Institution: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Collection Title: Ninety-Nines, Inc. History Books Collection
Date (inclusive): 1929-1981
Collection Identifier: Acc. No. NASM.XXXX.0470
Repository (location info): Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C.
Finding Aid link: https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/NASM.XXXX.0470.pdf
Website link: https://airandspace.si.edu/archival-collections
RBMVE Biographical Note: Amy Andrews, a nurse and pilot from New York, was one of two women who participated in the RBMVE. In 1937, Andrews flew an airplane outfitted with a camera, while a photographer took aerial photographs.
Scope and Content: From finding Aid, summary section, listed above: “The Ninety-Nines, Inc. History Books Collection consists of scrapbooks (yearbooks) complied by the officers of the Ninety-Nines to document the organization. Included in the yearbooks are the following: photographs of the members and officers; news clippings of the organization, individual chapters and sections, and about individual members; programs from air races, including Air Race Classic, Angel Derby, and the Powder Puff Derby; minutes from the annual meetings; and newsletters of the organization, The 99news, Ninety-Nine News, and Ninety-niner.”
Container List or Summary of RBMVE-related Material:
Box 1, Folder 6: The 99er, Vol. 1, No. 10, 1934
Box 1, Folder 7: List of Women Pilots, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Air Commerce, Washington, January 23, 1935; Articles from The 99er
Box 1, Folder 8: 99’s Newsletter, May 1936
Box 1, Folder 9: 99’s Newsletters with article by and about Andrews, October 1936, November 1936, December 1936, February 1937, March 1937, June 1937, August 1937
Box 2, Folder 1: 99’s Newsletter, April 1938
Box 2, Folder 2: 99’s Newsletter, October 1938, June 1939
Box 3, Folder 3: Ninety Nines Convention, October 3-8, 1949
Box 3, Folder 4: 99’s Newsletter, May 15, 1950
Box 4, Folder 4: Ninety Nines Committees 1953-1954
