{"id":5554,"date":"2017-07-13T18:23:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T22:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=5554"},"modified":"2017-07-13T18:29:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T22:29:13","slug":"asc-earhart-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2017\/07\/13\/asc-earhart-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives Exhibit: Earhart\u2019s Last Letters, Telegrams from 1937 World Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy of Megan Huckaby, Purdue University Marketing and Media<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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The \u201cMissing You\u201d exhibit features many letters, photographs and this telegram, which is the last communication from Earhart before her departure for Howland Island. (Purdue University Photo\/Megan Huckaby)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new exhibit from Purdue Libraries, Archives and Special Collections<\/a> (ASC), explores Amelia Earhart’s last adventure through letters, telegrams, photographs, and logs sent during her famous 1937 world flight attempt.<\/p>\n

“Missing You” opened on June 29 to mark the 80-year anniversary of Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan\u2019s world flight. It will remain open through Dec. 8.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mystery surrounding Earhart\u2019s disappearance often overshadows her legacy as a pioneer aviator, vocal advocate for women\u2019s opportunities in the workplace, as one of the first equal partners in a power-couple marriage and as a role model for young women,\u201d says Tracy Grimm, Purdue’s Barron Hilton Archivist for Flight and Space Exploration. \u201c\u2018Missing You\u2019 explores Amelia Earhart\u2019s last adventure through letters, telegrams, and logs sent home during the 1937 world flight and examines the unique role Earhart played to promote women\u2019s rights during the 1920s and 1930s.\u201d<\/p>\n

The exhibit includes never-before-seen letters that Noonan sent home during the flight, photographs Earhart took with her own camera, and a telegram, Earhart\u2019s last communication, sent from Lae, New Guinea, prior to their departure for Howland Island.<\/p>\n

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A new exhibit from Purdue Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, explores Amelia Earhart’s last adventure through letters, telegrams, photographs, and logs sent during her famous 1937 world flight attempt. (Purdue University Archives Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The exhibit, located in the Purdue Archives and Special Collections on the fourth floor of the Humanities, Social Science and Education (HSSE) Library in Stewart Center, is open free to the public.<\/p>\n

Its summer hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 1-4:30 p.m. on Friday. Fall hours will be 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Monday-Friday. Please note the ASC will be closed for inventory Monday-Friday, Aug. 7-11.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The exhibit is made possible through the support of Purdue Libraries\u2019 Susan Bulkeley Butler Women\u2019s Archives and the Barron Hilton Archives for Flight and Space Exploration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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