NPkMC Stewart Newburgh Airport Collection Jamie Edwards John Ansley, MA, MSLS Marist College Archives and Special Collections

3399 North Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Phone: 845-575-5217 Fax: 845-575-3150 Email: john.ansley@marist.edu

February 14, 2003 Monish M. Singh Finding aid written in English. 1992 - 1998 4.5 linear feet Marist College Archives and Special Collections Stewart Newburgh Airport 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. English Collection Overview

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.

The collection was donated to Marist College in memory of Geraldine Geller.

Historical Note

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.

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1 1. Stewart Master Plan 1.5 linear feet 1 - 5 1 - 5

Reports and Regional Planning

Chronological

1.1 Sub Series 1.1: General Reports 1.2 Sub Series 1.2: Environmental Reports 1.3 Sub Series 1.3: Airport Planning 1.4 Sub Series 1.4: Airport Proposals 1.5 Sub Series 1.5: Miscellaneous 2 2. Stewart Airport Commission 2 linear feet 6 - 13 6 - 52

Meeting Minutes and Documents

Chronological

2.1 Sub Series 2.1: Meetings 2.2 Sub Series 2.2: Business Development 2.3 Sub Series 2.3: Privatization 2.4 Sub Series 2.4: State Comptroller’s Audit of Selected Capital Projects 2.5 Sub Series 2.5: Stewart Raceway 2.6 Sub Series 2.6: Miscellaneous