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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