Katherine (Magruder) Rutledge Eastern Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Contents of the Collection
The Katherine (Magruder) Rutledge Eastern Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is a small collection of training materials collected and used by Rutledge during her 1966 Eastern Airlines flight attendant training. Materials include quizzes, study guides, notes, practice forms and reports, and policies and procedures aboard aircraft. Specific aircraft covered in the training materials include the Boeing Model 720 and the Douglas DC-8. Examples of topics covered include "high-altitude sense," "ditching and survival," "marine time," "mixed beverage service," and "operation of aft door and airstairs." Example forms include beverage sales records, daily record of deposits, flight pay claim log, and passenger loading record, among others.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1966
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research and is accessible in the Dahlberg Research Center by appointment. For more information contact us.
Conditions Governing Use
The Museum of Flight (TMOF) Archives is the owner of the physical materials in the archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from TMOF archives before any publication use. TMOF does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners. Consult repository for more details.
Biographical Note: Katherine (Magruder) Rutledge
Katherine (Magruder) Rutledge (1946-) was an Eastern Airlines flight attendant between 1966-1971.
Katherine "Kem" Magruder was born on August 7, 1946 to Marjorie and Neil Magruder in Greenwood, Mississippi. She attended Mississippi State College for Women and graduated in 1964. In 1966 Magruder began working for Eastern Airlines as a flight attendant. She remained there until 1971. Magruder married Peter Rutledge in Indianola, Missisippi. The couple had two children. No further information is known.
Full Extent
0.25 Cubic Feet (1 2-inch legal-size document box)
Language
English
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Separated Materials
As part of the archival processing some items were separated from the archival componenent and are kept in the Library:
- Employee rules and regulations / Eastern Airlines (revised Mar. 1966)
- Fixed benefit retirement income plan for all personnel except cockpit crew members / Eastern Airlines (Dec. 1964)
- Questions and answers about our EAL employees federal credit union (4th revision)
- Standard practices, in-flight procedures manual / Eastern Airlines (1969)
Processing Information
The collection arrived in a binder. Materials were removed from the binder for preservation reasons but original order has been maintained. Some items were unfolded and flattened. All materials were placed in acid-free folders.
Subject
- Eastern Air Lines (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Katherine (Magruder) Rutledge Eastern Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
- Status
- Completed Level 2
- Author
- Jenn Parent
- Date
- 2025 August
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- 1st Edition
Repository Details
Part of the The Museum of Flight Archives Repository
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle Washington 98108-4097
206-764-5874
curator@museumofflight.org