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Oral history interview with Edna Gardner Whyte, 1979 February 8

Resource Type:
Manuscript (Paper)
Publication:
1979
Serial Holdings:
Shelved in Business Oral History Transcripts Collection, University Archives.
Related Series:
Business Oral History; [volume] 28

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Summary:
Interview with Edna Gardner Whyte concerning her experiences learning to fly (1926-1927); appointment to the Navy Nurse Corps (1929); flying in New Bedford, Massachusetts and comments on the Newport resort area (early 1930s); success in air race competitions (1930s-1970s); comments on Amelia Earhart and women pioneers in aviation; operation of New Orleans Air College (1935-1941); work in the Philippines with the Army Nurse Corps (1945-1946); employment as flying salesperson for Channelchrome Company throughout United States, Canada, and Central America (1955-1969); experiences flying helicopters and seaplanes; operation of Aero Valley Flying School in Roanoke, Texas (1969-1979).
Author/Creator:
Whyte, Edna Gardner
Contributors:
Jenkins, Floyd Harold
Texas Business Oral History Project
North Texas State University > Oral History Collection
Main Work:
Oral history interview with Edna Gardner Whyte, 1979 February 8 [by Whyte, E.G.]
Related Series:
Business Oral History; [volume] 28
Subjects:
Whyte, Edna Gardner — Oral history
Air pilots — United States — Oral history
Women air pilots — United States — Oral history
Airplane racing — United States — Oral history
Nursing — United States — Oral history
Nursing — Philippines — Oral history
World War, 1939-1945 — Women — Oral history
Women — Oral history
United States Navy Department — Nurse Corps — Oral history
United States Army Nurse Corps — Oral history
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937
Channelchrome Company — Oral history
New Orleans Air College — Oral history
Aero Valley Flying School — Oral history
Genres:
Oral history — Examples
Business oral history — Examples
General Notes:
Interview conducted in 1979 for the Texas Business Oral History Project, North Texas State University Oral History Collection. Interviewer: Floyd Jenkins, Professor of Business Administration, North Texas State University.
The Edna Gardner Whyte Collection of archival materials are processed and available for viewing in the University Archives.
Physical Description:
144 leaves ; 29 cm
Call Numbers:
OHB 28
OCLC Numbers:
44070375