Nancy Harkness Love Research Collection.

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Nancy Harkness Love Research Collection.

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Research collection, undated, about Nancy Harkness Love, compiled by Richard M. Rupley, a professor at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan and local historian. Nancy Harkness Love was an American pilot and commander during World War II and is credited with the creation of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and its successor organization, the Women Air Service Pilots (WASP). Includes correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, and research notes.

0.35 cubic feet; 1 manuscript box (letter size)

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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SNAC Resource ID: 8145587

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Rupley, Richard M. Lieutenant Colonel 1933-2010

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Nancy Harkness Love, born Hannah Lincoln Harkness in Houghton, Michigan, was an American pilot and commander during World War II. The daughter of a wealthy physician, Harkness developed an intense interest in aviation at an early age. At 16 she took her first flight and earned her pilot's license within a month. Although she went to all the right schools, including Milton Academy in Massachusetts and Vassar in New York, she was restless and adventurous. At Vassar she earned extra mo...

United States. Women's Air Service Pilots

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United States. Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron

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Love, Nancy Harkness, 1914-1976

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