1 PRELIMINARY FINDING AID FOR THE JEROME LEDERER PAPERS, 19102005 Part of the Flight Safety Foundation Jerry Lederer Aviation Safety Library COLLECTION INFORMATION Creator: Lederer, Jerome (19022004) Title: Jerome Lederer Papers, part of the Flight Safety Foundation Jerry Lederer Aviation Safety Library, 19102005 Extent: 44.1 linear feet Collection Number: MS016 FINDING AID CONTENTS Administrative Information, p. 2 Biographical History, p. 2 Scope and Content, p. 3 Arrangement, p. 4 Series Descriptions and Inventory, p.5 Series. Airlines War Training Institute p. 5 Series. Aviation History, p. 5 Series. Aviation Insurance, p. 6 Series. Biographical and Personal, p. 7 Series. CAB Safety Bureau, p. 9 Series. College of Aeronautics, LaGuardia Airport, p. 10 Series. Conferences, Seminars, and Symposia p. 10 Series. CornellGuggenheim Aviation Safety Center, p. 11 Series. Correspondence, p. 12 Series. Flight Safety Foundation, p. 13 Series. NASA, p. 16 Series. Organizations and Committees, p. 17 Series. Other Individuals, p. 19 Series. Topical Files, p. 22 Series. University of Southern California, p. 30 Series. Writings, Speeches, & Addresses, p. 30 Unprocessed material, p. 31
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PRELIMINARY FINDING AID FOR THE
JEROME LEDERER PAPERS, 19102005
Part of the Flight Safety Foundation
Jerry Lederer Aviation Safety Library
COLLECTION INFORMATION
Creator: Lederer, Jerome (19022004) Title: Jerome Lederer Papers, part of the Flight Safety Foundation Jerry Lederer Aviation Safety Library, 19102005 Extent: 44.1 linear feet Collection Number: MS016
FINDING AID CONTENTS
Administrative Information, p. 2 Biographical History, p. 2 Scope and Content, p. 3 Arrangement, p. 4 Series Descriptions and Inventory, p.5
Series. Airlines War Training Institute p. 5 Series. Aviation History, p. 5 Series. Aviation Insurance, p. 6 Series. Biographical and Personal, p. 7 Series. CAB Safety Bureau, p. 9 Series. College of Aeronautics, LaGuardia Airport, p. 10 Series. Conferences, Seminars, and Symposia p. 10 Series. CornellGuggenheim Aviation Safety Center, p. 11 Series. Correspondence, p. 12 Series. Flight Safety Foundation, p. 13 Series. NASA, p. 16 Series. Organizations and Committees, p. 17 Series. Other Individuals, p. 19 Series. Topical Files, p. 22 Series. University of Southern California, p. 30 Series. Writings, Speeches, & Addresses, p. 30 Unprocessed material, p. 31
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Acquisition Information: The Flight Safety Foundation established the Jerry Lederer Aviation Safety Library in 1989. Jerome Lederer donated his papers to the library over the course of the next fifteen years, and additional materials were donated by the Lederer Family following Lederer's death in 2004. In 2011, the Flight Safety Foundation transferred the Library, including the Lederer Papers, to the Aviation Safety and Security Archives at EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University. Archives accesion number 2011.002.
Access: Open. Consult archives staff for information about access to unprocessed material.
Preferred Citation: [Item title or description]. Jerome Lederer Papers, part of the Flight Safety Foundation Jerry Lederer Aviation Safety Library (MS016). Aviation Safety and Security Archives, EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona.
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Jerome Fox ("Jerry") Lederer is often called the "father of aviation safety." He began his career as an aeronautical engineer for the U.S. Air Mail Service in the 1920s prior to becoming chief engineer for Aero Insurance Underwriters, one of the world's largest aviation insurance companies at that time. In addition to assessing aviation risks for the company, Lederer carried out safety audits and educational programs and produced a widely acclaimed safety newsletter. In 1940, Lederer was named director of the newlycreated Civil Aeronautics Board Safety Bureau, a forerunner to the National Transportation Safety Board. He left the Safety Bureau in 1942 for a position with the Airlines War Training Institute.
In the aftermath of a Lockheed Constellation accident in 1946, Lederer organized a meeting to discuss ways to disseminate safety information. The Flight Safety Foundation was formed in 1947 as a result of this meeting, and Lederer served as its director until 1967. Lederer also was director of the CornellGuggenheim Aviation Safety Center from 1950 to 1967. Upon his retirement from FSF, Lederer was asked to establish an Office of Manned Space Flight Safety for NASA to address safety issues in the Apollo Program following the January 1967 launchpad fire that killed three astronauts. Lederer retired from NASA in 1972, but continued to be an advocate for aviation safety until his death in 2004 at age 101.
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SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Lederer Papers contain correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, photographs, news clippings, publications, an oral history interview, and memorabilia spanning Lederer's entire career.
Included are records relating to a number of aviation insurance companies including Barber and Baldwin, Aero Insurance Underwriters, Aerotech Insurance Underwriters, Aero Engineering and Advisory Service, and Charles A. Rheinstrom, Inc. The collections also contains documents relating to Lederer's time as director of the Civil Aeronautics Board Safety Bureau (19401942), as well as his work for the Airlines War Training Institute (19421943).
Lederer's work as technical director of the Flight Safety Foundation (19481967) and its predecessor organization Aviation Engineering for Safety (19471948), as well as his concurrent position as director of the CornellGuggenheim Aviation Safety Center (19501967), is well represented. Records related to Aviation Crash Injury Research/Aviation Safety and Engineering Research (AvCIR/AvSER) are included in the Flight Safety Foundation and Cornell Guggenheim Aviation Safety Center records. Lederer's continuing association with Flight Safety Foundation after his 1967 retirement from the Foundation is also documented in the collection.
The Lederer Papers also include documents relating to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the space program, notably Lederer's work as Director of the Office of Manned Space Flight Safety for the Apollo program as well as his subsequent position as Director of Safety for NASA.
In addition, the Lederer Papers contain writings, speeches, and other presentations by Lederer spanning his career. Additional writings by Lederer can be found in the publications of Aero Insurance Underwriters and the Flight Safety Foundation. Also documented is Lederer's involvement with the aviation safety work of government agencies, associations and organizations, and various committees. The collection also includes correspondence and biographical materials, as well as documents relating to the numerous awards and honors that he received.
Information on other individuals, writings by these individuals, and correspondence between other individuals and Lederer may be found in the Other Individuals series. However, the bulk of Lederer's correspondence (including correspondence with individuals listed in the Other Individuals series) is filed in the Correspondence Series. The collection also documents Lederer's involvement in the Air Mail Pioneers, and also includes files on other aviation history topics.
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ARRANGEMENT
The Jerome Lederer Papers are organized in sixteen series.
Series. Airlines War Training Institute Series. Aviation History Series. Aviation Insurance Series. Biographical and Personal Series. Civil Aeronautics Board Safety Bureau Series. College of Aeronautics, LaGuardia Airport Series. Conferences, Seminars, and Symposia Series. CornellGuggenheim Aviation Safety Center Series. Correspondence Series. Flight Safety Foundation Series. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Series. Organizations and Committees Series. Other Individuals Series. Topical Files Series. University of Southern California Series. Writings, Speeches, and Addresses by Lederer
The collection was received with little original order. Portions of the collection were received organized in original folders. Where possible, what original order did exist has been maintained, however the overall series arrangement was imposed by the archives during processing.
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PRELIMINARY INVENTORY Throughout this inventory, box numbers are given to assist in locating materials. For a given subject, there will be only one file within a box unless otherwise indicated (e.g., box 41A (2f) indicates that box 41A contains two files on the subject).
Series. Airlines War Training Institute, 19421943 Extent: 2 boxes and 8 folders
The Airlines War Training Institute (AWTI) was an unincorporated association of nineteen American airlines that was formed in August 1942 to meet the need for air transport personnel to support the war effort. Lederer served as vice president and head of AWTI's administrative section. In October 1943, AWTI was formally disbanded, having met the needs of Air Transport Command through the training of approximately 12,000 flight crew and 35,000 ground personnel. This series contains materials related to the organization, primarily AWTI publications.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
General boxes 50A, 53A, 54B, 67A, 71A, 87A, 91A, 92A
Publications boxes 49 (entire box) and 58 (entire box)
This series contains items collected by Lederer related to the history of aviation. Of particular note is material on the history of air mail in the United States and records of the Air Mail Pioneers. Lederer served as president of the Air Mail Pioneers from 1976 to 1999. In addition to the information filed here, additional materials may be found in the Topical Files series and in the Other Individuals series.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
Air Mail Pioneers, 19272001 boxes 50A, 51A, 53B, 54A, 67A, 68B, 71A, 86B, 87A, 59A, 66B, 68A (2f), 92B
Army Air Forces (World War I), 19441945 box 66B
Doolittle Library, University of Texas at Dallas box 87A
Luscombe history (includes Monocoupe) box 88A
Selfridge accident box 51A
Wings Club box 66A
Women in aviation boxes 68A, 89B
Series. Aviation Insurance Extent: 29 folders
Lederer worked in the aviation insurance business from 1927 to 1940 and again in the mid 1940s. This series contains materials related to aviation insurance companies for which Lederer worked, as well as later information on aviation insurance collected by Lederer. Of note are the safety bulletins distributed by Aero Insurance Underwriters. Lederer's experience and focus on the dissemination of safety information, as illustrated by these bulletins, was one of the factors that led to the formation of the Flight Safety Foundation in 1947.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
Charles A. Rheinstrom, Inc., 19471948 boxes 51A, 70B
Statistics and aviation underwriting, 19531967 boxes 71A, 86B
Series. Biographical and Personal, 19172005 Extent: 79 folders
This series contains biographical material about Lederer; correspondence, clippings, programs, and other items related to awards and honors received by Lederer; materials related to Lederer's education and early career; photographs; and other memorabilia. The series also contains material about Lederer's wife, Sarah, and his family. Although not listed in this inventory of textual records, the collection also includes many of the numerous awards that Lederer received in his lifetime; contact the archives for additional information on these items, which include plaques, medals, statues, and similar items.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
When the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was established in 1940, Lederer was asked to serve as the first director of the new agency's Safety Bureau. The CAB Safety Bureau was responsible for safety rulemaking as well as for accident investigation. This series contains documents from Lederer's time in the Safety Bureau (19401942). Later materials related to CAB and to its successor agencies may be found in the Organizations and Committees Series.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
Series. College of Aeronautics, LaGuardia Airport, 19892002 Extent: 18 folders
This series contains records and documents related to Lederer's service as a member of the Board of Trustees for the College of Aeronautics (now Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology). Also included are documents related to a 1997 colloquium named in honor of Lederer.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
Series. Conferences, Seminars, and Symposia, 19302001 Extent: 21 folders
This series contains documentation on conferences, seminars, and symposia, including events which Lederer attended as well as a few events that he did not attend but about which he received information. Information related to other conferences, seminars, and symposia may be found in the Flight Safety Foundation series, the Organizations and Committees series, and in Lederer's correspondence. Papers and addresses which Lederer gave at these and other events may be found in the Writings, Speeches, and Addresses series.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
General box 60A, 90B
Airport and Fixed Base Conference (Purdue), 1947 box 50A
BAMA Symposium: The Contribution of Civil Aviation to the Development of the National Economy, 1974
box 69B
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Series. Conferences, Seminars, and Symposia (cont.)
Cabin Crew Safety Seminar. Report for the Airline Stewards and Stewardesses Association, 1966
box 90A Committee on Selection and Training of Aircraft Pilots, 1947
box 87A First International Aerial Safety Congress, Paris, 1930
box 92A ICAO Human Factors Seminar, USSR (1990), 19811990
Series. CornellGuggenheim Aviation Safety Center Extent: 14 folders
Lederer served as director of the CornellGuggenheim Aviation Safety Center from 1950 until 1967. He held this position concurrently while serving as managing director of the Flight Safety Foundation. The Safety Center, which had accomplished its mandate to make aviation as safe as transportation by train, was closed soon after Lederer's retirement from the directorship. This series contains records related to the Safety Center and its work. Also included is information on the Crash Injury Research program originally established by Hugh deHaven at Cornell University Medical School. The aviation side of the program (which also included automotive safety) was transferred to the CornellGuggenheim Center following the center's establishment in 1950. It was renamed Aviation Crash Injury Research (AvCIR) and was later known as Aviation Safety and Engineering Research (AvSER). Additional materials related to AvCIR/AvSER, which became a subsidiary of the Flight Safety Foundation in 1959, can be found in the Flight Safety Foundation Series.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
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Series. CornellGuggenheim Aviation Safety Center (cont.)
This series contains correspondence written and received by Jerome Lederer. Additional correspondence may be found in other series, especially in the Flight Safety Foundation Series and the Other Individuals Series.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
Series. Flight Safety Foundation Extent: 102 folders
The Flight Safety Foundation has its origins in two organizations formed in the late 1940s. In 1947, a meeting organized by Lederer led to the creation of Aircraft Engineering for Safety, an organization focused on the dissemination of safety information. Shortly afterward, this group merged with another group that had been formed to study cockpit design, and the combined organization adopted the name of the second group, Flight Safety Foundation. Lederer served as managing director of the Foundation from its formation until 1967. This series contains records relating to the activities of the Flight Safety Foundation and Lederer's work with the Foundation.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
Aircraft Engineering for Safety, 19471948 boxes 67A, 88AB (2f)
Aviation Crash Injury Research/Aviation Safety and Engineering Research, 1940s1967 General
boxes 50A, 87A, 92A General, 19472002. Materials related to the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) and its activities. These files may contain documents which fit in the other categories in this listing, but the contents of many of the files have not yet been sorted. Includes correspondence, projects, publications, reports, FSF history, administrative documents, information about/writings by FSF officers, etc.
box 71A (2f) Publications (note: additional FSF publications are available in other sections of MS016, Flight Safety Foundation Jerry Lederer Aviation Safety Library)
Accident Prevention Bulletin box 91A
Airport Safety Bulletin box 91A
Bogus Parts, 19571964 box 56A
Flight Safety Digest, 19821987 box 88A (2f)
Miscellaneous box 91A (3f)
Notes from the Flight Safety Foundation, Inc. (monthly release) box 91A (5f)
Notes on Aircraft Accident Investigation, 19491952 box 91A (4f)
Seminars, Workshops, and Courses Annual safety seminars, 19501951
box 53B First FSF accident investigation course, Mitchel Air Force Base, New York, 812 November 1948
boxes 52B, 90A IASS award photographs, 1988
box 62B
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Series. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Extent: 33 folders
This series contains records related to Lederer's work establishing and serving as the director (19671970) of the Office of Manned Space Flight Safety for NASA following the 1967 Apollo launch pad fire, and his subsequent service as NASA Director of Safety (19701972). Also included is later material collected by Lederer related to NASA and space exploration.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
NASA Boeing TIE System Safety Analysis Review, 1968 box 54A
Operations and Maintenance Safety Evaluation of NASA Johnson Space Center Aircraft Operations Division, Ellington AFB, Houston, Texas, November 29 December 2, 1982.
box 91B Retirement from NASA, 1972
box 67A (2f), 71A Space (see also general files)
boxes 68A, 69B, 55
(Collection inventory continues on next page with Organizations and Committees Series)
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Series. Organizations and Committees, 19382002 Extent: 68 folders
This series contains materials related to committees and organizations of which Lederer was a member, as well as other organizations from which Lederer collected information.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
Ad Hoc Committee on the Transportation of Plutonium by Air, National Research Council, 19771978
boxes 60A, 86B, 87A AeroMedical Engineering Research Institute, ca. 1948
box 50B Air Mail Pioneers, see Aviation History series Airline Stewards and Stewardesses Association
box 90A ALPA
boxes 69B, 87A American Astronautical Society, 1976
box 50A Aviation Facilities Study Group, 1955
box 87A Aviation/Space Writers Association. "Air Accidents and the Newswriter," 1983
box 91B Civil Aeronautics Administration, 1950
box 67B Civil Aeronautics Board, 1965
box 70A Federal Aviation Administration
boxes 60A, 86B Guggenheim Medal Board of Award, 1998
box 66B Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), 1980, 1992
boxes 51A, 55 International Center for Safety Education, Tempe, Ariz., 1988
box 87A
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Series. Organizations and Committees (cont.)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), 1980 box 69B
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Human Factors Seminar, USSR (1990), 1981 1990
box 68A (2f) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Accident Investigation and Prevention (AIG) Divisional Meeting, 19971999
box 55 International Institute for Human Performance, 1991
box 51A ISASI, 19692001
boxes 50A, 55, 60A, 69B, 86B, 92A Joint Industry/Government Tall Structures Committee. "Specific Criteria to Be Used by Radio /Television and Aviation Interests Relative to Height and Location of New Antenna Structures and New Airports," 19571963
box 90A Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award Board
box 53B National Academy of Engineering, 19972000
boxes 51B, 54A National Aeronautic Association
box 91A National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), 2000
boxes 51B, 53B, 55, 60A, 68A, 87A National Safety Council
boxes 86B, 87A National Symposium on Product Safety, 1968
box 90A National Transportation Safety Board, 19771994
boxes 60A, 68B, 69B Naval Training Device Advisory Council, 1961
box 69B Ostriches Anonymous Association
box 68A OX5 Aviation Pioneers, 1986, 1994
boxes 87B, 90A SAE, 19632000
boxes 51A, 53B, 68B, 86B
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Series. Organizations and Committees (cont.)
SCSI Cabin Safety, 19971998 box 88A
Wings Club, 19651967 boxes 53B, 66A
Series. Other Individuals Extent: 109 folders
This series contains material relating to people other than Jerry Lederer, including biographical information and clippings, writings, and correspondence between these individuals and Lederer. The bulk of this series consists of papers and articles written by various authors, primarily on aviation and/or safety related topics; the majority of these writings have not yet been sorted by author. See also the Correspondence series, as well as the Flight Safety Foundation series for information on Foundation personnel.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
Information on various individuals boxes 50A, 51A, 68B, 89B
Besco, Robert O. (includes collaboration with Lederer and Ostriches Anonymous Association) boxes 53B, 54AB (3f), 68A, 69A, 86B, 89A
Bleck, Zina T. (USSR Trip), 1990 box 68A
Chase, Joe (Joe Chase Award), 1980 box 86B
Collins, Jimmy, test pilot, 19341935 box 50B
Cooper, Geo. E. "Resource Management for the Flight Deck" (workshop), 1979 box 69B
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Series. Other Individuals (cont.)
Cooper, George E. "Some Recent Research Related to Approach Problems" box 90A
Culver, Edith Dodd. Talespins: A Story of Early Aviation Days. Santa Fe, N.Mex.: Sunstone Press, 1986
box 68A (2f) deHaven, Hugh
boxes 86B, 92A Dinerman Bernhart V. "Final Report. Evaluation of Area Navigation in the Northeast Corridor," 1970
box 90A Doolittle, James H.
box 60A, 87A Ferry, T. S. "Multidisciplinary References for Aircraft Accident Investigation," 1975
box 91B Gilbert, Glen A. "Area Navigation in Commuter/Taxi Operations," 1970
box 90A Gilbert, Glen A. "Is RNAV Cost Effective?" reprint from Flight Journal of Executive Aviation, 1972
box 90A Goddard, R. H.
box 66B Harris, Harold R.
box 88B Heath, G. W. "Helio Courier" (incomplete) Skyways September 1955
box 90A Heath, W. G. "The Changing Scene of Structural Airworthiness," 1980
box 90A Hislop, "Final Report of the Clear Air Gust Research Project." British European Airways Corp. RSD Report no. 15. 1950
box 56A Johnson, D. A. "Passenger Behavior in Survivable Aircraft Accidents: Inaction Under Stress as a Significant Behavior," 1969
box 90A Johnson, Larry K.
box 90A King, Stephen, 1971
box 55
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Series. Other Individuals (cont.)
Laughlin, T. F., Jr. "Inlet Unstarts at Supersonic Speeds – Nuisance or Problem?" box 90A
Lindbergh, Charles A. boxes 53B, 55, 56A, 87A, 89B, 92B
Lowery, John. "Why Three Engines" and reply by Allen E. Paulson box 90A
Lowry, L. M. box 59A
McFarland, R. A. "The Effects of Altitude on Pilot Performance" box 90B
Miller, C. O. boxes 53B, 67A, 90A
Norris, Jack "Voyager. The World Flight," 1987 box 92A
Peters, G. A., and F. S. Hall. "To Cut Down Accidents Design for Safety," 1965 box 90A
Pogue, L. Welch, 1998 box 53B
Sikorsky, 1972 box 54B
Speas, R. Dixon box 90A
Stapp, John Paul, 19841991 boxes 67A, 92A
Starr, Chauncey. "Social Benefit versus Technological Risk" [in original folder labeled as Collision Avoidance Systems]
box 90A Turney, H. W., Jr. "Navigation for Surface and Aerospace Vehicles by a Very Low Frequency Radio Network"
box 90A Wood, Richard H.
boxes 53B, 60A, 68A Wright Brothers
boxes 92B Youngs, Homer S. "Report SR4 Hazard from Dry Ice Refrigerated Shipments" [in original folder labeled as Collision Avoidance Systems]
box 90A
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Series. Topical Files Extent: 185 folders
This series contains files on various topics, mostly aviation related. Some of the files may be related to Flight Safety Foundation projects.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
"7 MAG" friction reducing coating box 90A
Accident analysis code for punch card system and information on card sort systems box 90B
Accident investigation General, 19601973
boxes 59A, 70B, 90A Bureau of Air Commerce, Accident Investigation Procedures, 1938
box 50A Aeronautic safety code, 1925
box 68B Air Commerce Regulations. Alteration and Repair of Aircraft. Aeronautics Bulletin No. 7H, 19361948
box 54A Air traffic control with all subject and subheadings, i.e., air collision avoidance, 1969
Salt Lake City Department of Airports, 2001 box 55
San Diego AeroSpace Museum, 1986 box 67A
Schiphol Airport, Runway nr. 23. Approach lighting system and runway marking, 1954 box 90B
Science ethics/whistleblowers, 1988 box 66B
Search and rescue, 19521964 box 71A
Seats (also F27 "Friendship"), 19571964 box 66B
Security, 19751980 box 54AB (2f), 68B
Sleep, Wakefulness and Circadian Rhythm. AGARD Lecture Series no. 105, 1979 box 87A
Stall warning indicator, 19471996 box 68B
Statistics, 19611980 boxes 50B, 51A (2f)
Statistics and aviation underwriting, 19541961 box 71A
Statistics and measurement of safety (includes Lederer writings), 19531967 box 86B
Study of Rescue Aspects of Aircraft Crash Fires on U.S Airports box 71A
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Series. Topical Files (cont.)
Supersonic Transport (SST), 1988 box 87A
"Survey and Evaluation of the Need for Runway Arresting Mechanisms for Commercial Air Carrier Operations," 1969
box 91B Survival. AF Manual 645, 1952
box 87A Survival/search and rescue, 19581986
box 67A System safety engineering, 19671972
box 90A Terrorism
boxes 54A, 67A, 88A Test flying/test pilots, 19541956
box 71A TIPS Europe (Travel in Peace and Safety Europe)
box 55 Tips on writing and instruction
box 70B United (photographs)
box 59A U.S. History, 1975
box 89B Velcro tape fasteners, 1968
box 90A Weather, 19491966
box 52B (2f) Weather; windshear; flight through radioactive clouds, 19541962
box 56A Windshear, 1985
box 60A "A World Beyond War"
box 54A World War II, 19411945
boxes 70B, 86B
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Series. University of Southern California, 19521992 Extent: 7 folders
This series contains documents related to the University of Southern California (USC) and its Institute of Safety and Systems Management. The Flight Safety Foundation formed a partnership with USC during the 1970s, and Lederer also was an adjunct professor at USC.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
General, 19521992 boxes 51A, 54B, 56A, 67A, 69B, 87A, 92A
Series. Writings, Speeches, and Addresses by Lederer, 19312001 This series contains articles, publications, speeches, lectures, and other presentations by Jerry Lederer. An inventory is forthcoming; please contact the Archives for information.
Note: Processing of the collection is ongoing. In addition to the material identified below, additional items of interest may be located in the unprocessed portions of the collection. Please contact the archivist for additional information.
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Unprocessed material Processing of the Lederer Papers is ongoing. In addition to the series listed, there is significant material that is unprocessed/partially processed and not yet classified within a series. A list of the files containing these items is included here.
Please note: items that were in original folders have not been processed. They are included on this listing using the original label information from the folder. This original label may or may not correspond to the actual contents of the folder as folders may have been reused.
ERA inventory items (Correspondence; Writings by others), 19381978 box 51A
Items sent by Lederer to FSF, 1998 box 53B
JL correspondence, National Aeronautic Association, CAB, NACA. Also includes other correspondence, news clippings, newletters, writings and speeches by Lederer, notes, early FSF, reports, etc., 1940s1950s
Unprocessed material (cont.) Please note: items that were in original folders have not been processed. They are included on this listing using the original label information from the folder. This original label may or may not correspond to the actual contents of the folder as folders may have been reused.
Original folder, labeled "FSF Awards Program Calendar 1/71," 1971 box 62B
Original folder, labeled as "Ditching," 19481957 box 67B
Original folder, labeled as " F.S.F. Annual Reports Extras," 1950 box 67A
Original folder, labeled as "1966" box 67A
Original folder, labeled as "1984," 19451985 box 66B
Original folder, labeled as "1986," 19401968 box 66B
Original folder, labeled as "35 San Juan Int'l. Airport #690558, 26 Feb 1969" box 71A
Original folder, labeled as "850183; 850184; Scientific Methods for Use in the Investigation of Flight Crew Requirement," 1949
box 87B Original folder, labeled as "Acceptance Speech for the Arthur Williams Award"
box 62B Original folder, labeled as "Accidents General," 19361998
box 70B Original folder, labeled as "Aero Club," 19771982
box 60A Original folder, labeled as "Aero Engineering and Advisory Service," 1931
box 50A Original folder, labeled as "Air ForceIndustry Midair Collision Prevention Conference," 1976
box 51A Original folder, labeled as "Air Traffic Control," 19501998
box 70B Original folder, labeled as "Aircraft Accid. Investigation" (actually contains NASA investigation and reporting guidelines), 1969
box 66B Original folder, labeled as "Aircraft," 19541997
box 70B
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Unprocessed material (cont.) Please note: items that were in original folders have not been processed. They are included on this listing using the original label information from the folder. This original label may or may not correspond to the actual contents of the folder as folders may have been reused.
Original folder, labeled as "Airlines," 19771997 box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Airport Fires Installations," 19591964 box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Airports" box 55
Original folder, labeled as "ATC," 19371968 box 67B
Original folder, labeled as "Aviation Education," 1966 box 71A
Original folder, labeled as "Aviation Files; Jerry's Writings," 19511998 box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "Aviation History," 19181995 box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "Aviation," 19482000 box 55
Original folder, labeled as "Backward/Forward Facing Seating; High Wing vs Low Wing; Motion Sickness," 1958
box 56A Original folder, labeled as "Besco," 19451995
box 89B Original folder, labeled as "Biorythm," 19611974
box 51A Original folder, labeled as "C.A.B. General," 19421976
box 60A Original folder, labeled as "CAB," 1942
box 92A Original folder, labeled as "CAT Backgrounds Information," 1964
box 56A Original folder, labeled as "CAT Project Correspondence," 19641967
box 52B Original folder, labeled as "CAT, Chron File, Jerry Lederer," 19651967
box 59A Original folder, labeled as "Check Lists," 19481951
box 59A
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Unprocessed material (cont.) Please note: items that were in original folders have not been processed. They are included on this listing using the original label information from the folder. This original label may or may not correspond to the actual contents of the folder as folders may have been reused.
Original folder, labeled as "Club 10500 letters sent in with questionnaire Gen Av We Study," 19541964
box 56A Original folder, labeled as "College of Aeronautics," 19651998
box 60A Original folder, labeled as "Comm Equiments," 19401989
box 52B Original folder, labeled as "Communication Using Right Words," 19741998
box 70B Original folder, labeled as "Communications 1955," 19541956
box 52A Original folder, labeled as "Cooper," 19681993
box 67A Original folder, labeled as "Corresp. Misc.," 19571949
box 50A Original folder, labeled as "Correspondence on Approach & Landing," 19541961
box 56B Original folder, labeled as "Correspondence," 19551967
box 52B Original folder, labeled as "Crash Barriers Arresting Gear," 19581965
box 71A Original folder, labeled as "Crash Injuring [sic]," 19481954
box 54B Original folder, labeled as "Crash Locator Beacons," 1969
box 52B Original folder, labeled as "Crash Survival," 19511977
box 50A Original folder, labeled as "Creeds (Include Pax Creed and Lederer Obits)," 19422002
box 62B Original folder, labeled as "Crew Manning," 19481952
box 59A Original folder, labeled as "Dad's Outline," 1954
box 62B Original folder, labeled as "Daniel Guggenheim Medal Award June 27, 1962," 19621999
box 55
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Unprocessed material (cont.) Please note: items that were in original folders have not been processed. They are included on this listing using the original label information from the folder. This original label may or may not correspond to the actual contents of the folder as folders may have been reused.
Original folder, labeled as "De Anza," 19641968 box 60A
Original folder, labeled as "Direct and Incidental Accident Costs" box 66B
Original folder, labeled as "Ditching," 19521954 box 53A
Original folder, labeled as "DitchingS+R," 19531965 box 67A
Original folder, labeled as "Doolittle Library," 1995 box 60A
Original folder, labeled as "Emergency Techniques over Water Operations," 19481962 box 53B
Original folder, labeled as "Explosive Technology," 1967 box 89B
Original folder, labeled as "Explosives, Accident Prevention Plan," 1967 box 89B
Original folder, labeled as "FAA & Other Govt. Agencies," 19391997 box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "File Copy," 19591960 box 87B
Original folder, labeled as "Fire," 19491977 box 51A
Original folder, labeled as "Flight Data Recorder Project," 19571966 box 53A
Original folder, labeled as "Flight Engineers," 19471960 box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Flight Safety Foundation," 19701971 box 86B
Original folder, labeled as "Flight Safety Foundation 2Day Seminar, 1955," 1955 box 62B
Original folder, labeled as "Forest and Stream," 19231924 box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "FSF Historical," 1967 box 52B
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Unprocessed material (cont.) Please note: items that were in original folders have not been processed. They are included on this listing using the original label information from the folder. This original label may or may not correspond to the actual contents of the folder as folders may have been reused.
Original folder, labeled as "FSF PROPOSAL N6711. Sherman M. Fairchild Subscription Program," 19671968
box 56B Original folder, labeled as "FSF PROPOSAL N6712. Greater Cincinnati Airport," 1967
box 56B Original folder, labeled as "FSF Proposal N6713," 19671968
box 59B Original folder, labeled as "FSF Proposal N679, National Data Center," 19481986
box 59A Original folder, labeled as "FSF PRORPOSAL N6710. Ground Traffic Control System," 1967
box 56B Original folder, labeled as "FSF Seminar San Carlos Hotel. Chandler, Ariz. (Photos)"
box 62B Original folder, labeled as "FSF," 19481954
box 50A Original folder, labeled as "Fuel," 19671970
box 56A Original folder, labeled as "Gen. Correspondence," 19501967
box 52a Original folder, labeled as "General," 19481994
68A Original folder, labeled as "Guggenheim Award," 1963
box 62B Original folder, labeled as "Hal Spogis; Letter to USA Today," 1999
box 87A Original folder, labeled as "Hall of Fame," 19681997
box 53B Original folder, labeled as "Hazards Cigarette Lighters," 19641965
box 59B Original folder, labeled as "History 'Biographical Sketch' Lt. Colonel John Paul Stapp"
box 52B Original folder, labeled as "ICAO," 19601999
box 69B
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Unprocessed material (cont.) Please note: items that were in original folders have not been processed. They are included on this listing using the original label information from the folder. This original label may or may not correspond to the actual contents of the folder as folders may have been reused.
Original folder, labeled as "Improving Pilot Performance by Robert O. Besco and Jerome F. Lederer"
box 87A Original folder, labeled as "Industry Advisory Committee," 19651993
box 71A Original folder, labeled as "ISASI 2000 Information," 19522000
box 55 Original folder, labeled as "ISASI," 19721998
box 89B Original folder, labeled as "J. L. Personal, Misc.," 19311996
box 66B Original folder, labeled as "J. Lederer," 19601986
box 71A Original folder, labeled as "J. L. 100th Birthday. FSD Aug Sept 2002 (2c.) FSD bound issue (1c.)," 2002
box 62B Original folders, labeled as "J. L. Bios," 19372003
box 62B (3f) Original folder, labeled as "J. L. Photos"
box 62B Original folder, labeled as "Jerome F. Lederer," 19391987
box 67A Original folder, labeled as "Jerome Lederer at Wright Brothers Smithsonian Ceremony," 1964
box 62B Original folder, labeled as "Jerome Lederer Chron, 1971," 1971
box 86B Original folder, labeled as "Jerome Lederer Material," 19631983
box 71A Original folder, labeled as "Jerome Lederer Personal 1971," 1971
box 71A Original folder, labeled as "Jerome Lederer Presenting Award of Merit to Vernon Taylor," 1959
box 62B Original folder, labeled as "Jerome Lederer," 19751980
box 50A
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Unprocessed material (cont.) Please note: items that were in original folders have not been processed. They are included on this listing using the original label information from the folder. This original label may or may not correspond to the actual contents of the folder as folders may have been reused.
Original folder, labeled as "Jerry Biog," 1950s2000 box 55
Original folder, labeled as "Jerry Lederer," 19632000 box 89B
Original folder, labeled as "Jerry Lederer," 2002 box 62B
Original Folder, labeled as "Jerry," 19331994 box 51A
Original folder, labeled as "JL Awards," 19692002 box 62B
Original folder, labeled as "JL Awards, Congrats," 19742003 box 88A
Original folder, labeled as "JL Awards, Congrats, Articles about JL, Bios," 2004 box 62B
Original folders, labeled as "JL's Personal File" 19071978 box 86A (3f)
Original folder, labeled as "Joe Chase," 19711981 box 67A
Original folder, labeled as "Journal of the Institute of Navigation," 19601967 box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "Landings," 19511962 box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "League Wives," 1939 box 87A
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer Clippings," 19671991 box 67A
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer Letters," 2002 box 62B
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer Papers," 19371998 box 66B
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer," 19511998 box 54A
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer," 19551993 box 71A
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Unprocessed material (cont.) Please note: items that were in original folders have not been processed. They are included on this listing using the original label information from the folder. This original label may or may not correspond to the actual contents of the folder as folders may have been reused.
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer," 19601994 box 87A
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer," 1997 box 66B
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer" (photographs) box 67A
Original folder, labeled as "Legal," 1966 box 52B
Original folder, labeled as "Lindbergh," 19722002 box 53B
Original folder, labeled as "Lockheed 1011," 19661968 box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Lockheed, Electra," 19561963 box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Management & Operations," 19561958 box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Management," 19651987 box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "Managing Contract Committee, 1983," 19821983 box 87A
Original folder, labeled as "Manned Flight Awareness Program," 19641968 box 59B
Original folder, labeled as "Matches in Aircraft," 1959 59B
Original folder, labeled as "Medicare 1989," 19871989 box 54A
Original folder, labeled as "Memos 1974," 19481974 box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Methodology Talk," 19401962 box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Miscellaneous," 19541967 box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "Miscellaneous," 19581967 box 59B
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Unprocessed material (cont.) Please note: items that were in original folders have not been processed. They are included on this listing using the original label information from the folder. This original label may or may not correspond to the actual contents of the folder as folders may have been reused.
Original folder, labeled as "Mr. Jerome Lederer," 19421998 box 54A
Original folder, labeled as "Mr. Jerome Lederer," 19681998 box 53A
Original folder, labeled as "NASA General, 19651996," 19651996 box 60A
Original folder, labeled as "NASA Photo's, Wake Turbulence," 1970 box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "NASA/CAT Project Replies Received," 19631967 box 52B
Original folder, labeled as "NTSB," 19611997 box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "NYU," 19221955 box 92A
Original folder, labeled as "Passengers," 19531968 box 56B
Original folder, labeled as "Patents," 19261940 box 87A
Original folder, labeled as "PennCentral Airlines," 19331958 box 70A
Original folder, labeled as "Personal," 19671990s box 87A
Original folder, labeled as "Photos J. Lederer. Donated Dec. 2002" box 62B
Original folder, labeled as "Photos" box 62B
Original folders, labeled as "Pilot Training," 19461967 box 59AB (2f)
Original folder, labeled as "Pilots," 19521963 box 59A
Original folder, labeled as "Power Line Marking," 19621970 box 52B
Original folder, labeled as "Private Flying (Aircraft and Private Clubs) (Dated)," 19461967 box 59B
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Unprocessed material (cont.) Please note: items that were in original folders have not been processed. They are included on this listing using the original label information from the folder. This original label may or may not correspond to the actual contents of the folder as folders may have been reused.
Original folder, labeled as "Radio Beacons 61," 19531968 box 59B
Original folder, labeled as "Rain on Windshield," 19491971 box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "Ramps," 19471960 box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Rossmoor Regency," 1999 box 53B
Original folder, labeled as "Royal Airforce Institute of Aviation Medicine," 1950 box 54B
Original folder, labeled as "Runways, Volumes I & II, Volume II," 19301969 box 70A
Original folder, labeled as "Safe Operations," 19481953 box 87A
Original folder, labeled as "Safety and Health Hall of Fame International," 1990 box 71A
Original folder, labeled as "SAVE historic," 1940 box 89B
Original folder, labeled as "Search and Rescue," 19481967 box 71A
Original folder, labeled as "Seats," 19571964 box 66B
Original folder, labeled as "Speculations on Air Safety and the Airport," 1972 box 88B
Original folder, labeled as "Speeches," 19481998 box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Studies," 19261997 box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Studies. How to double the air traffic rate at one of the world's busiest airports," 19261997
box 52B Original folder, labeled as "Survival Equipment 'Dated,'" 19591967
box 52A Original folder, labeled as "Systems Communications," 19501963
box 52A
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Unprocessed material (cont.) Please note: items that were in original folders have not been processed. They are included on this listing using the original label information from the folder. This original label may or may not correspond to the actual contents of the folder as folders may have been reused.
Original folder, labeled as "Third GAIN World Conference," 1998 box 54A
Original folder, labeled as "Transportation," 19521965 box 59B
Original folder, labeled as "Turbulence (Weather). CAT Wake Ground Level & Air Turbulence," 19641969
box 56A Original folder, labeled as "Turbulence General Misc.," 19581972
box 56A Original folder, labeled as "Turf Renovation," 19531999
box 89B Original folder, labeled as "United States Congress," 19691998
box 55 Original folder, labeled as "VASI," 19621971
box 52B Original folder, labeled as "Visibility," 19521966
box 71A Original folder, labeled as "Warning Systems, Inflight OnBoard Systems," 19521963
box 59B Original folder, labeled as "Weather Clear Air Turbulence CAT," 19641967
box 56A Original folder, labeled as "Weather Investigation. Substratosphere," 19621969
box 56B Original folder, labeled as "Wind Shear, Melvin FSF," 19731976
box 59A Original folder, labeled as "Windshield," 19481960
box 56A Original folder, labeled as "Work Sheet N.R; J W H," 19591963
box 71A Original folder, labeled as "Wright Brothers"
box 55 Original folder, labeled as "Wright, Selfridge," 19781982
box 60A Original folder, labeled as "Writing and Speeches by Lederer," 19401976
box 70B
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Unprocessed material (cont.) Please note: items that were in original folders have not been processed. They are included on this listing using the original label information from the folder. This original label may or may not correspond to the actual contents of the folder as folders may have been reused.
Original folder, labeled as "Xerox Copy of, *Flight Safety Foundation and Aviation Safety," 19681999
box 87A Original folder, labeled as ''Space Projects," 1986