"$1500 Price For 14 Flights By Aviator Stites" - Morning Press 8-7-1912
"Accident Forces Aviator To Alight" - Los Angeles Herald 11-15-1911 volume 38, number 43
"Activity At The Flying Fields And Hydro-Havens" - Aero and Hydro 8-22-1914, page 263
Ad - Los Angeles Evening Herald 3-29-1912 volume 38, number 159
Ad - Los Angeles Evening Herald 5-3-1912 volume 38, number 189
Ad - Los Angeles Evening Herald 5-4-1912, volume 38, number 190
Ad - Los Angeles Evening Herald 5-9-1914, volume xl, number 162
Ad - Los Angeles Evening Herald 5-15-1914 Volume XL, Number 167
Ad - Los Angeles Evening Herald 5-22-1914 volume xl, number 173
Ad - San Bernardino Sun 2-25-1912 volume 35, number 123
"Additional Business Locals" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-19-1912
"Aerial Race Called Off For Lack Of Funds Says Aviator" - The Long Beach Press 6-15-1912, page 14
"Aero Accident" - Long Beach Press 5-18-1914, page 12
"Aeronauts Plan Big Sky Race" - San Francisco Call 6-5-1912, page 15
"Aeroplane Battle Enacted In Film" - World's Advance, volume 30 1915, page 619
"Aeroplane Fights For Next Sunday" - Venice Daily Vanguard 5-1-1914
"Aeroplane Is Wrecked Here This Morning" - Venice Daily Vanguard 6-13-1914
"Aeroplane Squadron" - Long Beach Daily Telegram 2-10-1916, page 3
"Airman Falls To Death" - New York Times 3-17-1915
"Along the Pacific Coast" - Mariposa Gazette 3-27-1915 volume lx, number 43
"Altitude Duel In Rain Storm And Two Serious Accidents Reatures of Flying Exhibit" - Morning Union 1-27-1912
"Amateur Aviators" - The Long Beach Press 6-12-1911, page 5
"Amateurs Will Contest In Flights At Dominguez" - Los Angeles Herald 6-4-1911 volume 33, number 246
"Angeleno Wins Pilot License" - Los Angeles Herald 12-23-1911 volume 38, number 76
"Another Aviator Falls" - Morning Tribune 3-18-1915 volume 55, number 99
"Another Aviator Is Dashed To His Death And Mangled To Pulp" - Humboldt Times 3-17-1915 volume lix, number 76
"Another Daring Flight For Sun" - San Bernardino Daily Sun 3-1-1912, volume xxxv, number 127
"Arrangements Were Completed" - Long Beach Telegram 5-27-1912, page 10
"Ascension Tomorrow" - Venice Daily Vanguard 5-23-1914
"Attendance Records Expected To Fall At Orange Show Today" - Los Angeles Herald 2-22-1912
"Aviatik Zaplatil Vzlet Zivotem" - Pokrok Zapadu 3-21-1915
"Aviator Champion May Not Enter Aero Meet" - The Long Beach Press - 1-5-1912, page 10
"Aviator Dies In Sham Aerial Flight" - Ronan Pioneer 10-7-1915, page 1
"Aviator Falls 300 Feet To His Death" - Centralia Daily Chronicle Examiner 3-18-1915, page 1
"Aviator Falls To His Death During Mimic Flight" - Hanford Sentinel 3-18-1915 number 12
"Aviator Has Wrist Broken" - LA Times 6-2-1912
Aviator Makes Trip To Beach - Long Beach Daily Telegram 8-13-1914, page 5
"Aviator Stites At The Beginning Of His Death Plunge" - Defiance Crescent News 4-13-1915, page 5
"Aviator Stites Fatal Fall Is Unexplained" - San Francisco Call 3-17-1915 volume 97, number 67
"Aviator Stites Has narrow Escape" - Morning Press 6-2-1912
"Aviator Stites In Daring Flight Here On Sunday" - Venice Daily Vanguard 5-15-1914
"Aviator Stites Is Badly Hurt By Fall Today" - Long Beach Press 6-1-1912, page 1
"Aviator Stites Killed" - The Billboard 3-27-1915 Vol 27 Issue 13
"Aviator Stites Lands In Surf At Venice" - Los Angeles Express 3-14-1914
"Aviator Stites Will Aviate At Planada" - Merced County Sun 6-7-1912 volume xli, number 21
"Aviators Have Narrow Escape" - LA Times 1-29-1912
Aviators' Licenses
"Aviator's Widow Awarded $5000" - Long Beach Daily Telegram 9-1-1915, page 10
"Balloonist Morton To Fly With Stites" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-15-1914
"Beachy Cuts Capers In 40 Mile Breeze" - San Francisco Call 1-28-1912, page 20
"Beachy Memorial In Assembly Resolution" - Morning Press 3-17-1915
"Big Celebration Will Be Held At Planada Opening" - Los Angeles Evening Post 5-25-1912
"Biplane Bumps Brick Building" - Placerville Mountain Democrat 6-20-1914, page 8
"Birdman Frank Champion Meets With Accident In Flight To Soldiers' Home" - The Long Beach Press 8-30-1911, page 10
"Bridge Luncheon Is Afternoon Pleasure" - The Long Beach Press - 5-4-1914, page 8
"Busting 'Bronco Aeroplanes' " - Los Angeles Herald 6-12-1911 volume 33, number 254
"Busy Days at the Big Universal City" - The Movie Magazine- A National Motion Picture Magazine Vo1-2
California Death Record
"California Los Angeles" - Aero And Hydro 7-4-1914
Celebrating An Idea - Long Beach Press Magazine 7-1-1912, page 64
Census Showing Stites In Indiana Still at 18yo
"Champion Flies Remington Bleriot" - Aero Volume 2 1911
"Champion Flies To Aid Frank Stites" - The Long Beach Press 6-3-1912, page 3
"Champion Serves As Aviation Messenger" - The Long Beach Press 11-18-1911, page 12
"Champion Thrills Thousands On Beach In His Daring Flight" - Long Beach daily Telegram 6-3-1912, page 2
Champion Would Sail Across Continent - The Long Beach Press 11-25-1911, page 5
Chapter 1 An Industry And An Art - Unknown Book
Come To Town On Big Truck - Long Beach Daily Telegram 11-17-1911, page 9
Complete State Fair Program - Grand Forks Evening Times 4-22-1913
"Crippled Aviator Takes Friends Place" - Santa Ana Register 6-3-1912, page2
"Culver City Will Have Float At Rose Tourney" - Venice Daily Vanguard 12-30-1914
Daring Aviator Here To Give Exhibitions - The Daily Telegram 6-1-1912, page 1-2
"Daring Flights By Birdmen" - LA Times 6-12-1911
"Daring Stunt of Aviator" - Riverside Daily Press 5-8-1916 volume xxxl, number 110
"Dash To Earth End Life And It's Hope" - LA Times 3-17-1915
"Daugherty To Make Flight In Merced" - Long Beach Press 6-5-1912, page 10
Death Certificate
"Disgrazia Di Un Aviatore" - Italia 6-15-1914 volume 28, number 172
"Drops Bouquet From Aeroplane For Miss Rose" - Venice Daily Vanguard 5-20-1914
"Earl Daugherty Successful In Planada Flight" - Long Beach Press 6-6-2023, page 16
"Echo Aviation Tragedy Heard In Venice" - Venice Daily Vanguard 9-1-1915
Editorial Comment - Venice Daily Vanguard 3-17-1914
Elaborate Entertainment - The Long Beach Telegram 7-27-1914, page 9
"Entertainment That Cost Life" - Picture Play Weekly - April-Oct 1915
Exhibition Aviation - The Billboard 12-30-1922 Vol 34 Issue 52
Exhibition Flights - The Long Beach Press 11-17-1911, page 5
"Exhibitions By Aviator Stites Remarkable" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-20-1914
"Fall of Airship Kills Friend of Aviator Beachy" - Chicago Examiner 3-17-1915
"Final Arguments In Suit To Collect Fee" - Los Angeles Herald 1-31-1917, volume xlii, number 78
"First Airmail to Catalina" - Independent Telegram Long Beach 1912, far right coloum
"Flyer Hits Building In Fall" - Los Angeles Herald 6-13-1914 volume 15, number 192
For Having Made - The Long Beach Telegram 11-27-1911, page 8
Four Years Ago Today - Long Beach Daily Telegram 3-20-1919, page 6
Four Years Ago Today - Long Beach Daily Telegram 6-2-1916, page 6
Francis Stites Sr. Birth Certificate (Infant Stites)
Francis Stites Jr. Birth Certificate
"Frank Champion Will Enter Big Meet This Fall" - Long Beach Daily Telegram 8-23-1911, page 6
"Frank Early And Rudy Hit The High Places" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-28-1914
Frank Stites - Aero and Hydro 6-6-1914, page 121
Frank Stites - Aero And Hydro 6-13-1914, page 131
Frank Stites - Aero and Hydro - Unkown date in 1914
Frank Stites' Last Flight - The Long Beach Telegram 5-18-1915, page 9
"Frank Stites Loses Life In Flight" - Long Beach Press 3-17-1915, page 10
Frank Stites - National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian
"Frank Stites aged 33 Years" - Cannelton Newspaper 3-25-1915, page 4
"Frank Stites In Aeroplane As It Was Tilting On It's Fatal Plunge" - Morning Press 3-25-1915 volume 43, number 179
"Frank Stites In Thrilling Leap From Falling Aeroplane Saves Life, Machine Wrecked" - Grand Forks Evening Times 3-24-1914, page 3
"Frank Stites Is Victim Of An Air Well" - Marysville Daily Appeal 3-17-1915 volume cx, number 64
"Frank Stites Killed Doing Stunts For Moving Picture Concern" - Aerial Age Weekly 3-29-1915, page 40
"Frank Stites May Make Series of Flights at Long Beach" - Santa Ana Register 5-28-1912, page 1
Frank Stites Thrills Crowd - Long Beach Daily Telegram 5-20-1912, page 10
"Frank Stites Will Fly Again Tomorrow" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-4-1914
"Frank Stites Will Make A Great Flight" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-9-1914
"Free Aviation Show Thursday" - Los Angeles Evening Herald 1-17-1914 volume xl, number 66
"Friend of Beachy Killed" - Manchester Democrat Iowa 3-24-1915, page 6
"Funeral Of Aviator Who Fell To Death" - Los Angeles Evening Post 3-19-1915
"Ghost On Desert Awakens Night Operators" - San Bernardino Sun 11-22-1914 volume 41, number 72
"Give Us Sunshine And The Crowd Will Be Large" - Venice Daily Vanguard 5-9-1914
"Glenn Martin And The First Flight To Catalina" - The Catalina Islander 2-15-2013
"Got License In Quick Time" - The Long Beach Telegram 1-8-1912, page 4
Grand Opening of the World's Only Movie City (4-16-1915 short, Universal) Features footage of Universal City opening, which Stites flew for. I do not know if this film is, "lost."
"Grand Opening Of Worlds Only Movie City" - Moving Picture World April-June 1915 - 4
"Great Flight Is Made By Aviator Stites" - Evening Index and San Bernardino News 2-24-1912 volume 33, number 48
"Great Sun Flight This Morning" - San Bernardino Sun 2-24-1912 volume 35, number 122
Halls Record Ad 1913
Harlem Hot Springs Ad - San Bernardino Sun 10-21-1914 volume 41, number 44
Harold E. Morehouse Flying Pioneers Biographies Collection - Hill, Thomas J. - Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
"Have Raised The Money" - The Long Beach Telegram 8-5-1914, page 9
"Henry McRae Produces An Aeroplane Story" - Moving Picture World Jan-March 1915 - 2
"How Death Came To Daring Aviator Posing For The Movies" - Ogden Daily Standard 3-27-1915
Ideal Theatre - Corsicana Daily Sun 5-15-1915, page 4
"Il Volo Alla Morte" - Italia 3-18-1915, volume 29, number 77
"In The Movie World" - Jamestown Weekly Alert 3-25-1915, page 8
"Injured 250 Feet From Ground But Volplaned Down" - Bakersfield Californian 1-26-1912, page 1
"Injured High In Air, Aviator Lands Safely" - San Jose Mercury News 1-27-1912 volume lxxxii, number 27
"Inquest To Delay Aviator Stites Funeral" - Los Angeles Express 3-17-1915
Jack Stites Caldwell's WWII Draft Card 1940
Jack Stites Caldwell's Marriage Certificate 2-27-1935
"Japanese To Fly At Aviation Meet" - Santa Ana Daily Register 1-7-1913, page 8
"Jumps From Falling Aeroplane Into Ocean" - Los Angeles Herald 3-16-1914 volume 15, number 115
"Keep Out Of Our Air, Is Long Beach Cry" - Morning Press 5-22-1912
LA County Marriage Records 1905-1913
LA County Voters Registration Card 1908
"Let Er Rain Ses He Above Clouds" - San Francisco Call 1-27-1912, page 10
Local Aviators Get Good Engagements - The Daily Telegram 7-15-1912, page 1
"Long Beach Birdmen In Great Demand For Flights On Fourth; Are Offered As High As $2000" - Long Beach Press - 6-14-1912, page 1
"Long Beach Cal" - Chicago Day Book 6-15-1912, page 8
"Long Beach Flyer Struck Air Hole When Up 3000 Feet" - Santa Ana Register 6-12-1912, page 3
"Long Beach Lads Licensed Pilots" - The Long Beach Press 12-23-1911, page 1
"Los Angeles" - Aero And Hydro 8-29-1914
Los Angeles City Directory 1915
Los Angeles Evening Herald 3-17-1915
"Machine Dropped From Beneath Aviator" - Long Beach Press 6-1--1912, page 10
"Many Going To Opening Of The City Beautiful" - Los Angeles Evening Post 6-5-1912
Marriage License 6-24-1905
Marriage License Affidavis (I believe this to have Stite's signature) 6-1905
"Marriage Licenses Are Issued" - Long Beach Evening Tribune 6-26-1905, page 5
"Master Of His Aeroplane Is Frank Stites" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-6-1914
May Day Luncheon - The Long Beach Telegram 5-4-1914, page 5
"M'Carver Is Worried With High Flyers" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-21-1914
"Mimic Air Flight Results Fatally" - Shiner Gazette 4-8-1915, page 2
Minor Mention - Long Beach Daily Telegram 9-5-1912, page 8
Minor Mention - The Long Beach Telegram 6-6-1912, page 8
"Miss Arnold Makes Maiden Flight Today" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-18-1914
"Miss Arnold Now Out Of The Hospital" - Venice Daily Vanguard 5-21-1914
"Moose Celebrate At Long Beach" - Santa Ana Register 8-6-1914, page 7
More Locals - Long Beach Daily Telegram 5-31-1912, page 7
More Locals - The Long Beach Daily Telegram 11-16-1911, page 9
"Morton Made Pretty Drop And Landing" - Venice Daily Vanguard 5-25-1914
"Mortons Drop Is Success" - Venice Daily Vanguard 5-11-1914
"Movie Aviator Dies in 300 Foot Fall" - Bakersfield Californian 3-17-1915, page 1
"Movie Aviator Killed" - Honolulu Hawaiann Gazette 3-19-1915, page 6
Mrs. Jessie Stites Applicant vs Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Nerve Of Aviator - The Long Beach Telegram 5-8-1916, page 5
New Plane Has Arrived - The Long Beach Telegram 2-14-1916, page 2
"No Exhibition Flights Until Sunday" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-24-1914
North Dakota State Fair - Grand Forks Evening Times 7-19-1913, page 3
Notes And Personals - The Daily Telegram Long Beach 10-13-1905, page 5
"Ocean Park Now Has Boosters Club" - Los Angeles Herald 5-2-1912 volume 38, number 188
"Ocean Park Sunday Features" - Los Angeles Evening Herald 4-20-1912 volume 38, number 178
Olivedale - Los Angeles Evening Herald 1-21-1914 volume xl, number 69
Olivedale Opening - Keystone Company 1-22-1914. Short film showcasing the grand opening day of Olivedale, a Los Angeles housing divison. I do not know if this film is, "lost."
One Of The Features - Long Beach Daily Telegram 6-8-1912, page 6
"Opening Game At Venice Park Next Sunday" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-7-1914
"Opening Of Universal City" - Moving Picture Worls Apr-Jun 1915
Opera House - Daily Advocate 4-19-1915
"Painful Accident To Miss Arnold Sunday" - Venice Daily Vanguard 5-18-1914
"Parachute Girl Falls In Ride On Aeroplane" - LA Times 5-18-1914
Personal - Long Beach Evening Tribute 4-4-1906, page 8
"Physician Takes Aero Snapshots" - The Long Beach Press 12-26-1911, page 7
"Plan Big Event At Opening Of Planada" - Los Angeles Evening Post 6-1-1912
"Planada" - Los Angeles Record 6-1-1912
"Planadan Gives Long Beach Lad Deserved Puffs" - Long Beach Press 6-11-1912, page 1
"Pre-Opening Sale Thursday This Week" - Los Angeles Evening Herald 1-20-1914 volume xl, number 68
"Preminition of Death Warns Stites" - Los Angeles Evening Herald 3-17-1915
"Prepare For Big Aviation" - Marysville Daily Appeal 6-6-1912 volume cv, number 139
Program For Moose Picnic - Long Beach Daily Telegram 8-11-1914, page 7
"Queen Of Beaches Wins New Popularity at San Diego And Crown City" - Long Beach Press 1-2-1915, page 1
"Rain Mars 56th Vernon County Fair" - Viroqua Vernon County Censer 9-25-1912
"Record Flight from LA to Beach Ends in Ocean Breakers" - Los Angeles Herald 3-14-1914 volume xl, number 114
Repairs Machine - The Long Beach Press 6-4-1912, page 5
Return To Home - The Long Beach Press 5-7-1915, page 10
Right To Fly - The Long Beach Press 1-8-1912, page 5
"Rivals In The Field To Make A Parachute Drop" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-17-1914
"Roaming Around Los Angeles" - Motography 13 5-29-1915
"Rutherford Page Killed Racing Beachy" - The Mountain Empire Bulletin 1-22-1912, page 5
"Salt Lake Lady Will Make Flight" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-11-1914
Second Annual Aviation Meet Program Book - Page 23
See Frank Stites Aviator Fly Upside Down (Ad)- Los Angeles Herald 6-12-1914 volume xl, number 191
"Seven Aviators To Fly At Dominguez" - Los Angeles Herald 6-9-1911
"Seventeen Happy Days In Hollywood" - Film History, Volume 22, Issue 2, page 209, 2010, Author Kia Afra
Short Flight - The Long Beach Press 11-27-1911, page 12
Smithonian National Air and Space Museum; Washington, DC - Harold E. Morehouse Flying Pioneers Biographies Collection - Crawford, Harvey
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; Washington, DC - Harold E. Morehouse Flying Pioneers Biographies Collection - Hill, Thomas J
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; Washington, DC - Physical Record (believed to be an image already listed on this website). Located in container- Box 12, Folder 14. A part of the Harold E. Moorehouse Flying Pioneers Biographies Collection. No restrictions on access.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; Washington, DC - Physical Record (unknown kind). Located in container- Box 27, Folder 7. A part of the Harold E. Moorehouse Flying Pioneers Biographies Collection. No restrictions on access.
Society Events and General Locals - Venice Daily Vanguard 5-23-1912
"Some Get Back On Rudy, Sure Enough" - Venice Daily Vanguard 4-29-1914
"Special Treat At Twin Star" - Ames Evening Times 4-19-1915
"Stage Set For Moose Picnic" - Long Beach Daily Telegram 8-14-1914, page 5
Stites' Airbag mentioned being displayed at one point (still?) at the Smithsonian Institution - Independent Telegram Long Beach 4-19-1964
"Stites And Crosson Were Novice Meet Stars" - Aero 6-21-1911 volume 2, page 262
"Stites Better" - The Long Beach Press 6-8-1912, page 11
"Stites Falls To Death From His Aeroplane" - Los Angeles Record 3-17-1915
Stites' Flight - The Long Beach Press 11-15-1911, page 5
"Stites Gives Air Flight" - Long Beach Daily Telegram 8-17-1914, page 10
"Stites Goes To A High Altitude" - San Bernardino Sun 3-5-1912 volume 35, number 130
"Stites Makes A Thrilling Flight" - San Bernardino Sun 3-2-1912 volume 35, number 128
"Stites Makes Great Flight for the Sun " - San Bernardino Sun 2-25-1912 volume 35, number 123
Stites O.K. - The Long Beach Press 6-3-1912, page 5
"Stites Pessimistic" - Los Angeles Evening Herald 7-21-1914 volume xl, number 224
"Stites Plunges Into Ocean" - LA Times 3-16-1914
Stites To Fly - The Long Beach Press 11-24-1911, page 5
"Stites to Make Dip of Death at Beach" - Los Angeles Herald 5-9-1914 volume xl, number 162
Stites Will Fly Sunday - The Long Beach Daily Telegram 5-18-1912, page 10
"Superstitious Air Men Avoid Grand Forks Finally Get Flyer" - Grand Forks Evening Times 4-16-1913, page 1
"The Birdmen To Fly Here Today" - San Bernardino Sun 3-3-1912 volume 35, number 129
The Burror Studio - The Long Beach Telegram 6-12-1912, page 4
The Mysterious Contragrav (3-27-1915 short, Bison 101/Universal) This was the film that Stites died in production of. The footage of him dying is reported to be included in the film. I do not know if this film is, "lost."
"The Mysterious Contragrav" - Admore Daily Ardmoreite 4-12-1915
"The Popular Aeroplane" - Fargo Forum And Daily Republican 7-21-1913, page 13
The Road To Universal City - July 2005
"The Star" - La Crosse Tribune 6-22-1915, page 6
The Strand - The Long Beach Daily Telegram 8-10-1912, page 3
The Thrill Makers - Jacob Smith - Page 159
"The Venice Story" - Evening Vanguard Venice 6-22-1950
"Three Birdmen Fell Only One Hurt" - Joplin Morning Tribune 1-27-1912, page 2
Til the Coal Train hauled It Away - A Memoir of the Rise and Demise of a Small Town - Timothy Crumrin 2017 (screenwriter Grover Jones)
"To Fly At Venice" - Los Angeles Evening Post 3-12-1914
Tonight's Events - The Long Beach Telegram 5-18-1915, page 5
"Two Amateur Birdmen Fall From Heavens" - Los Angeles Herald 1-26-1912
Universal City 1915 Opening Update
"Universal City Opened" - Moving Picture World Jan-Mar 1915
Vitor Carlstrom - National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institute
"W N Morton Will Make The Drop Sunday" - Venice Daily Vanguard 5-2-1914
"Wants Council To Pass Law" - Long Beach Daily Telegram 6-21-1912, page 10
"Wants Fools Of Air Kept From Aerial Stunts" - Santa Ana Register 5-23-1912, page 1
"Wants To Fly Over This City" - Morning Press 8-6-1912
Wedded In Los Angeles
"Will Be Wed In Aeroplane" - The Long Beach Telegram 8-3-1914, page 5
"Will Try The Upside Down Fly" - Venice Daily Vanguard 7-18-1914
Willowbrook - The Long Beach Telegram 5-4-1922, page 8
"Wind And Rain Are Defied By Birdmen" - Sacramento Daily Union 1-27-1912 volume 163, number 27
"Wind And Rain Causes Disappointment" - Venice Daily Vanguard 3-30-1914
"Woman Drops 2500 Feet" - Los Angeles Herald 4-27-1914, volume 15, number 151
Young Aviator Makes Good In Three Flights - The Daily Telegram Long Beach 6-10-1912
"Young Woman Takes Tumble" - The Daily Telegram Long Beach 5-18-1914, page 1
"Youthful Aviator Carries Passenger" - Los Angeles Record 5-20-1912