Date |
From |
To |
Subject |
Remarks |
10/20/1936 |
C. Carroll Cone |
George Putnam |
Expiration of Earhart’s license and requirement for instrument rating. |
|
11/10/1936 |
Amelia Earhart |
Franklin D. Roosevelt, POTUS |
Aerial refueling over Midway Island |
|
11/16/1936 |
Paul Bastado |
CNO |
Forwarding Earhart’s letter to Roosevelt asking for aid in flight |
|
11/29/1936 |
E.J. King, Commander, Aircraft Base Force USN |
CinC U.S. Fleet |
Aerial refueling over Midway Island response |
|
12/14/1936 |
J. S. Wynne |
R.L. Campbell |
Construction of landing field on Howland |
Chief, Airports Section, Air Navigation Division, DOC |
4/6/1937 |
Arnold E. True, LT USN |
CNO |
Weather forecasts for flight of AE |
Incomplete; includes logistical info but not all the weather data |
4/19/1937 |
R.S. Boutelle, General Inspection Service |
Amelia Earhart |
Luke Field accident, failure to report |
Boutelle was Acting Chief of the service |
4/29/1937 |
Ruth Hampton, DOI |
Richard Black, Field Rep, DOI |
Ordering Black to go along on the USCG vessel to Howland |
|
5/5/1937 |
George Putnam |
Richard Southgate, State |
Change of direction and route, visas and permissions |
Southgate was with the Division of Protocol and Conferences |
5/8/1937 |
George Putnam |
W.D. Leahy, Adm USN, CNO |
Change in direction for flight |
|
5/8/1937 |
Richard Southgate |
George Putnam |
New letter of authority needed to resume flight. |
|
5/14/1937 |
J.M. Johnson, Ass’t Secretary of Commerce |
George Putnam |
Permission granted for flight. |
|
6/4/1937 |
George Putnam |
Ruth Hampton, DOI |
Preliminary schedule and progress |
|
6/7/1937 |
Fred Noonan |
Amelia Earhart |
handwritten notes with navigation instructions |
|
6/7/1937 |
R.R. Waesche, RADM USCG |
George Putnam |
Notification that a CG vessel will be at Howland |
Also asking for her schedule. |
6/8/1937 |
Ruth Hampton, DOI |
George Putnam |
Acknowledging June 4 letter and asking about confusion concerning Howland Island arrangements |
|
6/9/1937 |
Fred Noonan |
Gene Pallette |
From Africa, overview of trip thus far |
|
6/9/1937 |
George Putnam |
Ruth Hampton, DOI |
Scheduling and other logistical arrangements |
|
6/16/1937 |
Ruth Hampton, DOI |
George Putnam |
Transmitting radiogram from Black requesting arrival information Howland |
|
6/17/1937 |
George Putnam |
Col. J.M. Johnson, Ass’t Secretary of Commerce |
Querying whereabouts of W.T. Miller and asking for his help in flight. |
Miller handled most of the logistics for the first attempt but was not available for the second attempt. |
6/17/1937 |
George Putnam |
Ruth Hampton, DOI |
Informing radio protocols and asking that they be forwarded to Black. |
|
6/18/1937 |
J.M. Johnson, Ass’t Secretary of Commerce |
George Putnam |
Miller’s whereabouts and lack of availability. |
|
6/23/1937 |
George Putnam |
Ruth Hampton, DOI |
Scheduling of AE's flight from Bandeong. |
|
7/5/1937 |
Mr. Ballantine, Dept of State |
State, Division of Far Eastern Affairs |
Offer from Tsuneo Hayama, Second Secretary, Japanese Embassy, of assistance of Japanese gov't in search. |
|
7/5/1937 |
William Short, Lt USN |
His father |
The Colorado’s search |
A contemporaneous record, kept day-to-day and mailed July 22. |
7/20/1937 |
Marvin MacIntyre |
President Roosevelt |
Recommending that FDR talk to Gene Vidal about the disappearance. |
|
7/31/1937 |
George Putnam |
Marvin MacIntyre |
Thanks for cooperation, and query as to Japanese activities |
|
8/3/1937 |
C.L.A. Abbott, American Consulate, Sydney |
Albert Doyle, State |
Forwarding report from Darwin regarding failure of RDF to work |
|
8/10/1937 |
Frank Kenner, USCG |
Eve (unknown last name) |
Cruise of the Itasca |
"As to Amelia losing herself, she had only herself to blame." |
12/14/1937 |
J. F. Farley, USCG, Chief Communications Officer |
Commandant USCG |
Proposed Joint Rescue Procedure in aircraft distress cases |
|
5/5/1938 |
Jesse W. Lankford |
Memo to Registration Section |
Final disposition of files concerning NR16020 |
|
6/4/1940 |
Capt. Irving Johnson |
Bessie M. Young |
Voyage of the yacht Yankee searching for Earhart in the Ellice and Gilbert groups |
|
11/18/1942 |
Wainright Abbott |
Secretary of State (U.S.) |
Internal Situation in Fiji |
Critique of Sir Harry Luke’s administration in Fiji and report on new Governor. |
1968 - 1992 |
Fred Goerner |
Nina Paxton, John Lambrecht, Jon Hathaway, Tom King, Ric Gillespie, Gary Quigg |
Correspondence concerning the disappearance and search. |
This is a collection of correspondence between Fred Goerner and a number of other people, including members of TIGHAR's search teams, on the subject of the disappearance and search. |
1/10/1989 |
Yau Fai Lum |
Thomas F. Gannon |
Memories of Howland Island during the Earhart flight. |
He was the radio operator at Howland at the time. |
8/23/1990 |
Mabel Duncklee |
TIGHAR |
Hearing of radio calls from Earhart |
|
1990-1997 |
Harry Maude |
King, Gillespie, Goerner |
Nikumaroro, PISS, and theories |
Harry Maude was instrumental in the formation of PISS, and is acknowledged as the leading scholar and historian of the last expansion of the British Empire. |
10/5/1999 |
Foua Tofinga |
Thomas F. King, Ph.D. |
Meaning of words seen in the sand on Sydney |
A couple of other questions as well. |
1999–2007 |
Sir Ian Thomson |
Thomas F. King, Ph.D. |
Letters exchanged between Sir Ian and Tom King concerning the WPHC and leads to evidence. |
Sir Ian was ADC to Sir Harry Luke in 1941, and accompanied Sir Harry to the Phoenix Islands. |