Aviation Safety and Security Archives
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[edit] Address and Contact Info
Address: 3700 Willow Creek Road, Prescott, Arizona, USA
Telephone & fax: (928) 777-3949, FAX (928) 777-3934
Website: http://archives.pr.erau.edu/index.html
Principal contacts for the collection: prasasa@erau.edu
[edit] Hours and Usage Restrictions
Reading Room hours 8-5 M-F through February 21, 2008; then by appointment.
There are no restrictions on who may use the archives.
[edit] Online Catalogs and Finding Aids
See the digital library through the Website above or at http://prcarc1.erau.edu/index.html
Finding aids are in the digital library where they exist. Some collections have inventories only or are represented by digitized items until comprehensive inventories can be finished.
[edit] Collection Summary
The mission of this archives is to collect and make available materials relevant to aviation safety and security, including mainly the investigative files, technical reports, aircraft manuals, photographs, and other materials belonging to air safety investigators such as S. Harry Robertson, Charles O. Miller, David S. Hall, R. G. Snyder, and David Holladay. Other collections include the electronic and paper documents of the former organization "SkyRage" (airline security), the ISASI library, the research papers and photographs Christine Negroni used to write Deadly Departure, and materials from the personal papers of aircraft designer and pilot Charles Mercer. Currently the archives consists of about 1,000 linear feet of materials, including around 50,000 photographs and several hundred videotapes, with audiotapes, films, microfiche, computer media, and other formats.
[edit] Usage Discussion
Suggestions for approaching the material: If what the researcher seeks is not available in the digital library, contact staff using the email or telephone number given for help searching and for scan on demand of materials not yet digitized.
Housing and getting by for less in the area: Directions to the campus and information about the area are available at http://www.erau.edu/pr/tours/index.html Access to Prescott is available through Mesa Air, supplying flights to Las Vegas and Phoenix, via Highways 69 and 89, by shuttles from the Phoenix Airport, or by Greyhound bus. Further information is available on the Prescott City Website at http://www.cityofprescott.net/
[edit] Fellowships and Funding Opportunities
Currently no fellowships or funding opportunities are available at the Archives, although unpaid internships for school credit are welcomed.
[edit] Major Topic Areas
Aviation Safety, Accident Prevention, Air Rage, Aviation Security, International Society of Air Safety Investigators
