The collection contains 57 cubic feet of material and spans the airline’s entire operating history. The collection includes historical and biographical records, corporate papers, operations and training material, photos, brochures, magazines, newspaper clippings, advertisements, and various pieces of ephemera relating to the airline.

The collection contains material related to the career of flight attendant Trudy Smith (1947-2020). It includes material related the crash of Eastern Airlines Flight #401, of which she was a surviving crew member. It also contains papers of Trudy Smith’s later career as a safety consultant.