Memo and Web Photos of Memorial Wreath left at GIA

File — Box: 1, Folder: 25

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: Collection contains memorabilia and papers from the January 27, 2001 plane crash. The memorabilia includes posters, banners, silk flowers, teddy bears, etc. brought to Gallagher-Iba Arena in the weeks following the crash. It also contains newspaper, Internet, and broadcast media coverage reporting the event; the University's Memorial Service on January 31; the investigation of the crash; and subsequent memorial events. The papers include sympathy cards sent to the basketball team, the athletic department, and the Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents, newspapers from the Big XII universities, prayer cards, programs, and texts of sermons from the ten funerals, off campus memorial services, and the University's memorial service.

Dates

2001-2011

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the Oklahoma Open Records Act (http://www.odl.state.ok.us/lawinfo/docs/2006-LibraryLaws-PartE.pdf), and other relevant regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Oklahoma State University Libraries assumes no responsibility.