam,
Soaring Wings
, 205.

35
New York firms: PSC, Scrapbook #11:
Women’s Wear Daily
, December 11, 1933.

36
AP interview: Arne, “She Breaks Precedents,” 7.

37
Separates:
New York American
, April 6, 1936, p. 12.

38
Franklin Institute aviation hall:
NYT
, December 18, 1933.

39
Smithsonian Institution:
PEB
, October 31, 1979.

40
Rotary Club luncheon: PSC, Scrapbook #11: unidentified clipping, January 22, 1934.

41
Cheap hat: Morrissey, interview, April 20, 1983.

42
“one of the hardest strains” SLRC, 83 M-69 F. 3.

43
One-week tour: PSC, Scrapbook #13:
Constitution
(Atlanta), February 3, 1934;
New York American
, February 4, 1934.

44
Watch: Putnam,
Soaring Wings
, 112–13.

45
Secretary of transportation: PSC, Scrapbook #12:
Christian Science Monitor
, March 6, 1934.

46
Airmail contract: Smith,
Airways
.

47
“As a result”: PSC, Scrapbook #13:
Daily Record
(Boston), March 17, 1934.