Amelia Earhart – Source List

Brandenburg, B. and Gillespie, R. *Post-Loss Radio Signal Catalog*. TIGHAR (The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery). [online] Available at: https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Research/ResearchPapers/Brandenburg/signalcatalog.html

National Air and Space Museum*Amelia Earhart*. Smithsonian Institution. [online] Available at: https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/amelia-earhart

Butler, S. (1997) *East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart*. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Earhart, A. (1932) *The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation*. New York: Brewer, Warren and Putnam.

Earhart, A. (1928) *20 Hrs., 40 Min.: Our Flight in the Friendship*. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons.

National Air and Space Museum (2022) ’90 Years After Her Solo Transatlantic Flight: What Would Amelia Earhart Think About Women in Aviation?’, Smithsonian Institution, 20 May. [online] Available at: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/90-years-Earhart-solo-transatlantic-flight

Rich, D.L. (1989) *Amelia Earhart: A Biography*. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Cook, B.W. (1999) *Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2: 1933–1938*. New York: Viking.

Atlas Obscura (2025) ‘The Ninety-Nines Was Amelia Earhart’s Club for Female Aviators’, 7 August. [online] Available at: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/female-aviators-ninety-nines-amelia-earhart

Zonta District 8 (2023) ‘Amelia Earhart: Did She Face Bias and Discrimination?’, 22 April. [online] Available at: https://zontadistrict8.org/amelia-earhart-did-she-face-bias-and-discrimination/

San Diego Air and Space Museum (no date) *Helen Richey: First Female Commercial Pilot*. [online] Available at: https://sandiegoairandspace.org/exhibits/online-exhibit-page/helen-richey-first-female-commercial-pilot

Alexander, K. and Sargent, J. (2017) ‘Lores Bonney: The Forgotten Aviatrix’, *Australian Geographic*, 6 March. [online] Available at: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/history-culture/2017/03/lores-bonney-the-forgotten-aviatrix/

Alexander, K. (2016) *Taking Flight: Lores Bonney’s Extraordinary Flying Career*. Canberra: National Library of Australia, p. 25.

Gray, A.A. (1993) ‘Amelia Didn’t Know Radio’, *Naval History Magazine*, December. United States Naval Institute. [online] Available at: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1993/december/amelia-didnt-know-radio

National Naval Aviation Museum (no date) ‘Naval Aviation and the Search for Amelia Earhart’. [online] Available at: https://navalaviationmuseum.org/naval-aviation-and-the-search-for-amelia-earhart/

National Archive (no date) ‘Report of Earhart Search, 2-18 July, 1937’ [online] Available at: https://www.archives.gov/files3/research/ameliaearhart/releases/2025/1114/038_A1-351_Box775_US-Navy-Report-of-the-Search-for-Amelia-Earhart.pdf

TIGHAR (no date) ‘Betty’s Notebook’. The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery. [online] Available at: https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Notebook/notebook.html

USA Today (2018) ‘Amelia Earhart’s last days: New distress call analysis provides intimate portrait of her final week’ [online] — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/07/24/amelia-earhart-birthday-distress-call/782617002

Earharttruth.wordpress.com (2014) ‘Experts Weigh In on Earhart’s Post-Loss Messages’, 13 May. [online] Available at: https://earharttruth.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/experts-weigh-in-on-earharts-post-loss-messages/

TIGHAR (no date) *The Earhart Project: Nikumaroro Hypothesis*. The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery. [online] Available at: https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/AEdescr.html

Jantz, R.L. (2018) ‘Amelia Earhart and the Nikumaroro Bones’, *Forensic Anthropology*, 1(2), pp. 83–96. University of Florida Press.

EBSCO Research Starters (no date) ‘Principles of Shortwave Radio Communication Are Discovered’. [online] Available at: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/principles-shortwave-radio-communication-are-discovered

Wikipedia (2026) ‘Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence’. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart:_The_Lost_Evidence

Live Science (2019) ‘The Man Who Found the Titanic Just Ended His Search for Amelia Earhart’s Lost Plane’, 16 October. [online] Available at: https://www.livescience.com/robert-ballard-does-not-find-amelia-earhart-plane.html

Mental Floss (2019) ‘Coconut Crabs’ Role in Amelia Earhart’s Mysterious Disappearance’, 22 August. [online] Available at: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/597778/coconut-crabs-role-in-amelia-earharts-mysterious-disappearance

Smithsonian Magazine (2014). ‘Coconut Crabs Eat Everything from Kittens to, Maybe, Amelia Earhart’ [online] Available at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/coconut-crabs-eat-everything-from-kittens-to-maybe-amelia-earhart-180948206/ 

Gillespie, R.E. (1993) ‘Why the Navy Didn’t Find Amelia’, *Proceedings*, February, Vol. 119/2/1,080. United States Naval Institute. [online] Available at: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1993/february/why-navy-didnt-find-amelia

Fox News (2025) ‘Government releases newly declassified Amelia Earhart disappearance records from National Archives’, 19 November. [online] Available at: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/government-releases-newly-declassified-amelia-earhart-disappearance-records-from-national-archives