Papers, 1918-1919, n.d.

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Papers, 1918-1919, n.d.

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Letters and photographs of aviator Amelia Earhart donated by Kenneth Griggs Merrill, business executive and writer.

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Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937

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Amelia Mary Earhart (AE) was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, the first daughter of Amy (Otis) Earhart and Edwin Stanton Earhart. Her sister, Grace Muriel, was born three years later. The family moved several times (to Kansas City, Kansas; Des Moines; St. Paul; Chicago) during AE's childhood as her father tried unsuccessfully to establish a profitable legal career. AE graduated from Chicago's Hyde Park High School in 1916. ESE's increasing reliance on al...

KENNETH GRIGGS MERRILL, 1891-1963

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Business executive and writer Kenneth Griggs Merrill was born in St. Paul, Minn. on July 9, 1891. The son of John Francis and Anne Humphrey (Davy) Merrill, he was educated in Chicago public schools and took night courses at Northwestern University in creative writing and advertising. Hired in 1911 as a clerk for the M. B. Skinner manufacturing company of Chicago, he advanced through the organization, and within 22 years became its president. KGM married Helen Shapley in ...