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| Title: | The Syracuse University Collection: The Condolences Collection |
| Dates: | 1988-1989 |
| Size: | 1 linear foot |
| Abstract: | The Syracuse University Collection: 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 |
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Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at Syracuse University
222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://archives.syr.edu/panam/ |
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, indivduals, the nation and the world. This grief is made palpable through these letters of condolence.
The Syracuse University Collection: 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.
Please note that some materials are restricted at donor's request and exhibit materials are not available for researchers.
Written permission must be obtained from Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at Syracuse University and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows: Syracuse University Collection: Condolences Collection
Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at Syracuse University
The Syracuse University Collection: The Condolences Collection was donated by the Office of Undergraduate Studies, where the Division of International Programs Abroad was located at the time of the Pan Am 103 bombing.
The Syracuse University Collection: The Condolences Collection has been processed.
Created by: Cara A. Howe
Date: 2012
Revision history:
The materials in The Syracuse University Collection: The Condolences Collection are organized chronologically within each series.
| Remembrances in Prayer | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1988 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1988-1989 | ||||||||||
| Thank You Letters | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1988-1989 | ||||||||||