Nina L. Paxton Papers, 1937-1970

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Title

Nina L. Paxton Papers, 1937-1970

Subject

Earhart, Amelia, -- 1897-1937.

Description

This is the collection of Nina Paxton's correspondence, personal accounts, and newspaper and magazine articles related to her hearing Amelia Earhart's distress calls on her short-wave radio in Ashland, Kentucky, after Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared in the Pacific on July 2, 1937.

Creator

Nina Lear Margaret Paxton (Mrs. C.B. Paxton)

Source

Nina L. Paxton Papers, Southern Appalachian Archives, Mars Hill University

Publisher

Southern Appalachian Archives, Liston B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies, Mars Hill University

Date

1937-1970

Contributor

Estelle Rizk

Rights

These images may be viewed, downloaded, and printed for personal and educational use, but any commercial use is prohibited without permission from the Southern Appalachian Archives, Mars Hill University. Questions may be directed to the Archivist at (828) 689-1262 or archives@mhu.edu.

Language

English

Collection Items

Letter dated July 14, 1937 from Mrs. Nina Llyr Paxton to Editor, Time magazine

Letter dated July 30, 1937 from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. George Palmer Putnam

Letter dated July 22, 1937 from Mrs. Nina Llyr Margaret Paxton to Mrs. Frederick E. Noonan

Letter dated July 30, 1937 from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. Walter Winchell

Letter dated August 4, 1937 from George Palmer Putnam to Mrs. C.B. Paxton

Letter dated August 5, 1937 from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. George Palmer Putnam

Letter dated August 7, 1937 from George Palmer Putnam to Mrs. C.B. Paxton

Letter dated August 13, 1937 from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Congressman Fred M. Vinson

"'I Heard Amelia Earhart's SOS': Ashland ex-ham listener Mrs. Nina L. Paxton is sure the voice she received was lost flier's" by Nina L. Paxton, The Courier-Journal Magazine, January 14, 1962
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