Orly airplane crash collection
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, itineraries, eyewitness newspaper and periodical accounts, and other items relating to the disaster and subsequent events.
Dates
- 1962-1982
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
Administrative/Biographical History
The Atlanta Art Association sponsored a museum tour of Europe in 1962. Soon after takeoff on June 3, 1962 the Boeing 707 crashed and 130 passengers died including 106 Atlantans. Many of those who died on the flight had strong ties to the arts and cultural organizations. To honor the victims of the crash the Atlanta Arts Association became the Atlanta Arts Alliance which today includes the High Museum of Art, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Alliance Theatre, the 14th Street Playhouse, and the Atlanta College of Art.
Aubrey Morris was WSB TV and radio correspondent at the time of the Orly Airport crash. He accompanied Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. and associate city attorney Edwin L. Sterne to Paris for the events which followed and presented a memorial documentary on May 30, 1982.
Extent
1.42 linear ft. (one oversize box)
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1982
- Title
- Orly airplane crash collection
- Author
- Melanie Stephan
- Date
- August 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository