An exhibition of Amelia Earhart memorabilia to celebrate the
completion of renovations of the Humanities, Social Sciences,
and Education Library and Stewart Center Gallery. It will publicly
unveil the George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart
Papers, featuring a recent gift to Purdue Libraries from Sally
Putnam Chapman, granddaughter of Earhart's husband George Putnam.
With this gift, the Amelia
Earhart collection in Purdue University Libraries Special
Collections is now the largest, most comprehensive repository
of materials in the world relating to the life, career and
mysterious disappearance of the famous aviatrix.
Before her Purdue-funded Lockheed Electra disappered over
the Pacific Ocean on her around-the-world flight in 1937,
Earhart served as a consultant in the Department of the Study
of Careers for Women at Purdue. The Flight Trails exhibit
is part of Purdue's "100 Years of Flight" celebration,
acknowledging the anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first
manned, powered flight and the University's ongoing role in
aviation and aerospace history.
Monday, March 10, 4:00 to 6:30 pm
Join us for a lecture by Sally Putnam Chapman in
Fowler Hall, located in Stewart Center, immediately followed
by a reception in the lobby adjacent to Fowler Hall and the
Stewart Center Gallery.
All Galleries exhibitions and events are free and open
to the public.
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