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The Earhart Project Archives: Finding Aid by Type of Document
Historical Documents. Letters, journals, reports and photographs, primarily from 1937 to 1955. Click on the link at left to open an annotated index of all documents.
An Answering Wave
Avalanche of Psychics
Betty’s
Notebook
Eric
Bevington’s Journal
Bones Chronology
Bones: Forensic Analysis
Brines Letter
Carey Article | Photographs | Diary
Chater Report
Collopy Letter
Colorado Lookout
Cooper Report
Helen Day Collection: Fortaleza |
Karachi |
Bandoeng |
Koepang
Friedell’s
Report
Gallagher Gallery | Inventory
of Gallagher’s Effects | A Letter to Gallagher | Gallagher’s
Eighth Progress Report, July – September, 1940 | Gallagher’s
Ninth Progress Report, October – December 1940
A Letter Home from Sid Harvey
M. H. Hay’s Journal
Hooven Report
Jacobson Database
Kelly Johnson Telegrams
Floyd Kilts Story
Lambrecht’s
Report | Lambrecht Photo | Lambrecht: An
Answering Wave
Laxton, P.B., “Nikumaroro”
Letters : Abbott, C. | Abbott, W. | Bastado | Boutelle | COMAIRFOR | Cone | Duncklee | Earhart | Farley | Goerner | Hampton 1 | Hampton 2 | Hampton 3 | Handwritten notes | Johnson 1 | Johnson 2 | Johnson 3 | Kenner | Lankford | MacIntyre | Maude | Noonan | Putnam 1 | Putnam 2 | Putnam 3 | Putnam 4 | Putnam 5 | Putnam 6 | Putnam 7 | Putnam 8 | Short | Southgate | State | Sir Ian Thomson | Tofinga | True | Waesche | Wynne | Yau Fai Lum
Lockheed Report 487
Logs: Colorado Howland Radio | Itasca DeckItasca Radio IItasca Radio IIItasca Raw
Sir Harry Luke: Notes from the PRO
Luke Field Crash Report | Luke Field Inventory
MacPherson’s
Report
MacPherson Service Record
Maude, H.E., “The
Colonization of the Phoenix Islands”
New
Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey Expedition, Photo
Album | New
Zealand Pacific
Aviation Survey Expedition: Gardner Island | New
Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey Expedition: General Report
Norwich City, Wreck of
NTSB Report on 2-2-V-1
Pan American Airways Memos
Pearson & Lee,
Background Materials | Pearson Paper
Reports: Aircraft Inspection | Black Cruise Report | Colorado News Sheets | Dowell | Kamakaiwi | Leith | Maude | Murfin | Noonan | Noyes | Thompson Cruise | Thompson Transcripts | USCG Rescue
Tarawa Archives
Waesche Memo to Gibbons
Research Papers and Materials
TIGHAR Research Bulletins , tracing the history of the project. Click on the link at left to open an annotated index of all bulletins.
Technical and Historical Papers
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
The Electra Radios
The Flight: First Attempt
| Second Attempt: Communications | Second Attempt:
Route
| Second Attempt:
Weather
The Final Flight: Lae to Midpoint | Midpoint to the
Vicinity of Howland | At Howland Island | The Airplane Returns
to Earth | Reconstruction | Behavioral and Psychological Analyses
of Amelia Earhart’s Final Flight | Maladaptive Behavior in Survivors
The Search: The First Twenty-Four Hours | The Itasca Search | The Colorado Search | The Lexington Search | Search Maps
The Post-Loss Radio Signals: Harmony and Power:
Could Betty Have Heard Earhart on a Harmonic? | WE-13C Transmitter Harmonic
Power Output | The Radio Riddle | The Post-Loss Radio
Signals | Radio
Direction Finder Analysis | Tide Levels
and the Post-Loss Radio Signals | Post-Loss Signal Catalog | Amelia’s Batteries | Post Loss Radio Analysis
Forensic Analysis of the Bones Found on Nikumaroro in 1940
Background and Context
The Islands of the Japanese Mandate
in 1937
The Wreck of the Norwich
City
The Phoenix Islands
McKean Island
Amelia Earhart in the Mariana Islands
Artifact Analysis
MMR Analysis of 2-2-V-1: MMR Project No. 128927 Report.pdf
Artifact 2-2-V-1: New Evidence
Eddy Current Analysis of Aluminum
Metal
and Glass
Bottle
Fragment
Red
Cake-Like Material
Metal
Fragment
Unidentified
Beige Material
Faunals
Zipper Slider
A Freckle In Time
Maps and Photographs
Maps of the flight, expedition routes, etc. Click on the link at left to open an annotated index of maps.
Earhart’s Around the World Flight
The Phoenix Islands
Nikumaroro
The 157/337 Line of Position
The Niku V Expedition Route
Search Maps, 1937
Photographs for reference use. Click on the link at left to open an annotated index of photos.
The Island
Legendary Scaevola
The Jungle
The Landing Channel
The Lagoon Shore
Second Attempt Departure
The Electra Airborne
Earhart in the Cockpit
Earhart and Putnam
Fred Noonan
TIGHAR Tracks Articles
1989
Diplomatic Approval , May
It’s All Ahead Full For the Earhart Project , June
Testing the Hypothesis , August
Finding Amelia , November
Artifact Identification and Analysis , December
1990
Bones , March
The Grail , August
Nor Any Drop to Drink , September
Bookcase Update , September
As We Go To Press , November
1991
Solving the Case , January
Return to Nikumaroro , January
Return to Nikumaroro , April
Summary of Evidence , April
Departure , September
New Evidence , September
Evidence, Conclusions, and Expectations , September
A Promise of Certainty , December
The Crash at Sydney Island , December
1992
We Did It , March
Artifact 2-2-V-1 , March
Dissent , March
Artifact 2-2-G-7/1-9 , March
Lost and Found , March
First on the Scene , March
Through the Flak , April
Help Wanted , April
Biased Towards the Facts , April
Agreed-Upon Lies , September
A Whole New Beach Party , September
1993
The Plan for Niku III , January
Matching the Markings , January
The Dawn of Reason , January
An Answering Wave , June
Preparations for Niku III , June
Naval Engagement , June
Cosmic Significance , September
Ship in Sight Ahead , December
For Want of a Nail , December
Not Worth the Trip , December
It’s Only Television , December
1994
Hit or Myth , June
Looking in the Right Place , June
The Final Flight , June
A Novel Approach , June
Dead Zone , October
1995
Lockheeds, Logos, and Legs , February
Caution: History Under Construction , February
The Earhart Electra: A Star is Born , May
Catch of the Day , September
The Earhart Electra: Around the World , September
What’s a Dado Anyway? , September
The Any-Idiot Artifact , September
The Gilligan Hypothesis , September
Sixty Years is Long Enough to Wait , December
Qualitative Data , December
Things Not Said , December
A View to the Sea , December
Stand By , December
1996
Niku III Preliminary Expedition , March
The Crash at Sydney Island , March
Part No. 40552 , March
The Solomon Islands Expedition , March
Finding Amelia , September
Log Jam , September
Found Objects , September
Paradise Lost , September
Clues and Conclusions , September
Niku III: Once And For All , September
The Amelia Earhart Library and Film Festival , September
1997
Hell & High Water , September
I Saw Pieces of an Airplane , September
Corroboration , September
Is This Earhart’s Electra? , September
The Canton Engine , September
The Tarawa File , September
The Castaway of Gardner Island , September
Completing the Puzzle , September
Niku IIII , September
Impressions , September
1998
The Kanton Mission , May
The Pilots Thought I Was Nuts , May
Ate Another MRE , May
The Noonan Project , May
Back to Square One , May
The Wreck Photo , May
Amelia Earhart’s Bones and Shoes? , December
Kanawa Point , December
The Wreck Photo , December
The Crash at Sydney Island , December
Turning of the Tide , December
1999
Niku IIIIP
Fiji Bone Search 1
Context: The Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme
Mrs. O’Brian
The Carpenter’s Daughter
Where Were the Bones?
Gallagher’s Clues
The TIGHAR Hypothesis
FAQs
Interview Transcripts
2000
Niku IIII , September
The 7 Site , September
Niku IIII Funding , October
“This Is Amelia Earhart” , October
Organizing the Argument , October
Other Ears , October
The Girl Who Heard Amelia , November
Propagation Analysis , November
Disqualifying References? , November
Occult References , November
A Landing on the Reef , November
Expedition Expanded , December
Betty’s Notebook – Update , December
Not-So-Happy Trails , December
2001
A Shoe Fetish , February
Further Discoveries , February
Could Betty Have Heard Amelia Earhart on a Harmonic? , February
TIGHAR In Space , February
A Shoe Fetish, Part II , March
The Kelly Johnson Telegrams , March
TIGHAR in Tarawa , April
TIGHAR in Space 2 , April
Love to Mother , May
To Look Down Like a Frigate Bird , May
Treasure Map , June
As Good as a Feast , July/August
Plans and Expectations , July/August
Gunsmoke , July/August
Famous Last Words , July/August
Expedition Report , September
Mysteries of the Seven Site , November
A New Mystery , November
2002
The Race to Find Amelia , February
RMS Titanic versus NR16020 , February
Niku IIII: Post-Expedition Analysis Progress Report , February
We Are On the Line 157 337 ... , March
The Deep Water Handicap , March
Niku IIII: Post-Expedition Analysis Progress Report 2 , March
Seven Site Research Report , April
Clues From Maps , April
Hypotheses , April
Research Report , June
Planning Starts for Niku V , June
Deep Water Handicap: Race Results , June
The Knob That Wasn’t , September
Amelia Earhart and the Loch Ness Monster , September
2003
Breaking News: Wheel of Fortune , January
Niku Vp , March
Niku Vp , May
Fiji Bones Search 2 , May
The Suitcase In My Closet , May
Niku Vp , July
Wheel of Fortune , July
Bad News/Good News , September
Dados Galore , September
Fiji Bone Search , September
Hard Evidence , September
2004
Summary of Evidence , January
Yes No Maybe , January
How We Do It , January
2004 Earhart Project Expeditions , April
The Year of the Dado , October
“The Men Did Their Duty” , October
The UnDados , October
2005
Ship On Reef , October
2006
Detective Story , October
2007
Niku V , February
New Discovery , February
A Short History of a Long Project , July
Niku V Preliminary Report , August
2008
So Many Projects, So Much to Report , March
Jigsaw Puzzle , May
Artifact 2-8-S-5 , May
Artifact 2-8-S-3 , July
Smoking Guns , October
Archaeological Update , October
The 3105 Donut , October
Numbers Game , October
2009
Niku Again in 2010 , July
Road to Niku VI , July
The Post-Loss Radio Signals , July
2010
The Plan for Niku VI , February
Approaching the Seven Site , February
Where is the Electra? , February
What Might We Expect to Find, and Where Should We Look For It? , February
Niku VI , July
Niku VI Dailies , July
Review and Update , November
Niku VI Research , November
Niku 7 , November
Expedition Reports , 1989 – 2012. This link is to a list of expeditions which contains further links.
The Earhart Forum, Archives, 1998 – 2009. Links to the highlights, text files, and FAQs.
Book Reviews. Reviews of books about Earhart, searches, or otherwise related to the Earhart Project.
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