In her talk, Di Maio discusses where the project is headed and how the materials she found in the archives at Special Collections have helped her fill in details of her characters.
World Wings International, Inc. is the philanthropic organization of former Pan Am flight attendants who seek to maintain the historic Pan Am tradition of global humanitarian assistance, safeguard Pan Am’s place in aviation history, and promote friendship among its members through cultural and civic activities. The organization’s records, housed at Special Collections, include administrative records as well as scrapbooks, photographs, membership and annual meetings files, correspondence, and financial records dating back to 1946.
Title image: Modified version of the "
Flying clipperwise in your double decked 'Strato' Clipper" brochure cover from the Pan American World Airways, Inc. Records. Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.