Collection ID: NPkMC-222-216

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Stewart Newburgh Airport
Abstract:
Although Stewart International Airport was originally an air force base, it was deactivated in 1970 and began running commercial airlines in 1989. This called for changes and an administration to oversee the running of the airport; thus the Stewart Master Plan and Stewart Airport Commission were born. This collection contains various papers, reports, correspondence, and clippings from these two areas.
Extent:
4.5 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description of item, date, location of item in order of series, box number, folder number ], in the Stewart Newburgh Airport Collection, Archives and Special Collections, James A. Cannavino Library, Marist College.

Background

Scope and Content:

The Stewart Newburgh Airport Collection contains various papers, correspondence, reports, and clippings from the ‘90s regarding changes and the upkeep of the airport. Included are documents concerning airport terminal expansion and privatization of the airport.

Biographical / Historical:

In 1930, Archie Stewart gave 220 acres of land to Newburgh in order to begin an airport. By 1948, the airport had changed to Stewart Air Force Base. Even though it was deactivated in 1970 as an air force base, hostages in Iran returned home to this air space in January of 1981. Later, it was handed over to the State of New York and started scheduling passenger flights in 1989. The year of 1993 began the first meeting of the Airport Master Plan Update Working Group, and then in 2000 Stewart International Airport became officially privatized. Today, the airport services people everyday, with a new expanded terminal.

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated to Marist College in memory of Geraldine Geller.
Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into two subseries: 1) Stewart Master Plan, with five subseries, and 2) Stewart Airport Commission, with six subseries.

Physical location:
Please contact the Marist College Archives and Special Collections for information regarding use and access of this collection.
Rules or conventions:
DACS Describing Archives: A Content Standard. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2013.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

There are no restrictions on this collection

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Individuals requesting reproductions expressly assume the responsibility for compliance with all pertinent provisions of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. ss101 et seq. Patrons further agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Marist College Archives and Special Collections and its staff in connection with any disputes arising from the Copyright Act, over the reproduction of material at the request of patrons. For more information please visit the following website: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[Description of item, date, location of item in order of series, box number, folder number ], in the Stewart Newburgh Airport Collection, Archives and Special Collections, James A. Cannavino Library, Marist College.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
3399 North Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, United States
CONTACT:
845-575-3364
library.archives@marist.edu