Welcome to IWASM's Digital Collections!
Please know that our site is currently under construction. Materials may be taken off or added at any time as our staff works hard to make our collections accessible to our community.
Thanks in large part to our 2022 National Endowment for the Humanities grant, we are undertaking the daunting task of researching, updating, and standardizing our digital collections.
Items that were added prior to January 1, 2024 may not present the entirety of the information now available thanks to the grant.
This means that it takes some time to update outdated metadata, rights and reproductions, and more. The majority of our collections are currently not available on this site. If you have any specific research requests or want to learn more, please reach out to collections@iwasm.org.
Our team is excited to assist you! Thank you for your patience as we work to preserve these amazing stories of women in air and space.
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Nichols About to Go Hunting
Famous early pilot Ruth Nichols gathers with members of her hunting party outside of log cabins in Ontario, Canada. Nichols had gone out searching…
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Mercury 13 Collection (MS-012)
The Mercury 13 Collection is comprised of material relating to the 25 women who participated in the Woman in Space Program from 1960-1962. It includes…
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Letter to Faye
Shortly after her return from her round-the-world flight, Joan Merriam Smith wrote this letter to her friend Faye dated May 23, 1964. She listed out…
Jerrie Mock Statue First Day Cover
In 1964, Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world in a single-engine plane. In honor of her achievement, The Works,…
Jerrie Mock First Day Cover
Columbus, OH native Jerrie Mock carried signed envelopes known as First Day Covers with her during her historic 1964 world flight. She left Columbus…
Ann Pellegreno First Day Cover
Pilot Ann H. Pellegreno carried this First Day Cover during her 1967 Round-the-World flight. She and her three-person crew followed Amelia Earhart's…
Joan Merriam Smith First Day Cover
Joan Merriam Smith carried this First Day Cover on her historic 1964 Round-the-World flight. She took off from Long Beach, CA on March 17, 1964 and…