Pan Am 103 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Collection
An inventory of the collection at the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at Syracuse University
Summary |
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| Creator: | Syracuse University |
| Title: | Pan Am 103 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Collection |
| Dates: | 1989-2009 |
| Size: | 1 Box, 1 Linear Foot |
| Abstract: | The Pan Am 103 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Collection contains Clippings, Correspondence, Photographs and Subject Files that relate to the three chapter sisters Karen Hunt, Julianne Kelly, and Alexia Tsairis, who died in the Lockerbie Bombing . |
| 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
On December 21, 1988 a terrorist bomb blew up a Boeing 747, christened Clipper Maid of the Seas, enroute from London, Heathrow to JFK airport in New York City. Pan Am Flight 103 was carrying 35 students from Syracuse University who were returning home for the holidays after a semester abroad. All 259 passengers onboard the aircraft and 11 on the ground in the village of Lockerbie, Scotland were killed. Three victims, Karen Hunt, Julianne Kelly, and Alexia Tsairis, were sisters of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women chapter at Syracuse University. Virginia Dewey, who was the Chairman of the Alumnae Advisory Committee for the New York Alpha Chapter of Pi Beta Phi at the time of the bombing, was involved with the memorial service that was planned for the girls. One of the sisters Alexia Tsairis had four photographs given to the Pi Beta Phi house where they remained until May 2012 when the Syracuse University chapter closed down.
Scope and Content Note
The Pan Am 103 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Collection contains files that are connected to the three Pi Beta Phi members who died on Pan Am 103. The Collection is organized into Clippings, Correspondence, Photographs and Subject Files.
Clippings: contains a letter to the editor from the Daily Orange from Aphrodite Tsairis praising the University for their sensitivity during the memorials services held on campus.
Correspondence: contains letters from Virginia Dewey explaining what her role was in Pi Beta Phi and containing information about the memorial services. There is also a thank you letter from Reverend James Taylor to Virginia pertaining to the memorial service.
Photographs: contains four photographs of Syracuse University taken by Alexia Tsairis as well as a plaque dedicating the photographs to the Pi Beta Phi house.
Subject Files: this file contains the copy of the remarks Reverend James Taylor made at the memorial services. It also contains a short speech given by Virginia Dewey when the Alumnae Club presented a framed remembrance in memory of the three members.
Restrictions
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.
Related Material
The Pan Am Flight 103 Archives contains additional materials and information related to the Pan Am 103 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Collection. Related collections include:
Julianne Francis Kelly Collection
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Preferred Citation
Pan Am 103 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Collection,
Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
The materials in the Pan Am 103 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Collection were donated by Virginia B. Dewey
Processing Information
The Pan Am 103 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Collection is processed.
Finding Aid Information
Created by: Rachael Signy
Date: 2013
Revision history: Mar 2015 - Errors corrected; stylistic changes (VSOM);
Nov 2015 - Errors corrected (VSOM)
Arrangement
The Pan Am 103 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Collection has been organized alphabetically by and within each series.
Inventory
| Clippings | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Letter to the editor from the Daily Orange undated | ||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Letter from Rev. James K. Taylor January 4, 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Letter from Virginia Dewey January 25, 2009 | ||||||||||
| Subject Files | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Love is stronger then death January 18, 1989 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | We Remember April 26, 1992 | ||||||||||