Howard "Ty" Cobb papers

Collection

Identifier: L2015-32

Staff Only

Scope and Contents of the Papers

Committee files, newsletters, newsclippings, photographs, audio recordings, and artifacts make up the Howard "Ty" Cobb papers, 1968-2001 (bulk 1975-1984). Committee files document Ty Cobb's work in PATCO Safety and Headquarters Committees. Photographs depict picketing at the FAA's South Regional Headquarters. Newsclippings and editorial cartoons show public opinion about PATCO members, the FAA, and the Reagan Administration. Newsletters come from several organizations that include PATCO and its successor organizations, PATCO Lives and USATCO. Artifacts include Ty Cobb's Picketing vest, PATCO member hats, and a poster from the 1981 PATCO Convention in New Orleans. Includes audio recording from a speech given at the convention in Minneapolis in 1975 by Hubert Humphrey.

Dates

1968-2001
Majority of material found within 1975 - 1981

Creator

Cobb, Howard B. (Person)

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research use.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Georgia State University is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research, subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Georgia State University may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.

Biographical Note about Howard "Ty" Cobb

Howard "Ty" Cobb joined PATCO, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, in 1975 while working as a GS14 Air Traffic Controller at the Atlanta Tower at Hartsfield Airport. He was terminated in the mass firing of striking air traffic controllers by the Reagan Administration in 1981, which also led to the dissolution of PATCO. His committee work for PATCO included the management of PATCO itself in the assigned Headquarters Committee, a focus on air safety on the national and regional levels, and organizing the National Safety Meeting. After his termination from the FAA and PATCO's decertification, he worked as the owner of package store, but continued to attend PATCO reunions, receive newsletters from USATCO and PATCO Lives, successor organizations, and collecting newsclippings from supporters and detractors of the PATCO strike.