Gervais, Joseph
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Special Collections and Archives Division, History of Aviation Archives. 3020 Waterview Pkwy SP2 Suite 11.206 Richardson, Texas 75080 [email protected]. URL: https://www.utdallas.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/ Gervais, Joseph
Table of Contents
Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical Sketch ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 5 Series Description ...... 6 Administrative Information ...... 7 Related Materials ...... 8 Controlled Access Headings ...... 9 Image ID ...... 9 Collection Inventory ...... 11 Series I. Research Documents ...... 11 Series II. Correspondence ...... 23 Series III. Newsletters ...... 23 Series IV. Book Manuscripts and Screenplays ...... 24 Series V. Lawsuits ...... 25 Series VI. Philatelic and Personal Material ...... 26 Series VII. Video Tapes (VHS) ...... 27 Series VIII. Images ...... 28 Series IX. Audio Tapes ...... 31 Series X. Oversize Material ...... 32 Series XI. Memorabilia ...... 32
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Summary Information
Repository: Special Collections and Archives Division, History of Aviation Archives. Title: Joseph Gervais Papers ID: H118-05 Date [inclusive]: 1937-2004 Date [bulk]: 1970-2002 Physical Description: 20.0 Linear Feet (Thirty-one manuscript boxes, four non-standard boxes (25.5x9.5x2.5), two slide boxes (5.0x5.0x33.5), two video storage boxes (8.5x17.5x5.0), and one audio cassette storage box (12.5x9.0x3.0).) Language of the Collection is in English. Material: Abstract: After having pursued a career as a pilot and completing a tour in World War II, Joseph Gervais became interested in the Amelia Earhart story while stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Gervais, along with fellow Air Force officers Major Bob Dinger and Colonel Paul Briand, Jr. helped to start the group Operation Earhart. They began investigating Amelia Earhart's disappearance but were ordered to stop by their Air Force superiors. Briand obeyed these orders but Gervais refused, retiring from the Air Force. Gervais continued his research into the Earhart disappearance, gaining the help of Joe Klass, a former military pilot. Citation
Joseph Gervais Papers, Document name or type, Folder number, Box number, Series number, History of Aviation Archives, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.
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Biographical Sketch
Joseph Gervais was born 19 May 1924 in Tyningsboro, Massachusetts. He joined the United States Army Air Corps at Fort Davis, Massachusetts on 10 November 1942 and took basic training in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Gervais went to Truax Field Wisconsin, after basic training where he took the Airborne
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Having successfully finished all of his training, Gervais was assigned to the 484th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, based in Italy. While serving with the 484th Bomb Group, Gervais completed twenty-six combat missions that took him over Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Northern Italy. After completing his combat tour, he was assigned to the Air Depot Group as a test pilot until VE Day.
From 1951 to 1959 Gervais served at Griffiss Air Force Base as a Boeing B-29 aircraft commander. Some of his missions included flying radar evaluation and electronic countermeasures flights. In 1959, Gervais received an overseas assignment as a Lockheed C-130 Aircraft Commander where he flew airlift missions for SEATO in Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. In 1962 Gervais was assigned to Nellis Air Force Base as Assistant Director of Administration, Base Postal Officer, and Top Secret Control Officer until his retirement in 1963.
It was while stationed in Okinawa that Major Gervais first became interested in the Amelia Earhart mystery. He received orders to fly four Lockheed C-130s to Australia in order to transport members of the Rockefeller family to New Guinea to investigate the disappearance of their son. While in New Guinea, Gervais visited Lae Island, the place where Amelia Earhart was last seen alive. He talked to several people who were present when she and navigator Fred Noonan took off for Howland Island in 1937.
In 1960, Major Gervais started Operation Earhart along with fellow Air Force officers Major Bob Dinger and Colonel Paul Briand, Jr. Dinger and Gervais were squadron mates and Briand was an Air Force Academy professor whose thesis and eventual book, Daughter of the Sky, helped get the group started.
Eventually, Air Force superiors ordered the group to stop all investigations into the Earhart disappearance. Briand obeyed but Gervais refused, resulting in his retirement from the Air Force.
Gervais continued his research into the Earhart disappearance, gaining the help of Joe Klass, a former military pilot. Their quest for answers began with a search for the remains of Earhart's Lockheed Electra, believed to have crashed in the Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. No aircraft wreckage was found, but their research led them to Saipan where native residents claimed to have seen Earhart and Noonan alive as Japanese prisoners.
Eventually their search led them to a woman living in the United States who resembled Earhart, not just in appearance, but in her speech and other mannerisms as well. Gervais believed this woman, Irene Bolam, was indeed Amelia Earhart. They believe that Earhart and Noonan, while "spying" for the United States, were forced down and captured by the Japanese. After the war, they believed she returned home under the assumed name Irene Craigmile and later married Guy Bolam.
Joe Klass, using Gervais' research, wrote a book titled Amelia Earhart Lives. Bolam sued Klass, Gervais, and the publisher, McGraw-Hill, with the result that McGraw-Hill agreed to withdraw the book.
Gervais' theory as to what happened to Amelia Earhart is a well-researched one. Gervais and his colleagues were seasoned Air Force pilots, and thus, understood the problems in flying long distances
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Scope and Content
The majority of the materials contained in this collection are documents obtained by Joseph Gervais while conducting research on the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan while attempting an around-the-world flight. Among the materials are copies of radio transmission transcripts from Amelia Earhart, the Coast Guard Cutter Itasca, and other vessels in the area of Howland Island and interviews with people who claimed to have seen Earhart and Noonan on Saipan as Japanese prisoners.
There are also court documents pertaining to the lawsuit initiated by Irene Bolam (who Gervais claims to be Amelia Earhart) against Joe Klass, Joseph Gervais, and McGraw-Hill, their publisher. In addition to written documents, there are maps, charts showing Earhart's route, the route Gervais thinks she actually took, video and audio tapes. There are some documents related to research conducted by Gervais about a Japanese pilot who was shot down during the Pearl Harbor attack and crash-landed on the island of Niihau.
The processing archivist identified eleven series with the first series being the Research Documents Series. Materials are correspondence to Commander Anthony from Joe Klass regarding the commander's knowledge of events on the Coast Guard Cutter Itasca and other related correspondence, clippings, weather charts dated 1 July 1937, correspondence regarding "Operation Earhart," and photographs; articles and images relating to the Japanese transport ship Awa Maru, sunk by an American submarine and believed to be carrying a fortune in gold, diamonds, etc.
Further materials are a map of the Pacific with notations about Pan American D.F. report and bearings of Amelia Earhart; copies of 1937 communications regarding Earhart's flight; copies of transpacific survey flight, 1937; and other related documents; correspondence from Joseph Gervais and Joe Klass regarding "Operation Earhart," a letter to Irene Craigmile (Bolam) from the FAA regarding her 1937 private pilot certificate, writing sample from Irene Bolam, copy of a marriage license for Guy Bolam and Irene Craigmile, and other related documents; certified copy of Guy Bolam and Irene Craigmile's marriage certificate, notes pertaining to the Itasca's log and telephone conversation transcript with Morganthau, copies of Irene Craigmile's pilot license, clippings, and other related material.
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Medical-related information and copies of Bolam's estate papers; notes and newspaper clippings pertaining to Houston business man, "Buddy" Brennan who researched the disappearance of Amelia Earhart; Document listing U.S. Marine Corps personnel who might have been involved in the Amelia Earhart mystery, a letter to Captain Paul Briand Margret Putnam, and other related documents; articles and clippings relating to Randall Brink's book, Lost Star: the Search for Amelia Earhart, Niku III Project Bulletin, and copies of correspondence from the Navy Department; documents pertaining to the Earhart mystery. They include correspondence, reports regarding radio communications with Earhart, and other related documents;
Clippings and other documents relating to Jackie Cochran; photograph of Ann Pellegreno, copied pages from Amelia Earhart Lives, and material related to William Van Dusen; William Van Dusen's Army enlistment papers, a letter with Eastern Airline letterhead to Joseph Gervais from William Van Dusen, and other documents related to William Van Dusen; clipping about E. T. Dimity, real estate broker and investor, and other documents relating to Earhart and Dimity; military papers relating to Captain Robert S. Dinger and documents relating to the disappearance of Earhart; newspaper clippings, maps, charts, articles, and correspondence regarding Jim Donahue.
Photographs, negatives, correspondence, radio log-Earhart/Itasca, a list of records relating to Amelia Earhart, articles, and other documents relating to Amelia Earhart; correspondence to Joseph Gervais from the FBI signed by J. Edgar Hoover and Clarence M. Kelly; correspondence, newsletters, and other documents relating to Amelia Earhart collected by Wiley Freeman.
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Series Description
The Joseph Gervais Papers are arranged in eleven series:
Series I. Research Documents 23.2 linear ft. (seventeen boxes), 1937-2002.
Arranged alphabetically by topic.
Series II. Correspondence 0.8 linear ft. (two boxes), 1958-2004.
Arranged chronologically by date.
Series III. Newsletters 0.8 linear ft. (two boxes), 1989-2000.
Arranged chronologically by date.
Series IV. Book Manuscripts and Screenplays 1.25 linear ft. (three boxes), 1994-2002.
Arranged topically.
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Series V. Lawsuits 1.25 linear ft. (three boxes), 1970-1994.
Arranged topically.
Series VI. Philatelic and Personal Material 0.2 linear ft. (one box), Undated.
Arranged topically.
Series VII. Video Tapes 0.8 linear ft. (two boxes), 1987-2002.
Arranged topically.
Series VIII. Images 3.0 linear ft. (four boxes), 1983.
Arranged topically.
Series IX. Audio Tapes 0.8 linear ft. (two boxes), 1959-1991.
Arranged topically.
Series X. Oversized Material 2.0 linear ft. (one box), Undated.
Arranged topically.
Series XI. Memorabilia 2.25 linear ft. (two memorabilia boxes), Undated.
Arranged topically.
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Administrative Information
Publication Statement Special Collections and Archives Division, History of Aviation Archives.
3020 Waterview Pkwy SP2 Suite 11.206 Richardson, Texas 75080 [email protected]. URL: https://www.utdallas.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/
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Revision Description 1st revision was a migration to Archivists' Toolkit by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2nd revision was a migration to ArchivesSpace by Thomas Allen, PhD, CA. 2015-11-13 2018-05-24
Provenance Statement The Joseph Gervais Papers were donated to the History of Aviation Archives, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas, by Thelma Gervais, Mr. Gervais' wife on September 27, 2005.
Literary Rights Statement Permission to publish material from this collection in any form, current or future, must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.
Note to the Researcher ImageID numbers do not directly match current box and folder numbers. The collection was reprocessed and given a new structure, but the original numbering system was retained.
Access Restrictions Materials in this collection are open for research.
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Related Materials
Additional Sources For related materials view the following collections in the History of Aviation Collection, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas: Amelia Earhart Collection, Clara Adams Collection, Erik Hildesheim Collection, Captain J. H. (Stormy) Mangham Collection, and Retha McCulloh Collection.
Books and Magazines The books/magazines in this collection have been separated from the main collection and incorporated in the HAC Monograph/Magazine Stacks.
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Controlled Access Headings
• History of Aviation Collection • Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 • Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950 • Electra (Turboprop transports) • Bolam, Irene • Howland Island • International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery • Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)
Image ID
It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission from copyright holders of materials to which this institution does not own copyright.
Images in this collection are identified by a unique number that provides information about the format, record group, collection, box, folder, and image numbers. Please use this number when ordering reproductions of images from this collection.
Record Group Code
1 = CAT/Air American Archives
2 = Doolittle Archives
3 = Lighter than Air Archives
4 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library
5 = History of Aviation Archives
6 = University Archives
7 = HAC Stacks
8 = WPRL Stacks
9 = Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Collection
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10 = Belsterling Collection
11 = Closed Stacks
12 = Unidentified
13 = Chance Vought Archives
14 = Twirly Birds Archives
Image Format Code
P = Photograph/Postcard
S = Slide
N = Negative
T = Positive Transparency
B = Black and White
C = Color
Example: 5JG-1-1-2-SB1
5 = History of Aviation Archives (HAC)
JG = Joseph Gervais Papers
1 = Series Number
1 = Box Number
1 = Folder Number
S = Slide
B = Black and White
1 = Image Number
Images archived in plastic image holders may also have a location code in the format: 1/TL. In this example, the number is the sheet number and the letters indicate the top left position on the sheet. Position indicators are T = top, L = left, R = right, M = middle, and B = bottom. Position indicators may be combined to describe the position on the sheet, as shown in this example.
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Collection Inventory
Series I. Research Documents Title/Description Instances Commander Anthony Reports, 1966-1967 box 1 folder 1 Container Summary: Contains correspondence to Commander Anthony from Joe Klass regarding the commander's knowledge of events on the Coast Guard Cutter Itasca and other related correspondence.
Australia, 1937 box 1 folder 2 Container Summary: Contains clippings, weather charts dated 1 July 1937, correspondence regarding "Operation Earhart," a photograph of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, and a photograph of Earhart's Lockheed Electra. Images: 5JG1-1-2- SB1 to 5JG1-1-2-PB4.
Awa Maru, Undated box 1 folder 3 Container Summary: Articles and images relating to the Japanese transport Awa Maru, sunk by an American submarine and believed to be carrying a fortune in gold, diamonds, etc. Images: 5JG1-1-3-NB5 to 5JG1-1-3-PB9.
Belotti Letters and Papers, 1937 box 1 folder 4 Container Summary: Map of the Pacific with notations about Pan American D.F. report and bearings of Amelia Earhart; copies of 1937 communications regarding Earhart's flight; copies of transpacific survey flight, 1937; and other related documents. Images: 5JG1-1-4-PC10 to 5JG1-1-4-PC11.
Irene Bolam, Correspondence, 1937 box 1 folder 5 Container Summary: Correspondence from Joseph Gervais and Joe Klass regarding "Operation Earhart," a letter to Irene Craigmile (Bolam) from the FAA regarding her 1937 private pilot certificate, writing sample from Irene Bolam, copy of a marriage license for Guy Bolam and Irene Craigmile, and other related documents.
Irene Bolam, Clippings and Notes, Undated box 1 folder 6 Container Summary: Certified copy of Guy Bolam and Irene Craigmile's marriage certificate, notes pertaining to the Itasca's log and telephone conversation transcript with Morganthau, copies of Irene Craigmile's pilot license, clippings, and other related material.
Irene Bolam, Medical Records, Undated box 1 folder 7
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Container Summary: Medical-related information and copies of Bolam's estate papers.
Irene Bolam, Photographs, Undated box 1 folder 8 Container Summary: Images include Irene Bolem, Joseph Gervais, Joe Klass, and a computer-generated age progression of Irene Bolam. Images: 5JG1-1-8-PC12 to 5JG1-1-8-NC95.
Brennan, Undated box 1 folder 9 Container Summary: Includes notes and newspaper clippings pertaining to Houston business man, "Buddy" Brennan who researched the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
Briand, Undated box 1 folder 10 Container Summary: Document listing U.S. Marine Corps personnel who might have been involved in the Amelia Earhart mystery, a letter to Captain Paul Briand Margret Putnam, and other related documents.
Brink, Undated box 1 folder 11 Container Summary: Articles and clippings relating to Randall Brink's book, Lost Star: the Search for Amelia Earhart, "Niku III Project Bulletin", and copies of correspondence from the Navy Department.
Cam Warren Associates, Undated box 2 folder 1 Container Summary: Documents pertain to the Earhart mystery. They include correspondence, reports regarding radio communications with Earhart, and other related documents.
Corres, 1937 box 2 folder 2 Container Summary: Copy of a document referencing Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., correspondence from the U.S. Coast Guard to Joseph Gervais, and copies from Foreign Relations, 1937, Vol. IV.
Cochrane, Undated box 2 folder 3 Container Summary: Clippings and other documents relating to Jackie Cochran.
C.I.A. Case, Undated box 2 folder 4 Container Summary: Photograph of Ann Pellegreno, copied pages from Amelia Earhart Lives, and material related to William Van Dusen. Image: 5JG1-2-4-PB1.
Van Dusen, Undated box 2 folder 5 Container Summary: Copies of William Van Dusen's Army enlistment papers, a letter with Eastern Airline letterhead to Joseph Gervais from William Van Dusen, and other documents related to William Van Dusen. 5JG1-2-5-NB2 to 5JG1-2-5-PB6.
E. T. Dimity, Undated box 2 folder 6
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Container Summary: Newspaper clipping about E. T. Dimity, real estate broker and investor, and other documents relating to Earhart and Dimity.
Dinger, Undated box 2 folder 7 Container Summary: Military papers relating to Captain Robert S. Dinger and documents relating to the disappearance of Earhart.
Jim Donahue, Undated box 2 folder 8-9 Container Summary: Contains newspaper clippings, maps, charts, articles, and correspondence.
Amelia Earhart, Undated box 2 folder 10 Container Summary: Photographs, negatives, correspondence, Radio log-Earhart-Itasca, a list of records relating to Amelia Earhart, articles, and other documents relating to Amelia Earhart. Please see Series VIII, Images, for additional photographs of Amelia Earhart. Images: 5JG1-2-10-PB7 to 5JG1-2-10-PB16.
F.B.I., Undated box 3 folder 1 Container Summary: Correspondence to Joseph Gervais from the FBI signed by J. Edgar Hoover and Clarence M. Kelly.
Wiley Freeman, Undated box 3 folder 2 Container Summary: Correspondence, newsletters, and other documents relating to Amelia Earhart, and related subjects. Images: 5JG1-3-2-PC1 to 5JG1-3-2-PC12.
Dick Freeman, Undated box 3 folder 3 Container Summary: Material related to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
Fujita, Undated box 3 folder 4 Container Summary: Newspaper clippings, articles, and correspondence pertaining to Iyozo Fujita, the Japanese Zero, and the Hughes H-1.
Gentry, Undated box 3 folder 5 Container Summary: Correspondence to Joseph Gervais from Viola Gentry requesting him to donate his aviation items to the History of Aviation Collection at The University of Texas (Austin), newspaper clippings, and articles. Images: 5JG1-3-5- SC13 to 5JG1-3-2-PC15.
Goerner, Undated box 3 folder 6 Container Summary: Newspaper clippings with stories written by Fred Goerner, a short biography of Fred Goerner, correspondence, and other related documents.
Cal Gray, Undated box 3 folder 7
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Container Summary: Articles by Almon A. Gray, correspondence, and related documents.
Greenhow, Undated box 3 folder 8 Container Summary: Newspaper clippings and images regarding photos Bob Greenhow found on a Japanese soldier killed during the battle for Eniwetok in 1944 showing Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan on Saipan.
Gripsholm, Undated box 3 folder 9 Container Summary: Includes the passenger list of former POWs released from Japanese prison camps, correspondence to Gervais from the State Department regarding the Gripsholm, newspaper clippings, and other documents. Images: 5JG1-3-9- PB16 to 5JG1-3-9-PC40.
Griffin, Undated box 3 folder 10 Container Summary: Newspaper clipping and a photocopied section of a book titled The Scared Warriors: Japan's Suicide Legions.
Hannon, Undated box 3 folder 11 Container Summary: Emails with Hannon as a subject. Emails relating to Amelia Earhart as a Japanese prisoner and mention of Weihsien, and a rescue team of which Jim Hannon was a part.
J. D. Hajek, Undated box 3 folder 12 Container Summary: Information on the Lockheed Electra 10A, a condensed summary of "Amelia Earhart by J. D. Hajek", correspondence, and other documents.
Charles Hill, Undated box 3 folder 13 Container Summary: Correspondence to Gervais from Charles Hill regarding the Earhart mystery.
Earl H. Hinz, Undated box 3 folder 14 Container Summary: Correspondence and issues of Pacific Magazine.
Clyde Holley, Undated box 3 folder 15 Container Summary: Correspondence to Captain Joseph Gervais from attorney Clyde Holley, regarding Amelia Earhart.
Chichi Jima, 1991 box 4 folder 1 Container Summary: Includes charts, maps, aerial photographs, and other related documents about Chichi Jima.
Howland Island, 1937-1981 box 4 folder 2 Container Summary: Correspondence, charts, and maps relating to Howland Island. Images: 5JG1-4-2-PB1 to 5JG1-4-2-PB5.
Hull Island, 1937-1987 box 4 folder 3
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Container Summary: Documents, charts, maps, and correspondence relating to Hull Island. Images: 5JG1-4-3-NB1 to 5JG1-4-3-PC22.
Jaluit Island, 1945-1996 box 4 folder 4 Container Summary: Image number 5JG-4-4-PC23 through 5JG-4-2-PB24, documents, charts, notes, correspondence, articles, maps, clippings, and narratives.
Jarvis Island, 1937-1969 box 4 folder 5 Container Summary: Image number 5JG-4-5-PB25 through 5JG-4-5-PB27, documents, clippings, correspondence, notes, narratives, and brochures.
Kavieng Island, 1937-1992 box 4 folder 6 Container Summary: Tourist informational brochures, clippings, notes, correspondence, and excerpts.
Knox Atoll, 1937-1990 box 4 folder 7 Container Summary: Maps, articles, charts, narratives, correspondence, clippings, brochures, and excerpts.
Knox Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1945-1985 box 4 folder 8 Container Summary: Brochures, narratives, photocopies of military documents, correspondence, notes, images, and excerprts.
Midway Island, 1972 box 4 folder 9 Container Summary: Articles, clippings, and fact sheets.
Mili, 1999 box 4 folder 10 Container Summary: Internet printout: "Historical Sites on Mili Is., Mili Atoll," Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Essays on the Marshallese Past.
Papua, New Guinea, Undated box 4 folder 11 Container Summary: Brochure, article, and map.
Palau Islands, Undated box 4 folder 12 Container Summary: Notes, charts, and maps.
Saipan, 1960-1966 box 4 folder 13 Container Summary: Correspondence, narratives, notes, and clippings.
Saipan Images, Undated box 5 folder 1 Container Summary: Photographs of "witnesses," aerial views of Saipan, and photographs of a prison cell. Images: 5JG1-5-1-PB1 to 5JG1-5-1-PB24.
Saipan, Undated box 5 folder 2
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Container Summary: Correspondence, charts, and maps. Image: 5JG1-5-2-PB25.
Taroa, Maloelap, Marshall Islands, Undated box 5 folder 3 Container Summary: Article, charts, and maps.
Truk, Undated box 5 folder 4 Container Summary: Correspondence, charts, maps (one hand- drawn on a napkin) and other related documents. Images: 5JG1-5-4-PB26 to 5JG1-5-4-PB28.
Winslow Reef, Undated box 5 folder 5 Container Summary: Correspondence, charts, maps, and related documents.
George Jelvik, Undated box 5 folder 6 Container Summary: Correspondence, articles, and clippings.
Kelley, Undated box 5 folder 7 Container Summary: Documents, newspaper clippings, and correspondence pertaining to Earhart's possible captivity by the Japanese on Saipan and correspondence from Monsignor Kelly.
Sigismund Levanevsky, Undated box 5 folder 8 Container Summary: Documents pertaining to a downed Russian aircraft carrying Sigismund Levanevsky including articles and maps.
Lindbergh, Undated box 5 folder 9 Container Summary: Two items signed by Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. and other related items.
Lockheed, Undated box 5 folder 10 Container Summary: Documents pertaining to the Lockheed Electra flown by Earhart, correspondence, and other related documents.
Lockheed, N-16020 History, 1937-1961 box 5 folder 11 Container Summary: Correspondence, photographs, and other documents related to the Electra with the tail number N-16020.
Lockheed, N-16020 Crash - Folder 1, 1961 box 5 folder 12 Container Summary: Photographs, correspondence, and documents related to the Lockheed Electra crash. Images: 5JG1-5-12-NB1 to 5JG1-5-12-PB16.
Lockheed N-16020 Crash - Folder 2, 1961 box 5 folder 13 Container Summary: Correspondence, documents, and photographs related to the Lockheed aircraft with tail number N-16020. Images: 5JG1-5-13-PB1 to 5JG1-5-13-PC12.
Lockheed XC-35, Undated box 6 folder 1
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Container Summary: Clippings, articles, images, and documents related to Lockheed, the Lockheed Electra, and experimental Lockheed XC-35. Images: 5JG1-6-1-PB1 to 5JG1-6-1-PB68.
Lockheed X17342 Crash, 1937 box 6 folder 2 Container Summary: Photographs and documents relating to the aircraft Amelia Earhart crashed in Burbank, CA in 1937. Images: 5JG1-6-2-PB69 to 5JG1-6-2-NB92.
Luttrell, Undated box 6 folder 3 Container Summary: Newspaper clippings, correspondence, an essay titled "Amelia Earhart: What Really Happened" by John Luttrell, and other related documents.
Main, Undated box 6 folder 4 Container Summary: Map, clippings, and documents related to Project Midnight Ghost. 5JG1-6-4-PC93 to 5JG1-6-4-PC101.
Meyers, Undated box 6 folder 5 Container Summary: Article about Robert H. Meyers and how he unintentionally heard some of the messages transmitted by Amelia Earhart and other documents related to the Earhart mystery.
J. Miller, Undated box 6 folder 6 Container Summary: Correspondence and documents pertaining to Joseph Gervais' manuscript Lost Star.
Morrissey, Undated box 6 folder 7 Container Summary: Newspaper clippings and related articles about Muriel Morrissey, sister of Amelia Earhart.
Loomis and the Marshalls - Folder 1, Undated box 6 folder 8 Container Summary: Newspaper clippings, negatives, photographs, and other documents relating to a seven-member expedition lead by Vincent Loomis to find a wrecked plane believed to be Earhart's. Images: 5JG1-6-8-PC102 to 5JG1-6-8- NC161.
Loomis and the Marshalls - Folder 2, Undated box 6 folder 9 Container Summary: Charts, articles, tourist information, and other related documents related to the Loomis expedition.
Navigation Studies, H-I SeaSat, Undated box 7 folder 1 Container Summary: Coast Guard Cutter Itasca's search pattern chart for Amelia Earhart, overall search pattern chart for Amelia Earhart, Eros Data Center booklet, articles, clippings, correspondence, and other related documents.
Navigation Studies, Undated box 7 folder 2 Container Summary: Printouts, charts, articles, correspondence, and other related documents.
Niihau, Undated - Page 17- Gervais, Joseph
Container Summary: Clippings, maps and articles about Niihau box 7 folder 3 and the incident that occurred there during the Pearl Harbor Attack. Documents in this folder are not related to Amelia Earhart's disappearance.
Pan Am, Undated box 7 folder 4 Container Summary: Charts, newspaper clippings, diagrams, articles, and correspondence related to the disappearance of Pan American flying boat Hawaii Clipper.
PBY 62 C, Undated box 7 folder 5 Container Summary: Documents relating to PBY 62 C and its role in the Earhart mystery.
Bill Prymak, Undated box 7 folder 6 Container Summary: Documents and articles about Bill Prymak, a certificate, and a paper about the trip to the Marshall Islands to search for clues about Amelia Earhart.
Ann Pellegreno Press Kit, Undated box 7 folder 7 Container Summary: Press kit highlights Ann Pellegreno's flight to retrace the course of Amelia Earhart, clippings, and articles.
Pellegreno, Undated box 7 folder 8 Container Summary: Commemorative 30th anniversary first day covers of Amelia Earhart's attempted around the world flight, documents related to the first day covers, and a signed photograph of Ann Pellegreno standing in the cockpit of a Lockheed Electra similar to Earhart's plane. Images: 5JG1-7-8- PB1.
Woody Peard box 7 folder 9 Container Summary: Documents relating to Japanese seaplane operations and an article about remains of an Electra thought to be Earhart's.
Perch-Cole, Undated box 7 folder 10 Container Summary: Personality Evaluation Chart of Amelia Earhart and other documents.
Magda Rawh, Undated box 7 folder 11 Container Summary: Paper titled, "Why is the Research of Adolf Hitler Incomplete?" By Magda Rawh.
Rollin Reineck, Undated box 7 folder 12 Container Summary: Articles, Records of the Special War Problems Division folder titles list, photocopies of official documents, a paper titled "The Earhart - O'Crowley - Craigmile - Bolam Connection", and other related documents.
Rollin Reineck Partial Book Draft, 2000 box 8 folder 1
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Container Summary: Includes the first eight chapters and deals with Amelia Earhart's disappearance.
Rollin Reineck, The Tighar Hypothesis, 2000 box 8 folder 2 Container Summary: Document on the Earhart mystery and the Earhart Project.
Rollin Reineck, Correspondence, 2000 box 8 folder 3
Ronald T. Reuther, Undated box 8 folder 4 Container Summary: Articles; newspaper clippings; Western Air Museum documents; and correspondence to and from Ronald T. Reuther, president of the Western Air Museum.
Wilbur Rothar, 1937-1981 box 8 folder 5 Container Summary: Twenty sheets of postage stamps from Papua and New Guinea; first day cover commemorating Earhart's 25th anniversary of her flight; letter to F.B.I. Director from R. Whitley, Special Agent in Charge, attached to a signed statement by Wilbur Rothar; and other correspondence and related documents. Images: 5JG1-8-5-PB1 to 5JG1-8-5-PB2.
Wilbur Rothar, George P. Putnam, Undated box 8 folder 6 Container Summary: Statements from Wilbur Rothar and George P. Putnam, F.B.I. correspondence, newspaper clippings stating that Rothar was indicted for a hoax regarding Amelia Earhart, and other related clippings and documents.
Wilbur Rothar, 1937 box 8 folder 7 Container Summary: Essay titled "Winslow Reef: Amelia Earhart's Crash Site?", 1937 article from the Congressional Record, newspaper articles about Rother's attempted extortion of Putnam, correspondence, and other related documents. Images: 5JG1-8-7-PC3 to 5JG1-8-7-PC6.
Wilbur Rothar, Dave Ellis, Undated box 8 folder 8 Container Summary: Correspondence, documents, and an essay titled "Operation Earhart" by Joseph Gervais and David Ellis.
Safford Letters, 1969-1986 box 9 folder 1 Container Summary: Correspondence from L. F. Safford to Major Gervais regarding "Pacific Direction Finding Nets" and other documents related to Earhart's disappearance.
M. Short, Undated box 9 folder 2 Container Summary: Correspondence, poems, and a book titled Selected Poems by poet, Marcia Short. Images: 5JG1-9-2-PB1 to 5JG1-9-2-PB3.
Neta Southern, 1907 box 9 folder 3 Container Summary: Book titled Home Sweet Home inscribed "Merry Christmas 1907, to Neta from Aunt Mabel," Orville and Wilbur Wright $.31 postage stamps, blank $.21 air mail postcards, photographs, and newspaper clippings about Neta
- Page 19- Gervais, Joseph Southern and Amelia Earhart regarding Southern's teaching Amelia to fly. Images: 5JG1-9-3-PB4 to 5JG1-9-3-PC12.
Dr. Stillion and Mrs. Kitchens, Undated box 9 folder 4 Container Summary: Correspondence related to Lockheed 12 aircraft no. N-16020.
Swindell, Undated box 9 folder 5 Container Summary: Story titled The Lost Electra by Tod Swindell, and correspondence.
Tanaka File, Undated box 9 folder 6 Container Summary: Newspaper clippings, official interviews, remarks, leads, CK-Status document, transcribed notes, and documents relating to Tanaka as a Japanese interpreter who may have been an interpreter for Noonan and Earhart. Images: 5JG1-9-6-PB13.
Tokyo Rose, Undated box 9 folder 7 Container Summary: Court documents, articles, and clippings pertaining to Tokyo Rose.
Dr. Townsley, Undated box 9 folder 8 Container Summary: Correspondence relating to Amelia Earhart.
Tuna Menu Project, Undated box 9 folder 9 Container Summary: Documents, charts, maps, essay titled A Scientific and Technical Analysis of the Last Flight of Amelia Earhart, July 1 and 2, 1937 by Robert Townsley, and other related items.
Tuna Menu Project, Undated box 9 folder 10 Container Summary: Articles, maps, and correspondence. Images: 5JG1-9-10-PC14 to 5JG1-9-10-PC30.
Tuna Menu Project, Correspondence, Undated box 9 folder 11 Container Summary: Correspondence and maps related to the Tuna Menu Project.
Tuna Menu Project, Charts, Undated box 9 folder 12 Container Summary: Charts depicting Earhart's course and estimated locations of radio transmissions. One oversize item relocated to Series I, Box 16, Maps.
Gordon Vaeth, Undated box 10 folder 1 Container Summary: Correspondence and an article by J. Gordon Vaeth.
Rev. Voyce, Undated box 10 folder 2 Container Summary: First day cover honoring the 30th anniversary of the departure of the ill-fated Montevideo Maru from Rabaul, 22-6-1942; articles, newsletter, correspondence
- Page 20- Gervais, Joseph from the Methodist Philatelic Society signed by Harry Voyce, and other related documents.
Washburn UNNI, Undated box 10 folder 3 Container Summary: Handwritten notes, articles, newspaper clippings, and a transcript of an oral interview with Mr. Washburn by David Ellis.
Weihsien, Undated box 10 folder 4 Container Summary: Newspaper clippings, articles, roster of civilian POWs held at Weihsien camp, and correspondence related to the Weihsien camp.
Active File, New York, 1937-2000, 1937-2000 box 10 folder 5 Container Summary: Copy of indictment of Wilbur Rothar, notes, articles, chronological events, and correspondence.
Agreement between Paul L. Briand and Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, box 10 folder 6 Inc. to publish A Woman Who Dared, Correspondence, and related documents, 1960
Excerpts from Books, 1960-1961 box 10 folder 7
Correspondence and Memoranda, 1961 box 10 folder 8
Correspondence, 1962 box 10 folder 9
Newspaper Clippings, Pamphlets, and Correspondence, 1963 box 10 folder 10
Australia-Balfour, Undated box 11 folder 1 Container Summary: Pilot chart of the South Pacific, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs. Image: 5JG1-11-1- PB1.
Bottle Report, Undated box 11 folder 2 Container Summary: Articles, correspondence, copy of a letter supposedly placed in a bottle and thrown into the ocean by Fred Noonan, and charts. Image: 5JG1-11-2-PC2.
What Really Happened at Howland, Report II, Undated box 11 folder 3 Container Summary: Report by G. Carrington, BritNav, titled Amelia Earhart: What Really Happened at Howland.
Safford Report - A Tragedy of Errors, Undated box 11 folder 4 Container Summary: Copy of a presentation of the Legion of Merit to Captain Laurence Frye Safford, United States Navy for his report: Amelia Earhart's Last Flight: A Tragedy of Errors.
Register of Japanese Naval Admirals, Undated box 11 folder 5 Container Summary: Memoranda, articles, notes, and correspondence.
Roki Honda, Undated box 11 folder 6
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Container Summary: Screenplay proposal by Joseph Gervais and a photocopy of a Bell P-39.
Interview Transcript, Undated box 11 folder 7 Container Summary: Transcript of an oral interview of an unidentified interviewee.
Interviews, Undated box 11 folder 8 Container Summary: Transcripts of interviews with various people and photographs.
Interview Transcript No. 23, Undated box 11 folder 9 Container Summary: Excerpt from Interview Transcript No. 23 and Gervais' book, The Last Days of Amelia Earhart. Images: 5JG1-11-9-PB3 to 5JG1-11-9-NB10.
Various Notes, Undated box 11 folder 10 Container Summary: Articles, notes, and background data.
Various Notes , Undated box 11 folder 11 Container Summary: Correspondence.
Various Notes, Undated box 11 folder 12 Container Summary: Handwritten notes and correspondence.
Clippings: Amelia Earhart, 1937-1999 box 12 folder 1
Clippings: F-S, Undated box 12 folder 2
Clippings: Niihau, Undated box 12 folder 3
Clippings: Miscellaneous, Undated box 12 folder 4
Articles: Amelia Earhart, Undated box 12 folder 5
Articles: Amelia Earhart, Undated box 12 folder 6
Articles: Marshall Islands, Saipan, Undated box 12 folder 7
Articles: Hughs, Undated box 12 folder 8
Articles: Niihau, Undated box 12 folder 9
Articles: Miscellaneous, Undated box 12 folder 10
Periodicals, Undated box 13 folder 1
Teaching/Learning Packet, Undated box 13 folder 2
Rolled Maps and Charts, Undated box 14 folder 1 Container Summary: Air navigation charts of the area of the Pacific where Earhart was believed to have been lost.
Rolled Maps and Charts, Undated box 15 folder 1
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Container Summary: Navigation charts giving ocean depths in the area of the Pacific where Earhart was believed to have been lost.
Maps and Charts, Undated box 16 folder 1 Container Summary: Maps and charts depicting Amelia Earhart's route, navigation charts, and maps of other areas.
Large clipping album titled Amelia Earhart Lives, Undated box 17 folder 1 Container Summary: Contains clippings about Amelia Earhart, Irene Bolam, Howard Hughes, and Tokyo Rose.
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Series II. Correspondence Title/Description Instances Correspondence, 1958-1959 box 18 folder 1
Correspondence, 1970-1979 box 18 folder 2
Correspondence, 1980-1988 box 18 folder 3
Correspondence, 1992-1996 box 18 folder 4
Correspondence, 1996-1997 box 18 folder 5
Correspondence, 1998-1999 box 18 folder 6
Correspondence - Image 5JG2-1-7PC1, 2000-2005 box 18 folder 7
Correspondence - Image 5JG2-1-8PC2, Undated box 18 folder 8
E-mail Correspondence - 5JG2-2-1PB1, 1990-1991 box 19 folder 1
E-mail Correspondence, 2001 box 19 folder 2
E-mail Correspondence, 2002 box 19 folder 3
E-mail Correspondence, 2003 box 19 folder 4
E-mail Correspondence, 2004 box 19 folder 5
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Series III. Newsletters Title/Description Instances Amelia Earhart Society, Vol. 1, 1989-2000 box 20 folder 1
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Container Summary: Bound edition with index of articles published by Bill Prymak, President of the Amelia Earhart Society.
Amelia Earhart Society, Vol. 2, 1989-2000 box 20 folder 2 Container Summary: Bound edition with index of articles published by Bill Prymak, President of the Amelia Earhart Society.
Amelia Earhart Society Bylaws, Undated box 21 folder 1
Amelia Earhart Society, 1991-2000 box 21 folder 2-11
Lone Ranger, 1970 box 21 folder 12
Mots Traveletter, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1970 box 21 folder 13
Tighar Tracks, 1996-1997 box 21 folder 14
Western Aerospace Museum, Vol. 16, No. 2, 1995 box 21 folder 15
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Series IV. Book Manuscripts and Screenplays Title/Description Instances Book Contract and Royalty Payments, Undated box 22 folder 1 Container Summary: Contract between authors Joe Klass, Joseph Gervais, and McGraw-Hill Book Company for the book titled Amelia Earhart: A Tragedy of Errors; related correspondence; Writers Guild Registration Service document; and invoice stubs for royalty payments.
Amelia Earhart: A Reality Check - Manuscript by Richard G. box 22 folder 2 Strippel, 1994
Amelia Earhart Lives Index, Undated box 22 folder 3
Amelia Earhart: Lost Legend - Manuscript by Donald Moyer box 22 folder 4 Wilson , Undated
Amelia Earhart Survived - Manuscript by Colonel Rollin C. box 22 folder 5 Reineck, 1994
Flight Into Yesterday - Manuscript by Captain Laurence Frye box 22 folder 6 Safford, USN, compiled by Cameron A. Warren, Undated
Lost Star - Manuscript by Randall Brink, 1996 box 22 folder 7-8
Mystery Within a Mystery: Earhart's New Identity - Chapter 13 , box 22 folder 9 Undated
Protecting Earhart - Manuscript by Tod Swindell, Undated box 23 folder 1-2
Redwing, Book Two, Undated box 23 folder 3
Sunrise at Taroa - Manuscript by Joseph Gervais , Undated box 23 folder 4 - Page 24- Gervais, Joseph
Twelve Step Poems - Manuscript by Joe Klass , Undated box 23 folder 5
What Really Happened to Amelia Earhart? - Manuscript by Joe box 23 folder 6 Klass, 1992
East to the Dawn - Chapter 23 , Undated box 23 folder 7
Sunrise at Taroa - Screenplay by Joseph Gervais, Undated box 24 folder 1
Red Wing - Correspondence, 1997-2001 box 24 folder 2
Red Wing - Miscellaneous Material, Undated box 24 folder 3
Red Wing - Sheet Music, Undated box 24 folder 4
Red Wing - Press Release, 1998 box 24 folder 5
Red Wing - Royalty Statements, 2002 box 24 folder 6
Red Wing - Option Payments, 1998-1999 box 24 folder 7
Red Wing - Option Agreement, Undated box 24 folder 8
Red Wing - Screenplay, 1997 box 24 folder 9-10
The Lost Electra - Screenplay by Tod Swindell, 1997 box 24 folder 11-12
Stand by to Die - Screenplay by Horace McCoy, Undated box 24 folder 13
Flight to Freedom: 20th Century Fox Story - Screenplay by box 24 folder 14 Horace McCoy, Undated
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Series V. Lawsuits Title/Description Instances Irene Bolam vs. Joseph Gervais, et al - Summons, Undated box 25 folder 1
Irene Bolam vs. NBC, Joseph Grevais, et al- Complaint, Undated box 25 folder 2
Irene Bolam vs. Joseph Gervais, et al, Undated box 25 folder 3 Container Summary: Affidavit.
Irene Bolam vs. Joseph Gervais, et al, Undated box 25 folder 4 Container Summary: Notice of deposition.
Irene Bolam vs. Joseph Gervais, et al, 1971-05-1971-09 box 25 folder 5 Container Summary: Bolan deposition.
Irene Bolam vs. Joseph Gervais, et al, 1972-01-17 box 25 folder 6 Container Summary: Joseph Gervais deposition vol. I.
Irene Bolam vs. Joseph Gervais, et al, 1972-01-17 box 25 folder 7
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Container Summary: Joseph Gervais deposition vol. II.
Irene Bolam vs. Joseph Gervais, et al, 1972-01-18 box 25 folder 8 Container Summary: Joe Klass deposition.
Irene Bolam vs. Joseph Gervais, et al, Undated box 25 folder 9 Container Summary: Answer of sefendants.
Irene Bolam vs. Joseph Gervais, et al, 1975-04-04 box 25 folder 10 Container Summary: Affidavit in opposition.
Irene Bolam vs. Joseph Gervais, et al, Undated box 25 folder 11 Container Summary: Notice of motion.
Irene Bolam vs. Joseph Gervais, et al, Undated box 25 folder 12 Container Summary: Interrogatories on behalf of defendant McGraw-Hill, Inc..
Irene Bolam vs. Joseph Gervais, et al, Undated box 26 folder 1-6
Irene Bolam vs. Joseph Gervais, et al, Undated box 27 folder 1-3
Irene Bolam vs. NBC, Joseph Grevais, et al, Stipulation, Undated box 27 folder 4
Correspondence: Sent, 1970-1994 box 27 folder 5
Correspondence: Received, 1969-1994 box 27 folder 6
Correspondence: Others, 1971-1977 box 27 folder 7
General Documents and Notes - Chronological Amelia Earhart box 27 folder 8 research and expenses, Undated
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Series VI. Philatelic and Personal Material Title/Description Instances Philatelic Materials, Undated box 28 folder 1 Container Summary: Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum, newspaper clippings, essay on the fiftieth year of air mail with hand-decorated envelope, correspondence, and related material.
Philatelic Materials: Amelia Earhart Cover and Related box 28 folder 2 Documentation, Undated Container Summary: Cover that survived the Earhart around the World attempt possibly signed by Earhart, correspondence, philatelic publications, and other documents relating to the Earhart cover. Image: 5JG6-1-2-PB1.
Philatelic Materials: Amelia Earhart Cover Documentation, box 28 folder 3 Undated
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Container Summary: Correspondence, documents explaining why the cover survived, and a sheet of $.08 Amelia Earhart air mail stamps.
Philatelic Documents related to Amelia Earhart. Images: box 28 folder 4 5JG6-1-4-PB2 to 5JG6-1-4-PB3 , Undated
Sheet Music, Undated box 28 folder 5 Container Summary: "Courage," words by Amelia Earhart, music by Charles Ridgway; "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight," words and music by "Red River" Dave McEnery; and "Lady Lindy We're All for You," lyrics by Henry M. Neely, Music by Harold Levy.
Certificates and Various Items, Undated box 28 folder 6 Container Summary: Gervais' pilot license, varsity football award, sports award for J.V. Football, varsity award for wrestling, blank certificate Domain of Phoebus Apollo for crossing the International Date Line, and other personal memorabilia. Images: 5JG6-1-6-PB4 to 5JG6-1-6-PB5.
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Series VII. Video Tapes (VHS) Title/Description Instances Untold Stories: The Search for Amelia Earhart, Undated box 29 folder 1
Reineck-Howl - Amelia Earhart Piece, Local TV, 1990 box 29 folder 2
Unsolved Mysteries: Amelia Earhart, 1990 box 29 folder 3
Ploesti Oil Field Raids, Undated box 29 folder 4
Amelia Earhart News Conference - Hale Koa, Honolulu, Hawaii, box 29 folder 5 1991
Earhart, Undated box 29 folder 6
Pellegreno, 1987 box 29 folder 7
Rollin Reineck, Hawaiian TV, Undated box 29 folder 8
Untold Stories: The Search for Amelia Earhart, Undated box 29 folder 9
Amelia Earhart: The Final Story, Undated box 29 folder 10
Albert Bresnik: Amelia Earhart's Personal Photographer, Undated box 30 folder 1
50th Anniversary Amelia Earhart Interview with Joseph Gervais - box 30 folder 2 On the Record: George Knapp, Undated
Witness to the Execution: The Odyssey of Amelia Earhart, box 30 folder 3 Undated
Haw Marine Co., 2002 box 30 folder 4
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Lost Star - CBS, Undated box 30 folder 5
In Search of Amelia Earhart, Undated box 30 folder 6
Greatest Headlines of the Century: Amelia Earhart: Flight Pacific box 30 folder 7 - 16 mm Film, Undated
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Series VIII. Images Title/Description Instances Amelia Earhart, Undated box 31 folder 1 Container Summary: Portraits, shots of Earhart standing on her Electra, 1916 Hyde Park High School yearbook picture, and images cut from periodicals. Images: 5JG8-1-1-PB2 to 5JG8-1-1-PB24.
Amelia Earhart, Undated box 31 folder 2 Container Summary: Images of Earhart's Electra, Earhart with crashed Electra, Electra being refueled, Earhart with Noonan, Lockheed Electra No. N-16020, and Lockheed Electra No. N-16020 crash site images. Images: 5JG8-1-2-PB25 to 5JG8-1-2-PB78.
Irene Bolam, Undated box 31 folder 3 Container Summary: Bolam with her husband and computer generated age progression images. Images: 5JG8-1-3-PB79 to 5JG8-1-3-PB89.
Possible Crash Sites and Witnesses, Undated box 31 folder 4 Container Summary: Images of people who allegedly saw Amelia Earhart on Saipan as a Japanese prisoner. Images: 5JG8-1-4-PB90 to 5JG8-1-4-PB145.
Joseph Gervais, Undated box 31 folder 5 Container Summary: Color portrait of a young Gervais in flying gear, Gervais being awarded Command Pilot wings, Arctic images, and other images of Gervais. Images: 5JG8-1-5-PB146 to 5JG8-1-5-PC265.
People, Undated box 31 folder 6 Container Summary: B-24 bomber crew posing in front of their aircraft; Miss Fong Sum, daughter of Miss Lee Ya Ching, and other people. Images: 5JG8-1-6-PB266 to 5JG8-1-6-PC345.
Scenes, Undated box 31 folder 7
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Container Summary: War-damaged Japanese ship on beach, aircraft crash site, bunker, prison, sailboat, and aerial view of an island. Images: 5JG8-1-7-PC346 to 5JG8-1-7-PC526.
Amelia Earhart Conference - Images: 5JG8-1-8-PC527 to box 31 folder 8 5JG8-1-8-PC546, Undated
Aerial View of Chichi Jima - Image: 5JG8-1-9-PB1, Undated box 31 folder 9
H. I. - Images: 5JG8-2A-1-SC1 to 5JG8-2A-1-SC33, 1983 box 32 folder 1
Family Christmas - Images: 5JG8-2A-2-SC34 to 5JG8-2A-2- box 32 folder 2 SC54, 1962
Family Images - Images: 5JG8-2A-3-SC55 to 5JG8-2A-3-SC78, box 32 folder 3 Undated
Wedding, Japan - Images: 5JG8-2A-4-SC79 to 5JG8-2A-4-SC88, box 32 folder 4 Undated
Unidentified Scenes - Images: 5JG8-2A-5-SC90 to 5JG8-2A-5- box 32 folder 5 SC182 , Undated
H. I. Randall Recoa - Images: 5JG8-2B-1-SC1 to 5JG8-2B-1- box 32 folder 6 SC33, Undated
Family - Images: 5JG8-2B-2-SC34 to 5JG8-2B-2-SC157, Undated box 32 folder 7
London, Paris, Switzerland, Greece - Images: 5JG8-2C-1-SC1 to box 32 folder 8 5JG8-2C-1-SC142, Undated
Rome - Images: 5JG8-2D-1-SC1 to 5JG8-2D-1-SC140, Undated box 32 folder 9
Amelia Earhart, 1963 box 33 folder 1 Container Summary: Image that appeared in Muriel Morrissey's book titled Courage is the Price, 1963. Image: 5JG8-3-1-NB1.
Lockheed XC-35 - Image: 5JG8-3-2-NB2, Undated box 33 folder 2
Eric Chatter Home, 1937 box 33 folder 3 Container Summary: Manager of Guinea Airways where Earhart slept during her stay in New Guinea. Images: 5JG8-3-3-NB3 to 5JG8-3-3-NB5.
Saipan Prison - Images: 5JG8-3-4-NB6 to 5JG8-3-4-NB9, 1960 box 33 folder 4
Captain Quintanilla and Sheriff Sablan of Saipan - Image: box 33 folder 5 5JG8-3-5-NB10, Undated
Unidentified Man - Image: 5JG8-3-6-NB11, Undated box 33 folder 6
Japanese Officer with Wife - Image: 5JG8-3-7-NB12, Undated box 33 folder 7
Japanese Officer on Telephone with Aid Taking Notes - Image: box 33 folder 8 5JG8-3-8-NB13, Undated
Two Unidentified Men - Image: 5JG8-3-9-NB14, Undated box 33 folder 9
Unidentified Man and Woman - Image: 5JG8-3-10-NB15, box 33 folder 10 Undated
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Unidentified Woman - Image: 5JG8-3-11-NB16, Undated box 33 folder 11
Captain Paul L. Briand, Jr. - Image: 5JG8-3-12-NB17, Undated box 33 folder 12
Josephine Blanco Akiyama - Image: 5JG8-3-13-NB18, Undated box 33 folder 13
Lockheed Electra with Earhart in Cockpit in Inset - Image: box 33 folder 14 5JG8-3-14-NB19, Undated
Unidentified Man - Image: 5JG8-3-15-NB20, Undated box 33 folder 15
Unidentified Woman - Image: 5JG8-3-16-NB21, Undated box 33 folder 16
Cemetery, Saipan (Three Images) - Images: 5JG8-3-17-NB22 to box 33 folder 17 5JG8-3-17-NB24, Undated
Close Up of Unidentified Japanese Army Officer Image: box 33 folder 18 5JG8-3-18-NB25, Undated
Unidentified Man - Image: 5JG8-3-19-NB26, Undated box 33 folder 19
Unidentified Grave Marker - Image: 5JG8-3-20-NB27, Undated box 33 folder 20
Jesus Guerror, Alias "Kumoi," - Image: 5JG8-3-21-NB28, 1960 box 33 folder 21
Unidentified Man - Image: 5JG8-3-23-NB29, Undated box 33 folder 22
Unidentified Japanese Soldier - Image: 5JG8-3-24-NB30, Undated box 33 folder 23
Irene Bolam with Husband - Image: 5JG8-3-25-NB31, Undated box 33 folder 24
Unidentified Man in Front of Propeller - Image: 5JG8-3-26-NB32, box 33 folder 25 Undated
Chinese Female Aviator - Images: 5JG8-3-27-NB33 to box 33 folder 26 5JG8-3-27-NB37, Undated
Unidentified People and Amelia Earhart - Images: 5JG8-3-28- box 33 folder 27 NB38 to 5JG8-3-28-NB6, Undated
Unidentified People and Scenes - Images: 5JG8-3-29-NC64 to box 33 folder 28 5JG8-3-29-NC91, Undated
Unidentified people and scenes - Images: 5JG8-3-30-NC92 to box 33 folder 29 5JG8-3- 30-NC112, Undated
Various Views of a Lockheed Electra similar to Earhart's - box 33 folder 30 Images: 5JG8-3-31-NB113 to 5JG8-3-31-NB129, Undated
Aircraft Crash Site, Irene Bolam and Her Husband, and Other box 33 folder 31 Unidentified Images - Images: 5JG8-3-32-NB130 to 5JG8-3-32- NB146, Undated
Unidentified People and Places - Images: 5JG8-3-33-NB147 to box 33 folder 32 5JG8-3-33-NB167, Undated
Images Taken on Saipan - Images: 5JG8-3-34-NB168 to box 33 folder 33 5JG8-3-34-NB189, Undated
16 mm Movie Film With Soundtrack , Undated box 33 folder 34
Project Zero: Taroa Album, Undated - Page 30- Gervais, Joseph
Container Summary: Charts, maps, WWII Japanese bunkers, box 33A folder 1 buildings, artillery pieces, Joe Gervais, destroyed Japanese aircraft, Yamamoto's crash site, and other related images and documents.
The Gervais Island Expedition Album, 1983 box 33A folder 2 Container Summary: Images of the expedition, first day covers, and charts.
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Series IX. Audio Tapes Title/Description Instances AERC Purdue, 1989 box 34 cassette 1-3
Jim Hannon, 1989 box 34 cassette 4-5
McMenamy, 1959 box 34 cassette 6 Existence and Location of Copies: box 34 disk 6 Existence and Location of Copies box 34 envelope 6 mp3 files are available on cloud storage. Contact archivist for more information.
Carl Pierson, Undated box 34 cassette 7 Container Summary: mp3 files are available on cloud storage. Contact archivist for more information.
Julie Telling of Her Luncheon with Irene Bolam, Undated box 34 cassette 8
WROK Interview with Vincent Loomis, Author of Amelia box 34 cassette 9 Earhart: The Final Story, Undated Container Summary: mp3 files are available on cloud storage. Contact archivist for more information.
Diana Dawes and Irene Bolam, Undated box 34 cassette 10
Steigman, 1991 box 34 cassette 11
Kramer and McCrory, Undated box 34 cassette 12
Gervais Interview of Neta Southern, Undated box 34 cassette 13
Col. Pate, USAF Retired, Undated box 34 cassette 14
Irene Bolam, 1977 box 34 cassette 15
Bob Myers and Diana Dawes, 1982 box 34 cassette 16
Irene Bolam and Diana Dawes, 1976-1977 box 34 cassette 17
Psychic Adrianne Analyzing Irene Bolam Photograph, 1988 box 34 cassette 18
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Don Wade Interview, WRNG, Atlanta, Undated box 34 cassette 19
Drina Welch Abel and Ray Neff, 1987 box 34 cassette 20
Hoagy Carmichael, Undated box 34 cassette 21-22
Interested Reader of AEL, Undated box 34 cassette 23
Robert W. Pate, Undated box 34 cassette 24-26
Unidentified Tapes, Undated box 34 cassette 27-28
Saipan (Dinger, Gervais, and Lewis), Undated box 35 folder 1-3
Joe Klass, Undated box 35 folder 4
Joe Gervais - Southern California Historical Society; Russell box 35 folder 5 Belous; Los Angeles County Museum; Amelia Earhart Lives, 1970
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Series X. Oversize Material Title/Description Instances Color Diagram of Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra, Undated box 36 folder 1
Life Magazine, 1937-1962 box 36 folder 2
Color Photograph: Remember Pearl Harbor, Undated box 36 folder 3
Phonograph Album: Amelia Earhart, Undated box 36 folder 4
Target Ploesti, Undated box 36 folder 5
Computer Generated Age Progression of Amelia Earhart, Undated box 36 folder 6
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Series XI. Memorabilia Title/Description Instances Seashell Marked Howland Island, 1983 box 37 folder 1
T-shirt - "Amelia Earhart Crash Landed at Mili Atoll, July 3, box 37 folder 2 1937" with Map in the Center and on the Back a Picture of Amelia Earhart, Undated
Manifold plate from Lockheed Electra no. N-16020, Undated box 37 folder 3
Plate from Lockheed Electra No. N-16020 Landing Gear Strut , box 37 folder 4 Undated
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B-24 Liberator Manifold Plate (2) - Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands, box 37 folder 5 Undated
Business Cards: Pacific Research and Salvage, President Joe box 37 folder 6 Gervais , Undated
"Amelia Bearhart" - Stuffed, Blue Bear Wearing an Aviator's Suit, box 38 folder 1 Scarf, Goggles, and Hat , Undated
Boeing B-29 Control Wheel, Undated box 38 folder 2
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