Pan Am 103 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Collection, 1989-2009

Summary

Creator:
Syracuse University
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 .
Extent:
1 Box, 1 Linear Foot
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Pan Am 103 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Collection,

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

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.

Arrangement:

The Pan Am 103 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Collection has been organized alphabetically by and within each series.

Accruals:

4 photos donated in May, 2013 by Mary W. Keef, when chapter closed

Access and use

Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions for this collection.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

Pan Am 103 Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women Collection,

Location of this collection:
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Bird Library, Room 600
Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
Link to repository site
Contact:
315.443.2697
scrc@syr.edu