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Fredda Weiss Papers

An inventory of her collection at the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at Syracuse University

Summary

Creator: Weiss, Fredda
Title: Fredda Weiss Papers
Dates: 1988-1993
Size: 3 linear feet
Abstract: Materials related to Fredda Weiss' research and interviews about the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
Language: English
Repository: Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/pan-am-103

Biography

Fredda Weiss (b. 1941) is an Academy-Award nominated film producer and costume designer. She graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor with degrees in Art History and Theater. She worked in advertising and costume design in New York before moving into feature film and television production in1984. Her production company is called Rainy Day Productions. When her friends Peter and Aphrodite Tsairis, lost their daughter Alexia in the bombing of Pan Am 103, Fredda became involved in producing a film titled "Pan Am 103: The Real Story" based on what the families experienced after the crash. Over the following three years, she developed the project for NBC with the well-known scriptwriter and suspense novelist, Robert Crais. As the film was about to go into pre-production, NBC cancelled the project in favor of more "action-oriented" projects.

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Scope and Content Note

The Fredda Weiss Papers contains four series of research Weiss compiled and interviews she conducted with the ultimate aim of creating a film about the bombing and its effects on the families of victims.

The Articles series includes publications of general interest to Pan Am 103. Articles have also been separated by family if they apply to a specific victim.

Within the Audiovisual materials series are interviews conducted by Weiss with victims' family members and others involved with Pan Am 103, as well as recordings of Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. meetings. Interviews require the permission of the interviewee for viewing or listening.

The Correspondence series contains correspondence with various members of Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. and other family members, as well as correspondence with political figures.

The Subject files series contains a list of the families involved with the film production, the script for the production, and transcripts from some of the interviews Weiss conducted. Additionally, there are files on various legislative actions and family members of victims. Interview transcripts are restricted unless permission is obtained from the interviewee.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Please note that interview recordings and transcripts are restricted. Permission to access these materials must be obtained from the interviewee.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from the Pan Am Flight 103 Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

Selected VHS tapes and audiocassette tapes were removed from this collection for inclusion in the Pan Am 103 Audiovisual Collection.

The Pan Am Flight 103 Archives contains additional materials and information related to the Fredda Weiss Papers. Related collections include:

The Adam L. Wilkenfeld Collection

Victim and Family Collections

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Selected Search Terms

Names

Weiss, Fredda, 1941-
National Broadcasting Company.
Rainy Day Productions.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.

Subjects

Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Incident, 1988.
Terrorism -- Government Policy -- United States -- Case Studies.
Terrorism -- Government Policy -- United States -- History.
Terrorism -- Government Policy -- United States.
Terrorism -- History -- 20th Century.
Lockerbie (Scotland)

Types of material

Audiocassettes.
Audiotapes.
Correspondence.
Interviews.
Photographs.
Sound recordings.
Transcripts.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Fredda Weiss Papers,
Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Fredda Weiss in 2006.

Processing Information

Materials have been placed in acid-free folders and boxes.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: Cara A. Howe
Date: 2011
Revision history: March 2023 - Items rehoused to better accommodate restricted materials; inventory updated accordingly; finding aid updated according to style guidelines (HVA)

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Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically by series.

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Inventory

Articles
Box 1 Ammerman 1990-1991
Box 1 Dater, Gretchen 1989-1990
Box 1 Englehardt/Hawkins 1989, undated
Box 3 General 1989-1991, undated
Box 1 Hudson, Melina 1988-1989, 1991
Box 1 Hunt, Karen 1989
Box 1 Tsairis, Alexia 1991-1992, undated
Audiovisual materials
RESTRICTED: Please note interview recordings are restricted at donor's request. Permission to access must be obtained from the interviewees.
Box 4 Audiotapes: interviews 1989-1993, undated (28 tapes)
Box 5 Audiotapes: interviews 1989-1993, undated (9 tapes)
Box 6 Audiotapes: interviews 1989-1993, undated (10 tapes)
Box 7 Audiotapes: interviews 1989-1993, undated (10 tapes)
Correspondence
Box 3 Ammerman, Bert 1989-1992
Box 1 Buser, Gerry 1993
Box 1 General 1989, undated
Box 1 Hunt, Robert 1989, 1993
Box 1 Mullins, Janet G. [Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs] undated
Box 1 Navarro, Bruce [Deputy Assistant Attorney General] 1990
Box 1 Nucci, Georgia 1991
Box 1 Rosenkranz, Frank 1990
Box 1 Schultz, Jane 1990-1991
Box 1 Skinner, Samuel K. 1990
Box 1 Tsairis, Aphrodite undated
Box 1 Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. 1989, undated
Photographs
Box 1 Bissett, Ken artwork undated
Box 1 Lockerbie village 1989
Box 1 Tundergarth churchyard 1989
Box 1 Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. members at meetings 1989
Subject files
Box 2 Ammerman family undated
Box 2 Capasso, Betty 1990, 1992, undated
Box 2 Congressional hearing dates 1989
Box 2 Dater family 1993
Box 2 Davis family undated
Box 2 Englehardt/Hawkins family 1989, undated
Box 2 Film participants 1992
Box 2 Frontline: "tracking the Pan Am bombers" transcript November 28, 1989
Box 2 Horgan, Joe 1993
Box 2 House Subcommittee on Aviation 1989
Box 2 Hudson family 1988-1989
Box 4 Interview transcripts undated
RESTRICTED: Please note these materials are restricted at donor's request. Permission to view must be obtained from the interviewees.
Box 2 Mass for the victims of Pan Am Flight 103 at St Patrick's Cathedral: remarks of John O'Connor January 29, 1989
Box 2 "Murder on the Pan Am" undated
Box 3 Notes undated
Box 2 Nucci, Georgia undated
Box 2 "Pan Am 103: the real story" 1991
Missing as of March 2023.
Box 2 "Pan Am 103: the real story" undated
Box 2 The safe skies award circa 1990
Box 3 State of New York legislative resolution April 18, 1989
Box 2 Tsairis family 1989-1991, undated
Box 2 "Victims of Pan Am flight 103" by Robert Crais November 12, 1993
Box 2 "Victims of Pan Am flight 103" by Robert Crais, first draft November 1, 1993

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