Northwest Airlines corporate records, 1917-1998 (bulk 1930-1994).

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Northwest Airlines corporate records, 1917-1998 (bulk 1930-1994).

Financial records, photographs, and subject files of a St. Paul-based commercial airline.

55.75 cu. ft. (59 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7314623

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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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...

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