TIGHAR
Amelia Earhart Search Forum => General discussion => Topic started by: Ric Gillespie on June 10, 2016, 08:44:57 AM
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http://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/news/space-and-aviation/amelia-earhart-navigator-archive-sells-for-19-000/21269.page
On Wednesday, June 8, some important Noonan archival material, including letters he wrote during the world fllght, were auctioned and purchased by someone for almost $19,000. We've know for along time that there are letters out there we haven't seen. The owner wouldn't release them, hoping to eventually sell them. Now they've apparently been sold and the new owner may have a more responsible attitude toward sharing historical information. We don't need the actual letters but their content could be extremely revealing.
I've queried the auction house to see if they will release the name of the buyer.
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We don't need the actual letters but their content could be extremely revealing.
It never ceases to amaze me that new primary sources keep turning up after all these years!
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It never ceases to amaze me that new primary sources keep turning up after all these years!
These are not necessarily new sources. I have a hunch that this is the material that was held by the Pasadori family. Noonan's second wife was born Mary Bea Pasadori. When she died she left her memorabilia from her marriage to Noonan with her birth family. The family released a couple of the letters to us several years ago but wouldn't let us see the others.
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Good news. Bonhams is willing to forward an email from me to the buyer.
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The letters to Helen Day are out there available and were from the world flight.
What are these letters your refer to suspected to be...and how are they suspected to be different?
Thanks!
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The letters to Helen Day are out there available and were from the world flight.
What are these letters your refer to suspected to be...and how are they suspected to be different?
Thanks!
If these are letters I think they are, they are letters Fred wrote to his wife Mary Bea during the world flight and may also include correspondence with Hollywood actor Eugene Pallette. Mary Bea's birth name was Passadori and, before she died (or as part of her estate), the Passadori family ended up with the letters. In 1998, former TIGHAR member Don Jordan convinced the Passadori family to let him photograph one of the letters Fred Wrote to Mary Bea (attached)and a letter Fred wrote to Gene Pallette (https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Letters/NoonanPallette.pdf) but they would not release several other letters.
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Got ya!
Thanks!
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Interesting on June 9th "radio out of order".
Seems to be a pattern...upcoming anyway.