Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Gregg Herken Aviation Research collection
Date(s)
- circa 1950s-2017 (Creation)
Extent
2.00 linear feet (2 record storage cartons)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This collection contains aviation research related to the loss of Flight 7, PAA-94, Pan American Clipper Romance of the Skies in the mid-Pacific on November 8, 1957. Included within are documents, photographs, notes, memoranda of conversations, and interview transcripts used in the research and writing of two magazine articles by Gregg Herken and Ken Fortenberry. Also included in the collection are the articles which appeared in Air & Space and Smithsonian magazines.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is unprocessed but open for research.
Physical access
This collection is kept in an off-campus storage facility. Please contact Special Collections at asc.library@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Herken, Gregg Aviation Research collection Finding Aid © 2021 University of Miami. All rights reserved. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift from Herken, Gregg, January 2021
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Rules or conventions
Sources used
Archivist's note
Finding aid updated by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, 07-09-24.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Fortenberry, Ken (Subject)
- Pan American World Airways, Inc. (Subject)