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Oklahoma State University Men's Basketball Team Plane Crash Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1999-173

Scope and Contents

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.

Conditions Governing Use

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, Oklahoma State University Archives will provide information about copyright owners and related information. Securing permission to publish or use material is the responsibility of the researcher. Note that unless specifically transferred to Oklahoma State University Libraries, any applicable copyrights may be held by another individual or entity. Copyright for material published by Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College/Oklahoma State University is held by the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges. All rights reserved.

Further information about copyright policy can be obtained by contacting Oklahoma State University Archives by email at libscua@okstate.edu or by phone at 405-744-6311.

Finding aid © 2019 Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges. All rights reserved.

Administrative History

On January 27, 2001 at about 5:35 p.m. in a snowstorm 20 miles south of Denver near Byers, Colorado the Beechcraft King Air 200 Catpass airplane crashed killing all ten people aboard. The airplane was one of three chartered to fly Oklahoma State University Men's Basketball team, Athletic Department staff, and broadcasters from the basketball game against the University of Colorado at Boulder to Stillwater, Oklahoma. Those that died in the crash were basketball players Nate Fleming and Daniel Lawson, sports information employee Will Hancock, OSU director of basketball operations Pat Noyes, athletic trainer Brian Luinstra, student manager Jared Weiberg, broadcast engineer Kendall Durfey, Oklahoma City sports broadcaster William "Bill" Teegins, pilot Denver Mills, and co-pilot Bjorn Fahlstrom.

Extent

90 Linear feet (5 records cartons, 3 document box, 2 shoe boxes, 1 triangular box, 6 flat boxes, 2 wreaths, 3 map drawers, 2 oversize box, 2 oversize flat folders, 15 corrugated sheets, 3 ¾ plywood sheets)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Arranged into five series.

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog or contact the Oklahoma State University Archives Reference staff.

Provenance

Materials in this collection were collected by the Library and other parties of materials sent to or left at the University as memorials and expressions of grief over the tragic event.

Related Archival Materials

Oklahoma Men's Basketball Team Plane Crash Videotapes Collection, Collection Number 1999-232.

Processing Information

Processed by Angie McKim, 2004, revised 2005

Updated by: Scott Jackson July, 2010; Kay Bost, March 2013

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Oklahoma State University Men's Basketball Team Plane Crash Collection Collection Number 1999-173
Status
Completed
Author
Angie McKim
Date
2004
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Oklahoma State University Archives Repository

http://info.library.okstate.edu/scua/home
Contact:
204 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater 74078-1071 USA

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