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Police Scotland Collection

An Inventory of the collection at the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at Syracuse University


Finding aid created by: Vanessa L. St.Oegger-Menn
Date: March 2015

Historical Note

Photograph of Police Scotland Headquarters

The first police force for the Dumfries and Galloway region was established in 1788 as the Royal Burgh of Dumfries Police. In 1838 the County of Dumfries Police was formed, followed closely by other local law enforcement agencies, which, in 1948, combined to form the Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary.


Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary was the smallest police force in mainland Britain. Nonetheless, it is credited with the design of the Scottish Police badge (1926), and the checkered design featured on Scottish police hats. Dumfries and Galloway was the primary police force responsible for the investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.


Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary became District V of Police Scotland on April 1, 2013, and is now the second largest force in the United Kingdom after the Metropolitan Police in London, England.

Scope and Content Note

The Police Scotland Collection contains materials related to the history of the force, many members of which were first responders to and engaged in the investigation of the bombing and crash of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988. Collection materials have been arranged into the following series:

Correspondence includes outgoing correspondence to victims' families concerning the investigation.

Memorabilia consists of two plaques and pins commemorating the trial at Kamp van Zeist.

Photographs consists of four items, including two photographs depicting members of Police Scotland and the Dumfries and Galloway Police Pipe Band at the 25th anniversary ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

Subject files includes materials such as a written history of Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary, press releases, and Lockerbie Newsletter, a publication produced by the force to update victims' families on trial proceedings.

Alternative Formats

Selected materials from this collection have been digitized. Please contact the archivist for further information on accessing the materials.

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 Police Scotland Collection. Related collections include:

Colin Dorrance Papers

Tom Gordon Papers

Tom McCulloch Papers

Robert Togneri Papers

Pan Am Flight 103 Publications Collection

Pan Am 103 Story Archives Collection

Selected Search Terms

Names

Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary.
Police Scotland.
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

Newsletters.
Photographs.
Plaques (flat object)
Sheet music.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Police Scotland Collection,
Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Michael Dalgleish in 2014 and Police Scotland in 2023. Additional materials were gathered by Archives staff during a 2013 trip to Lockerbie, Scotland.

Processing Information

Materials were placed in acid free folders and boxes.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically within each series.

Table of Contents

Correspondence

Memorabilia

Photographs

Subject files

Inventory