Ken Schultz collection on Frontier Airlines
Scope and Contents
Contains Frontier Airlines promotional materials, vacation packages, brochures and pamphlets, in-flight magazines, annual reports, employee magazines and newspapers, and photographs. Also included are employee newsletters, the "Frontier Vacationland" video from 1957, aviation maps, flight schedules, advertising materials, Frontier Airlines company memoranda, Frontier Airlines ephemera including cards, key chains, stickers, wing pins, and a three-ring binder. Also contains a spreadsheet of employees, Challenger Airlines chronological account, Arizona airways chronological account, employee directory, Challenger route map, seat reservation note, lists of corporate officers, WWII U.S. Air Service Victory Credits, timetables, Centennial History of Utah from 1949, inter-departmental correspondence envelopes, Frontier bankruptcy articles, captains log dated circa 1979, and the Frontier Daily. The collection dates from 1949 to 2002.
Dates
- 1949-2002
Creator
- Schultz, Kenneth Eugene, 1930- (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from the Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Ken Schultz was born on August 19, 1930 in Denver, Colorado, to Emil and Sophia nee Bongers Schultz. He attended Emmaus Lutheran School from 1935 to 1943, and graduated from North High School in 1947. He was an active member of a number of Missouri Synod Lutheran Churches and served on many boards and committees. He earned his aviation mechanics license early on and worked for various airlines as a mechanic and eventually an airline maintenance supervisor. Schultz was an avid fan and member of the Frontier Retirement Club and had an extensive collection of airline memorabilia. He wrote histories of the original Frontier Airlines and other associated airlines. He was a member of Die Pommerschen Leute, AHSGR, the Frontier Retirement Club, the Colorado Historical Society, and the Colorado Aviation Society.
Ken Schultz passed away in Wheat Ridge, Ohio, on May 2, 2010.
Extent
1 oversize folder (1.66 linear ft.)
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
3 cartons (3 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Kenneth Eugene Schultz in 2001.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Kenneth Eugene Schultz; 2001.
Appraisal
20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Processing Information
Processed; Katie Connors; 2008.
- Title
- Register of Ken Schultz collection on Frontier Airlines
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Katie Connors, student processor and John Murphy, curator; 2008.
- Date
- 2008 October 15
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States