Series Descriptions and Preliminary Inventory

The Jerome Lederer Papers are organized into 16 series and contain correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, photographs, news clippings, publications, an oral history interview and memorabilia spanning Lederer's entire career. Read about more in greater detail below.

Series: Airlines War Training Institute, 1942-1943
Extent: 2 boxes and 8 folders

The Airlines War Training Institute (AWTI) was an unincorporated association of 19 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)

Series: Aviation History, 1910-2002
Extent: 34 folders

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 the "Other Individuals" series.

General: Boxes 50A, 51A, 53A, 54A, 56B, 59A, 60A, 66A-B (2f), 68A, 69B, 70B, 86B, 87A, 88A, 89B, 92B
Air mail: Boxes 59A, 68A (2f), 88B
Air Mail Pioneers, 1927-2001: Boxes 50A, 51A, 53B, 54A, 67A, 68B, 71A, 86B, 87A, 59A, 66B, 68A (2f), 92B
Army Air Forces (World War I), 1944-1945: 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.

General: Boxes 53A, 54B, 56A, 67A, 70B
Aero Engineering and Advisory Service: Box 55
Aero Insurance Underwriters, 1937-1948: Boxes 50A, 51A, 54A, 59A, 62B, 67A, 70B (2f), 71A-B (5f), 87A, 89B, 91A, 92A
Aerotech Insurance Underwriters: Box 55
Barber and Baldwin, 1928: Boxes 51A, 60A, 87A, 88B
Charles A. Rheinstrom, Inc., 1947-1948: Boxes 51A, 70B
Statistics and aviation underwriting, 1953-1967: Boxes 71A, 86B

Series: Biographical and Personal, 1917-2005
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.

General biographical: Boxes 50A (2f), 51A, 53A, 54A, 55 (4f), 56A-B (4f), 59A, 60A (2f), 60A, 62A-B (2f), 66A-B, 67A (2f), 68A, 69A, 71A, 86B (2f), 87A, 88A-B (3f), 89B, 91A, 92A-B (3f)
Air Reserve Corps, 1925-1931: Box 68A
Awards and honors: Boxes 50A (2f), 51A, 53A, 54A (2f), 55 (4f), 56B, 56, 59A, 62A-B (5f), 66A, 67A (2f), 69A, 70A-B (2f), 71A, 86B (2f), 87A, 88A-B (3f), 89B, 92A-B (3f)
Certificates, 1943-2002: Box 62A (3f)
Daedalian honorary membership, 1985: Box 62B
Early career: Box 55
High school, 1917: Box 56A
Jerome Lederer Colloquium, College of Aeronautics, LaGuardia Airport: Box 56A, 66B (2f)
Jerry Lederer System Safety Implementation Award, 1970: Box 91A
King, Stephen, 1971: Box 55
Lederer family (see also Sarah Lederer): Boxes 53B, 68A, 69B, 88A
Lederer Library: Boxes 50A
Lederer Library dedication photographs, 1989: Box 62A (3f)
Letterhead: Box 55
Memorabilia: Box 70B
New York State Professional Engineer Registration: Box 62A
Notes: Box 68A
Personal, miscellaneous: Box 55, 67A, 68A
Photographs: Box 67A, 70B
Retirement from NASA, 1972: Boxes 67A, 71A
Sarah Lederer, 1945-1998: Box 51B, 54A, 56A, 62B, 69B, 86B, 87A, 89B
Special Books - Inscriptions, 1968: Box 50A
Stall warning indicator: Box 68B
Tsiolkovsky Medal: Box 50A
University, 1920s: Box 67A
USSR trip (People to People and ICAO Human Factors Seminar): Boxes 51B, 60A, 68A, 69B
World War II: Box 86B
Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy: Box 70B

Extent: 21 folders

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 (1940-1942). Later materials related to CAB and to its successor agencies may be found in the "Organizations and "Committees" series.

General: Boxes 50A, 51A, 53B, 54B (2f), 55, 59A (2f), 60A, 66A, 67A (2f), 68B, 70A, 86B, 87A, 88B, 91A (2f), 92A
Accident Investigation: Air Safety Bureau (and notes, probably unrelated), 1941: Box 67A
TWA Flight 6, DC-3, NC17315, Robertson, Missouri, Civil Aeronautics Board, 1941: Box 67A

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.

General: Boxes 51A, 53B, 54A, 55, 56A, 60A, 66A-B (2f), 67A, 68B, 71A, 86B, 87A, 88B, 89B
Jerry Lederer Colloquium: Boxes 56A, 66B (2f)

Extent: 21 folders

This series contains documentation on conferences, seminars and symposia, including events that 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 that Lederer gave at these and other events may be found in the "Writings, Speeches and Addresses" series.

General: Boxes 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
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), 1981-1990: Boxes 51B, 60A, 68A (4f), 69B
ICAO Accident Investigation and Prevention (AIG) Divisional Meeting, 1997-1999: Box 55
International Cabin Safety Symposium, 1987, 1997-1998, 2001: Boxes 68A, 88A, 90A
MATS Safety Seminar (1962), 1962, 1967: Boxes 60A, 70B, 90A

Extent: 14 folders

Lederer served as director of the Cornell-Guggenheim 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 Cornell-Guggenheim 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.

General: Boxes 51A, 53B, 54A, 55, 59A, 66B, 68A, 69A, 86B, 88B, 91A
Crash Injury Research (Hugh deHaven, Cornell): Boxes 50A, 87A, 92A
Harry F. Guggenheim: Box 66B

Extent: 51 folders

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.

Unsorted (1920s-2000s): Boxes 50A, 51A (2f), 52B, 53A, 54A-B (3f), 55 (3f), 56A, 59A, 60A, 62B, 66B, 67A (2f), 68A, 70A, 71A, 86B (2f), 87A (2f), 88A, 89A-B (2f), 92A
1920s: Boxes 54B, 55, 56A, 67A, 70B
1930s: Boxes 50A, 54B, 56A, 59A, 67A, 68A
1940s: Boxes 54B (2f), 62B, 66A-B (2f), 67A (2f), 70B, 71A, 86B (2f), 91A, 92A
1950s: Boxes 51A, 60A, 70B, 87A (2f), 91A
1960s: Boxes 52B, 53A, 54A, 55, 67A, 88A, 89A
1970s: Boxes 52B, 54A, 87A, 89B
1980s: Boxes 51A, 67A (2f), 69B (2f), 86B
1990s: Boxes 50A, 51A, 53B, 54A-B (4f), 55 (2f), 59A, 60A, 66A, 67A, 69B, 70B, 71A, 86B (2f), 87A (3f), 92A (2f)
2000s: Boxes 53B, 55 (2f), 56A, 68A, 86B, 88A, 89A-B (2f)
Undated: Boxes 51B, 90A

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.

Aircraft Engineering for Safety, 1947-1948

General: Boxes 67A, 88A-B (2f)

Aviation Crash Injury Research/Aviation Safety and Engineering Research, 1940s-1967

General: Boxes 56A, 67A, 68A, 88B
Crash Injury Research (Cornell program), 1950-1959: Boxes 50A, 87A, 92A

General, 1947-2002

Materials related to the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) and its activities. These files may contain documents that 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.

General: Boxes 50A (3f), 51A (2f), 52B (2f) 53A-B (2f), 54A-B (3f), 55, 56A (2f), 59A-B (2f), 60A, 62B, 66A, 67A-B (2f), 68A, 69A, 70A-B (2f), 71A (4f), 86B (3f), 87A (2f), 88A-B (2f), 89B, 90A, 91A-B (9f), 92A (2f)
Correspondence: Boxes 71A, 91A
FSF relationship with University of Southern California: Box 87A
IASS award photographs, 1988: Box 62B
Joe Chase Award, 1980: Box 86B
Lederer Library, 1989: Boxes 62A (3f), 87A
Mechanic's Creed (written by Lederer, 1941): Boxes 53B, 55

Personnel

Caldara, Joseph D., 1968-1974: Box 52B
Caldara, Joseph D. "The Birds as a Menace to Flight Safety": Box 90A
Chase, Joe: Box 86B
Enders, John H., 1963: Box 90A
Hasbrook, A. Howard, 1952-1987: Box 92A
Heath, Gloria, 1949-2001: Box 90A
Lederer, Jerome F. East Asia trip, 1962: Box 50A (2f)

Projects and Research Areas

Additional topics may be found in the "Topical Files" series.

Bogus parts, 1957-1964: Box 56A
Clear air turbulence, 1958-1971: Box 56A (2f)
Design features in personal aircraft cockpits (FSF study on cockpit design requirements),1948: Box 90A
Ditching, air-sea rescue, evacuation, survival, 1948-1983: Boxes 67B, 71A, 90A
Emergency evacuation, 1965-1967: Boxes 68A (2f), 71A
Flight and ground safety, 1955-1966: Box 90B
Project CAPTACS (Current And Proposed Terminal Area Control Systems), 1966-1967: Box 90A (2f)
Turbulence Project (also SST), 1963-1967: Box 71A (2f)

Publications

Note: Additional FSF publications are available in other sections of MS-016, Flight Safety Foundation Jerry Lederer Aviation Safety Library.

Accident Prevention Bulletin: Box 91A
Airport Safety Bulletin: Box 91A
Bogus Parts, 1957-1964: Box 56A
Flight Safety Digest, 1982-1987: Box 88A (2f)
Miscellaneous: Box 91A (3f)
Notes from the Flight Safety Foundation, Inc. (monthly release): Box 91A (5f)
Notes on Aircraft Accident Investigation, 1949-1952: Box 91A (4f)

Seminars, Workshops and Courses

Annual safety seminars, 1950-1951: Box 53B
First FSF accident investigation course, Mitchel Air Force Base, New York, 8-12 November 1948: Boxes 52B, 90A
IASS award photographs, 1988: Box 62B

Extent: 33 folders

This series contains records related to Lederer's work establishing and serving as the director (1967-1970) 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 (1970-1972). Also included is later material collected by Lederer related to NASA and space exploration.

General, 1967-2001: Boxes 51A, 52B, 53B, 54B, 55, 59A, 60A, 66B, 67A, 68A-B (2f), 69A-B (6f), 71A, 86B, 87A, 88A, 89B, 91A, 92A
Apollo 8, 1968: Box 56A
Apollo badges/passes: Box 62A
Apollo program: Boxes 50A (2f), 69A
Correspondence, 1967-1971: Box 86B
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: Boxes 67A (2f), 71A
Space (see also general files): Boxes 68A, 69B, 55

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.

General, 1938-2002: Boxes 50A, 53B (2f), 54A, 55, 59A, 60A, 66B, 67A, 68A, 70B, 86B, 88A, 89B
Ad Hoc Committee on the Transportation of Plutonium by Air, National Research Council, 1977-1978: Boxes 60A, 86B, 87A
Aero-Medical Engineering Research Institute, ca. 1948: Box 50B
Air Mail Pioneers: See "Aviation History" series
Airline Stewards and Stewardesses Association: Box 90A
Air Line Pilots Association (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
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), 1980: Box 69B
ICAO Human Factors Seminar, USSR (1990), 1981-1990: Box 68A (2f)
ICAO Accident Investigation and Prevention (AIG) Divisional Meeting, 1997-1999: Box 55
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), 1980, 1992: Boxes 51A, 55
International Center for Safety Education, Tempe, Ariz., 1988: Box 87A
International Institute for Human Performance, 1991: Box 51A
ISASI, 1969-2001: 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," 1957-1963: Box 90A
Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award Board: Box 53B
National Academy of Engineering, 1997-2000: 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, 1977-1994: 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, 1963-2000: Boxes 51A, 53B, 68B, 86B
SCSI - Cabin Safety, 1997-1998: Box 88A
Wings Club, 1965-1967: Boxes 53B, 66A

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.

Information on various individuals: Boxes 50A, 51A, 68B, 89B
Writings by various individuals, 1937-2001: Boxes 50A (3f), 51A (3f), 52B, 53B (4f), 54A-B (4f), 55, 56A, 59A (3f), 60A (4f), 66B (2f), 67A (4f), 68A-B (4f), 69A-B (4f), 70B, 71A, 86B, 87A (6f), 88B, 89B (2f), 92A (2f)
Armstrong, Neil, 1975-1988: Box 87A
Besco, Robert O. (includes collaboration with Lederer and Ostriches Anonymous Association): Boxes 53B, 54A-B (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, 1934-1935: Box 50B
Cooper, Geo. E. "Resource Management for the Flight Deck" (workshop), 1979: Box 69B
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.: Boxes 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
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, 1984-1991: Boxes 67A, 92A
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: Box 92B

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.

"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, 1960-1973: 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. 7-H, 1936-1948: Box 54A
Air traffic control with all subject and subheadings, i.e., air collision avoidance, 1969: Box 90A
Aircraft, 1929-1938: Box 54A
Aircraft accidents:

Various, 1982-2002: Boxes 53B, 54A, 55, 68A, 69B, 88A, 89B
Arrow Air, Gander, Newfoundland (1985), 1984-1992: Box 56A
NTSB accident reports, 1996: Box 54A
Tenerife: Box 59A
TWA 800 (1996): Boxes 53B, 60A, 68A, 88A
TWA Flight 6, DC-3, NC17315, Robertson, Missouri: Box 67A

Aircraft Design-Induced Pilot Error: NTSB, 1967: Box 69B
Aircraft equipment, 2001: Box 55
Aircraft performance: Box 50A
Aircraft seats, 1951-1964: Boxes 66A, 66B
The Airport and Its Neighbors, 1989: Box 56A
Airport facilities, 1990s-2000s: Box 67A
Airport facilities and fire protection, 1998-1999: Box 55
Airport lighting, 1956: Boxes 66B, 68A
Airport statistics, 1999: Box 55
All Weather Lightplane Project: Box 52B
Army-Navy Precipitation Static Project: Technical reports on precipitation static, 1946: Box 54A
Automotive safety: Box 59A
Aviation Daily, 1998: Box 70B
Aviation directories, 1980-1988: Box 69B
Aviation policy, 1928: Box 50A
Aviation safety, 1942-2002: Boxes 55, 90A
Balance Engineering, Inc.: Box 66B
Bell Helicopter Textron: Box 68A
Bilingual operations/Quebec, 1976: Box 59A
Bird hazards, 1966-1971: Box 90A
"Bird Ingestion by JT3C, JT3D and JT4 Engines," 1964: Box 90A
Bird strikes, 1950-1970: Box 90A (2f)
Bomb blanket, 1970-1971: Box 90B
Burns Aerobus "Commuter" Series Seats, 1960: Box 66A
Cabin safety, 1989-2002: Boxes 51B, 53B, 54A, 55, 69B
Clear air turbulence, 1958-1971: Box 56A (2f)
Cockpit management, 1996: Box 53B
Complacency, 1955: Box 90B
Crash Injury Research: Boxes 50A, 87A, 92A
Crash safety efforts, 1966: Box 90A
Cryogenic container specifications for aircraft transportation, 1972: Box 90A
Dangerous Cargo, 1956: Box 59B
DC-3, 1937-2000: Boxes 60A, 66B, 86B, 87A
DC-10: Box 51A
Dead Reckoning Computer and Kollsman Altitude-Temperature Relationship Indicator: Box 87A
Deceleration, 1951-1967: Box 90A
Ditching, air sea rescue, survival equipment, evacuation, 1953-1983: Boxes 67A-B (2f), 71A
Doolittle Library, University of Texas at Dallas: Box 87A
Drugs, 1983: Box 89B
El Toro Marine Air Station, 1996-2000: Boxes 53A, 60A, 68A
Embry-Riddle, 1996: Box 87A
Emergency evacuation: Boxes 68A (2f), 71A, 90A-B (2f)
Engineers and risk issues: Box 69B
Executive protection: Box 55
Fire and explosion hazards: Boxes 52B, 68B, 71A
Fire and fire fighting: Box 70B
Fire suppression, 1968: Box 52B
Flight data recorders, 1974-1975: Box 53B
Flight deck automation: Box 70B
Flight engineers, 1948: Box 50A
Flight Forum Air Safety Study, 1964: Box 70B
Flight training, 1968: Box 52B
"Foreign Object Ingestion (Other than Birds) in JT3C, JT3D and JT4 Engines," 1964: Box 90A
Fuel quality control: Box 90A
Fuel tanks: Box 68B
"Full Time Engineers": Box 70B
Gunnery Sense: Some Hints for Air Gunners," 1942: Box 54A
Hazards associated with adding low-vapor pressure fuels to tanks that had contained a high-vapor pressure fuel, 1971: Box 90A
Health and medicine: Boxes 50B, 89B
Helmets, 1959-1963: Box 90B
Human factors: Boxes 90A-B (5f)
IATA restricted articles regulations, 1969: Box 90B
IMCO press release: International maritime dangerous goods code, 1965: Box 90B
Inertial navigation systems "Carousel IV": Contains D. B, Duncan, "combined Doppler Radar and Inertial Navigation Systems," 1959: Box 90A
Insurance (see also "Aviation Insurance" series): Box 67A
Jet Wake Survey, 707-120 - Boeing, 1959-1960: Box 86B
Jets, 1959-1968: Box 70B
The Journal of Educational Sociology Issue on "Safety Education for Modern Living," 1946: Box 69B
Lighting and Marking Obstructions to Air Navigation, 1954: Box 53A
Lloyd's Aviation Bulletin, 1975: Box 60B
Maritime, 1965-1981: Boxes 86B, 90B
Mechanic's Creed, 1995: Boxes 53B, 55
Medical tips: Aircraft accident prevention and investigation: Box 54A
Nader, 1970: Box 90A
NASA - Boeing - TIE System Safety Analysis Review, 1968: Box 54A
National Airlines: Box 68A
National Airspace System Plan, 1988: Box 69B
Navigation, 1931-1973: Box 90A (4f)
Navy aviation safety: Box 66B
NTSB report: "A Comparison of Aircraft Accident Data Involving U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Five-Year Period 1962-1966": Box 90B
Nuclear industry and nuclear power, 1978-1989: Boxes 55, 60A, 67A, 89B
Passenger safety and emergency egress, 1973: Box 90B
Pilot fatigue, 1958-1973: Box 90B
Pilot qualifications/training, 1979: Box 67A
Pilots: Box 66B
Pilot's Code, 1955-1973: Box 88B
Pilot's health and hygiene, 1953-1969: Box 90A
Quotations: Box 50A
RADAR, 1970-1972: Box 90B
Radiation, 1950-1970: Box 90B
Rescue/emergency evacuation, 1949-1963: Box 71A (2f)
RNAV or area navigation, 1954-1963: Box 90A
Runway conditions: Box 90B
Safe Flight Instrument Corporation - SCAT: Box 52B
Safety booklets: Box 54B
Safety: Dated correspondence on flight and ground safety, 1955-1966: Box 90B
Safety: Flight safety - air safety - ground safety involving aircraft, 1954-1967: Box 90B
Salt Lake City Department of Airports, 2001: Box 55
San Diego Aero-Space 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, 1952-1964: Box 71A
Seats (also F-27 "Friendship"), 1957-1964: Box 66B
Security, 1975-1980: Box 54A-B (2f), 68B
Sleep, Wakefulness and Circadian Rhythm: AGARD Lecture Series no. 105, 1979: Box 87A
Stall warning indicator, 1947-1996: Box 68B
Statistics, 1961-1980: Boxes 50B, 51A (2f)
Statistics and aviation underwriting, 1954-1961: Box 71A
Statistics and measurement of safety (includes Lederer writings), 1953-1967: Box 86B
Study of Rescue Aspects of Aircraft Crash Fires on U.S Airports: Box 71A
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 64-5, 1952: Box 87A
Survival/search and rescue, 1958-1986: Box 67A
System safety engineering, 1967-1972: Box 90A
Terrorism: Boxes 54A, 67A, 88A
Test flying/test pilots, 1954-1956: Box 71A
TIPS Europe (Travel in Peace and Safety Europe): Box 55
Tips on writing and instruction: Box 70B
United Airlines (photographs): Box 59A
U.S. History, 1975: Box 89B
Velcro tape fasteners, 1968: Box 90A
Weather, 1949-1966: Box 52B (2f)
Weather; windshear; flight through radioactive clouds, 1954-1962: Box 56A
Windshear, 1985: Box 60A
"A World Beyond War": Box 54A
World War II, 1941-1945: Boxes 70B, 86B

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.

General, 1952-1992: Boxes 51A, 54B, 56A, 67A, 69B, 87A, 92A

This series contains articles, publications, speeches, lectures and other presentations by Jerry Lederer. An inventory is forthcoming; please contact the Archives for information.

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 preliminary list of the files containing these items is available below.

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.

Advertisements and brochures, 1997: Box 68B
Books and websites (advertisements): Box 54A
Brochures, 1997 and undated: Boxes 54A, 60A, 69B
Clippings, 1930-2001: Boxes 50A, 51A (2f), 53A-B (3f), 54A-B (4f), 55 (2f), 56A, 59A, 60A-B (3f), 66A, 68A-B (2f), 69A-B (4f), 70B, 71A, 86B, 87A, 88A, 89B (4f), 92A
ERA inventory items (correspondence; writings by others), 1938-1978: Box 51A
Items sent by Lederer to FSF, 1998: Box 53B
JL correspondence, National Aeronautic Association, CAB, NACA. Also includes other correspondence, news clippings, newsletters, writings and speeches by Lederer, notes, early FSF, reports, etc., 1940s-1950s: Box 91A
Miscellaneous to sort, 1951-2001: Boxes 50A, 53B, 55, 59A, 60A, 67A, 68B, 69B, 70B, 71A, 86B, 89B (3f), 92A
Newsletters, 1947-2002: Boxes 50B, 51A, 53B, 54A, 59A, 60A, 68A, 69B, 70B, 87A, 89B
Notes: Boxes 52B, 54A, 55, 56A, 68A-B (3f), 69A, 86B, 89B (2f)
Original folders (unlabeled), 1919-2003: Boxes 50A (3f), 51A (2f), 52A-B (3f), 53A-B (15f), 54A-B (6f), 55 (5f), 56A-B (8f), 59A (5f), 60A (5f), 66A-B (9f), 67A, 68A-B (4f), 69A-B (2f), 70B (3f), 71A, 87A, 89B (15f), 92A (4f)
Original folder, labeled as "1966": Box 67A
Original folder, labeled as "1984," 1945-1985: Box 66B
Original folder, labeled as "1986," 1940-1968: 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," 1936-1998: Box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Aero Club," 1977-1982: Box 60A
Original folder, labeled as "Aero Engineering and Advisory Service," 1931: Box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "Air Force Industry Midair Collision Prevention Conference," 1976: Box 51A
Original folder, labeled as "Air Traffic Control," 1950-1998: Box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Aircraft Accid. Investigation" (actually contains NASA investigation and reporting guidelines), 1969: Box 66B
Original folder, labeled as "Aircraft," 1954-1997: Box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Airlines," 1977-1997: Box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Airport Fires - Installations," 1959-1964: Box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Airports": Box 55
Original folder, labeled as "ATC," 1937-1968: Box 67B
Original folder, labeled as "Aviation Education," 1966: Box 71A
Original folder, labeled as "Aviation Files; Jerry's Writings," 1951-1998: Box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "Aviation History," 1918-1995: Box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "Aviation," 1948-2000: 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," 1945-1995: Box 89B
Original folder, labeled as "Biorhythm," 1961-1974: Box 51A
Original folder, labeled as "C.A.B. General," 1942-1976: 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," 1964-1967: Box 52B
Original folder, labeled as "CAT, Chron File, Jerry Lederer," 1965-1967: Box 59A
Original folder, labeled as "Check Lists," 1948-1951: Box 59A
Original folder, labeled as "Club 10500 letters sent in with questionnaire Gen Av We Study," 1954-1964: Box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "College of Aeronautics," 1965-1998: Box 60A
Original folder, labeled as "Comm Equiments," 1940-1989: Box 52B
Original folder, labeled as "Communication Using Right Words," 1974-1998: Box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Communications 1955," 1954-1956: Box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Cooper," 1968-1993: Box 67A
Original folder, labeled as "Corresp. - Misc.," 1957-1949: Box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "Correspondence on Approach & Landing," 1954-1961: Box 56B
Original folder, labeled as "Correspondence," 1955-1967: Box 52B
Original folder, labeled as "Crash Barriers Arresting Gear," 1958-1965: Box 71A
Original folder, labeled as "Crash Injuring [sic]," 1948-1954: Box 54B
Original folder, labeled as "Crash Locator Beacons," 1969: Box 52B
Original folder, labeled as "Crash Survival," 1951-1977: Box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "Creeds (include Pax Creed and Lederer Obits)," 1942-2002: Box 62B
Original folder, labeled as "Crew Manning," 1948-1952: Box 59A
Original folder, labeled as "Dad's Outline," 1954: Box 62B
Original folder, labeled as "Daniel Guggenheim Medal Award June 27, 1962," 1962-1999: Box 55
Original folder, labeled as "De Anza," 1964-1968: Box 60A
Original folder, labeled as "Direct and Incidental Accident Costs": Box 66B
Original folder, labeled as "Ditching," 1948-1957: Box 67B
Original folder, labeled as "Ditching," 1952-1954: Box 53A
Original folder, labeled as "Ditching - S+R," 1953-1965: Box 67A
Original folder, labeled as "Doolittle Library," 1995: Box 60A
Original folder, labeled as "Emergency Techniques over Water Operations," 1948-1962: 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," 1939-1997: Box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "File Copy," 1959-1960: Box 87B
Original folder, labeled as "Fire," 1949-1977: Box 51A
Original folder, labeled as "Flight Data Recorder Project," 1957-1966: Box 53A
Original folder, labeled as "Flight Engineers," 1947-1960: Box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Flight Safety Foundation," 1970-1971: Box 86B
Original folder, labeled as "Flight Safety Foundation 2-Day Seminar, 1955," 1955: Box 62B
Original folder, labeled as "Forest and Stream," 1923-1924: Box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "FSF Annual Reports - Extras," 1950: Box 67A
Original folder, labeled as "FSF Awards Program Calendar - 1/71," 1971: Box 62B
Original folder, labeled as "FSF Historical," 1967: Box 52B
Original folder, labeled as "FSF Proposal N-67-11, Sherman M. Fairchild Subscription Program," 1967-1968: Box 56B
Original folder, labeled as "FSF Proposal N-67-12, Greater Cincinnati Airport," 1967: Box 56B
Original folder, labeled as "FSF Proposal N-67-13," 1967-1968: Box 59B
Original folder, labeled as "FSF Proposal N-67-9, National Data Center," 1948-1986: Box 59A
Original folder, labeled as "FSF Proposal N-67-10, 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," 1948-1954: Box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "Fuel," 1967-1970: Box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "Gen. Correspondence," 1950-1967: Box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "General," 1948-1994: Box 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," 1968-1997: Box 53B
Original folder, labeled as "Hazards - Cigarette Lighters," 1964-1965: Box 59B
Original folder, labeled as "History 'Biographical Sketch' Lt. Colonel John Paul Stapp": Box 52B
Original folder, labeled as "ICAO," 1960-1999: Box 69B
Original folder, labeled as "Improving Pilot Performance by Robert O. Besco and Jerome F. Lederer": Box 87A
Original folder, labeled as "Industry Advisory Committee," 1965-1993: Box 71A
Original folder, labeled as "ISASI 2000 Information," 1952-2000: Box 55
Original folder, labeled as "ISASI," 1972-1998: Box 89B
Original folder, labeled as "J. L. Personal, Misc.," 1931-1996: Box 66B
Original folder, labeled as "J. Lederer," 1960-1986: 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," 1937-2003: Box 62B (3f)
Original folder, labeled as "J. L. Photos": Box 62B
Original folder, labeled as "Jerome F. Lederer," 1939-1987: 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," 1963-1983: 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," 1975-1980: Box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "Jerry Biog," 1950s-2000: Box 55
Original folder, labeled as "Jerry Lederer," 1963-2000: Box 89B
Original folder, labeled as "Jerry Lederer," 2002: Box 62B
Original Folder, labeled as "Jerry," 1933-1994: Box 51A
Original folder, labeled as "JL Awards," 1969-2002: Box 62B
Original folder, labeled as "JL Awards, Congrats," 1974-2003: Box 88A
Original folder, labeled as "JL Awards, Congrats, Articles about JL, Bios," 2004: Box 62B
Original folders, labeled as "JL's Personal File" 1907-1978: Box 86A (3f)
Original folder, labeled as "Joe Chase," 1971-1981: Box 67A
Original folder, labeled as "Journal of the Institute of Navigation," 1960-1967: Box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "Landings," 1951-1962: Box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "League Wives," 1939: Box 87A
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer Clippings," 1967-1991: Box 67A
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer Letters," 2002: Box 62B
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer Papers," 1937-1998: Box 66B
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer," 1951-1998: Box 54A
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer," 1955-1993: Box 71A
Original folder, labeled as "Lederer," 1960-1994: 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," 1972-2002: Box 53B
Original folder, labeled as "Lockheed 1011," 1966-1968: Box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Lockheed, Electra," 1956-1963: Box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Management & Operations," 1956-1958: Box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Management," 1965-1987: Box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "Managing Contract Committee, 1983," 1982-1983: Box 87A
Original folder, labeled as "Manned Flight Awareness Program," 1964-1968: Box 59B
Original folder, labeled as "Matches in Aircraft," 1959: Box 59B
Original folder, labeled as "Medicare 1989," 1987-1989: Box 54A
Original folder, labeled as "Memos 1974," 1948-1974: Box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Methodology Talk," 1940-1962: Box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Miscellaneous," 1954-1967: Box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "Miscellaneous," 1958-1967: Box 59B
Original folder, labeled as "Mr. Jerome Lederer," 1942-1998: Box 54A
Original folder, labeled as "Mr. Jerome Lederer," 1968-1998: Box 53A
Original folder, labeled as "NASA - General, 1965-1996," 1965-1996: Box 60A
Original folder, labeled as "NASA Photos, Wake Turbulence," 1970: Box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "NASA/CAT Project Replies Received," 1963-1967: Box 52B
Original folder, labeled as "NTSB," 1961-1997: Box 50A
Original folder, labeled as "NYU," 1922-1955: Box 92A
Original folder, labeled as "Passengers," 1953-1968: Box 56B
Original folder, labeled as "Patents," 1926-1940: Box 87A
Original folder, labeled as "Penn-Central Airlines," 1933-1958: Box 70A
Original folder, labeled as "Personal," 1967-1990s: 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," 1946-1967: Boxes 59A-B (2f)
Original folder, labeled as "Pilots," 1952-1963: Box 59A
Original folder, labeled as "Power Line Marking," 1962-1970: Box 52B
Original folder, labeled as "Private Flying (Aircraft and Private Clubs) (Dated)," 1946-1967: Box 59B
Original folder, labeled as "Radio Beacons 61," 1953-1968: Box 59B
Original folder, labeled as "Rain on Windshield," 1949-1971: Box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "Ramps," 1947-1960: 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," 1930-1969: Box 70A
Original folder, labeled as "Safe Operations," 1948-1953: 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," 1948-1967: Box 71A
Original folder, labeled as "Seats," 1957-1964: Box 66B
Original folder, labeled as ''Space Projects," 1986: Box 67A
Original folder, labeled as "Speculations on Air Safety and the Airport," 1972: Box 88B
Original folder, labeled as "Speeches," 1948-1998: Box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Studies," 1926-1997: Box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Studies: How to double the air traffic rate at one of the world's busiest airports," 1926-1997: Box 52B
Original folder, labeled as "Survival Equipment 'Dated,'" 1959-1967: Box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Systems Communications," 1950-1963: Box 52A
Original folder, labeled as "Third GAIN World Conference," 1998: Box 54A
Original folder, labeled as "Transportation," 1952-1965: Box 59B
Original folder, labeled as "Turbulence (Weather). CAT - Wake - Ground Level & Air Turbulence," 1964-1969: Box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "Turbulence General Misc.," 1958-1972: Box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "Turf Renovation," 1953-1999: Box 89B
Original folder, labeled as "United States Congress," 1969-1998: Box 55
Original folder, labeled as "VASI," 1962-1971: Box 52B
Original folder, labeled as "Visibility," 1952-1966: Box 71A
Original folder, labeled as "Warning Systems, In-Flight On-Board Systems," 1952-1963: Box 59B
Original folder, labeled as "Weather - Clear Air Turbulence CAT," 1964-1967: Box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "Weather Investigation. Substratosphere," 1962-1969: Box 56B
Original folder, labeled as "Wind Shear, Melvin - FSF," 1973-1976: Box 59A
Original folder, labeled as "Windshield," 1948-1960: Box 56A
Original folder, labeled as "Work Sheet N.R; J W H," 1959-1963: Box 71A
Original folder, labeled as "Wright Brothers": Box 55
Original folder, labeled as "Wright, Selfridge," 1978-1982: Box 60A
Original folder, labeled as "Writing and Speeches by Lederer," 1940-1976: Box 70B
Original folder, labeled as "Xerox Copy of Flight Safety Foundation and Aviation Safety," 1968-1999: Box 87A
Photographs, 1929-1988 and undated: Boxes 50A, 54A, 60A, 67A-B (2f), 68B, 70B, 86B, 87A, 88A, 92A
Photographs and artwork: Box 88A
Unidentified writings: Boxes 53B, 71A