Collection inventory

Summary
Creator:	Syracuse University -- College of Law.
Title:	Pan Am 103 College of Law Collection
Dates:	1948-2006
Size:	15 linear ft.
Abstract:	Materials pertaining to the involvement of Syracuse University's College of Law in the Lockerbie Trial Families Project
Language:	English
Repository:	Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/pan-am-103

Historical Note

The Syracuse University College of Law is an American Bar Association accredited law school founded in 1895. During the 2000-2002 trial of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifah Fhimah, the individuals charged with the December 21, 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, the College of Law played a vital role in keeping the families of the 270 victims updated on the proceedings. Through funding provided by the U.S Department of Justice Office of Victims of Crime, the College of Law created and managed The Lockerbie Trial Families Project website. This password-protected website offered daily information on the courtroom proceedings at Camp van Zeist in the Netherlands.

Donna E. Arzt (1954-2008) was a Dean's Distinguished Research Scholar and Professor of Law at Syracuse University's College of Law. Arzt founded and directed the Lockerbie Trial Families Project at Syracuse University. During her time at Syracuse, she served as the director of the Center for Global Law and Practice and founded and directed the Sierra Leone Project, where faculty and students assisted the Office of the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, which was established by the United Nations and the country's government at the end of the decade-long Sierra Leone civil war.

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Scope and Content Note

The Pan Am 103 College of Law Collection contains 8 series: Biographies, Book reviews, Clippings, Lockerbie trial, Lockerbie Trial Families Project website, Memorabilia, and Research.

Biographies details the careers of Donna E. Arzt, Norman McFadyen, Kathryn M. Turman and Michael Scharf.

Book reviews includes reviews on publications regarding the Lockerbie Air Disaster.

Clippings contains American and European newspaper articles. The dates range from December 1988 to October 2005.

Lockerbie trial includes transcripts and related notes and articles from the trial of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifah Fhimah that ran from May 3, 2000 to January 31, 2001 and the appeal of Megrahi from January 23, 2002 to March 14, 2002. The series is missing Trial Day 63.

Lockerbie Trial Families Project website contains information regarding the creation and maintenance of the website. Grant reports are included as well as correspondence with the victims' families and board members. There is also information on Donna Arzt's visit to Camp van Zeist in the Netherlands.

Memorabilia contains stickers and poetry commemorating the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, materials from the 1998 Act of Remembrance for the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing at Westminster Abbey, and a commemorative mousepad for the Lockerbie Trial Families Project website.

Media broadcast transcripts contains transcripts of NPR and CNBC broadcasts.

Research contains information regarding national and international judicial systems, the investigation of the Pan Am 103 bombing, the town of Lockerbie's reaction to and recovery from the disaster, United States and international airline security, biographical information on the Pan Am 103 victims, and relevance of the September 11th and Oklahoma City terror attacks.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

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 Lockerbie Trials Family Project CDs may not be duplicated for anyone other than family members on the Department of Justice Approved list or members, current and past, of Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. executive board.

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Related Material

The Pan Am Flight 103 Archives contains additional materials and information related to the Pan Am 103 College of Law Collection. Related collections include:

Lockerbie Collection

Pan Am Flight 103 Audiovisual Collection

Pan Am Flight 103 Publications Collection

Richard A. Marquise Papers

Courtney L. Tucker Aviation Security Papers

Pan Am Flight 103 Story Archives Collection

Pan Am 103 Clippings Collection

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Selected Search Terms

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Pan Am 103 College of Law Collection,
Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Donna Arzt and the Syracuse University College of Law in 2002. Additional materials were transferred from Syracuse University's College of Law Library in 2012, 2015, and 2018.

Processing Information

Materials were placed in acid-free folders and acid-free boxes.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: Rachael Signy and Diana Chavez
Date: 2013
Revision history: Mar 2015 - Errors corrected; stylistic changes (VSOM); Apr 2015 - Updated to include recent additions (VSOM); Feb 2018 - Stylistic changes (VSOM); Mar 2025 - Materials added to folders: Lockerbie Trial Families Project Website - Publicity, Research - Pan Am 103 Remembrance Scholarships and Research - Settlement and victims' families compensation. New folders added: Biographies - Arzt, Donna E., Research - Lockerbie Conference, and Research - Timeline of parallel legal developments. Stylistic changes made. (AES)

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Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically.

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Inventory

	Biographies
Box 1		Arzt, Donna E. 2003
Box 1		McFayden, Norman undated
Box 1		Turman, Kathryn M. undated
Box 1		Scharf, Michael undated

	Clippings
Box 1		Collective Pan Am 103 families activism 1989–2002, undated
Box 1		Columbia Journalism Review 28 December 1988–3 December 1999, undated
Box 1		European families' activism 7 May 1998–29 May 2002
Box 1		The guardian 1 February 2001-7 February 2001
Box 1		Trial 31 August 1998–27 September 2002
Box 2		UK Families of Flight 103 activism 30 April 1998-19 March 2002, undated
Box 2		Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. 11 May 1989–25 October 2005, undated (2 Folders)

	Correspondence
Box 2		Turman, Kathryn M. 11 December 2000

	Lockerbie trial
Box 3		Appeals 10 February 2002–12 September 2002
Box 3		Case proceedings 2000–2004 undated
Box 3		Days 1-9 transcripts 3-24 May 2000 (9 folders)
Box 4		Days 10-13 transcripts 25 May 2000-1 Jun 2000 (4 folders)
Box 5		Days 14-17 transcripts 2-7 June 2000 (4 folders)
Box 6		Days 18-22 transcripts 8-16 June 2000 (5 folders)
Box 7		Days 23-27 transcripts 19-23 June 2000 (5 folders)
Box 8		Days 28-32 transcripts 27 June 2000-12 July 2000 (5 folders)
Box 9		Days 33-36 transcripts 14-19 July 2000 (4 folders)
Box 10		Days 37-43 transcripts 20 July 2000-24 August 2000 (7 folders)
Box 11		Days 44-51 transcripts 25 August 2000-27 September 2000 (8 folders)
Box 12		Days 52-57 transcripts 28 September 2000-6 October 2000 (6 folders)
Box 13		Days 58-67 transcripts 9 October 2000-10 November 2000 (9 folders)
Box 14		Days 68-72 transcripts 14-20 November 2000 (5 folders)
Box 15		Days 73-79 transcripts 21 November 2000-10 January 2001 (7 folders)
Box 16		Days 80-86 transcripts 11-31 January 2001 (7 folders)  Day 86 trial transcript
Box 17		Key trial transcripts: 11 July 2000-5 December 2000
Box 17		Libyan reform 4 December 1998-27 February 2003
Box 17		Libyan sanctions 25 November 1991-9 February 2001, undated
Box 17		Mr. Keen's case argument for Megrahi and Fhimah 28 November 2000
Box 17		Pan Am 103 families civil litigation 1989-2002, undated
Box 18		Trial appeal days 1-5 transcripts 23-28 January 2002 (5 folders)
Box 19		Trial appeal days 6-11 transcripts 29 January 2002-7 February 2002 (6 folders)
Box 20		Trial appeal days 12-15 transcripts 8-14 February 2002 (4 folders)
Box 20		Trial appeal flow chart 1June 1991-16 May 2001, undated
Box 20		Trial appeal research 1995-2001, undated
Box 20		Trial statistics 20 January 2001-15 March 2007, undated
Box 20		Verdict 3 February 2001-8 October 2004, undated

	Lockerbie Trial Families Project website
Box 21		Accolades 1February 2001-27 March 2002, undated
Box 21		ADA research and correspondence 16 December 1999-24 August 2000, undated
Box 21		Administration and construction 16 December 1999-2 February 2000, undated
Box 21		Camp Zeist visit by Donna Arzt 31 August 1998-14 March 2002
Box 21		Contact information 13 September 1999-21 March 2003, undated
Box 22		Copyright issues 23 October 1999-10 June 2000, undated
Box 22		Copyright letters 1 December 1999-7 February 2000, undated
Box 22		Correspondence 10 February 1999-3 March 2005, undated
Box 22		Correspondence with families 5 May 2000-11 September 2001
Box 22		Correspondence between board members 3 March 2000-5 July 2000, undated
Box 22		Database 15 February 2002-7 July 2002, undated
Box 22		Department of Justice visit 14 September 1999-1 October 1999, undated
Box 22		Families' activism surveys 1 October 1999-2 January 2002, undated
Box 22		Grant reports 1 January 2000-1 June 2001, undated
Box 22		List of people involved in website undated
Box 22		Lockerbie Trial Families Project compact disc 6 June 2001, undated
Box 22		New York City remote courtroom visits 9 May 2000-5 December 2000, undated
Box 22		Publicity 2 May 2000-9 September 2000, undated
Box 22		Research and deposit records 24 January 2001-26 February 2003, undated
Box 23		Training manual April 2000-November 2001
Box 23		Website planning meeting [Albany, New York] 15 September 1999-10 October 1999
Box 23		Website research 1 September 1999-28 January 2001, undated
Box 23		Weekly appeal highlights 23 January 2002-14 February 2002

	Media broadcast transcripts
Box 23		CNBC news, Rivera live 3 May 2000
Box 23		National Public Radio [NPR] 25 May 2000-11 July 2000

	Memorabilia
Box 23		Lockerbie Trial Families Project mousepad undated
Box 23		Poetry undated
Box 23		Stickers undated
Box 23		Westminster Abbey act of remembrance on the 10th anniversary of the Lockerbie disaster 21 December 1998

	Research
Box 24		9/11 American courtroom 22 November 2000-28 July 2001, undated
Box 24		9/11 and Pan Am Flight 103 connections 12 October 2001-9 September 2002
Box 24		9/11 and Pan Am Flight 103 memorials 26 February 2002-10 August 2003
Box 24		9/11 and the Syracuse University community 17 September 2001-10 October 2001
Box 24		9/11 Reacting and coping as a nation 11 March 2002-28 January 2006, undated
Box 24		9/11-related publications and media 31 December 2001-10 April 2006, undated
Box 24		9/11 Victim compensation 1 October 2001-17 June 2002, undated
Box 24		9/11 Victims' families: activism and coping 16 September 2001-1 April 2003, undated
Box 24		Air India Flight 182 1November 2004-4 May 2005, undated
Box 24		Airline security pre-9/11 May 28, 1990-September 30, 2001, undated
Box 25		Airline security post-9/11 16 January 2002-3 February 2002, undated
Box 25		Biographical data of Lockerbie and Pan Am victims 29 December 1988-21 December 2001
Box 29		Bombing and hunt for suspects 20 October 1997- 20 August 2002
Box 25		Canadian justice system undated
Box 25		Case law 27 November 1948-7 July 1998
Box 25		Combined courts of the United Kingdom 22 December 1925-30 January 2002
Box 25		Conspiracy theories and the Middle East context of Pan Am 103 [part 1] 4 July 1988-18 September 2002, undated
Box 26		Conspiracy theories and the Middle East context of Pan Am 103 [part 2] 4 July 1998-12 September 2002, undated
Box 26		Courtrooms of other countries 24 July 2001-14 April 2002, undated
Box 26		Dershowitz, Alan October 2000-August 2001, undated
Box 26		Department of State, Services for Victims of Crime Abroad January 1990
Box 26		Department of State suspect fact sheets 12 July 2000
Box 26		Eichmann trial Israeli courtroom 4 May 1989-28 July 2001, undated
Box 26		Expert testimony 2 September 1997, undated
Box 29		The fall of Pan Am 103, by Brian Duffy and Steven Emerson 13 May 1990
Box 27		Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Amendment 18 December 1998-8 October 2004
Box 27		Georgia Nucci visit, Pan am 103 notes 12 August 1988-16 January 2002, undated
Box 30		Lockerbie Conference 2001
Box 30		Lockerbie Conference: 1st morning session (disc 1 of 3) 27 April 2001 - at 8:20 AM; .asf file format (CD) (ID#: pa103_law_001)
Box 30		Lockerbie Conference: 2nd morning session (disc 2 of 3) 27 April 2001 - at 10:50 AM; .asf file format (CD) (ID#: pa103_law_002)
Box 30		Lockerbie Conference: afternoon session (disc 3 of 3) 27 April 2001 - at 7:00 PM; .asf file format (CD) (ID#: pa103_law_003)
Box 27		Lockerbie, Scotland: reacting and coping as site of disaster 21 December 1988-4 February 2001, undated
Box 27		Lockerbie: the story and the lessons, by Rodney Wellis 6 June 2001
Box 27		Immunity 18 October 1962- 4 February 2000
Box 27		International criminal justice 2002-2006, undated
Box 27		Media effects: a Newhouse School of Communications panel discussion 2-3 November 2002
Box 28		Nucci investigation into Pan Am 103 bombing 13 April 1976-26 February 1991, undated
Box 28		Oklahoma bombing 15 March 2002-11 June 2002
Box 28		Pan Am Flight 103, by Susan and Daniel Cohen undated
Box 28		Pan Am Flight 103 archive 29 September 1999
Box 28		Pan Am Flight 103 Remembrance Scholarships 1999-2003
Box 28		Scottish court proceedings February 1977-April 1996, undated (2 folders)
Box 29		Scottish courtroom 31 March 2000-24 January 2007, undated
Box 29		Scottish law experts 12 May 1999-19 March 2001, undated
Box 29		Scottish law resources and reference 19 May 1999-22 February 2002, undated
Box 29		Settlement and victims' families compensation 2003-2004, undated
Box 29		Timeline of parallel legal developments undated
Box 29		Trail of the octopus 5 April 1997 undated
Box 29		Trail of the octopus, and the media and disasters undated
Box 29		Translation issues 20 October 1992-19 June 2000, undated
Box 29		Treaties 21 July 1971-3 July 1986
Box 30		United States counter terrorism efforts, 1985- 2002 12 March 1996-30 April 2002 undated
Box 30		United States counter terrorism efforts, 1988-1991 November 1988-November 1991
Box 30		United States criminal justice system 2000-2005
Box 30		UTA Flight 772 2 October 1989-14 March 2001
Box 30		Victims' rights, victim empowerment, and the Lockerbie disaster by Donna Arzt 21 December 1989-11 April 2006, undated
Box 29		The women of Lockerbie, by Deborah Brevoort 29 April 2003

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