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Finding aid created by: Cara A. Howe
Date: 2012
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| Mar 2015 | Errors corrected; stylistic changes (VSOM) |
| Jul 2016 | Inventory updated (VSOM) |
Summary |
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| Creator: | Syracuse University |
| Title: | Condolences Collection |
| Dates: | 1988-1990 |
| Size: | 3 boxes, 1.25 linear feet |
| Abstract: | The Condolences Collection contains Condolence Letters and Remembrances in Prayer that were sent to Syracuse University by other colleges and universities and individuals mourning the deaths on Pan Am Flight 103 of 35 students studying abroad with Syracuse University. This collection also contains the Thank You Letters Syracuse University sent in response to the influx of condolences. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
On December 21, 1988 Syracuse University lost 35 students from its Division of International Programs Abroad (DIPA) when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland. This grief was shared by many other colleges and universities, some that lost students on Pan Am 103 and others that had not, individuals, the nation and the world. This grief is made palpable through these letters of condolence.
The Condolences Collection contains Condolence Letters and Remembrances in Prayer that were sent to Syracuse University by other colleges and universities and individuals mourning the deaths on Pan Am Flight 103 of 35 students studying abroad with Syracuse University. This collection also contains the Thank You Letters Syracuse University sent in response to the influx of condolences.
Access Restrictions:
There are no access restrictions for this collection.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from the Pan Am Flight 103 Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
The Pan Am Flight 103 Archives contains additional materials and information related to the Condolences Collection. Related collections include:
Pan Am 103 Correspondence Collection
Victim and Family Collections
Names
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Subjects
Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Incident, 1988.
Terrorism -- Government Policy -- United States -- Case Studies.
Terrorism -- Government Policy -- United States -- History.
Terrorism -- Government Policy -- United States.
Terrorism -- History -- 20th Century.
Lockerbie (Scotland)
Types of Material
Correspondence.
Preferred Citation
Condolences Collection,
Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
The Condolences Collection was donated by the Office of Undergraduate Studies, where the Division of International Programs Abroad (DIPA) was located at the time of the Pan Am 103 bombing.
Processing Information
The Condolences Collection has been processed.
The materials in The Condolences Collection are organized chronologically within each series, with the exception of condolence letters from Schools, Colleges, and Universities, which are arranged alphabetically by institution.
Condolence Letters
Remembrances in Prayer
Thank You Letters
| Condolence Letters | |||||||||||
| Businesses and Organizations | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | December 22, 1988 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | December 23, 1988 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | December 24-30, 1988 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | January 1989-June 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | undated | ||||||||||
| Government Officials & Offices | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | December 1988-June 1989 | ||||||||||
| Individuals | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | December 21-22, 1988 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | December 23, 1988 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | December 24-31, 1988 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | January 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | February 1989, August 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | undated | ||||||||||
| Alumni and Parents | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | December 22-30, 1988 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | January-May 1989, undated | ||||||||||
| Schools, Colleges and Universities | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | A - D December 1988-January 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | E - H December 1988-January 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | I - L December 1988-January 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | M - P December 1988-January 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Q - T December 1988-January 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | U - Z December 1988-January 1989 | ||||||||||
| MC 21-2 | Buckingham Browne and Nichols School Poster 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | International December 1988-January 1989 | ||||||||||
| MC 21-2 | Pennsylvania State Sympathy Card 1989 | ||||||||||
| FC 2-3 | Student Government Association Resolution, University of Alabama 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Syracuse University Departments December 1988-August 1989 | ||||||||||
| Remembrances in Prayer | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | December 1988-January 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | undated | ||||||||||
| Thank You Letters | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | January-March 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | undated | ||||||||||