THE HAWAIIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

presents

Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance:
The Phoenix Islands Hypothesis

Thomas F. King, Ph.D.
March 6, 2003

The Hawaiian Historical Society invites the public to attend a special Powerpoint presentation, “Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance: The Phoenix Islands Hypothesis” by visiting archaeologist Thomas F. King. The presentation will take place on Thursday, March 6th, 2003, at the Old Archives Building (the Kana‘ina Building) on the grounds of ‘Iolani Palace. Refreshments at 7:00 p.m., program at 7:30 p.m. The program is free and open to the public.

The 1937 disappearance of aviation pioneers Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan is a mystery that continues to tantalize researchers and the public. For the last dozen years, The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) has been investigating the possibility that the flyers landed and died on Nikumaroro Island in the Phoenix group, now a part of Kiribati. Dr. Thomas King, TIGHAR’s senior archaeologist, will discuss TIGHAR’s research and finds.

King holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California, Riverside. He is an archaeologist with some 35 years’ experience doing archaeology in California and Micronesia and in interpreting the environmental and historic preservation laws under which archaeological sites, native spiritual places, and historic buildings and districts are managed. He is the author of several textbooks on cultural resource management and a co-author of Amelia Earhart’s Shoes: Is the Mystery Solved? (AltaMira Press, 2001). A limited number of copies of the book will be available for sale at the program at the special price of $25.00.

For further information about the program, contact Karen L. Sinn (hhskaren@lava.net) at the Hawaiian Historical Society, 560 Kawaiahao Street Honolulu, HI 96813. Phone and fax: (808) 537-6271.