Box 1
Folder 1: Letters from Mrs. Paxton, 1937-1946
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. George Palmer Putnam, July 30, 1937
Letter from Mrs. Nina Llyr [sic] Margaret Paxton to Editor, Time magazine, July 14, 1937
Letter from Mrs. Nina Llyr [sic] Margaret Paxton to Mrs. Frederick E. Noonan, July 22, 1937
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. Walter Winchell, July 30, 1937 with enclosure, an edited carbon titled (with the title crossed out), “The Call of a Courageous Lady,” the message Mrs. Paxton heard from Amelia Earhart on July 3, 1937
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. George Palmer Putnam, August 5, 1937
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Congressman Fred M. Vinson, August 13, 1937
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. Lowell Thomas, August 30, 1937
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. G.P. Putnam, September 20, 1937
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. G.P. Putnam, September 22, 1937
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. Richard Black, Department of the Interior, December 3, 1937
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. Boake Carter, W.C.A.U. (Philco), December 31, 1937
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. E.H. Dimity, President, Amelia Earhart Foundation, January 14, 1938
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. E.H. Dimity, January 20, 1938
Letter from unstated [likely Mrs. C.B. Paxton] to Mr. Arthur S. Johnson, Johnson’s Book Store, May 1, 1940
Letter from unstated [likely Mrs. C.B. Paxton] to Mr. Arthur S. Johnson, May 28, 1940
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mrs. Amy O. Earhart, July 10, 1943
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mrs. Amy O. Earhart, July 10, 1943, edited version
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mrs. Amy O. Earhart, August 9, 1943
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Naval Intelligence, August 25, 1943
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to H.W. Baltazzi, Commander U.S.N.R., Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, September 17, 1943
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mrs. Amy O. Earhart, September 17, 1943
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Walter Winchell, care of Daily Mirror, September 22, 1943
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Lieutenant-Commander A.E. Hindmarsh, Acting Head of Far Eastern Theater, U.S.N.R., Division of Naval Intelligence, October 25, 1943
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. Henry R. Luce, Editor, Life Magazine, January 10, 1944
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Naval Intelligence, Washington, D.C., no date (but 2-21-1944 is handwritten at bottom of page)
Letter from unstated [likely Mrs. C.B. Paxton] to Com. H.W. Baltazzi, U.S.N.R., May 24, 1944
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Com. H.W. Baltazzi, U.S.N.R., May 24, 1944
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Com. H.W. Baltazzi, U.S.N.R., May 26, 1944
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Cpl. Hastings, July 3, 1945
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Cpl. Hastings, July 3, 1945 (duplicate copy)
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Miss Hastings, July 3, 1945
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. Courtnay Pitt, Public Relations Department, Philco Corporation, September 13, 1945
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Dr. R.W. McCallister, May 16, 1946
Folder 2: Letters from Mrs. Paxton, 1947-1969
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mrs. Earhart, March 4, 1947
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to General Douglas A. MacArthur, Commander, Pacific Operations, Japan, March 10, 1947
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to General Douglas A. MacArthur, Commander, Pacific Operations, Japan, March 10, 1947 (labeled “Corrected Copy”)
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Gentlemen (unspecified newspaper editors), June 23, 1947 with enclosed list of papers and ad to be published asking for those who heard Amelia Earhart’s radio transmissions to contact her
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Gentlemen (unspecified newspaper editors), June 23, 1947 with enclosed list of papers and ad to be published asking for those who heard Amelia Earhart’s radio transmissions to contact her
Text of telegram Mrs. C.B. Paxton planned to send to Cecil G. Harrison, n.d.
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to "Bouquet for You" Program, n.d.
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Acting Chief Cecil G. Harrison, Department of State, August 25, 1947
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Acting Chief Cecil G. Harrison, Telecommunications Division, Department of State, October 21, 1947
Letter from Nina L.M. Paxton to Editorial Office, Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, June 10, 1948 with poem “Voice of the Moment” at the bottom of the letter
Letter from Nina L.M. Paxton to Mr. Sam B. Warner, Register of Copyrights, Copyright Office, Library of Congress, June 17, 1948
Letter from Mrs. Paul F. Rizk (sent on behalf of Mrs. C.B. Paxton) to Art Linkletter, "People Are Funny" Television Program, February 23, 1959
Letter from N.L.M. Paxton to Mr. Ben Kartman, Editorial Director, Family Weekly, January 23, 1961
Letter from N.L.M. Paxton to Sunday Editor, Louisville Courier-Journal, July 31, 1961
Letter from Nina Lear Margaret Paxton to Mr. Cary Robertson, Sunday Edition Editor, Louisville Courier Journal, August 5, 1961
Letter from Nina Lear Margaret Paxton to Mr. Cary Robertson, Sunday Edition Editor, Louisville Courier Journal, August 5, 1961, draft copy
Letter from N.L.M. Paxton to Mr. Cary Robertson, Sunday Edition Editor, Louisville Courier Journal, October 3, 1961
Letter from N.L.M. Paxton to Atlantic, October 9, 1961
Letter from N.L.M. Paxton to Harper’s Magazine, October 9, 1961
Letter from Mrs. Nina L.M. Paxton to Mr. Cary Robertson, Sunday Edition Editor, Louisville Courier Journal, December 1, 1961
Letter from Mrs. Nina L.M. Paxton to Mr. Cary Robertson, Sunday Edition Editor, Louisville Courier Journal, December 5, 1961
Letter from Mrs. Nina L.M. Paxton to Mr. Cary Robertson, Sunday Edition Editor, Louisville Courier Journal, December 18, 1961
Letter from Mrs. Nina L.M. Paxton to Mr. Cary Robertson, Sunday Edition Editor, Louisville Courier Journal, January 18, 1962
Letter from Mrs. Nina L.M. Paxton to Mr. Cary Robertson, Sunday Edition Editor, Louisville Courier Journal, February 3, 1962
Letter from Mrs. Nina L.M. Paxton to Mr. Cary Robertson, Sunday Edition Editor, Louisville Courier Journal, February 16, 1962
Letter from N.L.M. Paxton, Horoscope, Dell Publishing Company, May 1, 1962
Letter from Nina L.M. Paxton to Mr. Fred Goerner, January 15, 1964
Letter from Nina L.M. Paxton (letters crossed out) to Mr. Ronald Beering, n.d.
Letter from unstated (likely Nina Paxton) to True Magazine, October 20, 1966
Letter from N.L.M. Paxton to Mr. Beerens, October 27, 1966
Letter from unstated (likely Nina Paxton) to Mr. Ronald Beerins, January 3, 1967
Letter from Nina L.M. Paxton to Carole Giribaldi, Editor McCall’s, April 18, 1967
Letter from Nina L.M. Paxton, R.N. to Mr. Lawrence Welk, American Broadcasting Co., September 26, 1967
Letter from Nina Paxton to Mr. Johnny Carson, N.B.C., February 1, 1968
Letter from Nina L.M. Paxton to Mr. James E. Fixx, Editor McCall's Magazine, March 15, 1968
Letter from Nina Paxton to Mr. Fred Goerner, n.d. (1968 written in pencil at the top)
Letter from unstated (likely Nina Paxton) to Mr. Frederick A. Goerner, July 15, 1968
Letter from Nina L.M. Paxton to Mr. Frederick Goerner, July 22, 1968
Letter from Nina L.M. Paxton to Mr. T.E. Devine, July 29, 1968
Letter from Nina L.M. Paxton to Mr. Fred Goerner, August 23, 1968
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Mr. Fred Goerner, September 4, 1968
Letter from unstated (likely Nina Paxton) to Robert W. Townsley, June 9, 1969
Folder 3: Letters to Mrs. Paxton, A-L
Letter from Richard L. Baldwin, the American Radio Relay League to Mrs. N.L.M. Paxton, January 29, 1962
Letter from Ronald Beerens to Mrs. Nina L. Paxton, November 28, 1966
Letter from Mrs. Gertrude Carruthers to Mrs. Paxton, January 14, 1962
Letter from Thomas E. Devine to Mrs. C.B. Paxton, May 27, 1968
Letter from E.H. Dimity, Amelia Earhart Foundation, January 10, 1938
Letter from Amy Otis Earhart to unstated (likely Nina Paxton), July 14, 1943
Letter from A.O.E. (Amy Otis Earhart) to Mrs. Paxton, August 24, 1943
Letter from Carole Garibaldi, McCall’s to Mrs. C.B. Paxton, March 28, 1968
Letter from Frederick Allan Goerner to Nina L.M. Paxton, July 18, 1968
Letter from Frederick Goerner to Mrs. Paxton, July 9, 1968
Letter from Fred Goerner to Mrs. Paxton, August 28, 1968
Letter from Mrs. Estelle Halleck, R.N. to Florida State Board, July 31, 1962
Letter from Ashley Halsey, Jr., Associate Editor, Saturday Evening Post, to Mrs. C.B. Paxton, May 15, 1953
Letter from Cecil G. Harrison, Acting Chief, Telecommunications Division, Department of State, August 22, 1947
Letter from Cecil G. Harrison, Acting Chief, Telecommunications Division, Department of State, October 10, 1947
Letter from A.E. Hindmarsh, Lieutenant-Commander, USNR, Acting Head of Far Eastern Theater Division of Naval Intelligence to Mrs. Paxton, October 21, 1943
Letter from Arthur S. Johnson to Mrs. C.B. Paxton, April 22, 1940
Letter from Arthur S. Johnson to Mrs. C.B. Paxton, April 25, 1940
Letter from Arthur S. Johnson to Mrs. C.B. Paxton, April 29, 1940
Letter from Arthur S. Johnson to Mrs. C.B. Paxton, May 21, 1940
Letter from Ben Kartman, Executive Editor, Family Weekly to Mr. [sic] N.L.M. Paxton, January 25, 1961
Letter from Lewis [?] to “dear Nina,” January 24th [no year]
Letter from Lewis [?] to “dear Nina,” New Year’s Day, 1965
Folder 4: Letters to Mrs. Paxton, M-Z
Letter from R.W. McAllister, M.D. to Mrs. Nina L.M. Paxton, March 20, 1946 (in envelope with an address for Robt W Townsley, a folded blank piece of paper, a newspaper clipping titled, “Firm Can’t Identify Plane’s Generator,” and an article dated July 2, 1968 from the Ashland (KY) Daily Independent titled, “Earhart Vanished 34 Yrs. Ago”)
Letter from Kenneth MacKenna, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, August 23, 1939
Letter from Courtnay Pitt, Philco Corporation, June 9, 1947
Letter from Mrs. James Samuel Price (Sarah Johnston Price) to Mrs. Nina L. Paxton, January 17, 1962
Letter from George Palmer Putnam to Mrs. C.B. Paxton, August 4, 1937
Letter from George Palmer Putnam to Mrs. C.B. Paxton, August 7, 1937
Letter from George Palmer Putnam to Mrs. C.B. Paxton, September 13, 1937
Letter from Eddie Rickenbacker to Mr. Paxton, April 20, 1948
Letter from Cary Robertson, Sunday Editor, Louisville Courier-Journal to Mr. [sic] N.L.M. Paxton, August 3, 1961
Letter from Cary Robertson, Sunday Editor, Louisville Courier-Journal to Mrs. Nina L.M. Paxton, October 4, 1961
Letter from Cary Robertson, Sunday Editor, Louisville Courier-Journal to Mrs. Nina L.M. Paxton, November 29, 1961
Letter from Cary Robertson, Sunday Editor, Louisville Courier-Journal to Mrs. C.B. Paxton, December 5, 1961
Letter from Cary Robertson, Sunday Editor, Louisville Courier-Journal to Mrs. Nina L. Paxton, February 7, 1962
Letter from Lowell Thomas to Mrs. Paxton, September 6, 1937
Postcard from Robert W. Townsley, Ph.D. to Mrs. Paxton, May 31, 1969
Letter from Fred M. Vinson, 8th District Kentucky, U.S. House of Representatives, to Mrs. C.B. Paxton, August 17, 1937
Letter from Florence Wallingford to Mrs. Paxton, July 15, 1968
Letter from Walter Winchell to Mrs. Paxton, New York Mirror, September 8, 1943
Letter from Walter Winchell to Mrs. Paxton, New York Mirror, September 27, 1943
Folder 5: Manuscripts, Personal Papers, Spring 1934-July 6, 1960
4-page account of Nina Paxton’s hearing Amelia Earhart’s S.O.S. call, undated
2-page account of Nina Paxton’s hearing Amelia Earhart’s S.O.S. call, undated with two accompanying notes
6-page article titled, “I Heard Amelia Earhart’s S.O.S. Calls” by N.L.M. Paxton
Another 6-page article titled, “I Heard Amelia Earhart’s S.O.S. Calls” by N.L.M. Paxton
“Earhart and Noonan Down in Pacific,” Ashland Daily Independent, July 3, 1937
“Evidence Shows Japs Killed Amelia Earhart,” July 6, 1960
“Ashland Lady Hears Earhart,” Ashland Daily Independent, July 9, 1937
“Earhart Fate Sealed Today, Searchers Say in Last Hope; Lexington Off to Join Hunt,” The Cincinnati Enquirer, July 10, 1937
“Hope Dwindles for Amelia, as Fliers Search,” Ashland Daily Independent, July 11, 1937
“On Expedition to South Seas,” Cincinnati Enquirer, December 21, 1937
“Stepson to Join in Earhart Hunt”
“Amelia Earhart Mentioned in River Note,” March 28, 1940
“Fierce Jungle Fighting Rages in Solomons and New Guinea as Navy Aids Ground Forces,” Ashland Daily Independent, November 19, 1943
“Jap Flying Boat Wrecked”
“U.S. Drives Head for Rabaul, Truk,” November 21, 1943
“Life Where Amelia’s Lost Isn’t Fun—But It’s Possible,” 1937
“Lt. Col. James Roosevelt Tells of American Attack on Makin,” Ashland Daily Independent, November 29, 1943
“Marshall Islands Mean Bases for Bigger Things,” Courier Journal, February 6, 1944
“Amelia Earhart?” Letter from Dr. Robert W. McAllister, Macon, Georgia
“Earhart Alive? Many Think So, but Evidence Belies Hope for Heroine,” The Cincinnati Enquirer, July 18, 1948
“Amelia Earhart Victim of Weather, Mantz Says; Vanished 17 Years Ago,” The Cincinnati Enquirer, July 5, 1954
“Twenty Years Since Amelia Earhart Vanished Over Pacific Ocean,” n.d.
“Amelia Earhart,” Huntington Herald Dispatch, July 6, 1957
“Amelia Earhart, Sportswoman,” Spring 1934
“I Saw Amelia Earhart Crash on Saipan,” Family Weekly, Owensboro Kentucky Paper, July 3, 1960
“CBS Says Amelia Was Shot,” July 2, 1960
Folder 6: Manuscripts, Personal Papers, 1962-1970
Four drafts of “I Heard Amelia Earhart’s S.O.S. Calls” by N.L.M. Paxton
“‘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
“Tragedy’s Pattern: Earhart, Powers, Hammarskjold” by M.A. Smollin, Horoscope, April 1962
“Was Amelia Acting As Spy?” Herald-Dispatch, July 26, 1966
“Stamps in News: Eyebrows Left Off Amelia Earhart Commemorative?” The Courier-Journal, June 30, 1963
“Where Did Earhart Go? A Six-Year Search to Solve the Riddle,” True: The Man’s Magazine, September 1966
Letters to Editor, “Truly Yours,” True, December 1966
“AE” by Dorothy Cox Stewart (handwritten poem)
“I Completed Amelia Earhart’s Flight,” McCall’s, November 1967
“Enshrined in Aviation Hall of Fame,” The Herald-Dispatch, December 3, 1968
“Plot to Assassinate Hitler Almost Succeeded,” The Herald-Advertiser, July 20, 1969
“I’ll Find Amelia Earhart!” by Fred Goerner, Argosy, January 1964
“Amelia Earhart’s Fate Learned?” The Herald-Advertiser, March 1, 1970
Folder 7: Receipts, Memorabilia
Envelopes for letters in the collection
Receipts for Railway Express Agency, mail sent to George Palmer Putnam
Letter from Mrs. C.B. Paxton to Runyon Cancer Fund, June 2, 1947
“Breeches Bible,” Submitted by Mrs. C.B. Paxton, November [?] 3, 1952
Letter from Anna Mae Jones, Hendry General Hospital to Mrs. N. Paxton, July 1, 1962
Folder 8: Undated Personal Papers
“Voice of the Moment” by Nina L.M. Paxton
Another draft of this poem by Nina L.M. Paxton
Yet another draft (handwritten) not organized into stanzas
Dictionary or encyclopedia entry for Amelia Earhart
One single-sided page of typewritten notes on message Nina Paxton heard
Typed draft with lines from “Voice of the Moment,” not in stanza form
“Voice of the Moment” by Nina L.M. Paxton—typed final draft with introductory paragraph
“Have you an Amusing Anecdote-an Unusual Story?” from Reader’s Digest
Photograph of Amelia Earhart in sportswear she designed
Handwritten draft of Nina Paxton’s account of hearing Amelia Earhart’s distress calls
Another typed draft of “Voice of the Moment” with the title crossed out
Handwritten note about when Nina Paxton heard the first call
Newspaper clipping titled “[____al Of Search for Earhart Begins”
“Sister Finds Theories about Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance Distressing”
“$1,000,000 Spent in Earhart Search”
“Carrier and Sub Lost”
“Carrier Task Force Adds Power to Army Aerial Attacks on Japanese Mid-Pacific Bases”
“Amelia Earhart’s Stepmother Dies in Shack Blaze”
Photograph of Amelia Earhart with the caption, “This famous flier disappeared somewhere in the Pacific.”
"Recapture of Gilberts Is Viewed by Eliot as Part of Second Phase of War in Pacific”
“Associated Press Writer Gives Vivid Account of Raid on Japs”
“Ocean Bases Targets of Allies in Sixth Day’s Blasting of Jap-Held Islands”
“Do Not Go Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas
“Other Editorial Views, End of the Hitler Story”
“Saipan Jungle Grave Uncovered: Are Bones Those of Amelia Earhart?”
“Miss Earhart Considered Flight Her Last”