Elgen Long Estate Auction

[Denise Kelsey]

On July 16 in Dallas, 17 Earhart-related items owned by Elgen Long's estate are going to be auctioned off by Heritage Auctions, including her 'Japanese Capture' kimono and a collection of Coast Guard Itasca radio dispatches.

Opening bid for the kimono is $15K, the letter from FDR, $50K

https://tinyurl.com/2p87b5p3

[Christian Stock]

I wonder if any of the conspiracy wackadoodles ever Questioned how her kimono got back to the United States.

[Jeff Lange]

I believe Denise let a bit of sarcasm slip through with her description of the kimono. Visit the link for a more appropriate description of it, and the other items. Quite interesting! But I won't be bidding just yet......

[Denise Kelsey]

From The Daily Beast article:
"... (a) book by Joe Klaas that claimed Amelia Earhart was alive and living in Monroe, New Jersey, as Mrs. Guy Bolam: Her life had been bartered by Japan so Emperor Hirohito would not be tried as a war criminal. A photo of Amelia in a kimono was included as part of Klaas's evidence, captioned: 'Amelia Earhart being served in a Japanese tearoom.' "

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-amelia-earhart-kimono-that-spikes-a-racist-legend

[Denise Kelsey]

My question is how/why did Elgen Long have Itasca radio dispatches?  I thought those would be at Purdue, or in an archive somewhere?