Category: Pan Am Grant

Pan Am Grant, Travel Grants, World Wings International

Now Accepting Applications: The World Wings International, Inc. Research Grant

The World Wings International, Inc. Research Grant The World Wings International, Inc. (WWI) Research Grant, is an annual grant which is open to advanced graduate students, independent scholars, and faculty members who are interested in conducting research on the organizational records of WWI, a historic association of former Pan Am flight attendants. Priority will be given to research proposals that will result in publication in … Continue reading Now Accepting Applications: The World Wings International, Inc. Research Grant

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Archives, Library Work, Pan Am Grant, Preservation

Handle with Care | Preservation Strategies for Pan Am’s Digital Archive

Repair and conserve: a phrase that drives a vast and complex component of University of Miami Libraries’ (UML) mission. Primary source materials and books are handled over years, decades, and even centuries; room conditions fluctuate, humidity falls and rises, and critters occasionally find their way to them for a snack. For the specialists that manage UML’s Preservation Strategies Department, “repair and conserve” holds a significance … Continue reading Handle with Care | Preservation Strategies for Pan Am’s Digital Archive

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Events, Pan Am Grant, Travel Grants, World Wings International

For New Book, Political Scientist Looks to Records of Pan Am Flight Attendants

Dr. Waleed Hazbun, a political scientist at the American University of Beirut, came to Miami last month on a mission for his latest book project: to scour the records of former Pan American Airways flight attendants. Hazbun, the first recipient of Special Collections’ <World Wings International, Inc. Research Grant, gathered data from flight routes, news clippings, and other historical records for his book Jet Set … Continue reading For New Book, Political Scientist Looks to Records of Pan Am Flight Attendants

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Archives, Pan Am Grant, Researchers

Life in an Archive: A Visit to the Pan Am Collection

by Jay Sylvestre and Steve Hersh, Special Collections Washington DC resident Guy Noffsinger has made several trips to Miami to conduct research on Special Collections’ Pan American World Airways, Inc. Records. He made sure to time his most recent visit with the “Cleared to Land” event on January 29, in which Special Collections celebrated the completion of a two-year effort in reprocessing the collection. The visit … Continue reading Life in an Archive: A Visit to the Pan Am Collection

Jay Sylvestre
Pan Am Grant, Researchers, Travel Grants

2014 Abrams Banning Grant Winner

Special Collections and the Pan Am Historical Foundation are thrilled to announce that the 2014 Dave Abrams and Gene Banning Pan Am Research Grant has been awarded to Hadassah St. Hubert. Presented by the Pan Am Historical Foundation, the award supports scholarly research using the Pan American World Airways, Inc. Records housed at the University of Miami Libraries Special Collections, and honors two of Pan … Continue reading 2014 Abrams Banning Grant Winner

Jay Sylvestre
Events, Pan Am Dispatches!, Pan Am Grant

Save the Date:UM Special Collections Lunch Hour Lecture – by Felipe F. Cruz, Abrams-Banning Pan Am Research Grant Recipient, 09.19.2013

The University of Miami Libraries Special Collections presents a talk by 2012 Dave Abrams and Gene Banning Pan Am Research Grant Recipient Felipe F. Cruz as the first of its Lunch Hour Lecture Series. Cruz, a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of Texas-Austin, will discuss his research and use of the Collection’s Pan American World Airways, Inc. Records to investigate … Continue reading Save the Date:UM Special Collections Lunch Hour Lecture – by Felipe F. Cruz, Abrams-Banning Pan Am Research Grant Recipient, 09.19.2013

Patty Villanueva
Archives, Pan Am Grant

“Amazonia 1952: FOUND”- Discoveries in our Pan Am Collection

We are always happy to hear about how our patrons use our collections in their endeavors. Felipe Fernandes Cruz, one such intrepid researcher, describes his recent visit to our Reading Room in his fascinating article “Amazonia 1952: Found”. Read his illustrative account here. Our Pan Am collection, comprising more than 1500 boxes of rich resource material related to the pioneering aviation company, is one of … Continue reading “Amazonia 1952: FOUND”- Discoveries in our Pan Am Collection

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