Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Donald Thomson papers
Date(s)
- 1932-1976 (Creation)
Extent
9 Boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Donald W. Thomson worked for Pan American World Airways from 1932 to 1976 when he retired as the company's treasurer. His papers include corporate records, memoranda, reports, memorabilia and photographs. Bound volumes of annual reports and books were separated from the collection for cataloging.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is 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
University of Miami does not own copyright. It is incumbent on the user to obtain copyright from the original creator.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
Language and script notes
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Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
- Pan American World Airways, Inc. records
- World Wings International, Inc. Records
- Pan American World Airways, Inc. collection
- Pan Am Historical Foundation, Inc. records
- William C. House papers
- F. Charles Ruegg papers
- Althea "Gerry" Lister papers
- Humphrey W. Toomey Papers
- W.R. Peters Pan Am Photograph collection
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Description control element
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Pan American World Airways, Inc. (Subject)